Chapter 85 She Adores Men Who Are Upright and Uncompromising

“Oh, please. You think too highly of yourself. You guys are pieces of sh*t,” taunted Chloe.

“What exactly do you want?” Jake asked, his eyes becoming bloodshot and his once impeccable suit was now crumpled and disordered. It was evident that his engagement party with Ava had not gone as planned.

“I want the assets that my mother left behind for me.”

“Haven’t you already gotten it?” Jake sneered.

“When did I take it?”

Jake thought she was lying and jeered, “I saw Ava give you that box with my own eyes.”

He thought that Chloe just wanted a share of the Johnsons’ fortune. What was she pretending for? He could not think of any other reason for her repeated troublemaking.

Chloe was taken aback for a moment. “Do you think that’s the only thing my mother left me?”

“Yes.”

“Please use your brain,” Chloe replied, “Was Ava really returning my things to me? No, she was humiliating me! And only a fool like you would believe her.”

brow. “Then what else

including the diamond necklace she’s wearing around her neck right now. If you

things, will

mother left me,” Chloe replied with

I’ll do it. And one more thing, leave

the guts, go tell your uncle that. If he tells me to leave,

you!” he fumed.

back my things from Ava first. If not, you’re in no position

speaking, she left in

at various stalls. Chloe bought the vegetables for dinner and rushed back

sharp, Joseph returned home. As he stood in the foyer, he caught at whiff of the delicious aroma emanating from the kitchen. Chloe heard the sound and immediately set down her spatula, running over to him. She grabbed a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and placed them at his feet with a beaming smile. “Please change

excessive enthusiasm and asked,

to tell me?” Chloe probed, knowing that as Jake’s

good at hiding things. How had he not looked for me for the entire afternoon?’

did not understand her and

that, he headed to the

his retreating figure, feeling

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