CEO Proposed to His Ex-wife 99 Times

After checking out, Katherine and Hector went to a restaurant in the mall. There weren’t a lot of people there even at lunchtime. It was a Thai place, the kind of restaurant that Hector seemed to frequent.

Katherine didn’t know much about the cuisines when ordering, so Hector provided a detailed explanation for each item on the menu.

Katherine laughed and asked, “Did you ever feel kinda bad during important holidays, back when you were living overseas?”

That made Hector pause. “It was okay. I lived with the Bennetts for a while and found it restricting. That’s why I went abroad. There, away from the Bennetts’ way of life, I did feel a bit lonely, but also freer.”

Katherine tilted her head to stare at Hector, a thought on her mind. “Why didn’t you get yourself a girlfriend during all this time then? Life might have been relatively easier if you had company.”

Hector watched her for a few seconds before he looked away. “Thought about it. But then I decided against it.”

anyone willy-nilly. At the end of the day, a couple would have to plan for the future. He would need to explain to his significant other everything about his life, and he was actually a little scared of doing this. His identity was something he could never ignore, and his life at the Bennett household wasn’t exactly easy. He really shouldn’t drag someone else into the abyss because of his supposed

all this, Hector couldn’t

him, Katherine grinned suddenly. “But you’re a good-looking dude, and a good singer, too. So I’m guessing there’s no shortage of girls throwing themselves at you,

was the same with Marshall. His good looks were enough to attract plenty of people – Clara Henderson, for example, who came onto him despite knowing that he was

the contrary. You ought to know that most girls

order to attract lots of women. The only handful of girls who liked him were too young to understand the hard reality of life. Thus, Hector wasn’t interested in them, as he didn’t want to

subject, spoon in hand, and talked about Hector’s job

is just that – only

think your colleagues know about the whole