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.

The elevator doors slid

had the chance to collect her thoughts

Xavia’s. The woman

embodying the essence of beauty. She seemed to be around the same age as Joseph, but with a hint of maturity that was not present in the photos.

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

to think

It was Joseph’s

into her palm, maintaining a composed

radiance, and vitality akin to a freshly peeled apple, bursting with succulent juices at the first taste. She had a good

not someone who judged by appearance alone. He admired the resilience and tenacity he saw in Chloe’s

of crisis arose within

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

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

all the hardships?‘

responded nonchalantly, seemingly oblivious. to the underlying implications.

Joseph, Xavia asked, “May I go upstairs

you want,” he replied.

*

company, Chloe remained silent, refraining from speaking.

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