CHAPTER 344: CHAPTER 344: BY HIS SIDE, AT PEACE WITHOUT SPEAKING 4

"This... should be next month." James Heady lied without blinking.

It’s currently mid-month, and it’s only about ten days until next month.

It’s common for Mr. Morgan to be on a business trip for over ten days, so it’s quite normal.

"So late?" Chloe Grant was obviously very disappointed.

Well...

"Did he say where he’s going?"

She might as well directly go to the city where he’s on a business trip to find him!

"Where is he going?" James Heady blinked, his mind spinning quickly, and finally came up with a word, "Country Y."

"Because he has to attend a seminar, plus there’s a new project over there, so the time will be quite long."

Upon hearing this, Chloe Grant was even more disappointed.

Why go so far...

"Mr. Morgan’s phone is on, actually you can call Mr. Morgan." James Heady reminded her, adding at the end, "If you need anything."

Chloe Grant didn’t speak, but her eyes and brows were filled with emotions of disappointment.

She turned around, just about to leave, but her gaze fell on a heap of snack remnants on the coffee table.

If he wasn’t on a business trip, then how could...

"Oh, a partner came over earlier. He said he wanted to meet Mr. Morgan, and when I said he was on a business trip, he didn’t believe it and insisted on waiting here. We had no choice but to give him some snacks. He waited for about three hours and realized that Mr. Morgan wouldn’t come back, so he finally left." James Heady reacted quickly and came up with a perfect excuse.

The hope that Chloe Grant initially felt was finally extinguished, leaving only loss.

She lowered her head, her steps slowly following James Heady out.

James Heady closed the door, silently exhaled, and took Chloe Grant away.

As soon as Chloe Grant stepped out of the Morgan Group, she received a call from home.

It was her father calling.

Her parents only returned to the country due to Chloe Grant’s car accident, and later, upon learning that Lily Grant was getting engaged, the grandparents asked them to stay, hoping they would leave after drinking to Lily’s engagement.

Now that Lily Grant and Lucas Morgan’s engagement was called off again, Chloe Grant’s parents hadn’t left yet.

Chloe Grant answered the phone, "Hello?"

Having not found Matthew Morgan, Chloe Grant’s voice was very dejected.

"Come back right now." In the earphone came the stern voice of Mr. Grant.

"Okay." Chloe Grant replied.

She was not in high spirits, even feeling somewhat dejected and sad, so she didn’t pay attention to her father’s tone.

Nor did she think about why her father wanted to see her.

She drove straight back to the Grant family home.

What Chloe Grant didn’t expect was...

Just as she stepped into the Grant family home, she received a solid slap from her father.

Her father struck with such force that Chloe’s head turned to the side, her face starting to swell and sting hotly.

"Do you know what you’re doing!" Her father shouted angrily, pointing at her in a fit of rage.

Chloe Grant was completely bewildered. She covered her face and looked back at her father, "What did I do?"

Perhaps it was the pain or perhaps the senseless slap, but Chloe felt very wronged, causing tears to swell in her eyes.

"Do you not know what good deed you’ve done?" Mr. Grant angrily retorted.

"I really don’t know what I did!" Chloe Grant responded.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Grant raised his hand again, intending to strike, but Chloe hastily dodged.

Mr. Grant was even more furious, "You disgraceful thing, what are you dodging for!"

"I also want to know what I did to make you hit me like this?" Chloe Grant’s emotions were not good either.

She felt wronged and angry.

At that moment, she noticed in the living room the Grant family’s grandparents, Lily Grant, Lily’s parents, and even her own mother were there.

Yet...

Despite her father being physically violent, not one of them came forward to stop him.