Silent, Khalid didn’t speak until the car stopped at the gate and then he opened the door to get off. He
stood next to the car and let out a breath of sigh, “Yeah, she can easily achieve it.”
Marshall was a bit confused. Not until quite a while later did he realize what Khalid meant—it was his
response to what he had said minutes ago.
He smiled and followed Khalid into the company.
But he didn’t have much time to observe Khalid as busy work totally occupied him in the afternoon.
But he could tell that Khalid might be probably quite distraught after going through the awkward lunch
time.
Not until dusk had Marshall finished his work.
He stretched himself and made a call to Katherine, asking where she was.
Both Katherine and Frances were still in Kyle’s club. They decided to stay for dinner.
Hearing that, Marshall hurried to require, “I am coming. Do remember to count me in!”
Katherine smiled, “If you go for dinner with us, there will be only Grandma Grant and your dad left
alone at home tonight. They might be complaining about that, I suppose.”
But Marshall seemed to be determined, “It’s okay. I don’t think my absence will impact on their
appetite.”
After some consideration, Katherine agreed. As it was Kyle who took charge of the club, it was all up to
him.
After hanging up the phone, Marshall simply piled up the files on his desk. When it was time to get off
work, he hurried to leave.
Then he happened to meet Khalid in the corridor, who walked out of the common room with his glass.
He paused and asked when seeing Marshall leave in a hurry, “Time to get off work? What are you so
hurried for?”
Marshall replied, “Kathy and mom told me that they will stay out for dinner. So I am going to join them.”
Lips pressed, he slightly nodded a few seconds later, “But your grandma will be at home alone.”
Marshall raised his brows. But he didn’t continue with the topic, “So you are gonna work overtime
tonight?”
Khalid nodded, “Yeah, I still got a lot of work to deal with.”
His voice sounded upset. But Marshall didn’t intend to show much care. He simply strode into the
elevator after saying goodbye.
Khalid stood still while looking at his back with mixed feelings hidden in his eyes.
He felt like going back to the old days when only he and Grandma Grant were left alone at home.
Marshall then drove himself to the club.
The club was filled with joy at night. While Kyle, Katherine and Frances were all waiting for a big feast
in a private box.
Meanwhile, those cooks in the kitchen were busy preparing food.
When Marshall entered the box, he saw Katherine asking for a picture with Kyle.
But Kyle covered his face to struggle reluctantly. Actually, the bruise on his cheekbone was
unnoticeable, which could be easily eliminated after a retouching filter by the camera.
Kyle still kept struggling with both hands on his face.
But he didn’t exert much strength to struggle fiercely out of the concern with Katherine’s pregnancy. He
just dodged the camera with his face covered by both hands.
Laughing loud, Katherine seemed to enjoy the trick.
Frances was placing dishes on the table without looking at them. She just mumbled, “Kathy, watch out.
Don’t bump your belly. Kyle, just give in for a few pictures with her since she insists!”
Her words sounded like a mom who spoiled her girl.
Marshall was rendered amused when seeing that.
Kyle still yelled and struggled to resist. But Katherine managed to snap a few pictures of his.
Marshall entered and walked over to Frances, “Do you need help?”
She smiled while looking at him, “Oh, Marshall. It’s okay. I can handle it. Take a seat. Dinner will be
ready soon.”
After saying that, she looked at Katherine and Kyle, “Hey, get over here. Time for dinner!”
Katherine checked those pictures on her phone. As she had got enough, she simply stopped.
All of them were sitting around the table. The atmosphere was delightful before the dinner started.
Katherine got herself some juice as she couldn’t take alcohol.
Before they got started, Katherine told Marshall to post some pictures about the dinner on his social
media.
Marshall could tell what she was up for. So he did it as required.
Katherine didn’t talk much during dinner.
So did Kyle at the beginning as well. But then the alcohol seemed to turn him into a chatterbox.
He kept grumbling about the fact that he got punched by a woman.
He repeated the same thing again and again, making it boring.
But Marshall appeared to be a bit more interested this time. He asked what made Rosie in hospital this
time.
Squinting to recall, Kyle then replied, “There was a robber on a motorbike who looted a bag of a lady.
She rushed to take it back. But that robber brought a weapon and he appeared to be stronger than her.
So she got her arm broken.”
Then he added, “But she still managed to arrest the robber and took him into the police office.”
Katherine took a look at him, wondering why he added to explain more.
It seemed that he showed a different attitude from what he had complained about a moment ago.
Frances nodded, “She sounded like a righteous girl. I kinda like her.”
Kyle pouted, “Come on, so what even if she is righteous. She is unreasonable, stubborn and repellent
with bad temper. I beg she will annoy you if you see her in the flesh.”
Frances glanced at him, “Don’t you think a girl like her keeps you safe when she is by your side? She is
righteous with a strong sense of justice. That’s the person we need for the society.”
Kyle huffed, “I don’t think so. If it weren’t because she is a woman, I would have knocked her down.”
But the bruise on his face marked as a humiliation against his tough threatening words.
Marshall asked again, “But what caused the fight between you two? According to what you said, she
didn’t seem to bother about what you have done before. But why did she fight you this time? Did you
say something irritating?”
Kyle refuted with his eyes wide open, “Come on, every single word from my mouth must be irritating
from her perspective! But how the hell did I know what exactly irritated her!”
However, he did bomb her with a lot of irritating words.
Katherine was enjoying the food next to them. But she still found a chance to cut in, “Did you say
something to offend her bottom line? So what exactly did you say before she punched you?”
Kyle paused and started to ponder.
He suddenly recalled that he mentioned about the club before being punched.
At that time, Rosie gave him a serious warning, saying that she knew every dirty thing about the club
he had engaged in.
She also warned that he should stay away from those drugs.
Perhaps it was because she had a talent in lecturing. She added that the drugs harmed both the
drugsters and the police officers, especially those anti-narcotics police who fought and sacrificed
themselves in the front line against drug trafficking. She blamed him for being lack of
conscientiousness.
But then he refuted that those police were willing to because they died of their own wills.
And that was what brought him the punch.
With her broken arm hung on her neck, she actually jumped up and punched him hard with the other
hand.
It was a strong punch.
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