My Crazy Housemate: What Makes You Happy - Chapter 281

“We are so proud of you Chloe.” Chloe’s mother said as she looked at her daughter with a soft gaze. Chloe felt exhausted after speaking with her friend Amara on the phone and also her grandparents. Unfortunately, Amara wasn’t in town so she could not make it.

Chloe could tell her mother was being genuine with her praises. Even her father who still looked like he was angry at her, looked at her with pride and it made her happy.

“I just have one question…” Chloe said while looking at them with suspicion. “Did you have anything to do with my grade—”

“Of course not!” Her mother said immediately. “I swear we had nothing to do with it. Everything you got is what you deserved and I am happy we didn’t try to mess with it. How would we have known you were such a smarty pant?”

Chloe believed them. She studied really hard for this exam to know whatever grades she got was what she deserved. There were no distractions from work or home so she studied really hard. Her only distraction was Jeremy who she always nagged to read whenever he was about to doze off.

“I am proud of you Chloe.” Her father said which made her smile.

“Thank you. At least you both know now that Jeremy isn’t a bad influence. He was the number 10th student in class.” She said with pride that didn’t escape her parents.

“We heard the rumour about him being Mr Hank’s illegitimate son. Correct?” His father asked with a frown.

Chloe also frowned. “Yes. So?”

Noting the challenge in Chloe’s voice, Mrs King rushed to assure her, “It’s nothing. Maybe one of these days you can invite him to the house for dinner so we can get to know him well?”

“Really?” Chloe asked with suspicion. She didn’t understand why she was suddenly so receptive of him. Was it because of his father?

“You do not have to be suspicious dear…” Her mother took her hands. “We believe you are old enough to take care of yourself and make your own decision. We will not stop you.”

“Really?” She asked, looking at her father to be sure he was on the same page as her mother. He looked impassive.

“A driver will come pick you up with your luggages from that house. We should have dinner toge—”

“Pick me up?” Chloe interrupted her father, her frown deepening.

“Yes. You are coming home. Why?” Her mother asked in confusion.

“I never said I was going home.” Chloe reminded them.

“What?” Her father’s frown also deepened as he asked, “You are not coming home?”

“I am not. I will remain in Leo’s place. And I already have plans for tonight and my life after now.”

“What? What plans? We should celebrate together. We need to talk about your future—”

“Thank you for coming. I really appreciate this.” Chloe said instead and hugged her mother before hugging her father. When she was done, she turned around and walked away. She was not going to have that conversation with them. She hoped they would realise she wouldn’t be returning home anytime soon.

She had never been so happy in a really really long while.

She looked around for Jeremy and almost got the shock of her life seeing him hug a lady happily.

She stood there until they broke the hug and was even more surprised when she recognized the person as Mrs Wesley who handed him a bouquet of flowers, which Ellie claimed instead. Since when did they become close? They all looked like one happy family.

She didn’t know how long she stood there until she saw Jeremy begin to look around like he was searching for someone when he saw her and smiled while waving for her to come over.

Although she was still uncomfortable facing the woman, she slowly approached them.

“Congratulations Chloe.” Ellie was the first to hug without letting go of the flowers so the hug was kind of awkward.

When Jeremy noticed the confusion in Chloe’s eyes as she kept looking between Mrs Wesley and him, he began to explain.

“Uhm.. we kept in touch since that day.”

“Real–ly?” Chloe was surprised while Mrs Wesley chuckled.

“Do not look so surprised dear. Congratualtions on your graduation and new relationship.” Mrs Wesley said with a smile which made Chloe freeze.

The woman noticed and touched her shoulder,

“Relax. I have been wondering when you will both be in a relationship since the first time I saw you two together. I am genuinely happy for you two. So do not think I am that petty to not want you to he happy.”

Chloe finally managed to smile even though it was shaky. She still felt uncomfortable and didn’t know what to say but thankfully, there was a distraction.

“Hey!” Someone tapped Jeremy’s shoulder.

He turned around and was surprised to see it was his father. He hadn’t thought his father would take the initiative to talk to him since his wife was present and there were a lot of eyes watching.

“Hey.. hi.. I mean… Good day.” Jeremy said awkwardly.

Mr Hank smiled at him before turning to look at the others.

“Mrs Wesley.” He said as a form of greeting which surprised Jeremy.

“You two know each other?” Jeremy asked when Maria equally responded to his greeting.

Maria hadn’t told him they knew each other.

“Of course, business people know other business people on business levels.” The woman explained plainly.

“You know Jeremy?” It was Mr Hank’s turn to ask Maria. Jeremy was definitely not a business person and he knew the woman wasn’t related to him.

Maria nodded and pointed at Jeremy and Ellie, “Yes. I am their Godmother.” She said, surprising not only Mr Hank but also Jeremy, Chloe and Ellie.

“Oh.. I had no idea.” Mr Hank said, the surprise not leaving his face or voice.

“Small world.” Maria said with a smile which wasn’t very genuine. Jeremy guessed Maria didn’t like his father very much.

“You must be Ellie.” Mr Hank moved his attention from Jeremy to the little girl who had been looking at him with curiosity. “It’s glad to finally meet you.” He said.

Ellie didn’t respond to his greeting. Noting how Ellie was looking at him, Jeremy guessed she was probably thinking he wanted to take him away, so he placed a hand on her shoulder to help her calm down.

“And…” Mr Hank looked at Chloe, waiting for an introduction while also looking at her with a hint of recognition.

“Chloe. She is my girlfriend. Chloe King.”

That also made him surprised. “Oh! I remember her.” He said with a slight frown when he remembered something.

“I bet you do. Your family tried to force her to go on a date with Kelvin.” Jeremy said with a bitter tone that made Chloe almost elbow him to shut up.

“Nice to meet you sir.” Chloe said and shook hands with him.

When he was done greeting all of them, he looked at Jeremy and asked, “Can I speak with you? Privately?”

“Why?” Ellie asked in alarm.

“It’s fine. I will meet you soon. Just speaking with him for a few minutes.” Jeremy assured her.

Ellie wasn’t convinced but she reluctantly agreed.