Rose immediately shut up. If this kind and loving old man was just like what Chloe said, how could she brazenly back him up? Just because he felt guilty towards Carolina, he could let Carolina do anything?
Including all the unfair things Carolina did to Chloe because she preferred Keira. Slandering Chloe, not trusting Chloe, taking away everything that originally belonged to Chloe for Keira, even sending Chloe abroad, turning a blind eye to everyone's prejudice and contempt for Chloe.
And in the end, Carolina and Keira planned together to deal with Chloe, dumping cold water on her again and again.
Everything she knew and didn't know, if put together, how could Chloe calmly forgive him?
"Why aren't you saying anything? Grandpa, you haven't answered my question yet. Or you can just deny or admit it, is my guess right or wrong?"
Jonah's expression had already given her the answer. She just coldly wanted Jonah to admit it himself, cruelly let him kill the insignificant feelings she had for him in her heart.d2
Jonah's lips were shaking badly, and when those eyes looked into Chloe's eyes, they were trembling so badly that they couldn't focus. The cold and sarcastic smile on Chloe's face was like a knife, leaving scar after scar on his face.
Other than embarrassment, he had no right to say the word pain. It was just too embarrassing. He had lived for so many years and he had let himself live so disgracefully.
"Chloe, I'm sorry."
"Heh..." Chloe scoffed, "When you found out that Keira wasn't your biological granddaughter, you also said you were sorry to me. I thought you were apologizing for the love you and Carolina showed her, or for Carolina's actions towards me. But it seems that's not the case. You were always doing it for yourself."
Jonah shook his head, his wrinkled face full of shame and regret. "Anyway, I always owe you."
"Maybe I'm asking for too much." Chloe cut off Jonah's words with a sarcastic and sad look. "There's no rule in this world that says elders have to give their younger generation all kinds of love and protection, and the law doesn't clearly state what you as elders should give us. Even... even if Keira is not your biological granddaughter, as long as you're happy, you can leave all your love and property to her. I've always known that you don't owe me anything. I just looked at how others lived and then chose my own path, feeling a bit sad. Even without you, I can still live well."
As she said it, she gave a light chuckle. "Actually, it's nice that we each live our own lives. Sometimes I think about you and feel that it's useless to get tangled up in some things. I'll try to do my best, but I can't be perfect. But don't push me. What I give you can only be voluntary, not forced."
Jonah paused, "What do you mean..."
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