After Divorce, I Returned as the Army's Queen novel Chapter 140

Brian's face paled even more than before. It was too late for him to hide all those documents and photos now that Chloe was standing right before him.

"What's wrong? Are you unwell?" Chloe asked worriedly as she stepped forward. She was looking at Brian's uneasy expression, entirely ignoring the scattered things on the floor.

Brian's lips trembled as though he was about to speak, yet he wasn't entirely sure what to say.

Chloe pressed a hand on his forehead, checking his temperature. She grumbled, "You don't have a fever. Could it be that you haven't been resting enough lately?"

"Maybe I'm just a little tired," Brian muttered.

"Yeah. Look, you dropped all your papers on the floor." Chloe bent down to pick the scattered documents up from the floor.

"No, it's okay. I can take them…" Brian quickly tried to stop her, but it was too late. Chloe had already picked some documents up.

"Huh?" She made a curious noise when she saw the photo at the top of the pile. She stared hard at it, muttering, "This photo…"

Brian instantly froze in his seat. It felt like all the blood in his body had turned into ice.

He desperately wanted to snatch the photo from Chloe's hands so she would stop looking at it. He scrambled to come up with a reasonable explanation for it on the spot.

Should he… lie to her instead?

Chloe had told him she despised liars the most, and he'd promised that he would never lie to her.

But once she actually found out the truth, would their relationship then come to an end?

"Why do you have my brother's photo?" Chloe flipped through the photos she'd picked up and saw that they were all of Daniel. The documents she'd retrieved from the floor were related to him too.

"I…" Brian made to speak, but his mind had gone blank.

"Did you get all of this so you can help track Daniel down for me?" Chloe asked while going through the photos. She hadn't seen many of these photos of Daniel before. "Thank you, Brian."

Chloe's word of thanks snapped Brian back to the present.

Yes, he was trying to help Chloe find Daniel. But that wasn't the only reason he'd gotten these documents!

"By the way, can you give me a copy of these photos?" Chloe asked.

"O-of course," Brian answered.

Chloe held up one of the photos and muttered, "I have no idea when I'll be able to see Daniel again. Do you have any idea how much I miss him? Did you see the wound on his shoulder? He got it while protecting me."

Brian was stunned. His hands balled into fists at his side, trembling lightly. He was thankful that Chloe was still looking at the photos and was oblivious to how terrified he was right now.

"Daniel and I were overseas with our parents at the time, and we got caught in the midst of a terrorist attack. Daniel protected me, keeping me tightly tucked in his arms. He nearly lost his life because of it. I might've died that day if it weren't for him."

Chloe's eyes teared up as she looked at the scar on Daniel's shoulder.

"You must really love him," Brian said.

"Of course. That's why I need to find him, no matter where he is," she said.

"What if you don't?"

"I will—I'll find Daniel no matter how many years it takes!" There wasn't a single hint of hesitation in her tone.

Brian was momentarily silent before he mumbled, "Chloe, would you forgive someone if they did something irrevocably wrong to Daniel?"

Chloe shot him a curious look. "What kind of strange question is that? If someone did something bad to Daniel, he's the one who'll decide whether to forgive them or not."

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