"Can I?" Kathryn asked.Tally didn't know what to say. Tally contemplated the idea but quickly realized that Kathryn couldn't take that risk. Revealing the truth could jeopardize their situation, and if Randall found out about her involvement, he might take drastic action and kick her out.Tally sighed. "How on earth did I end up with a friend like you?" She couldn't fathom her current predicament. "I didn't mean to," Kathryn said miserably."You didn't mean to, my foot. What do you think Mr. Albert's thinking?""Baydem Group, of course!"Tally was speechless. That was a reason she couldn't argue with. How had they never considered Chris would try to swallow up Baydem Group as well after he got his hands on BreezCorizon? Tally thought they had been too naive. "So what do we do now?" Tally asked the most important question again, but it was this question that made Kathryn want to cry."I really don't know!"Tally had no idea how to respond and silently lamented the
Now Wendy was pissed. After both her daughters refused to pick up, she turned her attention to Maxwell for the first time. "Tell me, what the hell have you been doing here this whole time?""Hold on, Mom—""Your father and I have put you through college, so why aren't you earning any money?"Maxwell didn't know what to say. Didn't they tell him that all he had to do was focus on studying instead of thinking about earning money? What was going on now?When Maxwell didn't answer her, Wendy got so angry her chest hurt. "Your Aunt Amanda's son, Rick, came home with ten thousand dollars last year, and he's not even out of high school yet!""Wait! Mom, that's not what you said!""How did I end up with you useless children?" The more Wendy talked, the angrier she got. The reliable ones wouldn't help, and the one she raised as best as she could was unreliable.Maxwell felt a little guilty after being scolded, so he replied weakly, "Well, it's too late for me to start earning money now!"
"Do I have to keep acting?" Kathryn wanted to cry. She wanted to break the contract altogether, so Chris asking her to keep acting only gave her a headache."It pays a lot," Chris said."How much?" Kathryn had been thinking of quitting a few seconds ago, but now she was interested when she heard that it paid a lot.Chris' smile got wider when he saw how money-loving she got. "500 thousand dollars a month."Kathryn fell silent. That was indeed a lot of money. Combined with her salary, she would receive 560 thousand dollars a month.She seriously suspected Chris was using money to tempt her because he knew how much she loved money. He was so mean."So?""I-I'll think about it." The offer was tempting, but Kathryn knew better. What good was money if she couldn't even live to spend it?Besides, her belly was about to grow even bigger, yet she hadn't divorced Chris. She had no idea how he would react once he noticed.Kathryn wanted to die when she tried imagining that scenario.Ch
They reached the hospital soon afterward, and Jessica hastily got out before realizing she had left her phone in the car. Jessica sighed and knocked her head in frustration. But she didn't have time to think about that now, so she ran into the hospital and headed right for the pediatrics department.Sure enough, she found Kelly there. But it wasn't Karen who was by her side, but Matthew. He seemed calm when he saw her, without any other emotions."How's Kelly?" Jessica asked."They just gave her an injection. Her temperature's dropping slowly, but she still needs to stay at the hospital."Jessica's heart twinged when she heard that her daughter would need to be hospitalized."Go pay the hospital bill," Matthew told her."Oh, okay." Jessica nodded, then looked at Matthew with embarrassment. To be honest, she didn't have any money. She was working at Skyline Group but had yet to get her first paycheck.When she didn't move, Matthew frowned. "What's wrong?""Um, can you pay fi
But Jessica still didn't pick up after three or four calls. In the end, Kathryn had no choice but to call Matthew to confirm Jessica was okay.When Matthew told her that Jessica was with Kelly, Kathryn finally relaxed. "Okay, got it. I was just calling to make sure she got there. She wasn't answering her calls.""Okay.""Thanks. Bye." She had always been this polite with Matthew. Even when he and Jessica were still married, they always talked with a lukewarm attitude to each other.However, Kathryn was still a little bit worried about Jessica. Back when she was with the Quintons, she didn't get to save a lot of money because of Wendy.And now that Kelly was in the hospital … The more Kathryn thought about it, the more worried she got.When Chris got out of the shower, he saw her rolling all over the bed. As he walked over while drying his hair, Kathryn hastily sat up straight.The moment Chris tossed her a towel, she knew what to do and moved behind him to dry his hair."Someth
When Chris saw her being mad but also too scared to say anything, his smile softened. So, he held her face and kissed her deeply.Kathryn didn't know what to say. He was doing it again. However, her rationality was quickly overwhelmed by Chris. She tried to stay logical, but she didn't have a lot of brains to begin with, so she couldn't defend herself against his passion at all.Two hours later, Kathryn huffed and flipped over. She was miserable, especially since she was sore all over."Does it hurt?" Chris' gentle voice rang out.Kathryn glared at him. "What if you get me pregnant like this?"Chris fell silent. This girl was getting smarter, testing him like that after what they did. So, he placed his palm on her belly, which was already getting harder. "Do you want kids?"His gentle, flirtatious move made Kathryn shrink back on instinct and turn around. "I said 'if'," she grumbled.Her headstrong attitude put a smile on Chris' face. "If you want them, just say so.""But we—
She had no idea why, but she had been feeling tired for the past few days. Before she could say anything, the Albert Manor called, and its butler said, "Mr. Chris, you need to come back!""I'm busy. Call me again at noon.""But Mr. Franco said if you don't come back now, you'd be coming back to a corpse later on!"Chris raised an eyebrow and looked at Kathryn instinctively. She was stuffing a meatball into her mouth, making her cheeks puff up as she chewed in satisfaction.He smiled at her, then switched to a cold tone when he talked to the butler, "Got it." Then, he hung up and looked at Kathryn with interest.All of a sudden, he felt that life was more interesting with someone who wasn't picky. Kathryn only noticed Chris' gaze on her when she was eating her fifth meatball. "Why are you looking at me like that?" She looked at him with annoyance."Is it good?""Yes, it is." Kathryn nodded. She hadn't needed to worry about food since she came to Sunshine Bay. When they first
Those four words made everyone gasp. There was dead silence for a full minute as Krista's arrogant look became frozen on her face. She looked at Chris in disbelief, then at Franco.She thought she had misheard him, but Franco also froze for a moment. He soon recovered and looked at Chris in disbelief. "What did you say?"Krista stood with her breath held. Savanna looked at both Chris and Kathryn in disbelief. Clearly, they'd thought their marriage was over when Chris took control of BreezCorizon.And yet, Chris was here with her and demanding Baydem Group. What he wanted was obvious. As Chris sat Kathryn down before crossing his legs in his seat, he looked elegant and domineering at the same time.His cold gaze met Franco's fiery glare, and he smiled. "What I want is perfectly reasonable.""Chris!" Franco said with gritted teeth. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, shaking all over. He finally realized that this boy had grown up so much that he was out of his control. O