Chapter 498 I Hope Chloe Gets Run Over by Car

Chloe suddenly calmed down. After all, she could not help but overthink things because she loved him.

“Let’s go outside and talk,” Joseph said, taking her hand as they left the ward.

Xavia watched him leave without even a backward glance. She fiercely punched the pillow, her face contorting in anger. If she did not need the baby in Chloe’s belly, she would have wished for the woman to get run over by a car.

“I didn’t charge my phone last night. I received the caregiver’s call when I arrived at the office and rushed to the hospital. I wanted to call you, but that’s when I realized my phone had died,

Joseph explained.

Chloe looked at the phone Joseph had stuffed into her hands. Indeed, it was dead. She returned it to him, asking, “Then why didn’t you ask Lucas to come?”

“Lucas is on vacation,” he replied somewhat helplessly, “I can’t squeeze work out of him during his time off, can I?”

Chloe paused and said seriously, “No, you can’t.” She knew Lucas was facing enough pressure. Now that he finally had a few days off, they could not be so selfish and deny him his hard- earned vacation.

A faint smile played on Joseph’s lips as he found an empty corner and wrapped his arms. around her slender waist. “Are you jealous?”

His direct question caught Chloe off guard, and her face flushed slightly. “No, but there’s something else I want to ask you.”

“What is it?” Joseph asked.

“Did you join Mr. Hugo’s project?”

“Yes.”

“Why didn’t

chin and replied honestly, “When the Reeses started the project, we

more. It turned out she had misunderstood

someone, the more one cared about everything

allowed no room for doubts.

reason you joined the project? Just like that?”

pleasant to her ears, saying,

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told me,” Chloe replied.

“Why would he tell you

was accompanying his grandfather to the hospital in the morning and saw you here,” Chloe said, “What’s wrong? Are you afraid of being supervised? Did you do something bad behind

like

done nothing to harm us. Hating someone requires reason,”

can’t say the little brat is trying to

had maintained such a good image that Chloe would not believe it even if Joseph spilled the truth now. He regretted not recording their conversation with a

ward, Xavia waited for a long time, but there was still no sign

fed her. “Ms.

you seen

Joseph has

“What?”

to the hospital, yet Joseph left with that bitch without saying

caregiver did not understand the situation and offered her the soup. “Ms. Xavia, please have it while

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