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

even had the chance to collect her thoughts

The woman resembled

same age as Joseph, but with a hint of maturity that was

‘She just got

to think it

It was Joseph’s territory, so she must have gotten permission from him.

into her palm, maintaining a composed demeanor

exuding radiance, and vitality akin to a freshly peeled apple,

Joseph was not someone who judged by appearance alone. He admired the resilience and tenacity he saw in Chloe’s eyes. Beneath her seemingly delicate exterior, nothing could

strong sense of crisis arose

a close friend of Joseph’s. Please don’t misunderstand. I came

for all those years? Is

all the hardships?‘

nonchalantly, seemingly oblivious. to the

“May I

want,” he replied.

*

company, Chloe remained silent, refraining

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