Let Me Go, Mr. Hill!

Chapter 21
By the time Shaun returned home from his morning run, he was startled to discover the grand feast spread out across the table.

“You…”

“Shaunny, I felt bad that you ate the cat pudding last night so I’m making it up to you with this breakfast spread,” Catherine said thoughtfully as she served him a bowl of oat porridge.

There was a strange expression on his face. “It’s alright. You’ve already been punished last night.”

She stood there with a tight feeling in her throat. “I was truly grossed out after having the cat’s food last night,” she replied slowly a couple of seconds later.

He lowered his gaze to the ground without commenting further.

“Are you going to work? Should I drop you off at the subway station?” he asked before heading to the door once he finished his breakfast.

Catherine was startled but soon shook her head from side to side. “I was fired.” The desolation was audible in her voice.

It was obvious from his forehead that he was frowning. He was told that she was working at her family company. The relationship between her and the Jones family seemed pretty tense. “Alright, you can focus on looking after Fudge at home.”

Pfft, she was not going to spend her time cat sitting.

“I’m planning to look for another job. But don’t worry, I’ll not let it get in the way of looking after Fudge.”

“Whatever,” he muttered and left the house.

…

For the next couple of days, Catherine kept herself occupied looking for a job.

There were plenty of openings for interior design or architecture-related roles. However, in order to disguise her background as the young lady of the Jones family, she had to keep her previous professional experience a secret.

Besides, other big-scale companies were only willing to hire her as an assistant, given her young age.

chose to

a hundred square feet. Both their designers took care of everything including designing the plans and giving out advertising

such work. She felt rather self-conscious in the beginning

often than not,

later, she was drenched in sweat and her cheeks were reddened by the

fall, the weather

past without acknowledging her. Just then, a

by surprise. It was Ethan’s

you handing out leaflets in the streets…” Rebecca stepped out from the

once said the

else would I be? Summit?” Her

if she was upset. “I

the car and slammed the door behind him. “Take a good look at yourself. You’re the young lady

on his handsome face. An intense pain filled her heart as if someone was carving a hole out of it with

by handing

this. Cathy, come back to Summit,” Rebecca said immediately, “Look, we’ve just secured a renovation deal with the developer of Mandarin Garden regarding their

exposed to the hot sun for an hour, became more irritated. “Don’t you get tired from being a hypocrite every minute?

is offering you a hand out of kindness but you simply assume the worst of

believe her ears. “Are you too blind to see what

loves me too much, but you? You reprimand the two of us for the way things have turned out but you don’t even love me like she

get out of my sight right now.” Catherine lost all control and threw

Rebecca and slightly nudged the other woman

the ground. The leaflets were scattered all across the

already leading Rebecca toward the car

shoulder to

distance. Catherine was in excruciating