“Sister, why are you so cold to me,” said Billy discontentedly.
Kathy didn’t say much during their meal.
“Don’t call me that, it’s disgusting,” said Kathy sternly.
“But you are my mom’s daughter, do you intend to deny your identity?”
“We are only related by blood, no big deal. I don’t really want to be part of the Booth family, to be
honest.”
She didn’t mind having contact with the Booth family, but she still needed some time to fully accept
them again.
“Is it because mom once abandoned you? So, you are rejecting us and not willing to go back.” Billy
stared at Kathy, uncovering her thoughts.
“Though mom didn’t have a choice at that time, she would be ostracized by the Hilton family if she
didn’t do as told.”
“The Hilton family? What did you guys do to her back then?” Kathy looked a bit worried.
“Do me a favour and I’ll tell you about it. It’s reciprocity,” said Billy as he squinted his eyes.
Kathy really wanted to learn the truth about what happened between the Hilton and the Booth family.
“Are you really going to tell me what happened?”
“I never lie to you, no?” Billy inched closer.
Kathy pushed him away, “You lie to me a lot.”
“That’s Joseph, not me.”
Kathy didn’t say anything back.
“What do you need me to do?”
“There’s a drinking event tonight. The signing of my contract will probably go much smoother with you
there.” Billy smiled cunningly.
“I don’t drink and I’m not good with social interaction.” Kathy felt troubled.
“You don’t have to do anything but to sit there quietly.”
Kathy was speechless.
…
The night crept in and the evening lights were lit.
Kathy got a call from Joseph when she was on Billy’s car.
“Are you still at the Booth’s house?”
Kathy didn’t answer, she glanced at Billy.
“Yeah, I’ll be back a bit late.”
“I’ll go pick you up after my meeting.”
“There’s no need. You should concentrate on your work, Mrs. Hilton will send me home,” said Kathy in
a low voice.
Joseph could sense that something was wrong judging by the tone of her voice, his eyes darkened.
Kathy quickly hung up as she felt guilty.
She wasn’t doing anything wrong with Billy, but she just didn’t want to tell Joseph the truth to avoid
making him angry.
She really cared about him.
“Why does it feel like we are having an affair?” said Billy jokingly.
Kathy glared at him angrily, “Brother, you shouldn’t misuse that word.”
“We might not be siblings,” said Billy suddenly.
“Well, I wouldn’t have an affair with you either way,” answered Kathy coldly.
“Who knows, but you can always remember that I’m your number one side squeeze if we are not
related by blood.” Billy inched close, there were sparkles in his eyes.
Kathy avoided his gaze and rolled her eyes.
Side squeeze my ass…
“Billy, are you a masochist? I’m really not one bit interested in you.”
“Who knows what the future can bring?”
“Nothing will change between me and you, in the past, in the present, nor the future,” said Kathy
without skipping a beat.
“Are you completely in love with Joseph right now?” Billy sounded a bit discontent.
Kathy turned her head. She did express her feelings to Joseph, but his attitude still made her feel
uneasy.
She firmly believed what he said, that he wouldn’t leave her side.
But she wanted affirmation from him as well.
She could feel that he harboured feelings towards her as well, but he had never once said it out loud.
Kathy suddenly felt her heart throbbing in pain.
She never thought that she would still have the courage to love someone regardless of what would
happen, but she was willing to if it was for Joseph.
“My dear sister, I’ll wait patiently for the day when you’ll cry in my arms.”
“That wouldn’t happen.”
Billy squinted his eyes, this day would definitely come very soon.
XS Club.
The said person was already in the private room when Kathy and Billy arrived.
Kathy saw a lone figure in front of her, the person’s side profile was charming and handsome.
It was dark in the room, the person slowly turned his head towards Kathy.
Bertie?
Kathy took a step backwards unconsciously, she couldn’t believe her eyes.
Billy noticed the fear on Kathy’s face, he smiled maliciously.
“Mr Marshall, I’m sorry I’m late.”
Bertie sat down in the middle, his gaze locked on Kathy undisguisedly.
How dared she appeared in front of him again.
“This is my sister, Kathy.” Billy introduced.
“Kathy,” Bertie repeated the name, he thought that the name did suit her quite well.
Kathy always had a pure and gentle aura that made people feel comfortable around her.
“Mr Marshall,” said Kathy quietly.
She knew that Billy purposely roped her into this mess.
She glared at him and said in a low voice, “Did you plan this?”
“Plan what?” asked Billy innocently.
Kathy frowned, Billy put on an innocent face but it made Kathy even more suspicious of him.
She thought about the news article about her “affair” with Bertie, her face wasn’t actually fully shown on
the photo.
Maybe Billy didn’t know that she knew Bertie.
“Nothing.” Kathy looked away.
“Did you know Mr Marshall?”
Bertie said, “Yeah, once I mistook Miss Kathy for my fiancé and caused her some troubles. I never
would’ve thought that she was your sister.”
“Don’t worry, my sister is forgiving.” Billy looked at Kathy and said, “Sister, you didn’t mind that Mr
Marshall offended you back then, right?”
Kathy smiled plainly, “It was a misunderstanding, it was all cleared up.”
It was a lie to say that she didn’t mind, but she also didn’t want to press the matter further.
“Well then, let’s get down to business.”
Billy and Bertie were working together on the research and development of the new medicine. Kathy
was bored to death, she also didn’t want to pry into their business.
But Bertie took glimpses at her once in a while and it made her very uncomfortable.
“Mr. Hilton, I like your proposal, but I still have to talk to the executives about it.” Bertie didn’t
immediately sign the proposal.
Billy was unhappy, he glanced at Kathy.
Kathy was appalled, didn’t he say that she didn’t have to do anything? Did he want her to say
something?
“What do you think, Miss Kathy?” asked Bertie.
Billy gave her a forceful gaze.
It made Kathy’s hair stand on its end, this would be a tough feat…
“Is there a problem with the proposal, Mr Marshall?” Kathy smiled
“There are similar medicines in the market already, they have a small audience and don’t usually sell
well.”
“The problem with the low sales might lie in the medicines themselves and not the type of medicine.
Large corporations have yet to look into these type of medicine, I’d say that Mr Marshall should take
the leap on this.”
Bertie raised his brow, he was surprised at Kathy’s answer.
She answered quite professionally.
“Research and development need a lot of fundings, we can’t rush into things.”
“Mr Marshall, you’re right.”
Kathy looked at Billy, she was trying to tell him that she already tried her best.
“I need to get this call, sister please entertain our guest.” Billy walked out of the room in the middle of
things.
Now that there were only the two of them left, Kathy felt even more uncomfortable and she just wanted
to leave.
It was getting pretty late, Joseph should be home already.
She missed him a lot.
Bertie smiled mischievously as he noticed that Kathy was distracted, “You don’t care to entertain me?”
“If you have any other proposals, please negotiate with Mr. Hilton when he gets back.” Kathy was
indifferent.
Bertie looked displeased, “I’m sorry about what happened before.
“I’m not angry about it. You were just misled by someone else.”
“I would be pleased if you were Sue.” Bertie lips formed an arch.
Kathy was stunned, she suddenly thought of what Bertie said to her before, “Date me.”
She never took it seriously.
But she also knew that he wasn’t joking.
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