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 be heard from

hit me… I didn’t steal anything…

please believe me…”

bed. Her eyes were shut tightly as if caught in a nightmare and her forehead glistened

He reached out to touch her forehead and realized that she was burning with

is what you get for not waiting

After that, he nudged the person on the

which became more persistent, Chloe did

the corners of her eyes and her tightly furrowed brows made her look

feel sorry for her. She was actually quite pitiable. Despite

a

headache coming on. Judging by how high her fever was, she would definitely need to go to the hospital for an IV drip tomorrow if she did not take her medicine now. And he

for half an hour, Joseph finally managed to get Chloe to take her medicine. He was planning to leave, but Chloe unconsciously

“Please don’t go…”

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

a leech.” He sneered.

fall asleep before leaving. However, since he had

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