A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 105

There was a moment of hesitation as Rome gazed at Catherine.

Then he second-guessed his words for a brief while before saying, “Jeff burned down your family warehouse, Charles got involved with someone's wife, Elijah betray your grandfather, and Chloe, well she messed with Mr. Ford. What have you done?”

“Uh?” Catherine asked, raising a brow.

“What wrong have you done?”

“Well…”

Feeling a bit uncertain, Catherine mumbled, “Ummm… Nothing?”

“Right, nothing. So why do you want things to fall apart for you?” Rome asked with a straight face.

With her eyes fixed on his, Catherine slowly rubbed her thumb against her other finger as she mumbled beneath her breath, “I don't know. I thought maybe…”

“The quote, ‘Bad things happen to good people is not right because it shouldn't be that way, and you shouldn't be thinking in such a manner.” Rome firmly said.

“I know. It feels a bit weird that I am still succeeding against it all. It wasn't like that before I marr...”

“Before you married me?”

Silence fell between them as Catherine stared deep into Rome's eyes. Then she faintly smiled and mumbled, “Yes,”

“I guess I'm your lucky charm then,” Rome said with a straight face.

“I guess you are.”

“Right, I am.”

There was a brief pause, and Rome wanted so desperately to tell her his real identity as he intensely stared at her.

But Jeff suddenly entered the room, and Catherine swayed her attention off Rome.

“I can't believe you two have time for romance when the Barlow name is up in flames!” Jeff rudely uttered as he walked past them.

Then he sluggishly sat on the couch and mumbled, “Well, it shouldn't bug you though since you are the one who set it on fire.”

Frowning, Catherine stared at him and asked, “What are you talking about!”

“We both know what is going on here,” Jeff said, narrowing his eyes at her.

“You might, but I don't.”

“The innocent act. I'm not buying that crap!”

For a while, Catherine stared at her cousin. Then she looked away from him and said, “I have no time for your mind games. I have to get to the office.”

“I will tag along with you,” Rome said.

Resting his feet on the table, Jeff smirked and slyly uttered, “You both are a perfect match! The hypocrite and her loyal dog!”

Anger glowed in Rome's eyes as he stared at Jeff. But then he took a deep breath and coldly uttered, “Only a fool spits out garbage and takes pride in it.”

Those words raised Jeff’s anger to the roof. But before he could think about a response, Rome had already led Catherine out of the living room.

Fighting against his urge to scream, Jeff hatefully stared at the living room entrance as he allowed his anger to devour him from the inside.

At ten o'clock, Rome brought Catherine Sedan into the parking lot of DreamTeam Inc. and got out of the car.

Then he gazed at Catherine when she asked, “Are you coming in?”

“I'm hungry. We didn't have breakfast. Should we go somewhere and grab a quick bite?” Rome replied.

Feeling indecisive, Catherine anxiously said, “We could go to a restaurant. But to be honest, it's going to be hectic here for grandfather and my uncles to handle alone, so…”

“I will get us takeout. You can go in first, and I will join you later.” Rome gently said.

A sense of relief coursed through Catherine as she smiled and mumbled, “Thanks for understanding.”