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.

with no better alternative, she chose to work with a

only slightly over a hundred square feet. Both their designers took care

her first time doing such work. She felt rather self-conscious in the beginning but soon became more natural at the

not, people would just walk

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

it was fall, the weather was unusually hot

person walked past without acknowledging her. Just then, a black

took her by surprise. It was Ethan’s

the streets…” Rebecca stepped out from

knot in the center of her chest. Ethan once said the passenger seat of his car

Summit?” Her

lips as if she was

car and slammed the door behind him. “Take a good look

her gaze, only to see the disgust on his handsome face. An intense pain filled her heart as if someone was carving a hole out of

I’m working honestly by handing out leaflets

something like 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 luxurious studios. We’re talking about over a thousand suites, so the profit could well be over millions.

to the hot sun for an hour, became more irritated. “Don’t you get tired from being a hypocrite every minute? Can you stay away from me? I don’t have the

is offering you a hand out of kindness

Catherine could not believe her ears. “Are you too blind to see what kind of woman she is? Would we have separated if not because

much, but you? You reprimand the two of us for the

hers. Leave, get out of my sight right now.” Catherine lost all control and threw the stash of leaflets at the

in front of Rebecca and slightly nudged the other woman away

the ground. The leaflets

the time she looked up, Ethan was already leading Rebecca toward the car with

looked over her shoulder to

the distance. Catherine was in excruciating pain. It was as if someone