Chapter 424

Chapter 424 A Slight Humiliation

Downstairs, Joseph was driving himself, and when Chloe got into the car, seatbelt. “Did you contact the

prison?”

she put on her

“We’re scheduled to visit him at two o’clock this afternoon.” He tilted his head and looked at her. “Do

you like the bags I bought you?”

“Yes, but why did you buy so many? I can’t possibly use them all.”

“You can just keep them.”

Chloe replied, “It’s a waste to just leave them there. I kept a few that I liked and sold the rest on a

secondhand platform.”

“Okay.”

Surprisingly, Joseph did not show much of a reaction. He felt that it was unnecessary to be indulgent

and change one’s bag every day. They were just containers for one to carry things

with.

After passing a crossroad and the traffic started to disperse, traveling on the large road became much

smoother and the car picked up speed.

In the meantime, an executive of Fairlight called Joseph and asked about several matters. With his

Bluetooth earpiece on, he easily taught his employee how to handle the issues. At the same time, his

slender and refined fingers controlled the steering wheel languidly, inexplicably managing to keep

everything under control.

After the call ended, Chloe questioned, “Do you have unfinished work at the company today?”

“Some.”

“I can go on my own.”

Joseph frowned but did not respond. He drove to their destination. After parking the car neatly, he

turned his bewitching dark eyes to her. “Are you still mad at me?”

Chloe tilted her face. “No, I’m not.”

“Yes, you are.”

She took a deep breath. Unable to hold it in, she suddenly raised her voice. “What else do you want me

to do? Do you expect me to just generously accept the child of you and Xavia? I’m sorry but I can’t do

that!”

That child would always remind her of what happened that night, and that was probably Xavia’s goal.

Even if she were not around, she would use the child to disgust Chloe.

“I know that I’ve wronged you.” Joseph’s handsome face was tense. He took out his phone and

clicked on something before he transferred some money to her.

Chloe’s phone beeped. She knew that it was because of Joseph, so she took out her phone and looked

at it with some doubt. When she saw the seven-digit figure, her lips twitched hard.

“Why?”

“I want to coax you.”

Chloe felt slightly humiliated. She sneered and demanded, “Do you think I can be pacified with

money?” She would be over the moon if he used that kind of method to pacify her if it was just their

general quibbles, but he used the same method when it was a violation of her principles. She felt that

he did not respect her.

This was Joseph’s first time lowering himself to please a woman, but the results were the opposite of

his imagination. He failed to coax her, and on the contrary, she became even angrier.

His handsome, perfect face sank. “Chloe, is there something wrong with your hearing?”

He had told her that he was trying to coax her.

“Yes, there’s something wrong with my hearing. Are you satisfied with my answer?”

Having been gloomy and upset for a few days now, Chloe now lost control of her temper, unbuckling

her seatbelt and getting out of the car. Joseph grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms. They

were so close to each other that their breathing intertwined. Soon the atmosphere turned ambiguous.

His hot breath was against her forehead, and his deep-set eyes were unfathomable. Chloe felt it really

hot, so she leaned back to try and put some between them but Joseph grabbed her

wrist and purposely stopped her from moving.

“When did you stop loving money?”

Chloe’s charming face was stupefied. As she looked into his dead-serious eyes, she smiled lightly. “Put

yourself in my shoes. Say I gave birth to a son of another man while I was still married to you and

resolutely wanted to bring the child home. You disagreed, so I try to use my money to make you agree.

Do you think that’s the right way to handle it?”

Joseph’s eyes instantly filled with wrath and the atmosphere turned freezing cold. “You wouldn’t dare!”