Chapter Forty-Eight


    Six hours before the party, when Chloe stepped out of the airport and the afternoon sun hit against her


    face, she drew her cap downward and lowered her head.


    Even though the dark sses on her face felt a bit ufortable, she refused to take it off as she


    stared around looking for a cab.


    Then she suddenly saw a built guy with his hair wrapped in a bun waving at her.


    ''Wow, he would be a total catch if he was loaded and not a cab driver.'' Chloe thought as she


    approached him.


    After she reached him, he smiled and said, "Good day, miss. Where are you heading?"


    "Can you take me to Stargate resort?" Chloe asked, gazing at the yellow taxi behind him.


    Then she narrowed her eyes as she thought, ''Right now, I need toy low until all this can die down.


    Who knows what Rome will do to me if I show my face now.''


    After the cab driver had opened the door for her, Chloe got in the backseat. Then he gently shut door


    closed.


    Staring at the tinted window, Chloe sighed and thought, ''Was it even worth it, giving up my freedom to


    split up Catherine and Rome?''


    A look of hate suddenly clouded her eyes, and she mumbled, "It''s a tiny price to pay as long as she is


    miserable!"


    "Did you say something, miss?" Chloe heard the driver ask, and she stared away from the window.


    Then she gazed at him and slightly shook her head as she said, "No."


    After a brief pause, she looked into the v mirror and asked, "How much will be my fare?"


    "Oh, I get paid every month for doing this, so I don''t need your money." The driver said, ncing back


    at her for a second before focusing on the road.


    "What is the meaning of that?"


    "Well, I have already been paid to get you."


    Goosebumps immediately covered Chloe''s entire skin as her face grew pale, and she slowly and firmly


    asked, "Who the hell are you!?"


    "I don''t think my name will be useful in this situation, but you can call me, ''Taylor."


    Fear ceased Chloe''s entire being as she mumbled, "You are taking me to Stargate resort, right?"


    "Actually, Nahh... You are needed somewhere else." Taylor casually said.


    Feeling desperate and terrified, Chloe smiled spastically and hastily uttered, "What is your monthly


    pay? Tell me, and whatever it is, I promise to double it if you let me go."


    "Okay," Taylor said with a smirk. "I make three hundred thousand dors a month."


    A look of shock crossed Chloe''s face as she paused and thought, ''He''s actually loaded!''


    Eyeing her from the v mirror, Taylor smirked and asked, "Do you have six hundred thousand dors to


    give me?"


    "Well, my cousin-inw is Rome Ford. If you let me go, I can get the money from him. I swear! Just


    give me your ount details, an…"


    "If I let you go, what am I going to tell his father then? Oh, and thest time I heard, you are trying to


    frame my boss by using him of sleeping with you even though he is married to your cousin."


    Holding in hisugh, Taylor paused for a moment and then asked, "How are you going to get him to


    give you six hundred thousand dors after your shameless lies on his name, huh?!"


    Speechless, lines of stress form on Chloe''s forehead as she dug her nails into her palm and thought,


    ''I''m doom!''


    Five hours before the party, Catherine and Rome walked into Jerry''s boutique, and when he saw them,


    he tried to smile, but their faces were way too serious, so he didn''t.


    "Good day, Jerry." Catherine gently said.


    "A pleasant day to both of you." Jerry calmly uttered, finally giving Catherine a quick smile. "What can I


    do for you two?"


    "My father is hosting some random party, and we would appreciate it if you could pick up something for


    us to wear," Rome said with his hand stuck in his pocket.


    "I got you. You both can take a seat in the VIP room, and I will grab my daintiness and one-of-a-kind


    clothings that I have." Jerry said as his eyes lit up.


    Then he left from behind the desk and rushed off, knowing that Catherine and Rome knew their way


    around the boutique.


    Now that it was just the two of them, Rome looked at Catherine and said, "I didn''t exin things in


    detail because it meant nothing to me, and I didn''t want to hurt you with useless pieces of information.


    But I see now that it was selfish of me..."


    Looking up at his eyes, Catherine faintly smiled with a look of adoration in her gaze and softly uttered,


    "Hon..."


    "Please let me finish." Rome softly uttered. "Even though it meant nothing to me, I should have


    considered that it might have meant something to you and be totally honest about everything. You


    shouldn''t have had to hear it from some edited video clip instead."


