CEO Proposed to His Ex-wife 99 Times novel Chapter 218

Katherine couldn’t sleep. After tossing and turning in her room forever, she decided to go down, only to stop in her tracks when she reached the staircase.

Downstairs, Marshall was sitting on the sofa, across from whom sat Kyle.

Kyle was still in his “combat outfit” at the Bennett household, the gold chain on his neck still tasteless and tacky.

“Hey,” said Katherine, “what are you doing here? Are you here for me? Let’s see the gifts you brought over, shall we?”

Turning around, Kyle grinned at Katherine. “Gifts? But I didn’t get you one. I thought we could do without the formalities since we’re so tight.”

Katherine made a face immediately. “You don’t ever get a gift for the patient?”

“Well, I was too worried about your safety to be thorough,” laughed Kyle, “how about this, I’ll make it up to you the next time I come over.”

Marshall sat at the side with his legs crossed, watching the familiar banter between them, the corners of his mouth slowly curving into a smile.

So that was Kyle’s type. People had tried to work on Kyle when they wanted to curry favor with the Haverfords, but the guy was so erratic that it was impossible for them to figure out what he actually liked.

Katherine jumped down the stairs to sit next to Marshall. “Where were you guys talking about?”

Kyle got a lot more serious at that. “What do you think? Those Bennetts assholes, of course. They really got me livid today.”

Katherine perked up. “Yeah, I never got the chance to ask, but what exactly was with the Bennetts, and what did they bully Hector for?”

At the mention of Hector, Marshall couldn’t help but glanced down at Katherine’s finger.

The ring wasn’t all that pretty, honestly. And those small diamonds didn’t look expensive, either.

Sighing, Kyle explained, “It’s probably because of Hex’s position at the company, which has irritated Patrick and Alexis right from the start. They’ve been trying to find a chance to pick a fight, and it just happens to be an off day today and everybody’s home, so it’s the perfect time. I think it started with them talking shit about Hex’s mom, and then Hex punched Patrick.”

Speaking of which, Kyle sighed regretfully. “He threw just one punch. What a wasted opportunity! He should’ve hit Patrick a lot more times while he was at it.”

Turning around, Marshall stared out of the window, his eyes squinted.

Katherine nodded. “Patrick slapped the table and yelled at me last time I went to Bennet & Co. I would’ve beaten him senseless if I were strong enough.”

Her eyes opened wide with anger as she spoke, and her cheeks were bulging. As such, she wasn’t scary at all, but looked a bit silly instead.

Staring at Katherine, Kyle tusked and abruptly changed the subject. “I always thought someone had to be incredibly lucky to marry a good guy like Marshall. But the more I look at Kathy, the more I find Marshall to be the fortunate one. He’s one hell of a lucky bastard to be able to marry you.”

Katherine turned to Marshall. Was Marshall a good guy? Probably so, since he never fooled around with anyone else even though he didn’t love her. But even if he was a good guy, he didn’t make her happy.

Taking her eyes off Marshall, Katherine smiled lightly. “Well, that was very truthful of you.”

Marshall sneered silently. It was his good fortune to marry her? Well, some fortunate it was.

With Katherine present, the details of what they were talking about ought to be spared, so Kyle started talking about the Bennetts’ past.

According to him, Kevin Bennett had been a lothario when he was younger, having had a string of dalliances out of wedlock. Among them were Hector’s mother and Ariel Kingsey, but they were by no means the whole picture. Other women came and went without leaving behind a trace of their existence, but these two were memorable, one for giving birth to Hector, the other for marrying into the family. Hector’s mother, clearly not cut out for this, was eliminated from the competition halfway, while Ariel, the master schemer who eventually outsmarted Kevin, succeeded in writing her name onto the marriage license.