Chapter 176 Do You Know What I’m Going to Do?

“No,” Chloe replied.

“Okay, let me rephrase the question. Did Joseph have something to do with you falling into the water?” Icarus persisted.

The question threw Chloe for a loop. She was unsure of how to respond, so she said, “Please stop asking. He didn’t expect such a thing to happen either. It’s not his fault.

It was Jane who had gone too far. However, Icarus

misunderstood Chloe’s words and thought she was covering up for Joseph. His brow furrowed even deeper as he continued, “Chloe, listen to me. You need to leave him. I’ll help take care of any debts you owe him. I don’t want to see you treated unfairly.”

“No, you listen to me. If you help me, yes, I may no longer owe Joseph, but I’ll owe you instead.”

“But you don’t have to pay me back. I just want you to have a better life.”

Chloe hesitated, locking eyes with him as he stared intensely at her. A feeling of discomfort washed over her, causing her to avert her gaze. “Don’t invest your time in me. We can’t be together.”

She had once put in great effort to marry Jake’s uncle as a way to seek revenge, but now she had made her peace with it.

Samuel became increasingly incredulous as he listened. Seriously? This guy’s trying to steal Chloe away despite

knowing she’s Joe’s wife? No, I can’t allow that to happen. I have to do something!‘

Joseph had not paid him yet, and if the relationship between him and Chloe were to end now, based on what Samuel knew about Joseph’s temperament, he would not receive a single penny. He had to find a way to prevent that.

“Ms. Chloe, could you come with me, please? There’s something I need to discuss with you regarding the case,” Samuel said.

Samuel and nodded in agreement. “All right, I’ll be

hide his scrutinizing gaze as he looked at Icarus. “Sir, you don’t have to wait. It’s going to be a

had other matters to attend to, he did not want to disrupt their conversation. With a slight nod, he took his

few minutes after they left,

court proceedings to Joseph, her eyes brimming with admiration and her voice filled with happiness. “Jojo, thanks to you, I was able to get a skilled lawyer like

events somewhat perplexing. Nevertheless, he acknowledged Samuel’s considerable contribution to the case. As

the Johnsons, he had no knowledge

what happened.

Gideon who chose to go against the Johnsons on the spot,” Samuel

Chloe asked, puzzled.

changed the subject. “Is that bespectacled gentleman also a classmate of yours? But he appears to be a few years older than you.”

just

Joseph’s gaze fixating on her, and a surge

her.

not again…‘

gentleman? Icarus?”

“Yeah…‘

he

witness the downfall of the Johnsons. As you know, the Johnsons and the Coopers are no longer

gaze, directing a cold stare at Samuel. “Tell me

Samuel was speechless.

to Ms. Chloe for winning the case,” Samuel mused. He was not one to interfere in the affairs of others, but when it came to his good friend,

sense her impending

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