Chapter 1076


    The moment the hospital room door closed, silence fell, filled only with the echo of Crysti’s scornful


    laugh.


    Chloe arranged the bouquet of flowers into a beautiful shape and ced them in a vase before


    finally carrying it out.


    Crysti didn’t watch her, but her eyes were fixed on the flowers on the cab.


    “Do you think they’re pretty?” Chloe asked.


    “Yeah.”


    “Pity they’ll wilt by tomorrow.”


    That caught Crysti’s attention. “What do you mean?”


    Chloe sat by the hospital bed, ying with her watch.


    “Because they’ve lost their roots, and left their mother nt. For them, the water in the vase is only


    a temporary nourishment, just dying their wilting process.”


    Crysti was silent for a moment, then suddenlyughed, “Are you here to convince me to


    compromise with my family or to discuss a coboration with me?”


    Chloe shrugged, “If I could achieve both, that’d be the best oue for me. Sure, I’m mainly


    interested in you, but if I can snatch up you as the daughter of the Watson family, that’d be even


    more thrilling! You have just confronted those two with the attitude of a youngdy from the Watson


    family. I think it won’t be long before you can return to that position.”


    “So why bother with this?”


    “What would the Watsons owe me if I could help you return to them?”


    Crysti’s eyes widened, “Can’t you be a bit more subtle? Why be so blunt?”


    “Don’t you get it? Rather than have you guessing and thinking I’m too opportunistic, I’d rather be


    upfront. At least I’d seem a bit cute then…”


    Crysti’s eyes grew wider, full of disbelief. In the end, after pondering for a moment, she burst out


    laughing. “You’re right… But who would’ve thought, a strong woman like you, wanting to be


    described as ‘cute“?”


    “Better than being belittled.”


    Crystiughed again, “You’re actually quite interesting. I can’t figure out why Lance would leave


    you?”


    Chloe nced at her, “I wasn’t expecting you to be such a tiger. You just got hurt and you want to


    give me a taste of that as well?”


    “Exactly. If you want to coborate with me, shouldn’t there be some cost?”


    Chloe nodded, “Fine, you can talk about him, if it makes you feel better. But I’m not going to wallow


    with you. I don’t really feel anything about him now.”


    Crysti said with augh, “I just need to know you’ve dealt with jerks too. It bnces me out.”


    Sometimes women do need a bit of a jolt. Without bitter experiences, you never learn right from


    wrong, and you never grow out of being naive.


    Reporters were swarming the hospital entrance.


    “Philip, we saw you taking Melinda to the maternity ward. Is she pregnant?”


    “Is Melinda’s baby yours?”


    “Are you two together?”


    Chloe stood silently in the hospital lobby, watching the interview outside.


    Melinda was confidently holding Philip’s arm, her smile sweet. “Philip and I are getting married


    soon. Thank you for your concern.”


    “So you’re really carrying Philip’s child?”


    “Yes.”


    “Then congrattions.”


    “But what about Crysti who was always by your side, Philip? We thought you two were together.”


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    “Yeah, you two seemed inseparable. Everyone thought you were official.”


    “You never denied the rumors about you two being together! Howe you’re suddenly marrying


    Melinda today?”


    “I remember Melinda was with someone else just three months ago.”


    “Yeah, so how…”


    “I remember, Crysti had a car ident near the Reed family’s entertainmentpanyst night.


    She’s also in this hospital…”


    “Oh my God, Philip brought Melinda to this hospital for a prenatal check today. Isn’t that a bit too


    harsh!”


    Philip’s previously kind smile slowly faded. Melinda’s face turned pale.


    “Crysti and I are just colleagues.” Eventually, that’s all Philip said that before leaving with Melinda.


    Chloe smiled faintly, waiting for the reporters to follow them out before leaving the hospital.


    She never thought Philip was a good guy. His unprincipled support for Keira was enough to make


    her sick. Now it seemed he was just using women to


    achieve his goals. This kind of man was even worse than Lance.


    She frowned slightly andughed coldly. “They’re all the same.”


    After leaving the hospital, Chloe called Melvin.


    “Crysti, she’s agreed to cooperate.”


    Melvin was silent for a moment, “Really?!”


    There was an uproar on the other end of the phone, indicating the situation there.


    Chloe smiled faintly, responding softly, “Yes.”


    Melvin cheered, “You’re amazing, Ms. Summers! I heard Philip’s drama series is about to start


    shooting too. I thought there was no chance to work with Crysti, didn’t expect… was a better actor


    found for Philip’s drama series? Their broadcast time will sh with ours…”


    “shing time slots?” Chloe chuckled, “So what? Don’t you have confidence in your own script?


    Afraid it will be overshadowed by theirs?”


    “No, absolutely not! I just… I just hope if our broadcast time doesn’t sh with theirs, our ratings


    might be higher and we’ll have more traffic.”


    Chloe smiled faintly, her eyes twinkling like stars, “What’s the fun in just focusing on ratings?


    Competition brings challenges, and challenges bring hot topics. Broadcasting at the same time,


    there’s nothing wrong with that. So, you need to work harder, or it’ll be embarrassing if you lose…”


    Chloe’s ambiguous words somehow gave Melvin a boost of motivation. Surpassing thepetitor


    indeed filled him with fighting spirit!


    “Ms. Summers, don’t worry, I’ll make this drama a sess!“.


    Feeling Melvin’s confidence and passion, Chloe smiled faintly, hung up the phone, and headed


    straight to the hotel.


    She checked out the guest rooms and the dining section, and everything seemed to be pretty chill.


    The previous regtions were well set up and pretty solid, so Chloe managed to save herself a ton


    of energy.


    When she got back to the front desk, she happened to see a tall guy standing there, leaning on the


    counter with an arm while the other was pocketed. Clearly, he was chitchatting with the front desk


    staff.


    Dorthy and the others were keeping their professional smiles on, but Rhoda on the side… Chloe


    didn’t really wanna describe her as “flirty“, but yeah, that’s what she was.


    Upon seeing Chloe, Dorthy greeted her, “Ms. Summers.”


    Everyone turned to look at her, including the guy leaning on the counter.


    When Rupin’s gaze fell on Chloe, his eyes suddenly lit up. Her aura was absolutely captivating.


    He’d never met a woman like this before!


    This stirred up a strong desire of conquer in him!