"What's this?"Chloe took the documents and asked.
"This is what Phoebe asked me to give you."
Chloe, who was about to open the document, paused. She looked down at it, her gazes deep in thought. After a while, she retied the half-untied string.
"Don't you want to open it?"
Chloe shook her head, "No need, I can probably guess what's inside."
She sighed and leaned gently against Damon's chest. "Sometimes, I'm grateful for my past experiences. At least now I know how to protect myself, and I have the ability to do so. I used to be like Phoebe, naively living in a world I thought was fair, thinking that as long as I asked for less, there wouldn't be too much pain and sorrow. But we all overlooked other people's greed. When we're satisfied with our current situation, there will always be people who aren't.
"If possible, I don't want to be so defensive, and I don't want to hurt anyone.
"I used to wonder why my life was so difficult, why I was always facing countless problems to solve. Later, I realized it was because I had too much."
Keira obstructed Chloe everywhere because Chloe had a good life in the Summers family from the start, with superior living conditions and a wealthy fiance. At that time, what Chloe had was the life that Keira envied.
Later, Wendy made things difficult for Chloe because Chloe had the best man in the world and became the only candidate for Mrs. Harper. Everyone was envious.
Now Chloe was the princess of Y Country, so she can sense that there would be more things waiting for her to solve in the future, which she can't easily get rid of even if she wanted to escape.
Damon gently patted Chloe's shoulder and kissed her forehead. At this moment, all promises seemed so pale.
"But I'm proud of everything I have now." Chloe suddenly said. "Like you, no one dares to covet you in front of me."
Damon chuckled softly, "Hmm, I'm your best trophy."
"Yep." Chloe responded casually, "Let's go back home. I guess the Alonso family should be settled by now. What about the Harper Group? You still have a big battle to fight."
"Let's talk about it after I deal with the hospital thing."
Chloe said with a laugh, "There's nothing left to deal with. Becky has been beaten pretty badly. You came here to back me up. Who knew I would actually end up becoming the granddaughter of the Queen."
Damon raised an eyebrow, "So I didn't get a chance to show off this time?"
"Your presence here is the best performance."
"Then let's go pay our respects to the Queen and then head home."
There were indeed many things to deal with at home.
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There had been a lot of news at home these days. The Alonso family and the Harper Group had both become the focus of the news.
"Why do I feel like laughing so much? What's going on? Ms. Summers is really awesome."
"That's so satisfying! I was almost suffocated a few days ago! Every day, I watched Ms. Wendy brag about her relationship with Princess Ava from Y Country, feeling like her relationship with Princess Ava was better than with her own mother!"
"Ms. Summers is incomparable in tactics. That Wendy either brags about being the heiress of the Alonso family or uses Princess Ava as a shield. Now Ms. Summers is the Queen's real granddaughter."
"Look at how crazy Wendy was at the banquet. She totally deserves it. It's so satisfying to watch."
"Also, Presley from the Harper family, what a fool, not knowing what went wrong, insisting on forcing Mr. Harper to marry that lunatic, even threatening him with the inheritance rights of the Harper family. This time, Damon simply didn't want to be the CEO."
"They thought they had something important to threaten, but they didn't realize that they couldn't even compare the Harper Group with Ms. Summers."
"Thinking about Ms. Summers makes me feel powerful. Mr. Harper even gave up his company for her. How romantic!"
"I'll take a dozen of such men, please."
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