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.

wasn’t all that pretty, honestly. And those small

“It’s probably because of Hex’s position at the company, which has irritated Patrick and Alexis right from the start. They’ve been trying to find a chance to pick a fight, and it

which, Kyle sighed regretfully. “He threw just one punch. What a wasted opportunity! He should’ve hit Patrick a lot more

of the window, his

to Bennet & Co. I would’ve beaten him

eyes opened wide with anger as she spoke, and her cheeks were bulging. As such, she wasn’t scary at all, but

had to be incredibly lucky to marry a good guy like Marshall. But the more I look at Kathy, the more I find Marshall to be the fortunate one. He’s one hell of a lucky bastard to be able to marry

so, since he never fooled around with anyone else even though he didn’t

smiled lightly. “Well, that was very truthful of

It was his good fortune to marry her? Well,

Katherine present, the details of what they were talking about ought to be spared, so Kyle started

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

Katherine asked, “What did Grandpa Bennett say about the whole thing? Did he have Hector’s back? Hector wouldn’t be leading such a

dotard?” tusked Kyle, “he wanted nothing more than to be the peacemaker, and he refused to take a stand today. I ended up chewing him out and pissed him

Katherine was equally exasperated. “Wait till the old fogey makes

angry, she supplemented, “And the whole Bennett gang, too. I’ll

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

thought so, too! You would’ve wiped the

at Kyle with a deep frown. “Is that

of nowhere, Katherine nodded surely.

agreed with her. “You could test

If she

was completely oblivious to Marshall’s anger. Changing the subject, he said, “I’d wanted to play cards with

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