"Why are you here?" Kathy looked at him in surprise.
Joseph should go to work today. Normally, he would only be free at night.
"I'm here to pick you up." Joseph clenched her small hand with his big palm.
"The driver has been waiting. I'll go back after the stroll." Kathy cuddled up to him.
Not far away, Reece stared at them with cold eyes.
Joseph saw him as well. He frowned slightly and looked at Kathy. "What did you and Reece talk about
just now?"
He had seen them talking when he came over.
"He said my mentor would treat us to dinner tomorrow. The time is being discussed in our group chat."
"Where?"
"River Hotel. It is right across the school."
The next day, Kathy came to the dinner party a little early, but Reece beat her to it.
Kathy picked the farthest position from him. He coldly curled his lips and said, "There's no need to
avoid me. I don't bite."
"That remains to be seen," Kathy muttered.
In her eyes, Reece was a wolf.
Not long after, the mentor Dona and her four students also came. Reece was her only doctoral
candidate, and all the other students were grad students.
Kathy was a transfer student. Her classmates and the mentor were already close, but she was not
sociable, so she rarely spoke during dinner.
However, Dona was impressed with her. She showed admiration when she talked to Kathy, and Kathy
loosened up a bit.
Dona stopped the manager when he came to ask if it was time to serve the dishes.
"Who else is coming?" Reece frowned.
"You'll know soon. He's a big wheel," Dona smiled.
Reece had followed Dona since he was a graduate student. He had never heard her call someone a
big wheel.
Ten minutes later, the big shot finally showed up in everyone's expectation.
The door was pushed open, and the man in white shirt and black pants was handsome, elegant, and
noble.
Joseph?
Kathy was dumbfounded. Why didn't she know her boyfriend would come...?
"I believe you don't need my introduction. This is Professor Joseph."
There was only one empty seat beside Kathy on the table. So, Joseph sat in there.
Kathy was uncomfortable. When she had told him about this dinner last night, he hadn’t mentioned he
would show up.
The other students were naturally excited about Joseph's arrival. This leading figure in the medical field
was welcome everywhere.
"Professor Joseph and I were classmates. He skipped several grades. He was a genius in the class,"
Dona praised in envy.
"You were not bad either. Only you have beaten me in the exams." Joseph was humble and polite.
"If you hadn't been the first place nearly every time, I would have been the best." Dona shook her head
helplessly.
However, she didn't feel wronged to lose to Joseph.
Kathy was moping and looking down, and Reece was no longer cheerful, too. Joseph and Dona were
chatting about the past, and the other students asked Joseph all sorts of questions.
Halfway through, Kathy went to the bathroom.
She had not known Joseph and Professor Zane knew each other, but now, she felt she had been kept
in the dark.
After washing her face, she calmed down and walked out, only to bump into Joseph.
Her face dulled, and she ignored him.
But the next second, he held her hand and took her out of the restaurant.
"Joseph...," she murmured to him.
"Dona invited me over tonight. She only notified me in the afternoon." Joseph looked at her and knew
she was a little angry.
"I see," she muttered.
Her chin was lifted, so she had to look into his deep eyes.
"You and Professor Zane seem to be close." Kathy frowned.
"Yes, Joseph Group and University F have been working together. We have been in touch for a while."
Although Joseph never went to Joseph Group this past month and didn't seem to care much about it,
he was actually busy with it.
Noticing Joseph was about to take her away, Kathy pulled him back and said, "The dinner isn't over.
Should we leave now?"
"I have said goodbye to Professor Zane. Who doesn't know you are my wife?"
Kathy didn't know how to answer that.
She had intended to keep their relationship a secret, but it looked like the cat was already out of the
bag.
On the way back to Joseph Bay, Joseph received a phone call from Johnson. He turned to look at
Kathy and said, "Do you want to go with me to drink with some friends in City N?"
"You men have fun, and I won't tag along." Kathy shook her head.
"Alexia is also here. You won't be bored."
"How about that?"
Before she could chew on it, he turned the car around.
Joseph pushed open the door. The room looked good under the gentle light.
Kathy spotted Alexia, who was standing on the balcony. Joseph and Lincoln sat at the bar. Johnson,
Quinn, and the others were playing cards. It was quite lively.
However, Alexia's back looked lonely.
Kathy frowned and walked towards her.
"Kathy, you're here!" Noticing her, Alexia put on a smile, but only Kathy could tell the sorrow behind it.
"How are things with Johnson recently?" Kathy chose a glass of juice over wine.
"Not good." Alexia looked worried.
Kathy frowned and listened.
"Johnson took me to his family house last week. You know I was married once. His family isn't okay
with that."
That marriage was her Frankenstein.
To piss off Johnson, she actually married someone she did not like. She had thought she would come
to terms with it, but she couldn't forget about Johnson because her love for him had taken root for a
long time.
Only then did she realize she only wanted him.
She couldn't even make do.
Kathy frowned. Johnson's family was rich, so his parents were strict about his marriage. It was too late
to change their thinking paradigm.
"What did Johnson say about it?"
"He insisted on marrying me. He and his family fell out hard. He just went back to his house, and now
he doesn't have any power in his family business."
That was why Alexia was sad. Johnson was undoubtedly capable, but if he could not take power, he
was nobody.
"Kathy, am I weighing him down?" Alexia had been carefree, but now she was overthinking things.
"You and Johnson like each other. Alexia, don't think like that. As long as Johnson insists, you will be
together."
"Perhaps." Alexia drank a lot tonight. Alcohol was supposed to cheer a person up, but why was she
feeling even more depressed?
Lying on Kathy's shoulder, she wanted another shot. Kathy quickly moved the wine and said, "I'll ask
Johnson to drive you home!"
But the next moment, Alexia passed out....
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