After waiting patiently for a couple of minutes, Blaze heard the front door open, and he immediately swayed his gaze towards it.
Instantly, his jaw dropped, and he blankly stared at Catherine approaching the car, wearing a red slim fit, knee-length dress with her hair styled in a messy bun.
'Boss is so lucky.' Blaze absentmindedly thought, admiring the smokey makeup on her face before snapping out of his head.
Then he tried to get out of the car and opened the door for Catherine, but she had already got a hold of the back door handle and was opening it.
When Catherine got seated in the backseat of the vehicle, a couple of minutes went by in awkward silence. Then she finally focused on Blaze and asked, "Is there something wrong with the car?"
"No, Miss!" Blaze hastily said, turning the key in a rush.
Feeling anxious, Mr. Orlando hesitated for a moment. Then he fixed his eyes on Rome and said, "Boss, according to the information I gathered from a hostess at Seashore restaurant, Earl is going to be dining there today at nine o'clock."
As Rome withdrew his focus away from the window and gazed at Mr. Orlando, his face bore no emotion while he asked, "What's the time now?"
"It's six-fifteen, boss."
"Tell the pilot to do an emergency landing."
"What?!"
"We are going back home."
By seven o'clock, Blaze brought the Jeep to a stop in the parking lot of 'Seashore restaurant,' and then a couple of minutes later, he escorted Catherine into the restaurant.
After she had taken her seat at her reserved table, Catherine looked up at Blaze standing by her side and said, "You can sit."
For a second, Blaze hesitated. Then he drew a chair and sat down, keeping alert by every sound and movement around them.
A few minutes after Catherine had put her order in, the waiter approached her for the second time. Then he served her meal and left afterward.
"Are you sure you don't want to order something?" Catherine asked, staring at Blaze.
But he slightly shook his head and said, "No, I'm good."
It grew quiet for a moment between them. Then Blaze watched her slice into the fish and humbly asked, "Why are we ready here, Miss?"
Pausing for a second, Catherine looked at him, sighed, and said, "I'm here to eat."
At first, Blaze believed her and relaxed a bit. But when eight-fifty-nine arrived, and Catherine was acting extra slow with finishing her drink, he didn't trust her words anymore.
Feeling a bit worried now, Blaze rested his hand on the table, slightly leaned towards Catherine, and gently said, "Miss, I think it's time we leave here."
Although he thought that Catherine was going to be angry, she softly smiled and said, "We will after I get done with my drink."
Even though he knew that was another lie, Blaze rested back in his seat as he tried thinking of a way to get her out of the restaurant immediately.
Then it suddenly clicked in his mind, and he said, "I tol…"
A frown instantly crossed Blaze's face as he watched a man he knew as Earl's personal bodyguard approach the table.
After reaching Catherine, the guy looked down at her and humbly said, "Good afternoon, Mrs. Ford. Boss Earl caught a glimpse of you when he walked into the restaurant, and now, he's inviting you to share a drink with him in his private room."
'He's here!' Catherine thought, holding in her breath for a second.
Then she smiled slightly and said, "Okay. Let's go."
Feeling absolutely worried now, Blaze walked up to Catherine when she stood to her feet and gently whispered, "Okay, it's time to go home, Miss!"
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