As the first light of a new day crept into the room, Catherine slowly raised her eyelids and then frowned as she noticed that Rome's side of the bed was empty.
When Catherine heard the sound of rushing water, she got up from the bed and headed into the bathroom.
The moment Rome heard the door open, he pulled his shirt-sleeve over the plaster on his arm, turned around, and stared back at her as his face softened into a smile.
"Good morning, babe," Rome said, noticing the way she was suspiciously staring at him.
"Did something happen at the meeting?" Catherine asked, hoping for the truth this time.
"No. It went well."
"Oh, okay."
Without uttering another word to Rome, Catherine walked out of the bathroom, ignoring him when he called out, "Are you okay, babe!?"
"What's wrong with her?" Rome mumbled when Catherine slammed the door shut. "Did I forget something important? Today is not our anniversary or her birthday. I'm sure of it. Or is it!?"
A while later, the dining room was awfully quiet as Catherine stared at Rome eating his food with a calm expression on his face.
‘He's just going to keep up the act and pretend like he didn't lie about going to a meeting yesterday!' Catherine thought, stabbing her fork into her egg.
Sensing her eyes on him, Rome glanced at her with a blank expression and then softly smiled. Then he focused back on his food, feeling too distracted by last night's event to notice her frown.
That only enraged Catherine further, and she was about to speak her mind when the doorbell rang.
“I will get it,” Nora said, setting the plate of bacon on the table before rushing out of the dining room.
When she got to the front door, she softly sighed and thought, ‘Goodness, the tension in that room is scary.’
After taking a few seconds to pull herself together, she grabbed the knob and opened the door.
“Sir K?!" Nora muttered beneath her breath with a friendly smile on her face.
“Where is the boss?” K asked.
For a moment, a look of hesitation crossed Nora’s face. Then she stared at the floor and mumbled, “He and ma'am are having breakfast in the dining room. Come in,"
“Thank you,” K said, stepping past her.
A couple of minutes later, K walked into the dining room. Then he stopped a distance away from the table and said, "Bos…"
“Is the car ready,” Rome hastily uttered, laying his fork down.
Seeing the look of confusion on K's face, Catherine frowned, knowing that whatever he wanted to say, Rome didn't want her to hear it.
Then she angrily woke from her seat, looked at Rome, and said, “It's fine. You guys can talk here. I have work to get to.”
“But it's still quite early and you haven't finished your breakfast yet,” Rome said, gently staring at her.
“It's clear whatever you guys want to discuss is not for my ears r, so it's better to leave!"
“Cathrine, it's not like that!”
“I got to go!”
With a frown on her face, Catherine grabbed her bag and walked out of the dining room.
When Rome heard the front door slam close a few minutes later, he sighed out his frustration, realizing that she was on to him.
“Does madam not know about Big Daddy?” K asked while approaching the chair.
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