When Marshall and Katherine arrived at the Grant Residence, Khalid still stayed awake while sitting on
the couch and the TV was still on. But obviously, his mind had strayed away.
Marshall was the first to enter the parlor. He was a bit surprised when seeing Khalid, “Dad, why don’t
you go to bed?”
Not until quite a while later did he turn to look at Marshall, “Well, I am not sleepy at all.”
Then Katherine followed in. She was rendered amused when noticing the time.
No matter how hard Khalid pretended to remain composed, the sense of frustration and unhappiness
were both shown on his face.
“But it’s late. Time to sleep.” Said Marshall.
After that, he led Katherine upstairs.
While walking on the stairs, Katherine looked back at Khalid, who looked a bit agitated with his legs
crossed.
Following Marshall, she then went back to the bedroom with a smile.
As the door was closed, Katherine burst into laughter, “Did you see his face? So hilarious! I beg he
must be caring about what happened during the lunch time today. It actually works!”
Marshall took off his jacket and nodded, looking a bit distracted.
Katherine went to get the pajamas and headed to the bathroom, “Oh, by the way, what’s wrong with
your car?”
Marshall paused for a second, “There is something wrong with the gear.”
He simply fudged it in case Katherine felt bothered if she knew the truth.
What was more, as revengeful as she had been, she would definitely plan for retaliation.
Commonly speaking, keeping her outside the darkness would always be his priority, let alone during
her pregnancy.
Katherine answered with a simple yes and showed no doubt. Then she went to take a shower.
After some consideration, he walked out of the room and made a call outside the corridor.
Humming a merry little tune, Katherine walked out of the bathroom after finishing the shower. She was
a bit surprised for not seeing Marshall.
She slightly pushed the door open and peeped outside the corridor through the gap.
She saw Marshall talking on his phone at the end of the corridor.
Thinking for a while, Katherine closed the door with her lips pressed.
After doing facial, she lay on the bed. Soon, Marshall came in.
With her eyes closed, she heard him enter the bathroom to take shower. After a while, he lay down by
her side.
Katherine turned over with her back on him. She suddenly uttered, “Be careful.”
As he just lay still, he froze for seconds when hearing that. But then he knew what she meant.
He gave her a hug from behind, “I know. Don’t worry. I will be fine.”
Katherine responded with silence this time.
Actually, she never worried about him as she had clear understanding about his capability.
As a sophisticated man fighting in the business world for years, he must have developed his own
power.
So he could easily handle most of the threats.
Meanwhile, Khalid didn’t turn off the TV until he had been sitting for quite a while. He then went to open
a bottle of wine. He filled a glass with wine and gulped it down. Then he refilled it and emptied it again.
After that, he left both the bottle and the glass on the table.
Then he slowly walked upstairs.
Though the wine didn’t contain much alcohol, draining two full glasses of wine in a short time still got
him a bit tipsy.
Khalid returned to his room. He got himself changed and lay on the bed without taking shower.
Before sleep, he checked his phone.
He only got a text from Cora, who said ‘Good night’ to him.
He clicked his tongue and threw aside his phone. Then he closed his eyes to sleep.
Katherine got up late the next morning. Marshall went to work early after breakfast. She then teetered
downstairs.
Grandma Grant was sitting in the parlor. She beckoned Katherine over when seeing her walking
downstairs, “Hey, come over here. I have a question.”
Katherine then walked over, “What’s the matter?”
Confused looking, Grandma Grant didn’t utter until Katherine sat down opposite her, “Did you see
Khalid in the parlor alone when you returned last night?”
Katherine nodded, “Of course we did. He was watching TV at that time.”
Grandma Grant gasped, “The servant told me that she saw an opened bottle of wine here, which was
half left. But we didn’t have wine last night. So I wonder if it was Khalid who drank it last night. But I
can’t figure out why he drank himself half of the bottle alone. Was he in a bad mood?”
Katherine blinked her eyes and suddenly started to snicker.
But Grandma Grant was still confused, “I am so worried. He has never done the same thing before. Did
he encounter something challenging? Was it because of something annoying during work? He came
back home so late from the office last night. I have already slept at that time. But he left early this
morning without taking breakfast. What’s going on with him?”
Katherine answered while nodding casually, “I saw him both in the daytime and at late night when we
returned.”
Actually, as far as she knew about Grandma Grant, she should be open-minded enough to accept what
was going on between Khalid and Frances recently.
And perhaps she would be willing to make a push on it.
So then Katherine told her every detail about what exactly happened yesterday, even including the
decoration style of Nicolas’s house.
Grandma Grant was rendered quite surprised, “Frances actually went for a blind date?”
Katherine corrected, “Not a date exactly. I can tell that she didn’t want a date. But her family required
so. And they deemed that nice gentleman a possible alternative for her to have a try, I supposed.”
Grandma Grant nodded, “Yeah, after all, Frances is in her middle age, which still worried Mrs. Maggie
Kaur Mason indeed. It would be better for her to have a partner with whom she could spend the rest of
her life.”
Katherine nodded, “Yeah, so her family will still be actively looking for a possible boyfriend for her. Miss
Mason is nice. And I can tell that the man named Nicolas was nice to her yesterday. So she must be
his type.”
Grandma Grant seemed to be surprised.
Katherine then feigned a worried face, “Elder Mr. Grant still loves her, I reckoned. So he has to seize
the opportunity in case someone else steals a march on him. If so, it would be a lifelong regret.”
Grandma Grant looked at her, “You sound much more sophisticated.”
Katherine couldn’t help grinning, “Frankly speaking, I can’t wait anymore! We both can tell that they still
have feelings for each other. But none of them makes a further attempt! So annoying!”
Grandma Grant smiled to reply, “But it’s all up to them. Our persuasion won’t work much.”
Though that was the truth, both Khalid and Frances were too restrained to make a breakthrough in this
relationship. It might take an era before they retrieved their love again unless everyone around them
figured out a push.
Katherine thought for a while, “Well, I will ask Marshall about the opinion of elder Mr. Grant to see how
he actually feels.”
Grandma Grant nodded, “Okay. Every try is worth.”
After that, Katherine went for breakfast. While Grandma Grant was taking a walk outside with a servant
holding her arm by her side.
After breakfast, Katherine made a call to Frances.
Meanwhile, Frances was in the residence of the Masons. Judging from her suppressed voice,
Katherine assumed that she walked outside the house to answer the call as she said that Mrs. Maggie
Kaur Mason had invited Nicolas here for lunch today.
Slightly surprised, Katherine asked, “Your mom can’t wait anymore? It has been only a few days since
she knew about Nicolas, right?”
Katherine couldn’t help wondering if their engagement would be under way a few days later.
Obviously, it signaled a piece of bad news.
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