Chapter 365 What a Humiliating Gaze

Chloe quickly waved her hand. “No, I can get a ride.”

She then doubled the fee again. After waiting for ten minutes, it still yielded the same result. She anxiously used another platform, but the results were still nil.

Harold pretended to be helpless. “It’s very late now and this house is pretty remote. It’s normal that you didn’t get a cab. Even if you do, it’ll be dangerous if you bump into a wicked driver. He may try to rob you or take liberties with you. How dangerous is that?!”

Chloe shuddered before she recalled the news of women being harmed after riding in a cab

alone at night… At last, she decided to spend the night. She stayed on the same floor as Joseph but in different rooms.

She stuck to her room. After washing up, she lay in bed and texted Icarus. She thought he would be asleep by now but he called her.

“Chloe, why didn’t you answer my video call? Are you still busy at the office?”

“No… I was celebrating an elder’s birthday.”

“Oh, I see. I’ll go with you next time when my legs have healed.”

Chloe smiled awkwardly and changed the topic.

‘Let Icarus come to the Whitman family with me? That would be treading a dangerous path.’

call ended, she recalled Joseph’s words.

lie to me…’

Goodnight,” he said gently and considerately, sensing that

“Okay, goodnight.”

that. She remembered Icarus’ car plate number. If she logged into the traffic accident database,

one after another over the past few days. First, Chloe had to go to the jewelry store to retrieve the jewelry she had pawned off

schedule. Suddenly, someone opened the door in the dark, letting in a ray

the light, his figure tall and strong. His slender eyes were

to firmly cover her body. “How did you get in? I locked the door.”

this your house?”

“No.”

me to get a backup

Harold had purposely thrown it

flared up in rage. “You can’t barge

the bedside cabinet. He then took off his bathrobe and naturally pushed the blanket aside to get into bed.

comparison to the two times they had sex in agitation previously, this filled her with more helplessness and awkwardness. She pressed her hands against his chest and tried her best to distance

I’m going

have a blanket in my

I saw one just

it away.”

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