The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride
Chapter 1562

Chapter 1562

Chapter 1562

Wendy gave a light laugh, her gaze shifting towards Chloe. Her smiling face gradually turned cold.

Chloe sat comfortably in her chair, with one elbow on the armrest and her hand propping up herface. She smirked as she watched the numbers on the screen at the center of the stage steadilyincrease.

That smirk was a thorn in Wendy's eye. Was she simply watching the Alonsos successfully gatherinvestments without a care in the world? No, it was more like, why was she so pleased?

Even if it was all an act, she had been keeping it up for quite some time now. Wendy didn't believethat Chloe, watching the Alonsos' unstoppable momentum, could genuinely be happy.b2 She shuther eyes tightly, opening them after a while, a sarcastic smile tugged at her lips.

Chloe must be pretending. She knew all Chloe wanted was to see her downfall, and that was whyshe was maintaining this facade.

With this in mind, Wendy maneuvered her wheelchair towards Chloe.

Catching her from the corner of her eye, Chloe nonchalantly poured herself a glass of water fromher flask.

Wendy boldly approached Chloe. "Well, Ms. Summers, did you consider making an investment?Don't worry, since I invited you today, I won't reject your investment if you decide to make one."

Chloe, sipping from her glass, seemed unperturbed.

"I'll see how things go. If the funding is almost complete, there's no need for me to intervene.Besides, you wouldn't decline my investment, and you don't have the privilege to, do you?"

Wendy chuckled lightly, "So you are considering investing? I didn't expect our project to be soappealing that the haughty Ms.

Summers is willing to overlook past grudges and jump at the opportunity?"

Her words were loud enough for the guests in the front rows to overhear.

Upon hearing that Starlight International's Ms. Summers was taking interest in the project, and thesilent yet undeniably prominent Damon sitting beside her, they were confident that her decision wasapproved by him. This only reinforced their decision to invest. Several immediately raised their bids.

"Like I said, Ms. Wendy, this is indeed a promising project. No businessman would pass on aprofitable opportunity.” Chloe had a clear understanding of Wendy's thoughts. She took a sip ofwater, raised an eyebrow in satisfaction, and seemed to be quite content with her life.

Her calm demeanor infuriated Wendy. "Chloe, how long do you plan on keeping up this act? Areyou telling me that the Alonso's impressive fundraising doesn't affect you at all?"

Chloe nodded, "Of course, I'm very happy."

"Heh; Wendy scoffed, "You're quite the actress. Happy? On what grounds are you happy?"

Chloe cast a sidelong glance at Wendy with her starry eyes, placed her cup at her lips, leanedforward, and moved closer to Wendy.

"Why shouldn't I be happy? Ms. Wendy, you traded your shares for a 30 billion fund. Withoutsufficient shares, how will you secure your position as the heir in the company? If Phoebechallenges you, what will you fight back with? Sure, you're the heir of the Alonso family, but youdon't hold any real power, do you? Anyone could easily overthrow you. Why shouldn't I be happy?"

Wendy's face contorted for a moment. She glanced at Azriel sitting next to Phoebe and then brokeinto a laugh. "That's none of your concern. After all, the company isn't yours."

Upon hearing that, Chloe stared at Wendy with a mischievous smile for a while before leaning backinto her chair.

Even after her attempt to provoke Chloe, Wendy couldn't get the reaction she expected. Shereturned to her corner, defeated. Cole looked at her disapprovingly, "You need to reel it in a bit.Everyone wants to see a showdown between you and Chloe, and you're just playing into theirhands. Aren't you afraid of the rumors?"

Wendy didn't respond to Cole's comment, instead she said, "Dad, since Mr. Azriel is interested inWendy, why don't we discuss their wedding arrangements?"

Cole frowned, "Why bring that up now?"

"Because I only own 5% of the shares, my position in the company is threatened, and I want tosecure my position. Why else would I bring it up now?!"

Wendy was clearly losing her patience. Initially, she wanted to provoke Chloe, but it seemed thetables were turned. She was right, the issue of shares was the most important thing now.

"Wendy, how can you speak to your father like that?" Grace nudged Wendy, clearly dissatisfied withher sudden change of tone.

Wendy shut her eyes, biting her lip, "I'm sorry, I just got a bit anxious."

Cole didn't take it to heart. His gaze drifted towards Azriel and Phoebe, "What does their weddinghave to do with your shares?"

Wendy gave a sinister smile, her eyes fixated on Azriel and Phoebe. "Dad, do you really want tomarry Phoebe off to someone else for nothing?"

Cole blinked, taken aback for a moment, but quickly caught on.

"You mean..."

Wendy chuckled, her frown dissipating and replaced with a hint of malicious satisfaction.

"No such thing as a free lunch in this world."

Grace was no fool, especially when it came to this kind of thing.

She was pretty good at it.

The somewhat intrusive gazes of them left Azriel feeling perplexed. He looked up to see Colenodding at him in a casual manner. His brow furrowed slightly, then he turned to glance at Phoebe,whose cheeks were puffed up in anger, resembling a pufferfish. A faint smile flickered in his eyes.He arched an eyebrow, asking, "Your father, stepmother, and sister seem to be looking at me ratherintently. Do you know what they're thinking?"