Chloe Grant looked up and met Ralph Koch’s gaze...
"You’re well-informed, knowing he’s coming back today. Tonight at the Royal Hotel, he has a dinner with TU’s board members."
TU is an established family-run corporation in the capital city, which has been plagued by severe internal conflicts for years. Matthew Morgan intends to merge this company into the Morgan Group.
Of course, Chloe Grant didn’t know any of this, and Ralph Koch didn’t plan to explain it to her in detail.
"I just heard..." Chloe abruptly lowered her head, her heart starting to race again.
Her hands were nervously gripping the knife and fork in front of her, and she quickly added, "Tonight’s dinner is with people from my studio, unrelated to him... unrelated to him. Besides... even if he’s back... he won’t agree to see me."
The last few words came out noticeably softer from Chloe.
In the past two years, it wasn’t that he hadn’t returned to the country, nor was he completely out of touch.
He simply vanished from her world.
"If he won’t see you, have you never thought of reaching out to him?" Ralph Koch said bluntly, "All along, he’s been behind you. It’s not that he won’t move forward, but he doesn’t want his steps forward to cause you to step back.
If you want him to move forward, why don’t you take the initiative to look back and tell him so he can come to your side?"
Chloe glanced at Ralph, then lowered her head again.
She didn’t answer, but her hands already betrayed her anxious heart.
"Even if I look back... he’s already gone."
After a long while, Chloe finally said this with a hint of loss.
By this time, the waiter had already brought the meals Ralph ordered.
Plate after plate, clearly for two, but he ordered enough for a table of six.
When Ralph asked for a table for six, the waiter was somewhat reluctant, but after seeing what he ordered, he didn’t say a word.
Because what he ordered... might not even fit on a six-person table.
"Are you sure he’s already gone?" Ralph poured curry over the crab and started eating carelessly.
Chloe didn’t respond to his question.
Ralph ate quickly and in large amounts, and within twenty minutes of serving, he was already finished.
After paying the bill, he dragged Chloe to buy clothes.
Initially, Ralph was helping her choose something like a golden slip dress, all glittery.
He confidently told Chloe, "This is the kind of dress you need. The moment you step out, you’ll be the center of attention, guaranteed no one else can steal the spotlight!"
Chloe’s mouth twitched, refraining from commenting on his taste.
In the end, ignoring Ralph, she chose a simple white sleeveless dress herself, pairing it with nude high heels, low-key and charming.
"Dressed , you’ll blend into the crowd without anyone looking at you, let alone Matthew."
Ralph mocked as he paid with his card. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝·𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚·𝔫𝔢𝔱
Chloe didn’t hold back with him at all, "I didn’t expect to see him tonight anyway."
"Trust me, you’re going to eat your words!" Ralph unceremoniously exposed her.
After two years of interaction, Ralph truly had a deep understanding of Chloe’s personality.
She was really a girl who said one thing and meant another, yet maintained her dignity...
Though she said that, even being at the same place, she wasn’t hoping to meet Matthew.
As soon as Ralph dropped her off at the Royal Hotel, her eyes started wandering around... involuntarily...