A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 99

For a long time Catherine laid wide awake with her eyes closed.

The event from yesterday night kept troubling her mind and each time she gazed at Rome, she was amazed and baffled at how he could sleep so soundly.

After staring at him for a while, she sat up, rested her feet on the tiles, and buried her face in her palms.

“Can't sleep?” Rome asked as he raised his lashes and gazed at her.

Shocked by the sound of his voice, Catherine looked back. Then she tried to smile, but her lips rebelled against her, and she was left with a stiff expression.

“I don't know…” Catherine muttered, pausing as she tried to figure out how she felt at that moment and how to express it.

“Don't know what?” Rome calmly asked as he sat up.

Then he yawned, and at that exact moment, there was a knock on the door.

Seeing that Catherine was hesitant, Rome got off the bed, and headed to the door.

After opening it, he gazed at the maid and asked, “What is it?”

A minute went by in silence. Then she said, “Mr. Barlow is requesting you and Miss Catherine's presence in the living room.”

“Tell him we will be down soon.”

“Okay,”

When the maid walked away from the door, Rome closed it and gazed at Catherine.

Then she suddenly stared back at him, softly smiled, and mumbled, “It's time to face the music.”

A few minutes later, Catherine and Rome came downstairs, and the instant they entered the living room, a frown immediately crossed her face.

“What is she doing here!” Catherine coldly uttered as she glared at Estelle.

Trying not to lose his grip on his anger, Mr. Barlow took a deep breath, and said, “I was infuriated last night, so I pleaded to Estelle for us to do this this morning because I want to be of sound mind to make my judgment.”

Then he glared at Catherine and said, “So, I'm going to ask you this once. Did you slap lady Estelle?”

Without taking her icy gaze off Estelle, Catherine boldly replied, “I did.”

Even though she was trying to keep it together, the smirk on Estelle’s face was making it harder for her to do so.

“Catherine, this is not like you!” Edward said, shocked by his daughter's response.

“Right. What has gotten into you?” Catherine's mother asked with a frown.

Swaying her attention away from Estelle, Catherine stared at her parents, and straightforwardly inquired, “Did you ask her why I slapped her?”

The response she gave sent Madam Rosey’s anger off the charts and she shouted, “Whatever stupid reason is there, you shouldn't have laid a hand on such an important guest!”

“Then she should have kept her hands off my husband, and maybe, I would have kept my hands to myself.” Catherine blurted out in a fit of rage, and even though she didn't mean to say it out loud, she wasn't planning on taking those words back.

“It's about your worthless husband again! Child, do you not know that some things are not worth fighting for, especially a thing that is of no value!”

“Grandma,”

With a touch of hurt in her eyes, Catherine scowled at Madam Rosey.

Then she stared at Rome to see if he was affected by her grandmother’s remark, but his face bore no expression, and she couldn't tell what he was thinking or how he felt.

Taking in another deep breath, Mr. Barlow frowned and firmly said, “Apologize to Estelle for your assault on her.”

“What!” Catherine shouted in anger.

“You should be happy that Estelle is generous, and she's not going to keep last night's event at heart if you apologize.”

“What?”

With his eyes fixed on Rome, Charles scowled and mockingly intoned, “And her husband can also plead for my forgiveness, and I might reconsider not locking him up for what he did to me last night.”

“That's not going to happen.” Rome casually said.

Filled with hate, Charles was about to speak ill of Rome when Catherine interrupted him and said, “Yeah, I'm not apologizing to her either. She got what she deserved, and I don't feel remorseful for what I did.”