Chapter 96


    Chapter 96 They Might Already Be Family


    Chloe got into the cab and told the driver where to go.


    “Oh, you’re going to Patterson. I know that area well,” the driver responded.


    “Please drive faster. I have an urgent matter to attend to,” Chloe requested.


    “All right, I promise you’ll be there in no time!” the driver replied.


    In the next second, another car came around the corner toward them. The driver’s pupils contracted,


    and he quickly hit the brakes. Unfortunately, they were going too fast and could not stop in time.


    There was a loud crash as the two cars collided.


    Thankfully, both drivers’ reactions were quick. Chloe’s body flew forward a little, but she did not hit the


    window.


    ‘I thought this guy said he was a professional…’


    “Are you crazy?! Why were you driving so fast?! My employer has a heart condition. Can you afford the


    consequences if something happens?!” Mateo angrily questioned the driver as he got out of the car.


    The cab driver knew it was his fault. Just when he was about to apologize, his face turned pale when


    he saw the other car. It was a Lincoln worth millions.


    “I’m toast,” he muttered to himself.


    Chloe got out of the car and looked at the person inside the other car. She was surprised and


    eximed, “Grandpa!”


    When Harold saw that it was her, he smiled brightly, “Chloe? What are you doing here?


    “I’m going to deliver some documents,” she replied, ncing at the cab driver. “I have an urgent matter


    to attend to, so I told the driver to drive faster. Are you okay, Grandpa?


    “I’m fine. Mateo, don’t give the driver a hard time. Car idents happen all the time,” Harold said as he


    beckoned at Chloe. “Come on up. It’s not easy to hail a cab halfway through the journey. Let me give


    you a ride.”


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    She did not have time to waste, so she picked up her document folder and got into the


    car.


    “Where are you headed?”


    “Patterson, Grandpa. It’s hard to find parking there. You can just drop me off somewhere nearby.”


    “Why do you have to go out to work at this hour? Hasn’t Joseph assigned you an easier job?”


    Chloe paused for a moment and quickly exined, “Grandpa, you misunderstand. I don’t work at his


    office.”


    “Then where are you working?”


    “I’m working at Baxon.”


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    Harold sat up straight. “That scoundrel didn’t give you a job in his office?”


    Fairlight was at least a publicly listedpany. Why would he let his granddaughter-in w work at a


    company with a bad reputation like Baxon?


    “No… This isn’t Joseph’s fault.” Chloe struggled to find the right words. “I just don’t want us to be


    together all the time. After all, women need to have their own careers.”


    “Our family can certainly afford to support you,” Harold said, his voice thick with concern. “I should ask


    that scoundrel to open a store for you and let you be the boss instead. It’s much easier than your


    current job, and it’s a career path too.”


    “But being toofortable might make mezy,” replied Chloe.


    “If you bezy, then just focus on having babies. Give birth to obedient grandchildren, and I’ll help


    you take care of them so you won’t have to worry about anything,” Harold suggested.


    At the mention of children, Chloe immediately tensed up and changed the subject. If they continued this


    topic, she feared she would sink into the wonderful life nned by Harold and be unable to extricate


    herself when the contract between her and Joseph


    ended.


    Fortunately, it did not take long to arrive at Patterson. Chloe hastily got out of the car and ran into the


    building.


    Upstairs, Alexander watched everything happen with great rity.


    The number te of the luxury car under the Whitmans’ name was very impressive, and the numbers


    on the Lincoln Chloe was in were all eights. Those who knew Harold would instantly recognize the car


    as belonging to the Whitmans.


    It was likely that Chloe and Joseph were already family since she was able to ride in Harold’s car. They


    probably had their own reasons for not making their rtionship public.


    After a moment of thought, Alexander instructed his secretary on what to do next.


    “If you find the timeline challenging or the modifications too difficult, you could have told us. But using


    someone else’s work as your own? What do you take us for? Fools?”


    The Patterson project manager initially had a good impression of Chloe, but now he was furious and


    did not bother to hide it.


    Chloe nervously ced the folder in front of him and apologized, “I’m sorry. You may not believe me,


    but that email sent from my email this morning wasn’t from me. This one on the desk is the proposal I


    wanted to submit to Patterson.”


    “I’m busy, so stop wasting my time. If you came here just to tell me this, you can leave now,” the project


    manager said impatiently. He did not even look at Chloe’s proposal and asked her to leave.


    Chloe’s grip on her phone tightened and her voice became parched. “Sorry to bother. you.”


    That’s right. They were just business partners, and the final result was what mattered. to each other.


    They did not care about the process.


    “Ma’am, please hold on.” A secretary walked up to Chloe with a gentle smile. Chloe turned around,


    hesitation in her voice. “Are you talking to me?”