When Katherine and Marshall were having lunch in a restaurant nearby, she got a call from Frances,
who told her that they had finished and asked when she would be back.
Katherine paused, a bit surprised, “You have finished?”
Actually Katherine wanna know something about her and Khalid. But she held it back as Nicolas must
be still staying with her.
Frances nodded, “Now we are getting back to the curtain shops. Are you coming with us?”
Katherine still deemed it necessary to find out the situation between Khalid and Frances just now. So
she replied after some consideration, “Just give me a few minutes. I will be back soon. Would you mind
waiting in the car?”
Frances agreed and then hung up the phone.
As Katherine put down her phone, she took a look at Marshall, “Frances said they had finished. But I
feel like it has gone beyond my plan.”
Marshall put down the fork as he also heard of what Frances just said on the phone.
So he said, “Alright, let’s go to check.”
As both of them just walked outside, they saw Khalid standing at the gate of that restaurant while
smoking.
He seemed to be a bit displeased.
Katherine was the first to walk over, “What happened? They left before you?”
Khalid took a look at her and nodded, “They left 'cause they finished first.”
As Nicolas’s car was parked not far away, Katherine could see them as soon as she looked over her
shoulder.
She sighed, having no idea what to ask.
“Alright, I will walk over to check what’s going on. Don’t worry. They won’t be likely to develop a
relationship as long as I stay by her side.”
Khalid gave out a bitter smile. No one could tell what was in his mind.
Marshall patted on her shoulder, “Don’t get yourself exhausted.”
Katherine waved at him and left.
Both Frances and Nicolas were in the car, silent.
Katherine opened the door to get in, “You have finished the lunch so soon?”
Nicolas nodded, “Let’s go. I still prefer the last one we picked just now. Let’s go to get it home.”
Frances still kept silent. Then the car was driven away.
After a few seconds of pause, Katherine patted on her hand. While Frances turned to look at her,
emotionless.
Her expression told the fact—the planned encounter with Khalid didn’t go well.
Katherine couldn’t help complaining about Khalid’s dullness to express his own feeling.
‘Why don’t you show what you’ve got in front of your rival!’ she grumbled in her mind.
As the car stopped, Nicolas got off to pay for the curtain he preferred. Then he had the size noted
down.
But obviously, now the three of them all looked less delighted than what they showed in the morning.
Especially Frances, she looked quite frustrated.
After the purchase, they walked around for a while. Then Katherine said she was tired.
Frances echoed the same as well.
So that was all for today. Nicolas drove them back to the club of Kyle.
Frances still remained silent after she got off. Katherine stood in her front to say goodbye to Nicolas.
Nicolas took a look at Frances. He nodded and then left without staying for one more second.
Not until his car faded away from Katherine’s sight did she turn to look at Frances, “So? Is it messed
up?”
Frances sighed, “Not that bad. But our talk ended after a few simple words.”
Katherine nodded, “Alright. So what did you talk about?”
Actually, Frances found it hard to recall the details right now, most of which sounded like chitchat only.
Nervousness and being restrained were what she could recall for that moment.
So embarrassing!
She couldn’t believe herself that she was actually getting so nervous when facing men at this age.
Now she really got herself embarrassed when recalling her reaction in the restaurant just now.
As she didn’t want to talk much about the topic, she simply turned around to enter the club.
Meanwhile, Kyle didn’t sleep at all. Instead, he stood at the window of his room.
He could never put up with the fact that he got punched by a woman.
The feeling of shame kept him away from sleepiness.
Kyle had been smoking fag after fag till he got himself a bit dizzy.
He opened the window and stood still. Even he himself couldn’t tell what was in his own mind.
He felt blank and empty.
After a while, a waiter came over to tell him that Katherine and Frances were back.
Kyle nodded, “tell them I am sleeping. Kathy will find her own way to kill time.”
He was down. He even thought about talking to someone to vent out his emotion. But now he fancied
silence.
The waiter went out to serve Katherine and Frances. Kyle went to the bed and lay on it.
His phone buzzed just now and then he got a text. But he didn’t feel like have it checked.
Laying still, he finally grabbed the phone to check the text.
It was a call from his man, who texted Kyle as he didn’t answer just now.
Kyle couldn’t help cursing as soon as he read the text, “Fuck! I don’t give a shit about that bitch!”
Then he threw away his phone, turned around and wrapped the quilt with both arms with his eyes
closed.
Now sleep might be his only way to run away from annoyance.
Katherine and Frances went into a box. A waiter came in to serve some fruits and tea. Then he left.
Katherine beckoned her over, “Come on, tell me something.”
Frances scratched her head, “I don’t even know what to tell you either!”
Katherine smiled, “Hey, you are the heroine of the show! Of course you should know something.”
But actually what Frances said was right—she didn’t even know how was the situation.
No matter how hard she struggled to think about it, she found nothing special happened but it was just
a simple encounter during lunch.
But the encounter itself seemed to be quite important.
As for what made it so important, Frances couldn’t tell.
So Katherine didn’t intend to continue as she noticed that.
Obviously, Frances still needed some time to collect herself from nervousness.
Katherine leaned on the seat with legs crossed, “Actually it didn’t matter. It was just a lunch with a male
friend of yours but you happened to encounter your ex. What’s more, he is just your friend. Even if you
were in a relationship with him, it has nothing to do with Khalid before he claims to remarry you. I can’t
find a reason contributing to his madness.”
Hearing that, Frances deemed it reasonable. So she nodded, “Totally agree. He has no right to show
me madness even if I were in a relationship with Nicolas.”
“Yeah.” Katherine looked at her, “show him your attitude even though you were mostly blamed for the
divorce. After all, all ladies shall have the right to play naughty.”
While saying that, Katherine suddenly noticed that what she said also perfectly fit her relationship with
Marshall.
Of course, she sometimes loved to play naughty.
Khalid then went back to the office with Marshall.
Khalid remained silent all the way through, which render Marshall a bit amused.
“You feel unhappy because you saw mom having lunch with another guy, right?” said Marshall.
Pondering for seconds, Khalid confessed, “You’re right.”
Marshall smiled, “But she is free to date whoever she wants after divorce. You don’t have the right to
intervene.”
Khalid took a look at him, “Come on, you sound like an outsider.”
Marshall smiled, “Actually, I once believed that my mom was getting too old and too willful to marry
another guy who could put up with that after divorce. So I deemed she might probably stay single for
the rest of her life. But now I seem to be totally wrong. I am sure my mom can still easily find her love
again if she wants.
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