Katherine was stupefied, her heart freezed at his words. Although they were married, she still felt very shy before him. "Marshall..." She called very softly and sweetly. Derrick then stood from the grassy floor, standing straight, he looked at her and said, "come with me."
Katherine nodded in response and began to walk with him, she wondered if he was angry at the fact that she refused his command of laying on him.
"Marshall..." She called after a few seconds of silence. They were almost getting to the pool already.
Derrick paused and turned to her but he didn't say a word.
"I didn't mean to disobey you..."
"I'm not angry," he said and lead her to the pool. He drowned himself inside the pool for a long time before bringing his body out while Katherine only stood by the pool and watched. She was waiting for him to invite her to join him in the pool but he never did.
After a couple of minutes, he left the pool in a wet cloth and lead her back inside, "Goodnight General." He then walked away from her.
Katherine sighed with the way he addressed her, he looked at his back as he went further and further away until he faded out of her sight. It was hard to understand if he truly like her or not. As for her, she was already crushing on him but she's trying to guard her heart from falling from him. Falling for a man like Derrick will only hurt her greatly cause obviously, he's a man who is not capable of love.
Although he had never hurt her directly nor hurt her kids, infact, he had never shouted nor disrespected her despite the fact that he held a very high power in the city yet she protected her heart dearly from falling for him. But she liked him so much and it's beginning to hurt, realizing that he may never love her. Perhaps, all she will ever be to him is a General who only come to help him heal his soldiers.
Katherine sighed sadly, as she walked up to her room, she daydreamed about herself and Derrick on the alter having their wedding. Derrick was wearing a black suit and he was all smiles. At the priest instruction, he inserted the ring right inside her finger and her cheek turned red. She was extremely happy that their immediately lips locked up into a passionate kiss, they kissed dearly before the crowds that had attended the wedding.
Katherine jerked out of her fantasy and pinched herself, this is a dream that will never come to pass, stop! She rebuked her mind and slumped to her bed.
She covered herself with a duvet and thought angrily, "why does he have to be so handsome? Respectful, lovely and... Gosh! As far as Katherine was concerned, Derrick has no flaws. Other people may have a lot to say about Derrick but to her, Derrick is just perfect. She thought for so long until she eventually fell asleep.
When it was the following morning, while Derrick was heading out of the Supreme building in a bit to drive over to his office, a woman ran quickly behind him and he paused and turned, seeing Donna, his cold expression remained the same and he waited for what she has to say.
"Good morning, General," she saluted.
"Hope you are good?" He asked, checking his wrist watch. Although he's the overall boss here, he doesn't like to get late to work plus he has a lot to do today in the office.
"Yes, General. I'm already dressed as well, can you give me the honor of driving you to your office?" Donna asked.
"That won't be necessary," Derrick turned from her and began to walk over to his car. Donna immediately removed the scissors in her pocket and walked carefully behind him and then cut a part of his hair. She immediately tucked the hair and the scissors in her pocket. It wasn't like she wanted to drive Derrick to work, she just wanted to get close to him.
Derrick got inside his car, unsuspecting that a part of his hair had been cut, he glanced at Donna who stood still by a side, started the ignition of the car, reversed and drove away wordlessly.
Although Donna was a bit certain that Derrick would be the kid's father but she wasn't absolutely sure. She wants to confirm so that she can know her next line of action.
She immediately got inside her car and instead of resuming to her post, she drove out of the base and soon arrived at an hospital. On stepping down from her car, she walked straight to the paternity test department.
She soon sat before the doctor. The doctor was the one she paid to produce a fake result stating that Christopher is the father of the kids but he failed to deliver.
"So Alessio threatened you?" Donna asked to confirm, the doctor had already explained why he couldn't deliver to her on phone.
"Yes. I couldn't even perform any test, I just printed the fake result at his command," the doctor answered truthfully.
Donna placed Derrick's hair on the table and said, "now perform a real test now. I want to know if the owner of this hair is their father."
"Whose hair is it?" The doctor asked.
"That's none of your business, Bryan. Go and perform the test quick, I'll be waiting here," she said.
Bryan stood from his seat and walked away, he already had the kid's hair with him so he just went straight to the laboratory and did the test. About thirty minutes later, he came back with the test result and handed it over to Donna.
Donna received it and confirmed through the result that Derrick was the kid's father. Now she can know her next line of action.
"Thank you, "she said and turned to leave. She suddenly paused and turned back to Bryan, "don't tell anyone I came here nor that I performed any test."
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