Katherine couldn’t sleep. After tossing and turning in her room forever, she decided to go down, only to stop in her tracks when she reached the staircase.

Downstairs, Marshall was sitting on the sofa, across from whom sat Kyle.

Kyle was still in his “combat outfit” at the Bennett household, the gold chain on his neck still tasteless and tacky.

“Hey,” said Katherine, “what are you doing here? Are you here for me? Let’s see the gifts you brought over, shall we?”

Turning around, Kyle grinned at Katherine. “Gifts? But I didn’t get you one. I thought we could do without the formalities since we’re so tight.”

Katherine made a face immediately. “You don’t ever get a gift for the patient?”

“Well, I was too worried about your safety to be thorough,” laughed Kyle, “how about this, I’ll make it up to you the next time I come over.”

Marshall sat at the side with his legs crossed, watching the familiar banter between them, the corners of his mouth slowly curving into a smile.

So that was Kyle’s type. People had tried to work on Kyle when they wanted to curry favor with the Haverfords, but the guy was so erratic that it was impossible for them to figure out what he actually liked.

Katherine jumped down the stairs to sit next to Marshall. “Where were you guys talking about?”

Kyle got a lot more serious at that. “What do you think? Those Bennetts assholes, of course. They really got me livid today.”

Katherine perked up. “Yeah, I never got the chance to ask, but what exactly was with the Bennetts, and what did they bully Hector for?”

At the mention of Hector, Marshall couldn’t help but glanced down at Katherine’s finger.

all that pretty, honestly. And those small diamonds didn’t look

They’ve been trying to find a chance to pick a fight, and it just happens to be an off day today and everybody’s home, so it’s the perfect time. I think it started with them talking

just one punch. What a wasted opportunity! He should’ve hit Patrick a lot more times

around, Marshall stared out of the

me last time I went to

with anger as she spoke, and her cheeks were bulging. As such,

guy like Marshall. But the more I look at Kathy, the more

so, since he never fooled around with anyone else even though he didn’t love her. But even if he was a good guy, he didn’t make

off Marshall, Katherine smiled lightly.

It was his good fortune to marry

they were talking about ought to be spared, so Kyle started talking about the

he was younger, having had a string of dalliances out of wedlock. Among them were Hector’s mother and Ariel Kingsey, but they were by no means the whole picture. Other women came and went without leaving behind a trace of their existence, but these two were memorable, one for giving birth to Hector, the other for marrying into the family. Hector’s mother, clearly not

Did he have Hector’s back? Hector wouldn’t be leading such

today. I ended up chewing him out and pissed him off to no end, and I only

was equally exasperated. “Wait till the old

whole Bennett gang, too. I’ll make

to watch Katherine, who was sitting cross-legged on the

so, too! You would’ve wiped the floor with

a deep frown. “Is that right? You’re sounding

out of nowhere, Katherine nodded surely. “I’m

“You could test them out

If she had

Changing the subject, he said, “I’d wanted to play cards with you today. Well, there goes my plan. I’m

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