A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 143

Even though Catherine's mind was disturbed about her meeting with Earl and Chairman Herman, she tried to look focused as she discussed with a foreign woman who wanted to cooperate with DreamTeam.

However, although she looked focused, she wasn't paying attention to her until the lady finally asked in a harsh tone, "Mrs. Ford, did you get what I said, or have you become deaf?! I'm speaking, and you are barely replying!"

"I'm sorry, miss Dola, can you please repeat what you had said?" Catherine gently intoned, feeling a bit embarrassed and annoyed about Dola's tone with her.

A frown crossed Dola's face, and as she was about to speak, the office door suddenly opened.

Looking away from Dola, Catherine gazed ahead of her and saw Rome walking into the office.

At first, a faint smile crept on her lips. But when she gazed deeper into Rome's eyes, she guessed that something was off, and her expression quickly got serious.

"Miss Dola, if it's possible, can you please spare me a few minutes to speak with my husband. I will get back to you shortly. And while you wait, what would you like my secretary to serve you?" Catherine softly uttered.

A bitter and brief laugh escaped Dola's lips as she narrowed her eyes at Catherine before rudely uttering, "You must be delusional if you think I'm going to spare you a second of my time if you dare walk out of here!"

Speechless from the anger she felt because of how Dola spoke to her, Catherine took a moment to get her emotions under control and stay calm.

"Your so-called husband can wait until after you get done here. Even if this meeting lasts for an hour, he will have to wait. After all, you need my money, and it's not the other way around." Dola roughly said.

"Actually, I don't need your money. So you can leave my office, go learn some manners, and come back with a better attitude." Catherine boldly stated, deciding that she had had enough of Dola misbehavior.

Holding in his laugh, Rome tried to keep a straight face and said, "My wife is right. You really need some lessons or two about speaking properly."

Looking back at Rome, Dola scowled as she thought, 'If I didn't get instructed by my parents to come here and successfully established a cooperation with DreamTeam, I would have left already.'

Then she gazed at Catherine and mumbled, "Even though this is my first time coming back to the country after my studies, I'm sure that there are other companies way better than you, so stop acting cocky."

"Miss Dola, can you please leave. I need to speak with my husband." Catherine casually said.

At first, Dola looked angry, then a trace of nervousness took over her expression, and she paused for a moment, lightly biting on her bottom lip.

"I will head out then," Dola mumbled, standing to her feet. "Can you… please, can you tell your secretary to escort me to the waiting room? Also, ask her to please serve me tea and a slice of cake."

Smiling at Dola, Catherine nodded and said, "Of course, I can."

A few minutes later, after Dola had left and Catherine had informed her secretary about Dola's demands, she walked from behind her desk and moved to the front.

"It's just the two of us now. What's on your mind to say?" Catherine asked, looking at Rome.

But he was so stunned that she could read his expression so well that he forgot for a moment about the lie he wanted to tell her.

"I was just stopping by to check up on you," Rome mumbled, not even believing his own words.

"Hon, we both have companies to run and are super busy at this hour, and you want me to believe that you drove a mile to check up on me?" Catherine asked, raising a brow.

Then her gaze unintentionally rested on her phone, and she said, "Also, you could have simply done that over the phone."

"But then I won't see your beautiful face," Rome said, still trying to find an escape route.

"We could have FaceTime if that was the case. So what's actually going on?"

It fell silent between them for a couple of minutes as Rome second-guessed his thoughts. Then he finally said, "Earl visited you."

"Rome," Catherine uttered, sounding disappointed.

For a while, Rome hadn't heard Catherine call him by his first name like that, and he just knew that she had already put two to two together in her head and found out how he knew about Mr. Earl's visit.