Chapter 373 Did She Only Deserve a Mere Subordinate’s Care?

Joseph came to an abrupt halt and his forehead furrowed deeply. Chloe noticed something was amiss and also stopped in her tracks. Since they were walking side by side, it was easy for her gaze to shift and catch a glimpse of the contents on the phone screen. Her delicate fingertips, flushed with a rosy hue, tightly clenched her palm as a surge of pain jolted her back to reality.

She looked at the man standing mere inches away from her, and the tension that had accumulated throughout the day suddenly shattered. How could she have forgotten? He already belonged to someone else. He and Xavia were meant to be together.

Chloe lowered her head, concealing her emotions behind long, curled lashes. She said softly, There’s no need for you to accompany me. Hurry and go see Xavia.”

“There’s no need. I’ll get Lucas to-” Joseph’s sentence was left unfinished as Chloe distanced herself.

“It’s okay. I can take care of myself. You should go take care of Xavia. She needs you right now.

left no room for negotiation as he said, “Let me make myself

stomach pains.

to be there besides standing around like a fool?”

car. They sped along the road, the speedometer reaching 120 km/hour. In the meantime, Joseph took a moment to call Lucas and instructed him to go to the hospital

in bed, felt speechless. He obediently said yes, getting out of bed and quickly getting dressed. Although he understood why Joseph refused to go and check on Xavia despite the fact that she was carrying his child, he could not help himself and cursed Joseph under his breath. Besides, Xavia

utterly miserable.

Joseph drove so fast that it made Chloe nauseous and queasy. However, she did not voice her discomfort. She was certain that Joseph was driving so fast because he wanted to go to

the entire journey, Joseph did not utter a single word as he was waiting for Chloe

first. For the first time, he experienced the taste of having his pride shattered so easily and feeling the discomfort of being ignored. He clenched

later, they arrived at Chloe’s home. As soon as she opened the car door and her feet touched the ground, the vehicle swiftly sped off as if it did not

a moment, not feeling sad but rather empty inside. Since he was in such a hurry to get to Xavia, why did he insist

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