CEO Proposed to His Ex-wife 99 Times novel Chapter 273

When he realized what Lucas was saying, Marshall’s initial frown turned into ire.

Lucas, however, kept gazing at him with a relaxed smile.

Watching Marshall stop in his tracks, Clara was surprised. “What’s wrong, Marshall?”

“Nothing,” answered Marshall as he looked away from Lucas and walked towards the elevators with Clara by his side.

An elevator stopped as they were waiting, and out came a couple of employees who, after greeting the Grants, couldn’t help sneering sarcastically upon seeing Clara. Clara clocked that, of course, but she had to let it slide without any reaction. The online chatters were much more distressing than these people’s silent judgment, but she had no choice but to stomach all of them.

Marshall followed Mr. Grant as the older gentleman escorted the Hendersons to the front door of the building. Clara watched Marshall before she got into the car, but Marshall didn’t reciprocate her gaze, looking across the street instead.

There were flashlights from across the street.

Marshall had spotted the paparazzi hiding inside a store the minute he walked out of the lobby, but he didn’t mind getting his photographs taken since there was nothing sneaky going on. Besides, the paps were a very curious group of people, and they would disturb Katherine if they couldn’t get a scoop from him and Clara.

Marshall didn’t want them anywhere near Katherine. She was inexperienced and irritable, so a confrontation was highly likely if she got annoyed.

Sighing quietly, Marshall looked back at Clara, who pursed her lips and bit down on the words she had intended to say.

Mr. Grant and Marshall walked into the office building after the Hendersons drove away.

Mr. Grant spoke first. “Maybe talk to Katherine some other time. If it weren’t for your mother’s meddling, it could have been an easy negotiation.”

But Katherine might get tired of anything that had to do with the Grants after the fight initiated by Mrs. Grant. It might be much harder to ask her for help now.

Marshall didn’t speak until they were in the elevator. “I’ll talk to Katherine later. She’s actually quite a reasonable person.”

“Yeah,” agreed Mr. Grant, adding, “pay no attention to your mother just yet. She needs to be taken down a peg. We’ve been indulgent on her over the years, so much so that she’s made no progress at all. I just don’t know what she’s thinking all day.”

Marshall stared at the elevator screen, watching the number go up silently with a frown. He agreed with his father.

On the other hand, Katherine, lying in bed, was only stirred out of her foggy sleep by a call from Kyle.

Grabbing her phone, Katherine made sure it was from someone she knew before she picked up. “Kyle.”

Presumably bored, Kyle asked, “You up? Where are you? Do you want to come over?”

“No,” answered Katherine, turning to one side, “I’m at home, sleeping.”

Kyle asked. “I thought so too. Well, wake up and let me tell you something interesting.”

Blinking, Katherine asked, “Something interesting? What can be more interesting than what I’m going through right now?”

“But it’s true! It’s about the two Bennett.”