Chapter 545 I Can't Fulfill Your Wish
Donovan got up, moved to the sofa, and lit a cigarette.
Chloe frowned slightly and waved away the smoke in front of her. "I've told you a million times, stop smoking!"
"Nagging again?" Donovan squinted at Chloe.
"Suit yourself. Lots of people get lung cancer from smoking. Plus, it makes your teeth yellow." Chloe sat on the bed, slowly getting dressed.
Donovan put down the cigarette, seeming like he wasn't too addicted, but Chloe knew that for someone used to smoking, quitting wasn't that easy. Smokers often seemed like dogs, dependent and greedy for cigarettes. Donovan, however, quit so easily and freely, as if he wasn't controlled by cigarettes but controlled them.
People always said that truly strong-willed people weren't controlled by addictions. Clearly, Donovan was one of them.
But why couldn't Donovan control his sex addiction?
"You quit smoking so easily, why can't you quit your sex addiction?" Chloe suddenly got interested, lying on the bed with her head propped up, looking at Donovan.
"Why would I quit something so good?" he asked.
Chloe squinted her eyes. "In the three years I was gone, you didn't quit either?"
Donovan stared at Chloe. "What are you trying to do? Investigate? I quit!"
Chloe's body swayed slightly. "Didn't you say you wouldn't quit?"
"I had to quit. Okay? Have you done asking?"
Chloe lay back under the blanket, pulling them over her head. She didn't know why her heart suddenly started beating so fast. She knew Donovan never lied; he disdained lying.
When Chloe felt suffocated under the blanket and pulled them down, she was startled to see Donovan sitting beside her.
Donovan stroked Chloe's face, his thumb moving. "Can't fulfill your wish this time?"
"What?" Chloe was a bit surprised, unable to recall what Donovan was talking about.
"Charles just called, asking me to go back to the office for a shareholders' meeting."
"When are you leaving?" Chloe suddenly felt a bit panicked.
"Today."
"Today?" Chloe hadn't expected it to be so soon.
"Yes. Once you go to work, Francis and I will leave."
Chloe bit her lip, wondering if she would see Donovan again before visiting Emerald Isle. Chloe got out of bed and hugged Donovan from behind, pressing her face against his warm back, feeling quite emotional after knowing that he hadn't slept with anyone during those years. Originally, they weren't together out of free love. She didn't know why Donovan gave up a lifetime of freedom for a contractual marriage.
Donovan turned his head slightly. " Can't bear to part with Francis?"
"No, it's you." Chloe said.
Donovan chuckled softly. "Then thank you. Alright, Francis is up. You should head back to school."
Chloe suddenly left him, feeling a sense of loss all over. After eating the breakfast Donovan made, Chloe went back to school.
On the way, Chloe sent a message to Jane: [Are you up yet? Do you want me to get you something to eat from the cafeteria?]
Jane: [It's almost noon, okay? Of course, I'm up. But I haven't had breakfast or lunch. Get me a pizza, a burger, fried chicken, and two pieces of bread. Also, bring me some snacks. Thanks.]
When Chloe back home with the food, she saw Jane curled up in bed, wrapped in a blanket, holding tissues, watching a show on her laptop, tears streaming down her face.
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