Chapter 218 PDAs


    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.


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


    Kyle was still in his bat outfit” at the Bet 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,”ughed Kyle, “how about this, I’ll make it up


    to you the next time Ie 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 Bets 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 Bets, and


    what did they bully Hector for?”


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


    The ring wasn’t all that pretty, honestly. And those small diamonds didn’t look expensive, either.


    Sighing, Kyle exined, “It’s probably because of Hex’s position at thepany, which has irritated


    Patrick and Alexis right from the start. 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 shit about Hex’s mom, and then Hex punched Patrick.”


    Speaking of which, Kyle sighed regretfully. “He threw just one punch. What a wasted opportunity! He


    should’ve hit Patrick a lot more times while he was at it.”


    Turning around, Marshall stared out of the window, his eyes squinted.


    Katherine nodded. “Patrick pped the table and yelled at mest time I went to Be & Co. I


    would’ve beaten him senseless if I were strong enough.”


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


    scary at all, but looked a bit silly instead.


    Staring at Katherine, Kyle tusked and abruptly changed the subject. “I always thought someone 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 you.”


    Katherine turned to Marshall. Was Marshall a good guy? Probably 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 her


    happy.


    Taking her eyes off Marshall, Katherine smiled lightly. “Well, that was very truthful of you.”


    Marshall sneered silently. It was his good fortune to marry her? Well, some fortunate it was.


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


    talking about the Bets’ past.


    ording to him, Kevin Bet had been a lothario when 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 cut out for this, was eliminated from thepetition halfway, while


    Ariel, the master schemer who eventually outsmarted Kevin, seeded in writing her name onto the


    marriage license.


    Smacking on her thigh, Katherine asked, “What did Grandpa Bet say about the whole thing? Did


    he have Hector’s back? Hector wouldn’t be leading such a miserable life were it not for him.”


    “That 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 off to no end, and I only started feeling


    better after that.”


    Nodding curtly, Katherine was equally exasperated. “Wait till the old fogey makes my acquaintance. I’ll


    teach him manners.”


    Still angry, she supplemented, “And the whole Bet gang, too. I’ll make them behave.”


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


    indignant.


    “Right? I thought so, too! You would’ve wiped the floor with those bastards if you had the chance.”


    Marshall took another gander at Kyle with a deep frown. “Is that right? You’re sounding very sure of


    yourself,” he said coolly.


    Finding courage out of nowhere, Katherine nodded surely. “I’m sure of my powers, yes.”


    Blindly confident, Kyle agreed with her. “You could test them out if you have the chance.”


    Marshall’s expressions darkened. If she had the chance?


    Kyle, being the idiot that he was, waspletely oblivious to Marshall’s anger. Changing the subject,


    he said, “I’d wanted to y cards with you today. Well, there goes my n. I’m feeling an emptiness


    that cannot be filled.”


    Rolling her eyes, Katherinemented, “What do you own a nightclub for, then? Wouldn’t it be better if


    you owned a poker club?”


    Kyle cackled. “I thought about it, but I was worried there would be a whole bunch of grannies in my


    establishment. That would significantly lower my stock, you know.”


    Uncrossing her legs, Katherine stood up and leaned over to pull at Kyle’s gold neck chain. “Do you


    even have any stock to begin with?”


    Kyle immediately grabbed hold of the chain. “What are you doing? This is an emblem of my status,


    okay?”


    Katherine let out a string of cheeky giggles as she leaned into Marshall and asked, “Was he wearing


    the gold chain when you first met him?”


    Marshall watched Katherine’s smiling face for quite some time before looking away and answering,


    “Yes.”


    Raising an eyebrow, Katherine joked, “And did you agree to befriend him because of this big-ass gold


    chain?”


    Knowing she was making fun of his tastes, Kyle moved closer and patted gently on Kathy’s thigh.


    “What are you insinuating, you minx?”


    Katherine inched chuckling towards Marshall to duck from Kyle.


    Marshall closed his eyes for a second before he lifted Katherine up and ced her squarely on his


    legs.


    Caught by surprise, Katherine went silent, while Kyle got on his feet as he roared, pointing a hand at


    them, “What the hell do you think you’re doing? Trying to shove your PDAs down my throat? Stop it


    right now!”


    Holding Katherine in his embrace, Marshall looked supremely calm. “We’re married. This is quite


    normal.”


    Katherine, on the other hand, was still slightly frozen, mostly because she didn’t expect such an action


    toe from Marshall. But she got quite delighted after she came to and looped one arm around


    Marshall’s neck.


    Facing Kyle, she said, “Think that constituted PDA? Watch this.”


    As she spoke, she leaned in and kissed Marshall right on the corner of his mouth.