"Chloe, you're back?"
Sheilya Fu was about to go out when she saw Chloe coming in, "Why do you come back so late? Didn't you go home last night?"
Chloe looked a little dejected, "Mom, I'll go up and have a rest first."
"Chloe, I'm asking you. Did you not come back last night?"
"Mom." Chloe said irritably, "You're so annoying! Why do you talk so much?"
"You! I'm worried about you, aren't I?" Sheilya took Chloe's hand, "I asked them to call you this morning, but they said that you didn't speak when they knocked on the door. I thought you were sleeping soundly. Didn't you come back last night?"
After that, she stared at Chloe's clothes, "You didn't even change your clothes. You really didn't come back?"
Chloe frowned, "Mom, I am not a child anymore, okay? I played in the karaoke bar with my friends yesterday, and I drank a lot, so I slept outside."
"Did you stay with..."
"Alright! I'll go up first!"
Sheilya watched as Chloe went upstairs. She was puzzled and wondered where Chloe went yesterday. Then she was relieved.
Chloe sometimes didn't go home in the past, but she was at ease with her. Although Chloe had a bad temper, she knew what she could do and what she couldn't.
Sheilya shook her head. At this time, her phone rang.
"Hello, Mrs. Huang. I'll go out immediately, and I guess I'll arrive at... Is that so? Did you go out just now? Well, I'm changing my shoes. Wait for me over there for a while and drink some tea first. When I get there, we can play cards..."
As soon as Chloe entered her room, she closed the door.
She casually threw her bag on the bed, kicked off her slippers and went to the bathroom.
Standing under the shower, she did not move at all. Instead, she just stood there and let the water fall on her.
The sound of the water was very loud, and she had closed the door. At this moment, she finally got a chance and began to cry in a low voice with her fists clenched.
The water temperature was very suitable, but she felt very cold. This kind of coldness was not like that caused by icy wind. She was cold from the bottom of her heart. She didn't like this feeling, but she couldn't control it.
After a long while, she began to take a bath desperately. She used a lot of cleaning cream and shower gel, but she felt that it was not enough.
She stood there for too long and the water became cold. She stood under the cold water for a while before she shut off the water in a daze.
She didn't wipe her body. She just stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom and stared straight at herself.
The woman in the mirror was not well-dressed, and her face looked pale. She didn't look energetic at all. Her hair was wet and messy, but she didn't have the mood to clean it up.
She was clearly very familiar with the woman in the mirror, but she felt very strange.
Sheilya pulled another towel and wiped Chloe's hair, "Why do you stand here in a daze without wearing anything? What if you catch a cold? Do you know how distressed I am?" She wiped her hair and sighed, "When you were born, you were such a little girl, but now you are taller than me. My hands are sore when I wipe your hair for you."
After wiping Chloe's hair for a while, she turned around and took a bathrobe, "Come on. Put it on. Be careful not to catch a cold."
Chloe pursed her lips and did not feel embarrassed. She listened to Sheilya and put on the bathrobe mechanically.
"Mom..."
"What's wrong?"
"Don't you want to go out? Why are you here?"
"Oh, on the way there, I suddenly remembered that I didn't take the perfume for Mrs. Huang, so I came back to get it. When I left, you didn't look well, did you? I was a little worried, so I wanted to see you." Sheilya tightened Chloe's belt, "Luckily, I came to see you, or I didn't know how long you would stand there. Besides, you stupid girl, why did you look at yourself in the mirror? You... Oh! Forget it. I won't talk about it again." Although she said so, she was in a good mood.
Chloe looked at herself in the mirror. After putting on the bathrobe, she seemed to feel more comfortable.
"Chloe, I'm really surprised. Isaac looks very gentle on the surface, and I thought he... However, he was not gentle at all. Chloe, I know you like him, but next time... you should tell him to be tenderer, or you will suffer a lot. It doesn't matter if it's winter now, but if it's summer... How embarrassed you will be! Look at your neck... Hey, why didn't I notice this when I saw you at the door?"
"Did you cover it with foundation?"
"Mom! Can you stop talking?" Chloe was extremely irritated, but her mother kept talking about it.
"I'm just concerned about you, okay?" Sheilya looked at her reproachfully and then couldn't help but say again, "By the way, Chloe, you and Isaac are engaged. Sooner or later, you will get married. Now... Isaac has slept with you. What do you think? What are you going to do?"
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