Chapter 89 Stay With Me Again Tonight
Curtis hesitated. He couldn’t bring himself to part with the rings.
The rings were more than metal. They were the weight of his guilt toward Chloe.
But beneath the expectant stares of Sonya and Willow, he couldn’t bring himself to say no.
“What’s wrong, Mr. Green? You don’t want to?” Willow cooly asked.
“Curtis!” Sonya barked, frowning.
Curtis clenched his jaw and forced a smile. “Of course I want to. Besides, being able to attend the groundbreaking ceremony on the island is something I’d be grateful for.”
“Good,” Willow said, her lips curved. “I’ll ask Uncle Wade for two extra spots, and we’ll all go together.”
She couldn’t wait to see Chloe’s reaction when she was publicly humiliated by Curtis, flinging her wedding ring back at her as if it were garbage.
Then, everyone would see her for what she was. A pitiful, divorced reject.
Even if Brian didn’t care about her past, enough gossip and ridicule might still plant seeds of doubt in his mind. He might even start resenting her.
The thought alone filled Willow with anticipation. She could hardly wait for that day to come.
Ever since that night when Chloe pulled Brian out of his forbidden room, she hadn’t left his side. Even at night, she stayed in his bedroom.
At first, she did so only because she was worried something might happen again, so she kept watch by
his bed that first night.
But the next evening, as they sat at the dinner table, Brian suddenly asked, “Could you stay with me again
tonight?”
Hearing that, William’s jaw dropped. He stared at Brian and Chloe, looking as if he had just been struck by
lightning.
Chloe rubbed her temples, realizing he had misunderstood. “Since you’re fine now, there’s no need for me to keep watch in your room.”
“But I only feel at ease when you’re there,” Brian simply said. “You’re my bodyguard now, aren’t you? Protecting me is your job.”
She was speechless. She had no comeback for that, so she gave in and moved her blanket and pillow
onto the couch in his room.
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William pulled her aside and whispered, “Ms. Quall… you do realize that when a man and woman live under the same roof, things can get… hard to control. If you really can’t hold yourself back in Mr. Steele’s presence… then, you should at least be prepared.”
“Prepared?” Chloe repeated blankly.
Then, he shoved a small box into her hand. “Mr. Steele wouldn’t refuse you.”
In fact, Brian would probably welcome her. William thought that no secretary had ever been more loyal
than he.
“What are you two whispering about?” Brian suddenly cut in.
“Nothing! I’ll be going now!” William blurted, fleeing the room.
Brian and Chloe were left alone. His gaze dripped to the box in Chloe’s hand. “What’s that?” he asked.
“Mr. Vaughn gave it to me…” She froze as she finally saw what it was. Condoms.
Chloe’s first instinct was to curse. What on earth was William thinking?
Brian, on the other hand, looked at the condoms in her hand. “Do you want to use them?” he calmly asked as if he were asking about the weather.
She nearly choked. How could he say something like that in such a flat tone?
“Of course not!” Chloe shot back, quickly shoving the box into a drawer.
At that, a faint shadow of disappointment flickered in Brian’s eyes. So, she still didn’t want him.
“Alright, let’s sleep,” she quickly said, desperate to end the awkwardness.
“Let’s chat for a bit. If you do, I might be able to fall asleep,” Brian murmured.
“What do you want to talk about?” Chloe asked.
“Anything,” he replied. He just wanted to hear her voice. It was the only thing that made him feel at peace.
Thus, she casually pulled out a magazine. It was one from the science and technology field that caught
her interest.
As Chloe flipped through the pages, she read aloud softly. Her gentle voice drifted through the room.
Brian felt his nerves slowly unwind under the sound of her voice. It was as though his body was telling him that she was someone special.
He was becoming too attached to let her go. Having known her light after a lifetime of darkness, he would do anything to make sure he never had to give her up.
Brian gradually closed his eyes. Normally, he never slept in front of others. It always made him feel exposed and uneasy. Yet before Chloe, he could sleep peacefully.
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Two days later, Chloe accompanied Brian to an island for a groundbreaking ceremony organized by the
government.
On the boat ride over, she hesitated before asking, “About that… condition of yours, are you sure you don’t
need to see a doctor?”
She was referring to the way he had lost control in that forbidden room, as if he were trapped in a
nightmare.
“I’ve already taken my medicine. You don’t have to worry, and besides, I haven’t had an episode in years,” Brian replied.
If it wasn’t for this sudden relapse, he might have believed he was fully healed. The shadows of his
childhood no longer had a hold on him.
Did Willow’s mention of the room’s past cause a flashback that made Brian relapse? As he thought about this, his lips pressed into a thin line, and a flash of cold severity flickered in his eyes.
At that very moment, the boat docked at the harbor. Brian and Chloe disembarked, only to be met with
Willow and several senior members of the Quall family.
With a bright smile, Willow walked up to him and said, “Brian, you’re here. I’ve been waiting for you for quite some time.”
She acted as if that day when he had gripped her by the throat had never happened.
Brian cast her a faint glance and ignored her, but Willow didn’t mind. Instead, she turned to Chloe with a sly smile and said, “Oh, by the way, your ex–husband is here today too! He has something he wants to tell
you.”
Chloe frowned as Willow looked over at Curtis, who was standing not too far away with Sonya.
Willow called out sweetly, “Mr. Green, Chloe is here. Since you wanted to settle things with her in person,
now’s your chance.”
Curtis stiffened. His expression darkened as he glanced uneasily at Willow, then at Chloe.
“Curtis, please don’t tell me that you’re not going to go through with this,” Sonya said, her soft but pointed voice reaching his ear. “I won’t make you if you don’t want to. But while I might understand you keeping those rings, others might not, and that could only end in embarrassment.”
Her words sank in, and she was right. He and Chloe were already divorced, and his future should be Sonya’s entirely.
“I want this!” he declared, producing the pair of wedding rings as he strode toward Chloe.
