Once they exited the room, Zoelle wrote down Vanya’s prescription and left. She told them she would make one final visit in three days.
Chloe glanced at the prescription as Noah casually set it aside. Instead of immediately handing it over to the helper responsible for preparing the medicine. he embraced Chloe tenderly. He gently patted her back as his eyes filled with worry.
"How about catching a movie to lift your spirits?"
It was clear that he was in a good mood.
Chloe did not push Noah away and responded warmly, "I’m not feeling up to it. I haven't been to the office for several days, so I’d like to go check on how the sales are coming along."
"That works too."
"I'll go on my own. You spend time with Grandpa. You two haven't played chess together in a while. He brought it up with me a few times already."
"Sure, I can also go over the details of the press conference with him."
The public announcement of Chloe being Desmond's biological granddaughter was scheduled for the following week. It was three days before the wedding, which was to take place the Wednesday after next. The reason they had scheduled the press conference before the wedding was that they wanted the world to know that Chloe was not marrying Noah to climb up the social ladder and to affirm her status as one of the Sullivans.
Mixed expressions flashed across Chloe's face. She wondered how displeased Desmond would be if she ended up not marrying Noah. Would he reject her just like he had rejected her mother?
But her mother had refused to compromise, and neither would she.
Chloe forced out a smile and said, "Sure. We have to let everyone know that you're the one marrying into my family and that I’m not the one who seduced you."
"Honestly, with your beauty, so what if you seduced me?" Noah said with a glint of amusement in his eyes. "I’d be enchanted by you regardless."
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