The Rise of Dragon Temple By Wu Xia

Chapter 26

After speaking to Alpha 1, Joseph fell asleep beside Chloe. However, he had trouble sleeping. Holding his daughter’s hand, he looked at Chloe, who had suffered for many years.

In the morning, Chloe woke up early. Since Paige was extremely tired, she was still deep in sleep. Thus, Joseph took his daughter out for breakfast. They even bought some for Paige. Chloe was clingy to Joseph, so she kept asking him to hold her. Of course, Joseph also enjoyed being close to her. After all, fathers would usually be extremely fond of their daughters. In fact, Joseph wished that Chloe would never grow up, so he could hold her every day. “Dad, you should not lie to me. You are not allowed to leave, okay? I want to be with you every day from now on…” Chloe said to Joseph while tugging on his shirt. Looking at the dingy outfit on Chloe, Joseph figured once Paige was awake, they would go and buy some new clothes for his daughter. Displaying a smile, he nodded and said, “Okay. I will never lie to you in the future. When Mom wakes up, let’s go shopping for new clothes, okay? We’ll buy new outfits for you and your mother, okay?” Delighted, Chloe nodded. “That’ll be awesome! I want new clothes. Heehee…” Joseph’s heart ached slightly. Without saying a word, he only smiled at Chloe. Holding her in one hand, he went back to the hotel room while grabbing the packed breakfast in the other. When he approached the hotel room entrance, he noticed the door was ajar, and there was a commotion inside. With a frown on his face, he walked in quickly. When arriving at the door, Joseph saw Paige had already gotten up. She had even washed up and gotten dressed. Right then, several people were sitting beside her. There was an old man with gray hair, three middle-aged men, two women, and two young ladies. Lowering her head, Paige let all these people criticize her. She dared not raise her head, let alone speak… At the sight of this, Joseph frowned even harder. In the room, a woman with short hair in a nude-colored skirt scolded Paige, “How can you do this? Not only did you leave without a word, and now you’re back all of a sudden? If your cousin’s friend didn’t see you here, how long would you want to hide everything from us? Pfft… Do you still care about me as your mother? Do you still even care about your father? You even brought a man back here! How bold of

you!”

Paige’s mother. As soon as Estella finished speaking, Yahir Mooney, who was Paige’s

know that our family has become the laughingstock of the entire city because of you? My daughter has had a baby with a stranger, yet the man has left without a trace!” Yahir was livid. In the past, he was proud of Paige, but he became completely disappointed. When Yahir stopped talking, Estella pointed at Paige and continued scolding, “Since you’re back now, you can forget about leaving. I have found the perfect match for you. He is your college classmate, Brooks Nichols. He doesn’t care that you have a child, and will be back tomorrow after a business trip. The day after tomorrow, you will officially get married to him.” Paige’s body trembled. Hearing Estella forcing her to get married, Paige finally replied, “Mom, I won’t marry him.” “You don’t get to refuse anymore. He is an executive of a company, not to mention he doesn’t mind that you have a child. What gives you the right to reject him? Huh?” Estella continued to roar at Paige. Noticing that Paige was about to cry, Joseph could no longer stay quiet anymore. Holding Chloe in his arms, he walked in and shouted at Estella, “It’s because she is my wife! Why would she get married to someone else? How is that logical?” Shocked, Paige subconsciously turned her head to look at Joseph. “Will you really marry me? Didn’t you say that you

here. I will take Chloe outside for now. Let’s not scare the child…” “Serena, he is not your brother-in-law. Don’t call him that.” At this time, Paige’s cousin sister, Lily Mooney, sneered sarcastically. She was scantily dressed and had a face full of makeup. Displaying a frown, Serene stared at Lily. “Lily! You clearly know why you’re so happy right now. You don’t have any right to get involved in our family’s business. Stop chiming in unnecessarily!” “How dare you! Alas. Your family can’t even handle your own internal problems, yet you keep running your mouth… Haha…” Annoyed, Lily continued to sneer at Serena. “Both of you, shut up! Serena, how can you speak this way to your cousin? Get out of here!” Leonard Mooney, who was Paige’s grandfather,

also cooperate with Gempoint Group in a few days. Don’t affect her work…” Yahir was resentful when he heard Tommy speak of Gempoint Group. Why wasn’t his own daughter the one who worked on these major business dealings instead? Thinking of this, he became even more furious with Joseph. This man was the person who ruined Paige’s life! Yahir snorted in anger. “Will you accept it if I hit you? You’ve ruined my daughter’s life and made her a laughing stock in the entire city. Will you bear this responsibility?” Joseph nodded. “Yes, I will! If Paige didn’t save me, her life wouldn’t have become like this. I am truly indebted to her.” Hearing Joseph’s generous admission, Yahir became less furious. Nonetheless, he still had a bad impression of Joseph. Yahir then continued, “Well, since you admit your mistakes, what do you think we should do? How will you take responsibility for Paige?” “Dad, don’t force Joseph. He was recently retired from the military…” Paige continued to plead for Joseph. Before she finished speaking, Joseph stopped her and pulled her behind him. He looked at Yahir and said, “Dad, you’re