Chapter 78 As Long as Chloe Agrees, I’m Willing to Be With Her Anytime
It wasn’t just Willow who was stunned. Even Sonya, Curtis, and the other guests around were all taken
aback.
“Brian, what did you mean by that?” Willow asked in a panic, finally snapping back to her senses.
“I meant exactly what I said,” Brian replied. “If Chloe really wanted money, wouldn’t I be the better choice? What I can give her is far more than what Mr. Green can.”
Willow was utterly shocked. What did that mean? What did he mean when he said that he was the better
choice?
He had said it as if Chloe had the right to choose. For someone of Brian’s status, how could he possibly hand over that power to someone else’s hands?
Curtis‘ expression shifted uneasily. At that moment, humiliation, agitation, and an inexplicable sense of unease all welled up inside him.
Had Chloe already gotten together with Brian so soon after their divorce? Had she really let go of all her feelings for him?
“Chloe, we just got divorced, and you’re already with someone else?” Cutis blurted. He was completely unaware that his tone sounded exactly like a husband questioning a wife who had cheated.
Chloe sneered. “Just like you said, we’re divorced. Whoever I’m with has nothing to do with you? Do I
need to report everything to you?”
“But…” Curtis faltered. He couldn’t find the words. It had all been too fast.
And the other party was Brian.
After divorcing him, she not only wasn’t living poorly, but she’d even climbed to greater heights. He felt as
though his chest was being crushed. It was suffocating.
It was as if this proved that divorcing him had been the right choice.
“Chloe, Mr. Steele is just feeling a moment of pity toward you!” Curtis exclaimed.
Then, he glanced at Brian, “Mr. Seele, Chloe is an orphan with no background. She’s unlike the women who usually surround you. So please, have mercy and don’t toy with her. Otherwise, it will only cause you trouble if she takes it to heart.”
His words felt like a desperate attempt to make it clear to everyone around that Brian wasn’t really interested in Chloe.
At the same time, he was also trying to point out the gulf in status between Brian and Chloe.
Curtis believed that, if he gave Brian a way out, he wouldn’t press the matter. After all, a man like Brian, even if he was interested in Chloe, would be playing around at most. How could he possibly be serious?
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Sonya bit her lip. Obviously, she didn’t want Chloe to really end up with Brian either. But at this moment, the way Curtis was acting gave rise to an uneasy feeling in her heart.
They were already divorced, so why did Curtis seem to care about Chloe even more now than when they were married? It was as though he couldn’t bear to let another man take her away.
Could Curtis still have feelings for Chloe?
No, that was impossible.
Sonya comforted herself inwardly. The one Curtis loved was her. He was merely referring to her as a friend for now so others wouldn’t gossip.
Once time passed and the uproar over the divorce faded, their relationship naturally wouldn’t remain as just “friends“.
“Pity?” Brian let out a low laugh. His lips curled up mockingly. “It seems that you don’t understand Chloe
at all, Mr. Green.”
For a woman like Chloe, who had the right to pity her, even for a moment?
Besides, he had never once thought of toying with her. In the beginning, he had just been interested because she hadn’t abandoned him even in danger. He thought that keeping her by his side might
gradually cause that interest to fade.
Yet, the more time he spent with her, the more he cared about Chloe.
“I’m serious about Chloe. As long as she agrees, I’m willing to be with her anytime,” Brian said.
His words stirred a wave of whispers among the guests.
“Brian, what do you mean by that?” Willow asked in shock. “Are you saying you want to date Chloe?”
Dating? Brian’s eyes trembled slightly. He felt that merely dating might not be enough for him.
He wanted more–much, much more.
“Chloe,” Brian turned toward Chloe. “As long as you want to, let’s date. From now on, you’ll be my
girlfriend.”
Chloe froze, staring blankly at the man in front of her.
His usually cool voice came out raspier than usual as he uttered the words slowly. Under his gaze, his words almost felt like a spell that could easily make one’s heart waver.
Was he serious about this? Or was he just trying to save her pride?
Willow panicked at his words. “How can Chloe be your girlfriend? She has nothing. How could she walk by your side?”
Brian shot Willow a mocking glance. “And you think you can?”
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Willow flinched before she held her head high. “Yes. I am a main member of the Quall family. I’m far more
suited to you than Chloe, and I have the ability to walk by your side.”
This was her pride. She belonged to the Quall family and held an important position in Quall Group. The
other members of the family always tried to win her favor as well.
The Quall family was an influential family in Yarfdale. So, she should be the most suitable woman to
stand at his side.
“Your ability?” Brian’s voice dripped with scorn. “Without my family supporting you, what ability do you really have? Willow, have you received too many favors for too long that you’ve started to believe that
you’re actually capable?”
His icy tone and cold gaze made Willow’s face turn pale in an instant.
His words were like a brutal reminder. Everything she had was only because she had leaned on Brian and the Steele family. Without their support, she had nothing.
Before she met Brian, Willow had only been a neglected illegitimate daughter within the Quall family. It was only at a heavy cost that she was officially accepted into the Quall family, and Leonard finally agreed to marry her mother.
Among the banquet guests, some of them knew the reason for Willow’s rise in the family. After hearing Brian’s words, their gazes toward Willow seemed to change subtly with their own speculations.
Willow stiffened and said bitterly, “And what about Chloe? What does she have? Aside from her parents being heroes, what is she capable of? What can she do for you, Brian? Don’t forget, I was even willing to
sacrifice one of my eyes for you!”
Willow deliberately mentioned her eye to stir up Brian’s guilt, but his eyes remained just as cold.
“I don’t need her to do anything for me,” Brian replied. “But if you keep belittling her in front of me, I wouldn’t mind sending you back to where you came from!”
At that moment, even the look of mockery in Brian’s eyes had vanished. All that remained was icy
coldness.
Willow felt as though all the blood in her body had turned to ice.
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