After dinner, Chloe was about to help clear the table when a servant rushed over, telling her that her phone had been ringing non-stop. He was worried that it might run out of juice, so he came over to remind her.
In fact, since last night, Lance had been blowing up her phone with calls and texts. Chloe had been ignoring him, but she hadn't expected him to be so persistent.
But when she checked the caller ID, it wasn't Lance.
It was Nick...
Her so-called biological father.
How odd.
Chloe narrowed her eyes and took her phone to the patio of the living room to answer the call.
"What's up?" Her voice was flat, devoid of warmth.
"You...bastard, is this how you speak to your father?" Nick's angry voice came through the receiver.
"Father? Hah, you're just Keira's father."
"Shameless! You're utterly ungrateful! No matter what, Keira is your sister. You keep hurting her over and over again. This time you even made her kneel and apologize to you in public? Do you know she's a public figure now? Haven't you caused her enough trouble these days?"
Chloe gripped her phone tightly, one hand on her forehead, laughing bitterly.
"You reap what you sow. Now that she's in trouble, she's still the one to pity. Don't you guys get sick of seeing her miserable face every day?"
"That's all your fault..."
Chloe's gaze turned cold, losing her patience, "Enough, get to the point or I'm hanging up."
"You dare! Come home right now, I have something to tell you."
Nick, afraid that Chloe would hang up, rattled off his words like a machine gun.
Chloe raised an eyebrow, pausing for two seconds, "Fine, I'll be back later."
With that, she hung up. Whatever Nick said after that, she didn't hear.
She put away her phone, her eyes filled with indifference.
Back in the living room, Damon was standing there watching her.
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