Chapter 23

Lucas was heading somewhere, and Chloe knew exactly where. Without making a fuss, she opened the car door. Chloe then took a taxi back to Moncada Estate.

When Tara saw Chloe return alone, she had a pretty good idea of what had happened and was about to go fetch Lucas herself. But Chloe stopped her.

"Let it go. His heart's not here. Even if he came back, he'd just be hopeless. Let him be," Chloe said before heading upstairs.

Tara rarely saw Chloe look so defeated. She had no clue what had happened that evening.

Lucas didn't come back for a whole week. During that time, Chloe's routine remained unchanged, except she never once visited Greenpeace Estate. She used to go there two or three times a week.

After Marian's big birthday bash, Chloe hadn't seen Connor either. Had he finally let her be?

calm, but Chloe couldn't shake a nagging sense of

up at the dinner table. "Do you even care about this family anymore? From now on, if you spend another

few days. I just got back and am still getting used to the business. I've been working round the

Lucas has been

softened, and she changed the subject,

his eyes locking onto Chloe. "Thanks to someone, not at

Joshua frowned. "What happened?"

that are a notch below Lucas Construction. Leading Heights was the only company left

CNR Tower was Sartori Corporation's office building in Riverbrook, right across from the TV station. Chloe remembered once joking with "Trophy Boy" when she saw him leaving the building, asking if he had switched jobs. He had replied, "I own this building." Chloe had laughed it off,

words, Tara defended Chloe, "Chloe doesn't work

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