Katherine walked out of the building with Rita by her side, she was wearing a red dress, the one her mother bought for her, it was beautiful but plain, staring at it, you would know a lot of fortune was spent to get it.
Katherine had decided to wear this dress today because she wanted her mother to be with her, she wanted to be rescued from this marriage even if it felt impossible right now, but wearing this dress meant a part of her mother was next to her.
Immediately they stepped out of the building, the driver who was waiting in the car stepped down and opened the door to the back seat.
Rita stood behind Katherine, making sure she didn’t run away. “Get in.” She told Katherine to go before her, she loved this luxury for her daughter, but the thought of the groom being deformed was messing with her mind.
Katherine got into the car, she was used to people opening doors for her, her father’s driver was a very kind man, but he also died along with her parents in the crash, it was too heart wrecking to think.
She knew she was yet to go visit his family, her father had lost everything and there was not even one bit of fortune to give them, they must hate her, hate her father for taking the life of their father and husband.
Rita got into the car with her and the driver shut the door turning to the driver’s side of the car. “Put on your seatbelt and stop spacing!” Rita scolded Katherine was still in thoughts.
Katherine blinked, she slowly fastened her seatbelt and the driver started the car and drove off, while Rita adjusted comfortably on the chair.
“When is the young master returning?” Rita asked the driver who was focusing on the road, he glanced at her through the rearview mirror and Katherine wondered who she was asking about.
Is this about the groom? Katherine glanced at Rita and then at the driver, she also has lot of interest, to know who he was, no one has even mentioned his name, she had just been thrown into what she had no idea about.
“That hasn’t been disclosed yet.” The driver answered simply and Rita exhaled sharply, disappointed that she didn’t get the answer to her question.
The wedding is next week and the groom isn’t back Katherine’s forehead creased and she pressed her lips together. Does he even exist?
Katherine felt a harsh cold spread through her body, she had seen movies where the bride is married to a dead person, or some ghost of wealthy men and now a shiver ran down her spine at the thoughts of that.
She was curious, very curious to know more about this man, she wanted to know if she would take Celeb’s joking suggestion and flee, but if she does, where would she go?
“Would he show up for the wedding?” Rita quickly asked and Katherine paid attention to hear what response the driver would give, she was glad that the questions lurking in Rita’s heart were the same as the one in hers.
“That information is also disclosed.” The driver said and Katherine’s face burned in frustration, she had lots of questions that needed to be filled with answers, but this driver wasn’t giving any.
She knew her father’s driver didn’t have all the information whenever she asked him, but at the very least, he filled her in on the little he knew, he had told her where her parents were making plans to take her on her sixteenth birthday.
She had remembered begging him for a little tip and he told her he had overheard them when they spoke about it in the car, and she was so excited about the clue, but now this man was withholding important information and it was killing her.
“Can’t you just tell me the little you know?” Rita pressed on, she seemed more curious about this than Katherine, if she knew who the groom was, any information at all about the groom, and if it were something great than riches, then she would make Vivian get married instead of Katherine.
“How about the groom, your bosses son, do you know who he is? Have you seen his pictures? Is he deformed? Can he walk? Does he have an illness? Is he ugly?” She bombarded the driver with questions, questions Katherine was also curious to know.
“I am sorry, I can’t give you any information about that, I am newly hired and my only duty is to carry the bride to be to wherever destination she chooses.” The driver told her seeing how she was trying to get little information from him.
Rita groaned softly. “You should have said that from the start.” Rita leaned back on her seat and glanced at Katherine, then she furrowed her brows, her eyes darkened. “You better not mess this up, if you do, you would have to pay miserably for it!” She said with clench teeth.
Katherine swallowed hard and lowered her gaze, she knew what a threat was and this was definitely a threat, she doesn’t owe this lady anything and running away, fleeing from all these crazy things seem to be the best thing to be.
She closed her eyes and recalled the promise she had made at her father’s grave. She had promised to be with her father’s friend, to be obedient to them and to make them happy, but this wasn’t what she had expected.
Katherine glanced out of the car window, tears clustered in her eyes, tears she was hiding from Rita. Dad, I want to take back my promise to you.
She swallowed hard to send back the sob down her throat, she knew she had to be strong, she had lost everything, she wanted a hand to hold, but right now, there seem to be none.
She raised her eyes to hold back the tears, if only she has all the information, if only there were more to tell her, she should have prepared for what was coming, but there was nothing, just curiosity and blank lines.
I never pictured my life like this. She closed her eyes and the tears she was holding back rolled down her cheek slowly.
