Stephen chuckled and nodded, "Oh, Mrs. Harper?!"
Realizing what he just heard, his voice inadvertently rose a few notches.
Mrs. Harper? Why hadn't he heard about Mr. Harper getting hitched?
Damon furrowed his brows, "Do you have a problem with that?"
Stephen looked a bit taken aback, "But... Ms. Summers... Didn't she just announce her engagement not too long ago?"
Damon's face turned icy. "Does her being engaged conflict with her being my wife?"
Stephen hastily shook his head.
Chloe looked at Stephen's nervous demeanor and couldn't help but tease him a little. "What Mr. Stephen is insinuating is, you might be the homewrecker."
Stephen was so scared his knees buckled, almost falling to the ground! Was Ms. Summers doing this to embarrass him on purpose?
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant at all, you guys are a perfect match!"
Despite the panic in his voice, he meant every word. He glanced at Chloe, seeing the delicate diamond ring on her left ring finger. He was still quite taken aback, so it was true. When he thought about it, the only person in P City who could stand next to Mr. Harper was indeed Chloe.
But it was so coincidental! Such a perfect match, and they got together so smoothly? It was like... everything was fated.
Damon shot him a glance and didn't say anything. But Stephen breathed a sigh of relief, knowing his words had saved him from further embarrassment.
"Aren't you leaving?"
Stephen was a bit flustered, "…Mr. Harper, today was really an accident, Fritz was originally Rupin's assistant, reporting him was just... normal... it's just that you came for inspection all of a sudden…"
Damon's face turned even colder, "Are you reminding me how incompetent your son is?"
Stephen awkwardly stuttered, "Mr. Harper…"
Damon squinted his eyes, and Stephen's words got stuck in his throat. Now that the room was only occupied by the three of them, he was clearly the third wheel. After a moment of silence, he heaved a sigh.
As soon as he opened his mouth, Chloe's phone rang. She pulled away from Damon's embrace and walked to the side to pick up her phone.
"What's up?" Chloe asked quietly.
On the other end of the phone was Dorthy's voice, "Ms. Summers, Rhoda wants you to come to her room."
Chloe frowned slightly, "What does she want?"
Dorthy's voice was a bit irritated, "She wants you to bring her two bottles of water! She's so over the top, just trying to show off her relationship with Rupin!"
Chloe was amused by her words.
"She just wants to flaunt her wealth... Didn't you just make her resign? She's deliberately giving you trouble!"
Chloe chuckled again, "Let it go, I'll go down later. She's still a guest after all."
Dorthy's voice was still displeased, but there was a hint of resentment.
"You can say that again!"
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