Chapter 321

Chapter 321 Begging Is Devoid of Dignity

Harold prohibited Chloe from going home tonight and arranged for her to have her own room so that

she was not forced to stay with Joseph.

She hid in the room. After gaining Harold’s approval, she felt much more relaxed. She had not brought

the laptop from her office with her, so she could only scroll through her phone to relieve her boredom.

At that moment, Icarus replied to her message.

[I was playing golf with my friends nearby that day. When I was just heading home when I bumped into

you.]

Chloe opened the map application on her phone and searched the area around City Hall. True enough,

there was a golf course nearby. She felt quite embarrassed to have thought badly of

him.

Icarus texted her again. It was a link to an article.

[Chloe, I know that you’ll see this sooner or later, so I thought it’d be best to tell you earlier. There’s no

need to get upset because of me or these Internet trolls.]

She clicked on the link and saw that someone had secretly taken photographs of Icarus giving her a

ride to the Graham Group this morning. The advertisements she did for Exotic Star had. been released,

so she had gained slight fame. That was the reason why these paparazzi targeted her.

The photograph captured the scar around Icarus’ chin. It was laid bare under the sunlight, so it

appeared pretty hideous. The netizens did not make very friendly comments about Icarus.

[Hahaha! Are they the beauty and the beast?!]

[Being honest, he’s rather handsome if not for that scar. You losers have no right to laugh at him. Show

me your photographs if you dare.]

[I can’t figure out why beautiful ladies nowadays have such vulgar taste.]

Chloe clutched her phone and trembled in fury. She then typed a comment to retort to the negative

comments, but after a pause, deleted it and rewrote it. Noah had told her that she needed to keep a

good image for the three years that she was Exotic Star’s ambassador or she would be violating the

rules of the contract.

She tried her best to keep her composure and commented that Icarus’ face was scarred when. he had

saved her. She even added something else at the end.

[Scars are powerful armor. It’s the twenty-first century. We can’t have such a limited concept. of

beauty.]

The

person involved stepped forward to retort to the negative comments, and the article gained even more

traction.

[Hey, you’re so cool!]

[Yes, I agree with you. My husband is a firefighter, and his face was burned in the line of duty. But I

don’t find him ugly. On the contrary, it’s a badge of honor.]

Joseph read Chloe’s reply and chuckled. The cigarette between his fingers was burning away. He

recited word for word, “Scars are powerful armor. Hmph!”

He wanted to see how powerful it was.

The next day, Chloe was woken up by Jake’s repeated calls. Still dazed, she picked up, but after Jake

spoke, her sleepiness was instantly dispelled. “The foundation Icarus set up abroad was forced to shut

down?”

“Yeah, Uncle Icarus put all his assets into this foundation. It’s all because of Joseph. No one else would

do this, and no one else has such power either. Chloe, you have to stay away from this villain.”

Jake had called Chloe to advise her, not expecting that Chloe was at the Whitman family home right at

that moment.

Chloe walked to the study and braced herself to ask, “Joseph, are you in there?”

Chloe and Joseph were separated only by a door.

Joseph was standing beside the window. Heavy sarcasm etched into his handsome face.” Hmph! So

eager to beg for your lover after you’ve just woken up huh? This sort of relationship makes people

envious. And I gave you so many chances. I was indeed a fool.’

Chloe waited for a long time outside and really thought that Joseph was not in the study. When she

was about to go back to her room, the door opened. Joseph was wearing dark blue home. clothing. A

tinge of blue could be seen under his deep-set and bewitching eyes. There was chill and distance in

them.

When Chloe saw his heavy dark circles, she subconsciously wanted to grab some ice cubes to help

soothe them. But on second thought, she felt that she did not have to worry about him at all. He had

probably stayed up all night doing villainous deeds instead of sleeping. Otherwise, how could Icarus’

foundation be ruined in just one night

Joseph deserved what he got.

“What is it?” Joseph glanced at her expressionlessly.

“I wanted to ask you about Icarus’ foundation-”

However, he interrupted her as he leaned half of his body against the bookshelves. “Yes, I did it. Are

you here to beg for mercy on his behalf?”

Stupefaction engulfed her and she sounded disappointed. “There’s no conflict of interest between you

two. Why did you do such a thing?”

“I simply find him an eyesore.”

She became helpless. “Can you please let Icarus go?”

“So, are you begging for mercy for him?”

“Yes.”

Her firm attitude nearly sent Joseph into a great rage. He clenched his fists tightly but he remained

composed on the surface. “Do you remember what I said? You know what you have

to do.”

Chloe’s eyelashes fluttered slightly. ‘Icarus’ face is already ruined because of me. He can’t lose his

business too.’ She suppressed her shamelessness as her face turned white.

“Fine, I agree.”

After all, it would not be her first time. Sleeping with him again was not too big of a deal.

The veins on the back of Joseph’s hand bulged. She was willing to sink so low just to help. Icarus.

‘Chloe, oh, Chloe! I’ll grant your wish if that’s the case.”

He pushed everything on the desk to the floor and stood at the side. He commanded cruelly,

“Lay here. We’ll do it right here.”

Chloe’s legs trembled. “In the study…”

“Begging is devoid of dignity.” Joseph sneered as he waited for her next move, looking calm.