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

me… I

believe

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 and her forehead glistened with

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

get for

bedside table. After that, he nudged the

her murmurs which became more persistent,

not know what she was dreaming about, but tears glistened at the corners of her eyes and her tightly furrowed brows made her look

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

be in a terrible

how high her fever was, she would definitely need to go to the hospital for an IV drip tomorrow if

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

“Please don’t go…”

grip. Every time he managed to loosen one of her fingers, the others

a leech.” He

Chloe to fall asleep before leaving. However,

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