CEO Proposed to His Ex-wife 99 Times novel Chapter 216

Marshall carried Katherine into her room and put her down on the bed.

Noon was approaching, and they were both hungry after all the commotion in the morning.

As it was impossible to count on Marshall to cook, Katherine took out her phone. “I’m getting takeout. What do you want for lunch?”

Marshall had started to head out of her room. Hearing that, he stopped, walked back, sat down on Katherine’s bed and grabbed her phone.

Options on the food delivery app looked mostly similar. Putting down the phone after a glance, Marshall suggested, “I’ll ask my people to cook something and send it over. Let’s not order from the app.”

“Sounds good,” nodded Katherine immediately.

Staying where he was, Marshall gazed at the door, as if hesitant about something.

Katherine spoke to change the subject. “I saw Lucas earlier. He told me that your uncle Carson’s birthday was coming up. Do you want me to show up for the occasion?”

Surprised, Marshall turned to face her. “What did he say exactly?”

Katherine was equally surprised. “Nothing much. He simply mentioned it was going to be Carson’s birthday soon and they were likely to host the party in the country house. He also asked me to help pick out a birthday present.”

“You picked out birthday presents together?” Marshall asked, raising an eyebrow.

Irritated by his insinuating tone, Katherine raised her voice. “Yup. He said he wasn’t good at choosing presents, so he wanted my opinions. You got a problem with that?”

She placed particular emphasis on the last sentence.

Facing Katherine, Marshall’s expression was neutral. “I can’t even ask?”

Standing up, he added, “I don’t really mind you getting close with Hector. But, Kathy, you don’t do that with Lucas. Even if we agreed that you could choose someone else after our divorce, that someone does not include a member of my family. You need to understand that.”

Watching him, Katherine understood that. After their divorce, she shouldn’t be involved with anyone from Marshall’s family, because the Grants simply wouldn’t tolerate that. If she was to associate with both Marshall and Lucas – well, the Grant family had no intention of turning into the Kennedys.

Snickering, Katherine replied, “You don’t have to tell me. I’m not that stupid, you know.”

Leaning on the headboard, she added, “Moreover, I’m not interested in a Grant at the moment.”

His head slightly turned, Marshall gazed at Katherine for a good while. “You’d better remember what you’ve just said.”

And then he walked straight out.

Katherine rolled her eyes on the bed. She could not figure out why Marshall was so insistent on pointing this out to her; it wasn’t like her relationship with Lucas was anything out of the ordinary. Even though she had helped Lucas choose a present – that couldn’t be interpreted as something gossip-worthy, could it?

Katherine craned her neck to look at the legs. Dr. Hollis was quite careful with the bandaging, as she hadn’t felt any pain, only a cooling sensation when the wounds were being cleaned. Now, with the wounds all covered up, somehow she felt better because she couldn’t look at them.

Lying down slowly, Katherine stretched her legs straight.

Maybe she had become spoiled after spending a year with the Grants. She used to get cuts and bruises all the time before. She dozed off soon after that.

Marshall had gone downstairs to call Peter, asking him to bring over some healthy food.

Peter was slightly surprised. “Where are you? Aren’t you home?”

“Yes,” said Marshall.

Peter was even more confounded. “Then what are you ordering takeout for? Where’s Kathy? Can’t she cook?”

“She sustained a mild injury,” inhaled Marshall, “and resting in her room right now.”

“Injury?” asked Peter, taken aback, “what happened? Is it serious?”