    Keeping silent, Catherine stared intensely into Rome''s eyes and then wholeheartedly cried, "I love you


    so freaking much, Rome Miller Ford!"


    At that moment, the boutique door opened, and two stylishly dresseddies walked inside.


    The moment they set their eyes on Catherine and Rome, they slightly frowned, and Catherine noticed it


    as she gazed at them. But she brushed it off, took Rome''s hand, and led him away.


    A couple of minutester, as Catherine and Rome waited on Jerry, she suddenly felt the urge to use


    thedy''s room. So she excused herself and walked out.


    When Catherine entered the bathroom, she had spent only a few seconds in the stall when she heard


    the door open and then shut.


    "Did you see how she was clutching onto his hand? Like how unashamed can you be to cling onto a


    man that slept with your cousin!" Catherine heard a grating voice say, and she rolled her eyes.


    Then a few secondster, she heard a honeyed voice utter, "He must not even like her that much if he''s


    sleeping around with her cousin and that dancer."


    "I wonder how many other women stand a chance with Rome Ford?"


    "Why? Do you want to try your luck?"


    "I mean, who wouldn''t. With such a body, look, and wealth, which woman wouldn''t want a taste of


    him?"


    Narrowing her eyes, Catherine smirked and loudly said, "Then go ahead and try your luck."


    An awkward silence took over the atmosphere when Catherine walked out of the stall and red at the


    twodies.


    Then she sneered and said, "You want my husband, right? Go for him and let''s see if he does not look


    the other way."


    Frowning at Catherine, thedy narrowed her eyes and mockingly uttered, "You are quite prideful for


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    someone who just got cheated on."


    "That''s because I can never see a woman like you as a threat to my marriage."


    Annoyed, she scowled and angrily uttered, "What do you mean by a woman like me!"


    "Don''t y dumb. I don''t have to exin myself. You already know the kind of woman you are!"


    Catherine said, giving a smug smile.


    At that moment, the was a knock on the door, and Rome''s voice echoed into the room a secondter,


    "Babe, are you in there?"


    "Yes," Catherine called out without breaking eye contact with thedies.


    "Okay. When you get done, can youe to the dressing room? I know that you are supposed to


    choose your own dress. But there''s this stunning gown that I think you will look deadass gorgeous in


    and super hot."


    "Wait for me. I will be out in a couple of seconds."


    "Okay. I''m so eager to see you in it. I think only your beauty can do it true justice."


    It was silent for a few seconds. Then Rome''s voice echoed in the bathroom, "I didn''t get to say it when


    you said it previously, so I want to say it now."


    "Say what?" Catherine cunningly asked with her gaze still fixed on thedies as they silently stood still.


    "I am crazy in love with you, Catherine Barlow Miller Ford." Rome''s voice flowed into the bathroom.


    A cute smile crept on Catherine''s lip as a look of pride glowed on her face.


    Then her expression suddenly grew cold as she looked thedies dead in their eyes and casually said,


    "Go ahead and try your luck."


    Then she smirked before walking away, leaving them gazing speechlessly behind her as she walked


    out of the bathroom.


    Two hours until the party, Mr. Ford gazed swayed towards the door when the sound of a knock echoed


    into his bedroom.


    Then he calmly uttered, "Come inside."


    The door opened, and Butler Hobson walked into the room, stopped a few distances away from the


    bed with a garment bag in his hand, and said, "Sir, your suit has arrived."


    "Hang it on the rack." Mr. Ford said, staring at the ck bag.


    Then his attention suddenly got drawn to his phone when it rang, and he picked it up, seeing that Brook


    was the one calling."


    "Big boss, we are in the country, and we have what you asked us to get," Brook said, gazing at ze


    behind the driver seat.


    "Good. Do not let Rome know about it, and keep it safe until I give my next order."


    "Yes, big boss."


    One hour till the party, Chloe strived to slip her wrists out of the tight rope that bound them together. But


    her effort was a wasted one, and she was simply causing herself pain.


    Finally, she stopped struggling when she heard the warehouse door open.


    Immediately, she gazed to her right, and her sight rested on Taylor approaching her.


    When he was only a foot away from Chloe, he stopped, removed the tape from her lip, and said, "It''s


    time to free you."


    "You are letting me go?" Chloe asked in doubt.


    "Oh, no! You have a big night ahead of you."


    "What!!"