Chapter 194 I Helped Pay 28 Million in Legal Fees

“Let’s talk about it tomorrow. I’m tired and just want to go home and rest,” Chloe said.

“Sure,” he replied.

“But I thought you left. Why did you come back?” she asked while they waited for the elevator.

Raising an eyebrow, Joseph responded, “Who told you I left?”

“So you never left? You’ve been in the office this whole time?”

“I was busy for a while, and by the time I finished, it was almost ten o’clock,” he explained.

In other words, he had been waiting for her.

Chloe smiled mischievously, her eyes sparkling, “I see…”

‘He just refuses to admit that he was waiting for me!‘

Inside the elevator, Joseph slovenly leaned against the wall, his waist narrow and shoulders broad. He cast a cold glance at her and scoffed indifferently.

Enchanted by his charm, Chloe stared at him blankly for a couple of seconds. Honestly, she had suspected that Joseph was not Jake’s uncle when she first met him at the bar. After all, he was too good–looking to be his uncle. Though doubts had arisen, she had pushed them aside.

elevator doors slid

had not even had the chance to

The woman resembled

seemed to be around the same age

brain buzzed, and she was stunned. ‘She just got back yesterday,

was not foolish enough to think it was merely a

Xavia had appeared in Fairlight. It was Joseph’s territory, so she must

nails into her palm, maintaining a

and vitality akin to a freshly peeled apple, bursting with succulent juices at

appearance alone. He admired the resilience and tenacity he saw in Chloe’s

strong sense of crisis arose within Chloe.

Chloe. Hello, I’m Xavia Larson. I’m a close friend of Joseph’s. Please don’t misunderstand. I came to Fairlight

hard for all those years? Is she referring to herself as

all the hardships?‘

responded nonchalantly, seemingly oblivious. to

Joseph, Xavia asked, “May I go upstairs to

whatever you want,”

*

the company, Chloe remained silent, refraining

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