The Senator’s Daughter Is Now the CEO They Need Chapter 16

The Senator’s Daughter Is Now the CEO They Need Chapter 16

“Got it.”

I understood.

So that was why Julian wouldn’t be home tonight.

A family ski trip.

I was still processing this when Noah blurted it out.

“Chloe, didn’t you say Julian wouldn’t be home? So it’s a family ski trip. They didn’t take you?”

My mother’s face flushed.

“We thought you wouldn’t be interested in this kind of thing, so we didn’t mention it.”

My father’s expression darkened.

He glanced at the three classmates behind me.

Each of them came from a family with influence in Washington.

He couldn’t let the facade of his “perfect family” crack in front of them.

So he took out his phone, moving with the speed of a man signing legislation.

“Take your classmates out for a nice meal.”

My phone vibrated.

One hundred thousand dollars.

My eyes lit up.

“Thank you.” I quickly put my phone away and smiled with genuine sincerity. “Have a great time, you three.”

I took the money and led my classmates upstairs without a backward glance.

Behind me, the Davises were probably stunned by my complete lack of concern.

After a moment, I vaguely heard my mother say quietly, “How did she become like this? Do we, as parents, really have to explain ourselves to her first?”

My father replied in a cold voice, “Since when do parents apologize to their children?”

Then came an even quieter sentence.

“Olivia is still more considerate. If only she were our biological daughter.”

They probably felt they had made a gesture of goodwill, and I had failed to receive it properly.

After that, they stopped making sudden attempts to show concern.

Except for the timely money transfers.

That was one part I was very satisfied with.

Their sudden bursts of warmth only made me more uncomfortable.