He left and as Kathleen heard his car drive away from the house again, her limbs got weak and she slowly squatted down. She picked up the dishes that got shattered on the floor piece by piece while her tears slowly rolled down her cheeks. No whimpering sound was heard, only a silent cry. She felt really embarrassed to look up at the maids that approached her carefully. They didn't know what happened last night and they didn't know why the couple fought either. The only obvious thing was that Aaron hated Kathleen so much to the point of harming her."It's okay, madam. Why don't you take a rest? We'll clean this up," Nina, the younger maid said to Kathleen. She saw her hands were full with cuts from the glass pieces of the dishes. It was very strange that Kathleen didn't show any sign of being in pain with such many cuts. Kathleen wiped her runny nose with the back of her hand and some of her blood smeared on her cheek."Madam, that's enough. we'll do it. We'll clean it up. Just leave i
Kathleen drove back to the city aimlessly, having no particular destination in mind. She was thinking about staying at a hotel for a few days before she figured things out again. But then, she realized her money won't be enough to sustain her life even for a month. She parked her car by the roadside, in front of a convenience store. She went to the store and buy some cheap snacks and fast food, something that could fill her stomach for a few days.Exiting the store with two plastic bags filled with the stuff she bought, Kathleen went back into her car and put them in the backseat. She sat silently while eating some chips and still had her mind thinking about what she should do next. It was strange. When she left Campbell Corporation and the Campbell's manor, she had enough savings to sustain her life for a few months until she got a new job. Getting hired at Aeroxx Corporation saved her life back then. But now after Aeroxx fell and Aaron found out about her, she was chased out with on
Liam couldn't hold his emotions anymore. Hearing her say that, his manly tears finally rolled down his cheeks. Before she could see them, he wiped them clean with his palms and took a deep breath to control the stirring emotions inside his brain. It was a mixture of sadness, anger and disappointment. He was sad that Kathleen's life turned out this way. He was angry because Aaron was stupid enough to not be able to see through Kathleen and realized the fact that she was innocent. Lastly, Liam was disappointed because he had such a complicated and vile family member like Nora who ruined not just Aaron's life but Kathleen's as well."Do you want to come home now?" He asked her slowly but it took Kathleen a few minutes to answer."I knew you meant well for me, Liam. But I don't think I could ever live in the same house with Nora again. What she and Rodney did to me when they kidnapped me... those were not something I could forgive and forget so easily. I thought Aaron was my safe place bu
"I made her sign it," Aaron replied depressingly and took a sip of his whiskey."I had the result of the investigation that you wanted this morning," David said slowly, having a bit of desire to stop Aaron from divorcing his wife."So soon? I thought it would take you longer to find her background information.""I thought so too. But you tell me where to look. You see... the other Campbell family members didn't approve of Kenneth's marriage to Victoria Jones. So, she was totally out of the picture when it came to anything related to the family in public. She did appear with him a few times but people assumed that she was just his secretary, since she was his former one before. After the marriage, she seemed to stay low profile with the public. In fact, people don't even know she had a daughter with Kenneth except those who worked inside Campbell Corporation."David stopped talking for a while. He wanted to see Aaron's reaction to the matter. The man was just silent and didn't say anyt
The time had passed ten at night but Aaron was still sitting at the hotel bar eating some chips and nuts at the counter, having his third glass of whiskey. His private lawyer had long gone home."Getting a divorce?" The bartender tried to have small talk with him. He saw the divorce paper on the counter.Aaron just nodded impulsively without giving much thought to the question. Honestly, he was thinking about cancelling the divorce after David talked it through with him."So, who was the one cheating?" The bartender asked playfully, joshing about it to make the conversation light and not too serious."None..." Aaron replied languidly."Then, why with the divorce?"'She deceive me,' Aaron thought about saying it but he could not. Technically, Kathleen didn't have the intention to deceive him or anything. She was just keeping her identity a secret from him. It was Nora and Rodney who took that as a chance to make her the bad person in front of him. The two managed to manipulate his mind
Aaron slowly drew backwards until his legs bumped into the bed. He sat on it impulsively with his eyes still staring at the notes."No... how can she just leave? It's just been a day. Why didn't she try harder for our marriage?" His heart was in denial, it felt like it cracked into a million pieces at this moment.He knew it was his fault that he refused to believe her and treated her so badly for something she didn't do. He knew he probably deserved this but he really couldn't accept it. He took out his phone from his suit and dialled her number, but it couldn't be reached and the automated operator said the number was no longer in service.Liam actually had told Kathleen to discard the sim card of her phone that morning so it would be easier for her to disappear from everyone. He told her that his friend in Country P would give her a new phone number later and she would be able to contact him again once she arrived there.Aaron slowly felt devastated by the situation. Last night, he
Later that evening when it was time to clock out from work, Aaron received a call from Detective Leon. He didn't hope to get much news about Kathleen that soon because he just hired the investigator this morning."Mr Castell, I'd check and saw your wife's car driving around the city about three days ago in the morning. And then later that day she parked in front of a hotel, I'm guessing she stayed there for a day. The next day, her car was seen driving into the Campbell's manor. And it never gets out from there until today. I think she's probably there inside that residential," Detective Leon explained through the phone.Aaron was silent to hear that information. But a smirk slowly appeared on his face. 'So, you're not that innocent after all. In the end, you returned to your vile family again,' he muttered internally, slightly having his mind assuming the bad about Kathleen again. He felt a bit disappointed that she left him before, thinking that maybe he was wrong. But after the det
"It's Aaron."The answer Liam gave made her sigh heavily. She felt like she wanted to berate Kathleen for making such a major decision without discussing it with her. Aaron Castell was the only legitimate heir of Castell Corporation. Even though that young man was not yet in charge of the company right now, everyone knew he would be the one who would replace Edward Castell to take control of Castell Corporation later. In short, Aaron was not someone that anyone would want to mess with. Now her daughter had been associated closely with that man, even to the extent of having married together. If Kenneth knew about this, Victoria was sure her husband would surely accuse Kathleen of trying to betray Campbell Corporation."This is bad. Don't tell your dad about this. I don't want the other Campbell to pick on Kathleen again. Are you sure they had really divorced? Why did they divorce? Wait... during the microchip launching event... we did introduce Kathy to Aaron. Did he not know that she