Hector’s facial expression didn’t change at all when Katherine filled him in on what had happened to
the Bennett family. In the past, the news would have made him happy for a while, but now, it was
nothing but some idle gossip to him. In Hector’s opinion, it was a stupid thing to do to put attention to
someone he didn’t like at all. He couldn’t care less now. Since he had cut all ties with the Bennett
family, what had happened to them was none of his business.
Lolling back in the sofa, Hector simply sighed, "I’m afraid the future of the Bennett family depends on
David."
Now it appeared that David was the only one to take charge. Kevin had always said before that Alexis
and Patrick would be running the family business after they graduated from college, but now it seemed
that this couldn’t be happening.
However, Katherine had hardly heard anything about David. He kept to himself and was sometimes
mentioned in financial news, but there wasn’t even a picture of him shown on TV.
Katherine remembered she had read an interview of David before. Methodical in speech, he said
nothing but answered the journalist’s questions. Thus, he was a shrewd and sophisticated man in
Katherine’s eyes. If David really took over the family business in the future, Bennett & Co., Ltd. wouldn’t
fail.
But Katherine was a little curious. "I wonder what will happen to Ariel, Alexis and Patrick when David
takes over your family business."
Hector started to ponder. Before long, he smirked despite himself. "I don’t think they’ll have a hard life,
but it won’t be easy either."
Just at this moment, Katherine’s phone rang. She took a look at the caller ID and found it was Frances.
She answered the call and Frances asked her where she was. Katherine glanced at Hector and said
she was at Kyle’s club.
In fact, Katherine secretly hoped that Frances would come because it was a little embarrassing
between Hector and her now. If Frances joined them, the mood would be lightened.
At this point, the waiter came with Hector’s noodles. Frances seemed to hear the waiter’s voice and
chuckled, "I’ll be right there."
Katherine hung up, put away her phone and looked at Hector, explaining, "It’s Marshall’s mother. She’s
been kind to me lately. The relationship between us is no longer tense."
Somehow, Hector seemed to think of something and sighed, "So many things have happened during
my absence."
Katherine didn’t want to dwell on what Hector said but nodded.
What followed was absolute silence. Katherine leaned back in the sofa and looked away, while Hector
had his noodles as he played with his phone. Seemingly, someone sent him a message. It should be
something serious because he was frowning.
Katherine thought to herself. It should be about the talent show. In fact, what lay ahead for Hector was
a bumpy road because he had to build a career on his own.
Frances trotted into the room shortly after. She saw the man beside Katherine and came up, only to
see it was Hector. She was a little surprised to see him and greeted him first. "Hello, Hector. You’re
back."
Hector put down the phone and looked up at Frances. "My vacation begins today, Ms. Mason."
Frances nodded and said, "That’s great. You should have a good rest." Then she looked around and
wondered, "Where’s Kyle? I haven’t seen him."
Katherine repeated the answer she gave Hector just now, saying that Kyle was drunk.
Frances taunted, "He’s drunk at noon? What made him drink himself down?"
Katherine said nothing but smiled.
Frances sat down beside Katherine and asked, "Then what are we going to do now? Just sit around?"
Katherine threw back her head and heaved a sigh. "I don’t know. I have no idea what to do to kill time."
Frances didn’t agree with her. She waved at a waiter and said, "Come on. Let’s play Bridge. Join us."
Katherine threw a resigned look at Frances. "Well, you’re obsessed."
Frances glanced at Hector and asked, "Join us?"
Hector happened to finish off his noodles now. "Of course."
This was actually a good idea. Otherwise, they would have had nothing to do before Kyle woke up.
Before she left the room, Katherine asked a waiter to check on Kyle, who was dead asleep and
wouldn’t wake up even if a band was playing in his room.
The four people were playing Bridge in the card room. Now that the card game started, the atmosphere
in the room was relaxed. After a few games, Marshall called Katherine. When her phone rang,
Katherine was picking up a card, so she answered the call without looking at the caller ID. At first,
Marshall didn’t say anything, and Katherine called, "Hey, Marshall."
Hector paused and looked up at Katherine, a little upset.
Marshall told Katherine that he had been running errands today, and that he would go straight home
after he finished what he was doing now.
The other reason he called Katherine was to ask her what she wanted to eat for dinner so that he could
buy the food and bring it home for her.
Katherine replied, "I’m at Kyle’s club. Hector’s back, and we’re going to eat out. Come and join us."
Marshall grew wary at the sound of Hector’s name and snorted, "I’ll be on my way." After that, he
added, "I’ll be there soon."
Hector snorted for no reason as Katherine hung up and discarded one card down.
Frances glanced up at Hector and chimed in, "Khalid told me yesterday that he was thinking of a name
for the baby these days, and I told him you are the one to make that decision because now the most
important person in the whole family is you. Marshall even treats you like a queen. But at last, I told
Khalid to stay out of it."
Katherine didn’t look at Frances, but sorted the cards in her hand. Naturally, she knew Frances said
these to Hector. However, she didn’t know what to say to liven things up, so she decided to pretend to
have heard nothing after some consideration.
When this game was over, Frances quit because she heard Marshall coming upstairs. Meanwhile,
Hector also heard the footsteps.
The door was open, and Hector kept staring at it. No sooner had Marshall showed up than he met
Hector’s gaze. The next second, both of their faces darkened.
Probably because he had the upper hand for now, Marshall chose to take the high road. He turned to
Katherine, went over to her and put his hand on the back of her chair. "Why do you stop playing?"
The waiter, who was asked to join them by Frances just now, got up and left.
Therefore, Marshall took the seat and chuckled, "Well, I guess it’s my turn now."
Embarrassed, Katherine cast a look at Frances beside her, only to see Frances curling her lips and
looking helpless.
They had wanted to stop playing, but since Marshall joined them, Katherine and Frances had no choice
but to keep playing.
Marshall sat on Katherine’s right, and he almost threw the game by losing as many tricks as he could to
her. He would always ask her about her hands and let her win the tricks, even when he could win the
tricks by playing trump cards.
At first, Katherine thought Marshall was joking. But after he tanked several games, she remained silent.
Hector, Marshall’s teammate, had put on a sullen face and said nothing since Marshall sat down across
from him.
Katherine actually felt quite embarrassed, even more than when she had been with Hector alone just
now.
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