Chapter 76


    Chapter 76 Joseph Is Efficient


    “I came back to clean up your mess, you idiot.”


    Chloe was speechless.


    “I feel terrible right now. Why can’t you say something nice tofort me?” Chloe said.


    Seated gracefully on the chair beside the bed, Joseph crossed his legs and leaned in, cing hisrge


    hand gently on top of Chloe’s head. Although his touch was as soft as if he were stroking a cat, his


    tone was arrogant as he spoke, “I won’t offer youfort, but I do have the ability to save you.”


    Both of their gazes met. Chloe inexplicably felt that his words made perfect sense. A true man never


    spoke in a flowerynguage but takes direct action and is decisive.


    In that instant, she was awash by a surge of gratefulness and said solemnly, “Thank you.”


    “You should solve your problems as soon as possible. That would be the real gratitude toward me,” he


    replied.


    Every now and then, she found herself in trouble. Though she could handle it, her body was no longer


    able to bear the strain.


    When Chloe heard what Joseph said, she thought he implied she was a burden. Or perhaps he had


    received some news and knew about her rtionship with Jake.


    ‘That’s right, we have no blood or family ties. Even our marriage is fake. There’s no need for him to


    care about me at all.’


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    Chloe pursed her lips and spoke with determination, “I will.”


    Since the Johnsons did not treat her like a human being and they even went to the extent of iming


    the assets her mother left for her as theirs, she felt that she did not need to be soft-hearted anymore.


    As for Joseph, she would try her best and leave the rest to fate.


    Joseph looked at the time and asked, “Have you decided? Do you want a caregiver or are you asking a


    friend for help?”


    “I’ll call my friend.”


    It was awkward to ask a stranger for help with something as private as going to the toilet.


    “Okay.”


    “By the way, do you know anywyers? I want to sue someone,” Chloe asked Joseph


    before he left.


    He paused but did not turn around. “I’ll have Lucas send you the contact information.”


    “Okay, thank you.”


    After Joseph left, Chloey on the bed motionless, staring nkly at the drip bag in the upper right


    corner.


    In the afternoon, Emily received Chloe’s text and rushed over anxiously. Upon seeing Chloe’s pale and


    tired appearance, her eyes welled up with tears. “Why did you only tell me now?”


    “I told you as soon as I woke up. Wasn’t that fast enough?”


    “How could Peter do this to you? How could he team up with Ava to bully you?”


    Chloe shook her head. “Peter is probably a victim too.”


    “I don’t care. Nothing happens for no reason. He’s at fault, as your contractual husband said. Let the


    police lock him away for a few years. It’d be best to also throw Ava in jail to prevent her from doing


    anything immoral!” Emily said exasperatingly.


    Karen and Ava had been bullying Chloe since she was a kid, and now they wanted to take away the


    assets that Chloe’s mother had left for her.


    They were just shameless!


    Chloe fell silent for a moment and asked, “You know why Ava brought Melody and


    Peter into this?”


    Emily paused and said, her voice thick with disbelief, “Are you saying she’s looking for a scapegoat?”


    “Yeah…”


    Like Karen, Ava was also a selfish person. Judging from what Ava did to her in the past, Chloe


    surmised that she had always intended to make Melody her scapegoat.


    “She’s so scary,” Emily said with a frown, “It’s unlucky to be her friend.”


    “Birds of the same feather flock together. Melody isn’t a good person either.”


    “Of course not,” Chloe said, her face cold and resolute. “Ava and Jake’s engagement party will be held


    in a few more days. That’s the time when I’ll fight back.”


    Joseph came almost every day to visit Chloe for the three days she was hospitalized.


    After she regained her strength and could take care of herself, she did not need Emily’s help anymore


    and asked Emily to return to work. They made ns to meet up again. when she was discharged.


    Time flew by, and it was already the day of Ava and Jake’s engagement. In the early morning, Chloe


    kept ncing at Joseph, sitting on a chair, debating whether or not to reveal her true identity to him.


    After all, he would be present at the engagement partyter that day, and it would be better to give him


    a heads up and prepare him for the truth. However, she was worried that he might try to stop her since


    Jake was his nephew.


    Joseph put down his phone and rubbed his temples. “Just tell me what’s on your mind. Don’t give me


    that look.”