Kathryn looked at Chris' irritated look miserably. She had no idea what she did to anger him again.Chris looked at her and huffed, "Are you hungry?""Yes." Kathryn nodded."Ms. Adams just sent lunch over. Eat.""Okay!" The moment Kathryn heard that lunch was ready, she dropped everything she was doing. Chris' irritation disappeared just watching her act like a great burden had been lifted off her shoulders. "You hate this kind of work that much?" he asked with a smile."I'm used to hustling," Kathryn said. Growing up with her grandmother, she always knew the importance of knowledge and money.That was why she'd spent her whole life either studying or working. To her, these crafts couldn't pay the bills, so learning them was a waste of time.Chris felt a strange pity for her when he heard that. He took her hands and said, "You'll never have to hustle that much again, alright?"Kathryn didn't know what to say. A strange feeling bloomed inside her when she heard him say that, a
Krista and Chris were in an all-out battle now, but Kathryn was the one who was scared. Krista was still refusing to hand over the project, so Franco came back to Harborlean and called Chris over that same night.However, Chris had brought Kathryn too. Franco's face fell when he saw her. "Do you bring her everywhere you go nowadays?" He asked, getting angry just seeing Kathryn.Chris frowned and shot back, "Even if we haven't had a wedding, we have the marriage license. Is it illegal to bring my wife with me?"Chris' tone was clearly a subtle mockery of Franco. Chris was acting like a completely different person compared to how he acted at Albert Group.At Albert Group, he was calm, wise, and serious. But now, he was a harsh critic. Everyone present except Kathryn was so angry. Their faces had gone red."Why, you …" Franco glared at Albert. He was very insulted, but he couldn't say a word. The word "illegal" struck him hard because back when Franco was married to Chris' mother
Franco's head was hurting. "How is it going with the project?" he asked while looking at Krista. They both knew he was asking the obvious. He had escaped to Southvale to avoid getting involved in BreezCorizon.After all, Krista was his wife, and he didn't want to see her so sad. But the Winchesters had dragged him into this mess, so peace was no longer an option.When Krista heard Franco ask about the project, she said in resignation, "I'm working on it.""How much longer?" Franco asked.How much longer? Was he giving her a deadline? Krista was offended but didn't dare protest when Franco looked at her intimidatingly.So, she forced herself to say, "A week.""Then I'll call off the wedding in a week," Chris said sharply. "However, please be reminded that the wedding's in four days, and I'm not calling it off until I have the project!"Franco felt like he was going to bust a lung when he heard that Chris still wasn't going to call it off. He glared at Krista and said seriously,
Men didn't care about the details as much as women did or bother to think as much. Krista could predict what would happen if Chris took control of BreezCorizon, but Franco couldn't.He even thought Krista's perception of Chris was too negative. Franco believed that as frustrating as the boy was, he'd never be so cruel to his own brother."Why am I mentioning Phineas? It's so obvious …" Krista stopped herself when Franco shot her a cold look. She had no idea how to continue, so she said, "You just don't care about him!""Relax, Chris wouldn't do such a thing." Krista's heart sank when she saw Franco place so much trust in Chris. "Maybe he wouldn't do it to Phineas, but what about me?" she couldn't help but ask.After all these years, she was very much aware of how deep Chris' hatred for her ran, but Franco said, "It's been so long. What do you think he can do to you?""Wait, you're …" Now Krista really had no idea what to say. Was Franco going to side with Chris no matter what sh
After hanging up, Wendy excitedly grabbed Maxwell's arm. "We're going to be rich, son!" However, Patrick and Maxwell showed no excitement at all despite her delight.After all, everything was a hassle when Kathryn was involved. There was no way this would be that easy. Both the men had already realized that, so the only one who still kept going was Wendy."Honey, I think we should just let it go," Patrick said hesitantly. Wendy had almost gotten herself jailed after causing trouble just once. How could they get Kathryn to come with them? And in one day? Patrick thought it was an impossible task."What do you mean, let it go? Why should I?" Wendy was insulted by his reply. This man was why she'd lived in poverty for all these years. She was so scared of living as a poor woman. She refused to let it go."How are you going to convince Kathryn? She's a houseowner in Harborlean now. Even if you split the five million with her, she still wouldn't come with you," Patrick said.He w
Chris looked at the pot again. Clearly, he thought that the succulent didn't even look nice, let alone cute. He eyed the scarf she'd thrown on the couch. It wasn't much, so it was obvious from her speed that she was terrible at arts and crafts and didn't have the patience for it."Mr. Huber probably yelled at you a lot for your lack of patience, huh?" Both sculpting and knitting took a lot of patience, after all.Kathryn shook her head. "No, he only yelled at me if I made a mistake." Lewis Huber was known for his temper, but he'd always been strangely patient with her."You had the patience to learn relief sculpting?" Chris asked."Because I liked it," Kathryn replied. She genuinely loved relief sculpting, so she was good at it.Speaking of sculpting, she'd actually gotten a custom order from someone a past customer had referred. However, since she was pregnant and getting ready to leave Harborlean, she declined.Once she started a new life in a different city, relief sculpting
What was going on? Before Kathryn could keep talking, Tally asked, "What makes you think that?" Where were all her weird ideas coming from …Kathryn didn't know how to tell Tally about what had happened that day, so she said, "I didn't get any weird ideas. Wendy herself was the one who let it slip.""In the heat of the moment?" Tally asked. She knew that people like Wendy would say anything to hurt someone when they got mad."No, that wasn't it!" Kathryn said. Wendy had always said she was no daughter of hers, but this time, she was sure she didn't say it just because she was angry.Tally quickly pulled over when she heard Kathryn's tone and picked up the phone again. "So what are you going to do?" Kathryn was probably telling her this because she had a plan, right?"Wendy wants to see me tomorrow, so I'll try to get her hair for a DNA test." That was why she had agreed to the meeting after saying no. Some mysteries were too suspicious to leave unsolved.Tally thought Kathryn m
Kathryn knew what Wendy was like. When she bought that house, she'd always acted arrogant every time Kathryn returned. But now that she had sold the house, she'd probably been laughed at tons of times. Wouldn't that be the perfect fuel for her desire to move out of the village?Tally nodded. "I see." In that case, Kathryn did need to be cautious. "Then I'll go with you tomorrow.""Mm-hmm." Kathryn nodded. They talked a little more, and Kathryn could tell from Tally's tone that she was happy at her new job. Otherwise, her tone wouldn't be this light.After making the arrangements for tomorrow, Kathryn felt a little more relaxed. After all, she was dealing with a Wendy who was on Krista's side now. She needed to be more careful no matter what.In the afternoon, Kathryn took a nap. When she woke up, she felt a weight on her. When she wriggled her body, she realized Chris had come home while she was sleeping.Not only that, Chris was cuddling her. The moment she moved, Chris woke