NovelEnglish| Chapter 196 Not too long after, a driver cover with a new car for Maximus.
Ryan couldn't stop himself from complaining. "This devil incarnate from the Ludwig family is so haughty. How dare he ram your car, Mr. Martin." Maximus smiled slightly. “That's the kind of person Brendan is. Don't let him get to you.
Ryan replied, "You're too nice, Mr. Martin." Then, he lowered his voice and asked, "But, Mr. Martin, I heard that Ms. Sophia's accident could be related to Ms. Goodwin. Are you sure that it doesn't bother you at all?" Upon hearing the mention of Sophia and Naomi, Maximus' face fell. "That incident had nothing to do with Naomi. Though, where did you hear that from?" Ryan answered, "I forgot where I heard it from, I might've misheard it." Ryan didn't share with Maximus that he had actually heard that when he was at the Martin residence.
The expression on Maximus face remained glum. He didn't utter another word. His mood had been ruffled. He couldn't be sure if it was because of Naomi or Sophia.
Later, Naomi heard about Brendan rear-ending Maximus' car from Ronald.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtEven so, she decided not to question Brendan's reason for doing so. Otherwise, she was certain that her upcoming days would becperturbed again.
As for Brendan, he remembered what he had asked Naomi the other night. He told her that he could have Chloe transferred if she wasn't happy about him having her by his side.
Although Naomi claimed that Chloe wasn't significant enough to make her unhappy, Brendan still kept his distance.
Ever since Naomi said she had no feelings for him at the resort, Brendan stopped using Chloe as his shield. Around noon, Brendan cout of a meeting and went back to his office. Soon after, Chloe knocked and opened his office door.
Brendan lifted his head and took a quick look at her. He noticed the lunch box in her hands. He said, “I've already told Jason not to bringlunch." Chloe smiled as she entered his office. "I noticed that it's been a while since you ate in the office. So, I got up earlier to make ssoup for you this morning." Brendan didn't look at Chloe, He continued flipping through the contract in his hands. He commented, Naomi makes soup every day." He was simply spewing nonsense. Naomi had only ever heated up that pot of chicken soup for him that night. He was just using Naomi as an excuse intentionally.
Chapter 196 22 The smile on Chloe's face becrather awkward when she heard Brendan mentioning Naomi. Of course she understood what he was trying to say.
He was staying away from her on purpose during this period of time.
Chloe walked toward him as if she was completely unaffected. She pulled out the chair opposite Brendan and giggled nonchalantly.
"Naomi boiled soup for you out of her own efforts. These are also my efforts right here! After all, always watched over Caleb and I." Brendan happened to be flipping a page of his document. He froze. He looked up at Chloe.
Their eyes met. There were no emotions in Brendan's gaze.
you have Chloe laughed, "Have you been purposely avoidingrecently, Brendan? Did I cause strouble in your life? Did I cause Naomi to misunderstand something? If yes, I can go and clarify it with her." Chloe just said that she wanted to clarify herself to Naomi. Brendan was absolutely against that. Brendan was not oblivious to Chloe's "straightforward" behaviors. In fact, he had seen through her, including the tat the resort when she explained about the necklace to Naomi.
The best way to handle an issue was to stop the rot and avoid any unnecessary conflict. If something wasn't mentioned as an issue, he figured that he should not intervene.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIf not, he would end up overdoing it and slapping himself in the face.
He had gathered so many years of experience in doing business. How could he not understand these principles? It was only because his relationship with Naomi used to be strained. So, he simply too situation and used Chloe.
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They had finally forged a harmonious relationship recently. If Chloe Y. If Chloe really went to clarify things with Naomi, all his efforts would go down the drain instantly. Thus, he replied coldly, "No need for that. Naomi isn't an unreasonable.
e person."
All he needed to do was to go hmore often and to put in more effort in coaxing Naomi. Then, there wouldn't be any huge problems with them getting along with one another. Upon hearing Brendan's words, Chloe asked, "Brendan, did Naomi think that I had other intentions? Did that make you misunderstand?"
She quickly added, "Frankly, I didn't put too much thought into it, Brendan. I consider you as a friend, my boss. and someone who helpedand Caleb. There's not much I can do to repay you. That's why sometimes..
Brendan didn't wait for her to finish speaking. He looked at her and said, "Naomi didn't mention anything." X
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