Chloe Grant didn’t pay much attention to the expressions of the people around her; she just naturally twisted open the water bottle and poured it into the cup.
When she was younger, she loved drinking beverages and hated mineral water.
It was purely because Matthew Morgan had such a tight control over her, for a long time, he wouldn’t let her touch a drop of beverage, not even fruit juice.
Although Chloe wanted all kinds of drinks and juices and was so angry at Matthew, but...
She couldn’t do anything about it; she was cowardly and didn’t dare to resist in front of Matthew.
As time went on, she actually got used to drinking water, finding those drinks and juices too sweet after just a couple of sips.
"Ava Woods, I need to talk to you. Come with me."
Sophia Fraser frowned and took Chloe’s water cup to herself, "I want to drink, don’t touch it!"
Chloe was surprised, "What’s the matter?"
"Nothing, just eat your meal," she said, already standing up and patting Chloe on the shoulder.
Ava stood up as well from the other side.
Zoe Graham wanted to follow; she also wanted to speak on the matter, but then she thought...
If Sophia and Ava both left, leaving Chloe alone, even if she was careless, she would realize something was up.
Left with no choice, she stayed back.
Sophia called Ava to the doorway and closed the door, crossing her arms over her chest. She looked at Ava with a not-so-pleased expression, "What’s going on with you?"
"What do you mean what’s going on?" Ava retorted.
In a reprimanding tone, Sophia said, "Don’t play dumb with me! Didn’t we agree earlier to not meddle with this matter as if we knew nothing about it? Now you bring her here and even let her drink. Are you crazy?"
"It’s not... I just feel there’s nothing wrong with it. I’m doing it for Chloe’s own good. I think Chloe would like it, and it’s not the first time!" Ava defended herself.
Sophia fiddled with her hair, saying nothing.
Ava continued, "I really don’t think there’s anything wrong with it, I just want Chloe to be happy..."
Her latter words were filled with grievance.
Silent, Sophia recalled last week when Chloe called her, saying nothing, just crying...
Although Chloe is a crybaby, she’s also carefree and easily amused, sometimes a single matter makes her laugh for days.
A girl like that, calling and crying, made Sophia feel... not very comfortable inside.
Seeing Sophia silent, Ava added, "Besides, I think Chloe will be quite surprised..."
Mid-sentence, she leaned close to Sophia’s ear and whispered something.
Sophia’s eyes lit up, "Really?"
Ava nodded earnestly, "If I wasn’t sure, I wouldn’t have done this today."
Sophia said no more and asked Ava to go back inside first while she made a phone call.
Inside the room, Chloe was still discussing with Zoe about the matters related to the emotional channel, entangled in issues regarding the format.
Whether to let the audience submit content, or to write it themselves.
When Ava came back, she looked especially towards Chloe...
The water she had given to Chloe earlier was already an empty bottle, and more than half of the water in the cup in front of Chloe was gone.
The cup in front of Sophia was still full.
Mason Woods, next to Chloe, looked at her, lowered his head, and touched his nose while a smile involuntarily curved at the corner of his mouth.
About three minutes later, Sophia returned.
Chloe’s face was already flushed red; she felt her body was excessively warm...