After entering Elroye's room, Chloe turned around, closed the door and asked Elroye, who had lay on the bed, "Elroye, tell me. What's wrong with you?"
Chloe frowned and walked toward the bed, "You asked me to come up but you don't talk to me. What do you want?"
Chloe sighed and said wearily, "If you really don't have anything to tell me, I will go out first. I want to rest."
Noticing that there was something wrong with Chloe's tone, Elroye turned over and stared at her for a while. Then he got up from the bed, "Chloe, what's wrong with you? You... are strange today."
"Are you finally willing to talk to me?"
Ignoring the the mockery in her words, Elroye asked, "Chloe, I'm asking you! Who made you unhappy? Tell me. I'll get even with that person!"
"Can you take revenge for me in such a state of mind?" Chloe smiled, "Forget it. Compose your own thoughts first. Don't worry about me. You... can't help me."
Seeing that Chloe was depressed, Elroye asked without thinking, "Did you quarrel with Issac?"
"How do you know this?" Chloe smiled awkwardly.
"I called mom today. She said that you were going to discuss the marriage between you and your Issac with Mr. Maxwell. Isn't it something happy? But you don't look delighted at all. Instead, you look upset and worried."
After saying this, Elroye was more convinced of his guess, "It's not impossible for you to have a divergence of opinion about the marriage, but mom doesn't seem to be annoyed and you're the only unhappy one. Therefore, you quarreled with Issac, didn't you?"
Chloe shrugged her shoulders, "You're even more thoughtful than a woman."
"What exactly happened?" Elroye looked at Chloe worriedly, "Chloe, didn't you get along well with each other before? You even ate together. Now you're going to get married. Why did you quarrel?"
Chloe naturally felt sad in heart when she heard such a question. However, she couldn't tell Elroye what had happened. How could she not know his character? If he knew that Isaac had broken up with her but she forced Issac to marry her, she would not agree with her.
How could she accept the disapproval of others at this time? In that case, she was afraid that she would not be able to bear it. She had to insist. It was a secret and she would not say it.
As for what Isaac had said...
She... could only say sorry to him.
"Chloe, say something!" Elroye was anxious, "We grew up together and never hide anything from each other. Why can't you talk to me? I'm your younger brother!"
"Mm." Chloe, who had made her up mind, smiled and said, "Of course I know that you care about me. I didn't quarrel with Issac. It's just..." She sighed and pretended to be relaxed, "I went to meet Mr. Maxwell with mom and dad without telling him in advance, so... he came to me just now, didn't he? He said that I..."
"What did he say?"
Chloe was stunned for a moment before realizing what Elroye was talking about, "Have you... confessed your feelings to her?"
Elroye was proud, but Chloe was not an outsider, so he didn't want to pretend. Thinking that Adele had slapped him in the face, he nodded with grievance, "Yeah..."
"Did she refuse you?" Chloe was very surprised. Elroye had a good character and was good-looking. As far as she knew, the girl was not from a rich family. How could she look down on Elroye?
"Oh, I don't know. But..." Elroye said in a weak voice, "You can think so."
"How did she refuse you? Why did she refuse you? Did she say anything?"
Elroye thought for a moment and felt very irritated, "Chloe, I like her and want to be good to her. I didn't do anything wrong, right? But, she didn't accept my kindness. She even..."
His voice was very calm, but Chloe felt that he was very poor for no reason.
Chloe had always been protective of her family. At this time, she went ballistic, "Elroye, you... Although I did not object your relationship before, I think you'd better give up since she doesn't like you. You are still young and have not graduated from university. In the future, you'll meet a lot of outstanding girls, won't you? You'd better stop thinking about her before you love her deeply. Don't... be like me. I only want to marry Issac now."
Elroye was dumbfounded for a while and then sat up straight. He turned to look at Chloe who was standing next to him, "Chloe, do you mean that... I should give up?"
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