The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

Chapter 7

Chloe stared at Lance, remained quiet for a moment, then suddenly started to chuckle under her breath. Her laughter was cold and full of sarcasm. But within her, it felt like she was being cut open with a knife. So her being assertive was the problem, huh? That was one hell of a way to put it

Did being assertive automatically make her the villain, the bully?

Lance’s harsh words felt like a sharp knife, stabbing her right in the heart,

“Chloe”

Lance looked at her quilt flooding his insides. He wanted to reach out, to comfort her, but Chloe stepped back

“Don’t touch me!”

She yelled, swatting his hand away She slowly lifted her head, her eyes empty, a hint of a sarcastic smile tugging at her lips as she stared at him coldly.

Apart from the coldness and sarcasm, there was pure despair and finality

and Lance felt like

again, but he

stay together

unprecedented tirade, Lance was stunned.

composed woman actually spat

he understood her anger, “No matter

you” Chloe

hope

“Why should I? You can say sorry, but I have the right not

long look, knowing that any further words were

on the bed, her legs curled up, her empty eyes staring somewhere out the window.

Cold and assertive?

was orginally gentle as the water, but the world was too cold, so she had to become as hard as

herself, prevent herself from getting hurt and feeling sad. Only this way

gotten used to it over the years, but now she realized she wasn’t