CEO Proposed to His Ex-wife 99 Times novel Chapter 323

Frances froze with surprise for a second when she spotted Katherine, and then proceeded to scowl. Even at a disgraced stage of her life, she decided to still regard Katherine as inferior.

Katherine, on the other hand, was all smiles. “Was it Mr. Grant I spotted talking with you a minute earlier? Why did he leave so early? Did you two have a fight?”

Frances, not wanting to engage, was about to walk away when Katherine giggled. “Why are you still riding in the Grant family car when you’re no longer a part of the family? What, they gave you custody of the car when you divided common property or something?”

Frances stopped in her tracks. Opening her eyes wide, she demanded, “What are you babbling on about?”

Katherine looked practically joyful as she ignored Frances’ question to say, “A certain someone here used to mock me all the time for not deserving the title of Marshall’s wife. Well, look how that someone ended up herself. Banished from the family, in addition to being old and frail – how terribly sad indeed. I’m young and childless, so I probably still have a shot at this marriage thing, but how is someone much older – in fact, someone who is already half buried in her grave – supposed to get herself a husband, I wonder?”

Frances looked icy cold. “Don’t sass me, young lady. And stop with the lies you tell.”

“Lies?” laughed Katherine, “do you honestly think you can keep it a secret?”

Katherine turned around to check out Frances’ car before leaning casually on it. “That’s rather unoriginal of you, isn’t it, trying to keep your separation from Mr. Grant a secret, just like what Marshall and I did? Didn’t your ladyship herself reveal my divorce from Marshall? I never want to owe anything to anyone, and more importantly, I don’t want to be owed. We’ll get even if I reveal your divorce from your husband, don’t you think?”

Frances looked thunderous. “Don’t you dare.”

“But of course I do dare,” said Katherine with a loud chuckle, “my dear lady, of course I dare, especially for you!”

Pursing her lips, Frances remained silent, not knowing what to say in this situation. There was, indeed, nothing that Katherine dared not do, not with her not-a-care-in-the-world personality.

Watching Frances closely, Katherine felt bored. Frances had lost all her fight so it was not fun picking on her at all now.

Consequently, Katherine said, “Clara misses you a lot and has said that she’ll visit you at the Grant residence one of these days. So watch out for that.”

“Clara wants to visit me?” said Frances, surprised.

“Yup. She misses you dearly,” answered Katherine with a mock smile as she stood upright, “and she’s completely unaware of your divorce with Mr. Grant. I wonder how she’ll react when she finds out. I’m almost looking forward to it, to be honest with you.”

Frances frowned and didn’t bother to respond.

Katherine took another good look of her ex mother-in-law sneeringly before she turned around and left.

Frances remained where she was for a good while before she finally got into the car, but she didn’t drive away immediately. Instead, she fished out her phone to call Clara.

Clara was in her office when she received the unexpected call, and she picked up quickly. “Hey auntie.”

“Hi Clara,” replied Frances with a smile, “are you busy at the moment?”

Clara said no, she wasn’t, before asking Frances how she had been and telling the older lady she missed her.

Frances was somehow comforted by the sound of Clara, whose tone was gentle as usual. With nothing better to do, Frances asked, “I’m out shopping today. Do you think you can meet me here, Clara honey?”

“Yes, sure!” answered Clara with no hesitation. “I’m heading out right now, since I’m free at the moment.”

Thus Frances gave her an address that was not far from the Hendersons’ office building, adding that Frances herself would be right over.

When she hung up, Frances let out a huge sigh of relief. Ever since the divorce was finalized, the Henderson folks had not treated her with anything resembling kindness, and Mr. Grant didn’t seem like he was going to rethink the decision anytime soon. Even Katherine, the peasant girl she’d always looked down upon, had the audacity to laugh at her. Only the lovely Clara remained as respectful to her as ever.

Frances drove in the direction of the Hendersons’ office, but Clara arrived at the café earlier than her.

Clara caught sight of Frances the minute the latter woman walked in. “Hi auntie!” Clara greeted, waving a hand.