Chapter 80

Chapter 80

Why did Chloe want to become a journalist?

Wasn’t it because she wanted to change the world with her pen? In other words, she wanted to reveal the truth with her writing.

Writing was a very monumental thing for her because she was the one who had never written anything but letters in her life. But now, she was writing to convey information! Everyone can read and learn from her writing…!

It was good just imagining it.

Chloe couldn’t bear her laughter from coming out again and again. If she knew it would be this good, she would have moved on right away. Rather than waiting for the day to die and spending endless hours waiting for that day, she would try to live a little more worthwhile.

Even though she thought that she had found the bluebird belatedly, she also thought that she was glad she was able to find it now.

Chloe looked at DeHaan, feeling breathless now.

“The pay will be low.”

Said DeHaan.

“It does not matter.”

“The time will be inconsistent.”

“It does not matter.”

Chloe shook her head.

“Because it means a lot to be able to work.”

DeHaan’s eyes widened slightly. It seems he never expected her to come this far. While he thought she was an immature woman from a wealthy family, she did really want to work…

Realizing he was wrong, he became polite towards Chloe.

“Then, would you like to work from today?

“Good. I can’t wait to work.”

“Jeffrey, come this way. This is Chloe, this is Jeffrey. Say hello to each other.”

The next moment, he then called a man who was sitting there and made him come closer. Chloe casually said hello to him. He was a very attractive boyish man with orange hair and freckles on his face.

“Wow, hello! My successor is finally here!”

Jeffrey was a nice young man. Showing he was not shy at all, as he shook hands with her without hesitation, Chloe hesitated for a moment as she glanced at the outstretched hand. The act of holding a stranger’s hand was awkward for her.

Nevertheless, she was no longer Chloe Aslan or Chloe Rolfe… she was just Chloe, and she had to get used to this life now.

Soon, Chloe took Jeffrey’s outstretched hand and shook it lightly.

“My name is Chloe. Nice to meet you.”

“Great!”

As Jeffrey made an exaggerated gesture and smiled broadly at her, Chloe looked awkward at his attitude and just laughed lowly, avoiding his gaze.

“Then, can I teach her from now on?”

“She can write basic text, and looking at her application documents, her grammar is perfect. So I guess you just need to teach her how to write articles and how to do research, teach her while taking her around.”

“Okay, Boss!”

Jeffrey gave a short cry and stretched out his hand towards Chloe.

“Should we go?”

Taking a deep breath, now that she finally found the bluebird, all she has to do is do what she has to do and work hard.

Chloe thought so and followed Jeffrey. Her heart was filled with excitement.

It was quite late when Chloe got off work. To have her do such a high-intensity job from the first day, was a bit too much though she was okay. Indeed, for the first time in a long time, maybe for the first time, she was completely absorbed in something!

Not only that she learn how to write an article today, but she also learned how to write a headline, how to read the overall context of an article, and so on.

Chloe learned the job faster than any new employee, and she surprised DeHaan as well as Jeffrey.

“Can I write an article right away?”

“This is enough! Let’s start covering tomorrow.”

DeHaan said that as if he had never thought about hiring her. Feeling, Chloe had no doubt that tomorrow she, too, would be able to write her first article.

The wind was good.

As she could feel the warm air of Heath, which was completely different from the north and the capital, where it had been snowing all the time, she felt even better. If she knew it would be like this, if she knew that she would feel better and be happy like this, she would have gone out and looked for the blue bird…

Chloe left the newspaper building with a small smile.

She was sure there would never be a better day in her life because today was a significant day. Striding down the empty street with light steps, she thought that she could walk on this road tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or even the day after tomorrow made her feel even better.

…But, could she do that?

Happiness and pain were proportional.

“Arghh!”

As she couldn’t overcome the sudden chest pain and sat down, Chloe’s heart ached as if it would break, and she felt like someone was holding a knife and chopping it up.

Uh, it shouldn’t be like this.

The moment it happened again…

Kuh! Cough!

Blood dripped blood down her teeth. Chloe crawled on the floor, her shoulders shaking.

She needed to take medicine… She’d get better with some medicine. At the thought, she rummaged through her bag and pulled out the pills with trembling hands. However, before she could put it in her mouth and chew it, she coughed up blood again.

Cough!

Aahh, Chloe closed her eyes tightly. Bright red blood dripped down and stained her dress. It was as if ashes had been sprinkled on a proud day.

When she was so sickly, what did she do?

…She was going to die soon, yet she went to find some hope.

Chloe felt that her mind was fading away.

No, she couldn’t collapse here like this, at least, going back to the inn… She was far off, but he didn’t have the strength to lift even a finger.

Cough, cough.

As she coughed again, her heart ached and Chloe he wondered if she was going to die like this. The pain felt like her entire body was being torn apart. Even though she wasn’t afraid to die, she didn’t want to die like this.

On such a fine day, she didn’t want to die in such a horrible way!

Chloe tried to move her body, crawling, but her body didn’t move the way she wanted.

It hurt… it was so painful.

She closed her eyes tightly.

At that time…

“…Chloe?”

A familiar voice came. A husky, low voice, like Eric’s… Was it Eric? However, Chloe couldn’t lift her head as she didn’t even have that much strength left.

“Is it Chloe?”

Eric, who had just arrived in Heath and had been looking for her everywhere, from the beach to the inn, found Chloe lying in the middle of the street.

At first, he thought it wasn’t Chloe. Though when she saw the characteristic silver hair and the way she dressed, it was even more strange if it wasn’t Chloe. Having judged this far, he ran to her in surprise.

“Oh, my god! No…!”

He lifted the sprawled Chloe up.

“Chloe, wake up. Chloe!”

Still, Chloe didn’t budge. Eric shouted at the coachman who followed, relieved that she was at least breathing.

“Doctor, call the doctor! Right Now!”

The coachman said he would do it right away and ran away, and he hugged her again and put his ear to her heart.

Thank god. Her heart was beating properly… it was still running.

As he thought so, Eric wrapped his arms around Chloe’s shoulders.

“What have you done until this point?! You can’t even leave the house in this condition!”

With his cry, Chloe slowly raised her closed eyes.

It was the real Eric.

…The one in front of her was really Eric.

Chloe let out a mischievous laugh.

“Why are you… here?”

At the question, his eyes shook slightly before he shouted with a reddened face.

“I came to see you, but what kind of nonsense is this?! Why are you doing this?! If you had left me, at least try to live a good life, but what is this…!”

Even though he couldn’t hold back his anger, it was a cry that was tantamount to venting his anger, so he caught his breath and put his hand on Chloe’s shoulder, and made her lean against him.

“I called the doctor. Let’s go back to the inn and get treatment. Hold on to me, you’ll be fine.”

“But your clothes…”

Chloe slightly opened her mouth.

“It gets dirty.”

At this moment, he could feel that something in him was disconnected. It could be that his reason was cut off, or it could be that his patience was cut off. Whatever it was, something seemed to be disconnected.

Eric bit his lip hard and murmured briefly.

“Foolish woman.”

Chloe’s eyes widened this time, but Eric tried to ignore the sadness that spread across her face, and he hugged her tighter.

“Keep your eyes closed.”

He buried his face in her nape as if suggesting to himself.

“When you wake up from your sleep, everything will be fine.”

Chloe became hopeful that maybe Eric’s words were really true, so she unknowingly slowly closed her eyes.

Yes. Leaning on Eric’s arms.

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