CEO Proposed to His Ex-wife 99 Times novel Chapter 220

When the veggies were all rinsed out, the two guys exited the kitchen, leaving Katherine inside cooking by herself.

Seeing Hector standing in the living room, Kyle asked him to sit down, as if he owned the place. Without a trace of guest manners, Kyle even had the gall to ask Hector what kind of tea he wanted. “I spotted some scented tea in the kitchen. Do you want some? I’ll make two cups.”

“Sure,” answered Hector comfortably.

Kyle went to the kitchen gleefully.

Sitting down opposite Hector, Marshall gave him a quick once-over and said, “I heard that you helped pay for Kathy’s ring. How much was it? I’ll wire you the amount right now.”

Hector had expected it from Marshall. Smiling slightly, he replied ambivalently, “There must be a misunderstanding here, Mr. Grant. I gave her the ring as a gift. Did she not tell you why I gifted her that ring?”

“What are you trying to imply?” said Marshall coldly.

Hector checked out the kitchen, where Kyle was happily buzzing around Katherine for some reason and wouldn’t come back for a while. Thus, Hector spoke.

“I know your divorce has been finalized and I know that you’re only staying together to quell the possible gossips around your marriage. Kathy has told me all about it.”

Marshall’s face darkened completely. “She really told you everything, huh?”

Hector smiled lovingly. “Kathy has never looked down on me because of my status. That’s enough to tell me that she’s not the same kind of person as yourself, Mr. Grant.”

Marshall knew what he meant. If Katherine were to talk to Hector about everything, naturally she would have told him how she was willfully disregarded in the Grant household because of her own status. The Grants despised her for her low upbringing, but she never cared about anyone else being born into a low or high social class. Judging from this aspect, she and Marshall had very different values indeed.

Pursing his lips, Marshall smiled briefly. “You seem to be very confident in yourself, Mr. Bennett. That’s good. Keep on with it.”

As he finished speaking, he stood up and headed towards the kitchen, out of which came Kyle with the teas he just made. Thinking Marshall was there to help him, Kyle asked, “Now, this one’s for you. Kathy said that you’re a fussy son of a bitch and always demand this designated cup, so there you go.”

Ignoring him, Marshall went straight for Katherine, who was still busy cooking. Marshall walked over and looped his arms around Katherine’s waist, holding her from behind.

Kyle wailed with gritted teeth when he saw it happen. “Again? Will you guys ever stop it? Seriously, are you trying to drive us away?”

Fuming, Kyle turned around and headed into the living room, where Hector, having seen what Marshall was doing, kept a carefully neutral face.

Katherine was startled. Turning her head to glare at Marshall, she asked with a low voice, “What are you doing?”

Scowling slightly, Marshall stared at Katherine in silence.

Katherine struggled for a bit as she demanded, “Get out! I’m making dinner and it’s kinda smoky in here.”

“I don’t care,” said Marshall as he raised a hand to gently caressed Katherine’s face.

Katherine hadn’t the slightest idea why Marshall decided to lose it at that very moment, but she didn’t want to make a scene. Hector knew about her arrangement with Marshall, but Kyle didn’t, so she had to act.

Katherine gave Marshall a look. “Do you have to go this far with the whole pretense in front of Kyle? Stop it.”