“Did you miss me all these while?” he asked in a low voice.
Kathy shook her head coldly.
“Are you not going to ask me anything?” He frowned.
“I knew everything already. There’s nothing else to ask about,” said Kathy bitterly.
Of course, she knew that Joseph was talking about him and Ella.
“I won’t marry her,” said Joseph as he stared at her intensely.
Kathy smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter to me if you marry her or not.”
She then tried to push him away with all her might.
She ran out of the office without looking back. Tears started to well up in her eyes and in the end, she
couldn’t help but started to bawl.
She wiped her eyes and took a deep breath, but she couldn’t control her emotions. She found a corner
and squatted down as she sniffled, though her tears began to come down like a waterfall.
“Joseph, you bastard!”
She grabbed a stone and threw it hard, trying to vent her anger.
The rock fell on a flawless and shiny pair of leather shoes.
“I’m sorry.” Kathy apologized without looking up, she was still immersed in her negative emotions.
The shadow looming over her bent over and gave her a piece of tissue. The scent coming from the
person was so very familiar.
She looked up and met Joseph’s eyes, he was wearing a pained expression.
She had to be seeing things. Why would he feel pain for her?
He wouldn’t possess such emotions.
Kathy thought briefly, she didn’t take the tissue from him and she tried to run away.
But Joseph already hugged her tightly in his arms. His voice vibrated on the top of her head, “Trust me,
okay?”
His voice was ever so enchanting.
Kathy was trembling, but her voice was still as cold as before, “Let go of me.”
“I won’t,” answered Joseph aggressively.
This made Kathy more repulsive, she sounded furious when she said, “Joseph, we shouldn’t be having
any contact at all. You are getting married!”
“I won’t marry her,” he repeated himself.
“You think I will believe anything you spout?” Kathy looked at him with watery eyes.
It wasn’t that she didn’t believe what he said, but she didn’t dare to trust it.
More disappointment only led to despair.
He never denied that he and Ella were engaged.
She always thought that they were in love with each other when they were together.
But it was only her delusions.
She laughed sarcastically, “Professor Joseph, let go of me. Someone will see us here and that will not
be good for both me and you.”
Joseph’s face was dark. It was turning darker and Kathy couldn’t see his expression.
But she could feel anger coming from him.
What was he mad about?
She should be the one getting angry.
She was the one hidden from the truth the whole time.
The arm hugging her waist finally loosen up. Kathy quickly left as soon as she was freed.
But her heart hurt, it hurt so badly.
She knew that she shouldn’t start over with Joseph. She shouldn’t…
At Joseph’s group.
John looked at his boss astonishedly. He thought to himself, “Why is Mr. Joseph still here at this time?”
He wanted to leave soon.
When would his work environment return to normal again…
“Give me the medical reports,” said Joseph.
Josh immediately handed him Kathy’s medical reports. It had been a month since Joseph would look at
the medical reports intently every night.
“Mr. Joseph, Miss Bridges wants you to call her back.”
He knew that his boss wouldn’t like to hear this, but he had to report it to him, nevertheless.
As expected, Joseph’s face turned gloomier than before.
On the first floor of Joseph’s group.
Ella waited for a long time, but she never got a call back from Joseph. She wanted to just go up directly
to see him.
At this moment, she saw John coming down from upstairs. She walked up to him and asked, “Is
Joseph doing overtime?”
“Yes, I think Mr. Joseph will be spending his night here. You should go home and rest, Miss Bridges.”
“Is Joseph’s group really this busy…” muttered Ella.
John didn’t answer.
Ella insisted and went up to the top floor. She knocked on the office door, but Joseph didn’t reply.
She pushed open the door gently and she saw Joseph’s tired sleeping face.
His head was lying against the back of the sofa. He still looked handsome and attractive even when he
was asleep. And perhaps because he was asleep, the air around him softened.
Her heart fluttered seeing Joseph like this.
Ella didn’t want to bother him. She inched closer to him quietly and sat down next to him. She then saw
the medical reports in front of him.
She looked at it, it was Kathy’s medical report.
She glanced at Joseph nervously. She only started to read it when she saw that he was fast asleep.
Her face contorted as she read the report, Kathy was actually…
She only treated Kathy with such animosity because she was Joseph’s ex-wife.
But she felt a bit bad about it right now.
Kathy didn’t have much time left.
Her phone buzzed. Ella snapped out of her thoughts, she had a complicated look on her face after
reading the message on her phone.
She stood up and walked towards the table. She saw a certain document and took a picture of it.
When Joseph opened his eyes, he saw Ella sitting right next to him. She was fiddling with her phone.
“Why are you here?” Joseph frowned. He glanced briefly at Ella’s phone.
“John told me that you wanted to spend the night here?” Ella posed the question rather unnaturally.
“Yeah.” Joseph stood up and walked towards the bar table. He drank a cup of alcohol and began to
work again.
Even though he rested for a bit, the exhaustion was still visible on his face.
“I’ll stay here and accompany you. I can also help you with some work if you want, I want to help you
where I can.” Ella stared at him passionately.
But Joseph never looked at her once. He sat down at his desk and said plainly, “You should go home
earlier, you’ll just bother me by being here.”
Ella looked disappointed, but she never left. After a while, she fell asleep on the sofa.
Joseph wasn’t in the office anymore when she woke up the next morning. She asked around and found
out that he had a meeting.
The meeting only ended around evening and Ella immediately went to find Joseph.
The lift’s door opposite to where Ella was standing opened suddenly. Kathy was taking part in the
discussion of the R&D of a new medicine product today and had to hand in a report. She saw Joseph
and Ella the moment she walked out of the lift.
Ella was standing next to Joseph and she subconsciously held his arm the moment she saw Kathy.
The expression in Joseph’s eyes turned frigid. He stared at Ella’s hand and said coldly, “Let go.”
Ella shrugged. She held on to him tighter as Kathy walked closer towards them.
Kathy frowned and was going to ignore them.
But Joseph called out to her, “Kathy, wait a bit.”
He then looked at Ella and pushed her away.
He told John who was standing behind him the whole time, “Send Miss Bridges home.”
“Joseph…” said Ellain a kittenish voice.
But Joseph already pushed her away and moved to block Kathy’s way.
“Mr. Joseph, this is the report from today’s R&D discussion. Please take a look.” Kathy handed him the
document and had a professional attitude.
Joseph didn’t take the report from her and just said, “Follow me.”
He walked into the lift after saying that.
Kathy didn’t move, she looked at him cautiously.
“Do you want me to carry you?” said Joseph sternly.
Kathy bit her lips. “He’s too much!” she thought to herself.
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