Chapter 92 Are You That Desperate?

Chloe looked at her phone skeptically and said, “Strange. I haven’t even started hailing a ride yet.”

“That’s because I arrived just in time. Neither too early nor too late,” Icarus replied.

Her cherry lips parted in surprise. “You came specifically to pick me up?”

“Mhmm.” he nodded.

Seeing the perplexed expression on Chloe’s face, Icarus paused for a moment before explaining, “I was having dinner nearby with Harry and saw on his social media that you were also in the area.”

“I see…”

“I thought it might be inconvenient for you to hail a ride at this time of night, so I came to offer you a ride home,” Icarus continued.

“It’s already so late, and it’ll be midnight by the time we arrive at my place,” she pointed out.

“It’s fine. I’ve been having trouble sleeping these past few days and usually stay up late,

Icarus said.

At this point, Chloe found no reason to refuse his kind offer.

Joseph took Toto for a walk, but as soon as they left the villa, Toto sat on the ground, panting and refusing to go.

had already been taken out for a walk five times tonight. Any more and

die!

and reprimanded, “You eat so much every day. You’ve gained a few pounds, so you have to exercise more to lose the

Chloe’s turn to take Toto for a walk tonight, yet there was no sign of her despite it being already so

six hours? Even the Fairlight board meetings never go on this long! Baxon can’t

to express its frustration, feeling like it was being dragged

Toto were completing their tenth lap around the neighborhood, a car light shone from the entrance. Soon enough, it stopped at the gate

out.

the shade of the trees, his stern face softening for a moment when he saw her. But that moment was fleeting as his expression turned dark again when he saw that it was not a cab, but a car driven by Icarus.

didn’t come home to take care of Toto because she was hanging out with another man? Great. This is just great.’

before both of them went

toward the neighborhood. However, Toto’s fur and Joseph’s towering figure made it easy for Chloe to spot them. Her lips curved upwards and her eyes lit up, thinking that Joseph had come to

black as the bottom of a burnt pot. She sobered up a little and asked, “Are you in a

what you’ve forgotten?”

to shake her head, Toto barked, as if

to look at Toto, she finally remembered. “It was my turn to walk the

to take turns walking Toto

today was

taunted her, “I thought you enjoyed your ride so much that you’d forgotten

I’ll walk Toto tomorrow and the day after tomorrow,” Chloe

said.

that something was wrong. But to Joseph, it appeared that she was feigning ignorance out of a sense of guilt. He smiled and spoke in his usual low, magnetic voice,

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