Jojo and Coco's Unexpected Love novel Chapter 498

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."

Chloe furrowed her brows and asked, "Why didn't you tell me about it?"

Joseph tilted his chin and replied honestly, "When the Reeses started the project, we hadn't reconciled yet. I just wanted to stay in touch with you."

Chloe's cheeks blushed even more. It turned out she had misunderstood him. The more one loved someone, the more one cared about everything concerning one's partner. Still, that was how love worked—it allowed no room for doubts.

"So that's the reason you joined the project? Just like that?"

"Yes. I can't bear to be without you," Joseph said as he embraced her. His voice was pleasant to her ears, saying, "By the way, how did you know I was at the hospital?"

"Noah told me," Chloe replied.

Joseph's face immediately darkened. "Why would he tell you these things?"

"He said he 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 my back?"

"I don't like him."