A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 164

The first thought that crossed Rome's mind was that if he was speaking with the puppets' master. But he kept silent about his curiosity and asked, "Is there a reason you want us to know each other?"

"Yes." The fellow said from the other side of the call. "Is it possible for us to meet and talk, let say this evening, by eight o'clock?"

Although there were so many questions roaming in Rome's head that he desperately wanted an answer to, he remained calm and said, "Sure. You know where I stay, right?"

The line suddenly became quiet for a moment, and Rome grew impatient by every second that went by in silence. Then he finally heard, "Yes. You stay at 'Hotel Plaza.' Is that where you want us to meet?"

"Yes. At the hotel restaurant." Rome said, striving to stop himself from asking the one question that he so desperately one to ask.

"Okay. I will meet you there then. Tonight at eight o'clock."

"I will be waiting."

There was a brief pause as Rome second-guessed his thoughts. Then he said, "What's your nam...?"

The call suddenly ended, and he slowly drew the phone away from his ear while trying to get his emotions under control.

"Take me back to the hotel," Rome calmly uttered.

"But boss, your flight leaves in less than an hour." Mr. Orlando mumbled, glancing in the v-mirror for a second before focusing on the road.

"I'm not leaving with that flight. I still have some unfinished business here."

"Okay, boss."

As the sky began to slowly lose its brightness and the sun started to go down, Catherine looked out the car window and thought with a smile on her lips, 'It's four o'clock. Rome should be on the plane by now.'

The excitement she felt only seemed to grow by the second, and she couldn't stop herself from admiring the beauty of the clouds as her smile widened.

Then her phone buzzed, and she looked away from the window and stared at its screen.

"I'm sorry, babe. But something came up, and I have to stay here a bit longer. After taking care of it, I will be back tomorrow." Catherine read with a dull look in her eyes.

Then she drew a deep breath and swayed her gaze back on the window, staring at the sky with a blank expression on her face.

A couple of minutes went by. Then Catherine's phone rang, and when she gazed at it and saw that it was Madam Rosey calling, she felt even more frustrated.

For a couple of minutes, she silently watched the phone ring until it stopped. But after two seconds passed, the word 'grandmother,' was blinking on her screen again.

Finally, Catherine got sick of the sound of her ringtone and answered the call.

Then she got a grip on her emotion and calmly intoned, "Good evening, grandmother."

"Since Rome isn't here, how about you come to the house and have dinner with the family?" Madam Rosey said from the other side of the line.

"I can't becau…"

"Do you want your grandmother to beg you?"

Even though the last thing she wanted was to be with her family when she wasn't in a good mood, Catherine knew Madam Rosey wasn't going to take 'no,' for an answer. So she softly sighed and said, "I'm on my way."

"Good. See you later." Madam Rosey's voice echoed into her ear before the call ended.

At five o'clock, Catherine walked into the living room of the Barlow mansion. Then when she saw that the entire family was there except Chloe, she immediately knew what was going on.

Frowning at her grandmother, Catherine took a deep breath and said, "You didn't call me here because you want me to have dinner with the family, right?"

"My daughter is missing! What did you do to her?" Elijah suddenly lashed out.

"Can you calm down! We don't know if Catherine had anything to do with Chloe going missing!"Mr. Barlow shouted at his son.

Like the others, he too thought that Catherine had involvement in Chloe going missing. But he didn't want to offend Catherine because he knew that meant enraging Rome.

"Dash, you called me this morning, and I have already told you that your wife and I went our separate ways yesterday, so what is all this!!!" Catherine firmly uttered in annoyance.

Scowling at him, Edward locked eyes with Dash and coldly uttered, "Why would you come here and say Chloe went missing and Catherine was the last person that saw her when you have clarified things with my daughter!"

"Well, what I said is the truth. The last time I called my wife, she texted me and said she was hanging out with Catherine in her office and they would be having dinner together later on." Dash calmly said, gazing away from Edward's cold eyes.