Two months laterThe final project was concluded and lunched, Katherine had signed deals with the investors and about to take her next big step, the redevelopment of her father’s company will be concluded in a few days and everything else seemed perfect.She stood at her father’s company building, gazing at it, she can still recall how it was in the past when her parent were still alive and she had made sure the exterior design was just that way, tears brimmed in her eyes, Alexander had helped her and made it happen.“Mom, dad, it’s almost over, I even got the house back.” Tears rolled down her cheek as she thought these in her mind.Alexander who stood next to her saw the tears in her eyes and held her shoulder, whirling her to face him, he used his finger to wipe her tears and cupped her cheek.“You should be smiling not crying, CEO Katherine Edwards.” He called her by the title and it made her chuckle, she had never been called like this, but hearing him give her the title brought
Over the next few weeks, Katherine discovered she still has feelings for Alexander when they started working on the project together, meeting different directors and investor that would help her father’s company take a stand again.Alexander didn’t fail to show up for Kyle who was so happy when his mother finally revealed to him that Alexander was his father, he even asked Alexander to come have a sleep over in their house, although, Alexander usually leaves whenever Kyle falls asleep. Carlos didn’t like the fact that Katherine was meeting with Alexander, but he couldn’t stop it, Alexander played a crucial role in the project, and he was Kyle’s father, but Carlos still cling to the hope that Katherine can’t get back to Alexander since she still thought he was married to Vivian and this was also what made Katherine hold back her feelings even when Alexander shows his.Jane called Alexander over to have dinner with her and Swift, when Alexander came, they asked him when he would get ma
The taxi Katherine boarded pulled over at the entrance of Swift enterprise, she stepped out of the car and looked at the large building, it was same as she remembered it, this was the largest enterprise in the country, and from what she found out two years ago, Alexander has been the one who brought it this far, earning his father’s trust, he became the CEO of the company with a large shares.Katherine curled her hand into fist, she had worked here, but due to the lies of Vivian and her mother, she was forced out and ridiculed, now Alexander wanted her to work on a project with him and bring back hatred from the people who loathes her.She exhaled sharply and made her way to the front desk, she informed the staff there that she was here to see Mr. Alexander, since he made an appointment with her, the staff recognized her instantly, the marriage had been so huge that everyone knew about her, whereas, she had been introduced once to the company.The staff informed her that Alexander was
Caroline knocked on Alexander’s office door, and made her way. “Mr. Alexander, there is a parcel here for you.” She told him and handed him an envelope.Alexander quickly reached for it and tore it open, he glanced at the DNA test result of Kyle and him and he scoffed when he saw that it didn’t match, he glanced up at Caroline. “Who sent this?” He asked.“It was an unknown sender.” Caroline replied. “But it said you urgently needed to see it.”Alexander clenched his jaw. “Manipulating a DNA test now, Katherine?” He soliloquized and threw it into the trash can.Then he glanced at his opened computer screen at the test result the doctor in charge had forward to him, it was a 99% match, he had already received this a few minutes before Caroline walked into that door.He glanced at Caroline. “I want to you find out who sent this parcel, trace it down to the person behind it!” Alexander said with a frown on his face and Caroline nodded and walked out to carry out his order.Alexander picke
“Kyle, you are running late, what are you doing in your room?” Katherine called out, she had finished dressing for work and had also dressed Kyle for daycare too, she glanced around and couldn’t find him in the living room.“I am coming mom, just want to grab my bag!” Kyle called out, Kyle who was in the room put his hair brush into a nylon and put it into his bag pack.“Hurry up!” She adjusted her hair and just then, she saw Kyle running out of the room to her. “Let’s go.” She stretched her hand and he took her hand as they made their way out of the door only to hear a car horn and turned in the direction to see Alexander step out of the car.“Hop in, I will give you a ride.” Alexander told Katherine, his eyes fell on Kyle who waved at him with a smile, Alexander smiled back.It’s been a week since he last picked Kyle from school, after that day, Kyle didn’t go with him whenever he showed up at school because he did not want his mother to be angry anymore, although, he usually smiled
Katherine shut her eyes, all her effort to hide her son, all the effort she had put up to make sure Alexander didn’t see them, didn’t find out about Kyle, she won’t let those effort come to waste, whereas, she doubts Alexander knew the truth.“Don’t make me laugh, Alexander, this child isn’t yours, we never had a child, remember?” She tightened her grip on Kyle.“He said he doesn’t have a father,” Alexander told her and Katherine looked at Kyle wondering how much he had told this man. “We have to talk, Katherine…”“We have nothing to talk about.” Katherine told him and turned to Kyle. “Let’s go home, Kyle.” She quickly walked out of the restaurant with Kyle, Alexander didn’t follow, he knew he has to discuss what he has to say privately from Kyle’s hearing, and there was no way he would ever let the matter go, if Kyle was his son, he won’t give up.Katherine walked into the apartment with Kyle and shut the door, locking the door as if there was someone after her, then Kyle watched thi