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?

Chloe couldn't shake

dinner table. "Do you even care about this family anymore? From

wary of his mother's wrath, responded, "Mom, I've been at the office these past few days. I just got back and am still getting used to the business. I've been working round the clock and sleeping at the office. I

right, I checked with Tyler. Lucas has been staying at the company apartment

she changed the subject, "Is work

his eyes locking onto

Joshua frowned. "What happened?"

Corporation opened bids, inviting hundreds of construction companies to CNR Tower, including several that are a notch below Lucas Construction. Leading Heights was the only company left out. We didn't even receive the

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, not realizing the implications back then. Now, she

work at Moncada

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