Chapter 261: Advancing the Surgery

Chloe Reed stared out the window at the pitch-black night, feeling as if she, too, was in an abyss she couldn’t climb out of, no matter how hard she tried.

"I don’t know why he’s so persistent. Isn’t it obvious enough that I don’t love him?"

Miles Hawthorne scoffed. "He just can’t accept it. You clearly loved him, so why did you stop? He chooses to ignore the real problems and just assumes you’re being unreasonable. I’m speechless..."

Chloe Reed’s lips twisted into a bitter smile. "There’s no point in talking about this now. You’ve suffered so much because of this divorce, and in the end, it was all for nothing. I’m so sorry."

Miles Hawthorne was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Don’t withdraw the lawsuit yet. Give me two days."

Chloe Reed froze. "What do you mean?"

Miles Hawthorne said, "I might have a way to help you."

Her heart, which had become like a pool of stagnant water, seemed to be infused with life again. Chloe Reed’s voice trembled. "Are... are you serious?"

’Preston Vance, the head of the Vance Group, couldn’t even find a top-tier expert. How could Miles Hawthorne?’

Miles Hawthorne’s tone was vague. "Anyway, just wait a bit. I’ll get back to you soon."

"Okay."

Chloe Reed replied.

already come to this. What other choice did

’Obviously, none.’

as well give

Chloe Reed stood by the window for a long while before finally

slept much in the past two days, but now, knowing her grandmother would soon have the surgery and recover, her heart

on the small bed, she dozed off

daze, she felt someone arrive and sit beside her. A jacket was draped

it

sitting

"Did I wake you?"

in a

and his jacket slipped off her. She didn’t

"What do you want?"

Her tone was icy.

Grant stared at her and asked, "When are you withdrawing the

later precisely to give her time to

said, "I want to wait

"That won’t work, Chloe."

if you change your mind after the

Reed looked at him coldly. "Forcing my hand with tactics like this...

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