After parting ways with Jacob Lee, Chloe Grant walked alone on the street for a long ti.
Even though people bustled through the street, she was in her own world, walking alone.
She paid no mind to the surrounding noise.
She kept recalling that sentence Matthew Morgan said when he held her hand.
She kept feeling the power in her palm from when Matthew grasped it, each second tugging at her heart, causing unbearable pain.
She just...
Kept asking herself, "Could I really have been wrong?"
In the end, Chloe didn’t know how she made it ho.
The mont she stood at her doorstep, she was stunned, before suddenly coming to her senses.
Earlier, after having dinner with Jacob Lee, he offered to take her ho, but Chloe had refused, choosing to walk alone.
As she walked, she sohow ended up back ho.
Shaking her head, Chloe felt her starting-to-ache legs and the darkening sky, realizing how far she’d walked.
She sighed, shook her head with her eyes closed, and then sighed several more tis before stepping inside.
As she pushed open the door, she heard the formulaic voice of a sports comntator coming from the TV.
Chloe walked in and saw Benjamin Grant sitting on the sofa watching a match.
On the coffee table were so snacks and so Japanese sake.
By now, Benjamin and Jodie Cooper had been back for a while.
Benjamin’s lifestyle was particularly simple; he would go out to play cards or gas with friends.
Otherwise, he’d go on short trips for a few days.
Most of the ti, he would just be at ho, watching TV, playing gas, or drinking a bit.
He was quite a hobody.
Sotis, Chloe would think that Benjamin is quite like her; both are hobodies.
"You’re back?"
Chloe was still lost in thought, but Benjamin had noticed her and waved, "Co over, have a drink."
"Alright."
Chloe’s response surprised Benjamin.
He often asked Chloe to drink with him, but she always refused, and now she agreed so readily.
Chloe had already sat on the sofa to his right, taken another small cup, and filled it with sake.
"Why did you suddenly decide to drink sake?" Chloe asked as she tipped her head back and drank it all in one go.
Sake cups are usually little, so finishing it all at once is a normal amount.
But it has a considerable kick.
"I always drink it; you just didn’t know," Benjamin muttered.
He quite liked drinking.
However, he wasn’t an alcoholic; he would only drink so when the mood struck.
He was aware of his limits, so he would stop when he needed to.
Benjamin still had quite a bit of self-control.
"This wine is good," Chloe said as she poured herself another cup and imdiately downed it again.
Benjamin frowned, about to stop her as she was about to refill her third cup, but... his hand paused mid-motion.
He watched as Chloe finished her third cup.
Finally, Benjamin lowered his hand.
Oh well, he thought, better to let her drink her fill than keep it bottled up inside.
The hard-won ease in her depression had faced a sudden heavy blow again.
"Have you really decided to marry soone else?" Benjamin asked.
Chloe put down her empty cup.
She had drunk too quickly, causing her to sway a bit, but her rationality was still intact.
She knew what she was doing, just couldn’t control herself...
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