Chapter 62 So Close

Emily was half a head shorter than Chloe, so Joseph could effortlessly look past her head and into the room.

There were many empty seats, and Chloe was nowhere to be seen. She most likely had gone home already.

Withdrawing his gaze, Joseph said in a low, deep voice, “I’m sorry. I think I made at

mistake.”

“It’s okay.” Emily nodded, unsurprised by his response.

Lucas was already waiting in the driver’s seat. When he saw Joseph, he grabbed an umbrella and got out to greet him. As he drew closer, he noticed that Joseph was already holding an umbrella of his own.

Without overthinking it, Lucas assumed that it must have been given to him by one of the business partners who saw that it was raining outside.

After forty minutes, Joseph arrived home and punched in the password to enter the living room. His attention was immediately drawn to a pair of damp women’s sports shoes resting in the hallway, causing him to furrow his brows.

‘Did she choose to brave the rain rather than wait for me?’

After taking a shower, Joseph passed by Chloe’s room. The door was not completely shut, and the room was pitch black. It seemed that she had gone to sleep.

murmur could

me… I

please believe me…”

the door to Chloe’s bedroom. The light streaming in through the window allowed him to barely make out her figure on the bed. Her eyes were shut tightly as if caught in a nightmare

not right. He reached out to touch her forehead and realized that she

what you get for not waiting for me.’

medicine on her bedside table. After that, he nudged the person

for her murmurs which became more persistent, Chloe did

she was dreaming about, but tears glistened at the corners of her eyes and her tightly furrowed brows made her look especially

actually quite pitiable.

a terrible state.

definitely need to go to the hospital for an IV drip tomorrow if she did not take her medicine now. And he knew that with her complicated family situation, he would have to be the one to handle the task.

hour, Joseph finally managed to get Chloe to take her medicine. He

“Please don’t go…”

fingers open, but she had a surprisingly strong grip. Every time he managed to loosen one of her fingers, the

like a leech.”

for Chloe to fall asleep before leaving. However,

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