Chapter 85 She Adores Men Who Are Upright and Uncompromising

“Oh, please. You think too highly of yourself. You guys are pieces of sh*t,” taunted Chloe.

“What exactly do you want?” Jake asked, his eyes becoming bloodshot and his once impeccable suit was now crumpled and disordered. It was evident that his engagement party with Ava had not gone as planned.

“I want the assets that my mother left behind for me.”

“Haven’t you already gotten it?” Jake sneered.

“When did I take it?”

Jake thought she was lying and jeered, “I saw Ava give you that box with my own eyes.”

He thought that Chloe just wanted a share of the Johnsons’ fortune. What was she pretending for? He could not think of any other reason for her repeated troublemaking.

Chloe was taken aback for a moment. “Do you think that’s the only thing my mother left me?”

“Yes.”

your brain,” Chloe replied, “Was Ava really returning my things to me? No,

brow. “Then what else did Ava not

neck right now. If you really want to

back your things, will you promise not to bother us

all the things my mother left me,” Chloe

one more thing, leave my uncle alone,” Jake

guts, go tell your uncle that. If he tells me to leave, I’ll leave,” Chloe

he fumed.

Get back my things from Ava first. If not, you’re

finished speaking, she

the bustling market, many people milled about, picking out ingredients at various stalls. Chloe bought the vegetables for dinner

sharp, Joseph returned home. As he stood in the foyer, he caught at whiff of the delicious aroma emanating from the kitchen. Chloe heard the sound and immediately set down her spatula, running over to him. She grabbed a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and placed them at his

her excessive enthusiasm and asked, “Is there something you

you have anything you want to tell me?” Chloe probed, knowing that as Jake’s uncle, he must

How had he not

did not understand her and

headed to the restroom to wash his hands.

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