CEO Proposed to His Ex-wife 99 Times novel Chapter 456

Sitting in the dining room, Khalid had a weird feeling. He wanted to call Frances and Cora in, but was stopped by Marshall.

Katherine gave a knowing smile, aware that it was out of courtesy that Marshall invited Cora to have dinner with them just now. Assumably, he had no intention of asking her to join them for real. If they had dinner together, things must get awkward since Cora and Frances weren’t on good terms, so Marshall just gave up that idea.

Katherine finished eating very soon before she went back to her room upstairs. Before long, she raced to the staircase and called out, "Mom, have you seen my checked shirt? I remember you put it away for me last time."

Frances paused, looked up at Katherine and asked, "Isn’t it in your closet?"

"But I don’t see it," Katherine mumbled before adding, "Well, let me look again."

After a while, Katherine asked again, "Mom, do you know where my ultrasound report is? I don’t see it anywhere."

Marshall happened to be coming out of the dining room at this moment and answered her, "It’s in the cabinet. Look there."

"OK," Katherine replied. Before she turned around, she saw Khalid coming out of the dining room too, so she said to him, "Dad, are you done eating?"

Khalid paused and replied, "Yeah, I am."

Katherine smiled, "Then maybe you want to sit for a while with Mom and have a chat with Cora."

After that, she said as she turned around and headed to her room, "Well, my memory has declined recently and I’ve been forgetful these days. It’s really annoying."

Standing at the bottom of the staircase and looking up, Marshall smirked and thought to himself. Katherine was doing a good job.

In fact, both Khalid and Frances felt a little embarrassed right now, especially Frances, whose cheeks were burning, because Katherine kept calling them familiarly "dad" and "mom" instead of their names.

Khalid went into the living room, thought for a moment and sat down across from the two women. He looked at Cora and asked, "How are your legs? Have you had any difficulty moving around lately?"

Cora gave an elegant smile and replied, "I’m good. Look, I’m not on crutches anymore, and I’m able to walk properly now. It’s just that I can’t walk or stand for too long."

Khalid nodded. "That’s great."

Then he threw a look at Frances and said with embarrassment, "You haven’t eaten yet. Why not have dinner here?"

At this moment, Frances rose to her feet. "Well, I’ll let you two chat."

Marshall walked into the living room and sat down next to Khalid. "The other day, dad was wondering how your legs were and wanted to pay you a visit, but he was too busy these days." Truly, Khalid was busy, but he would still make time to have dinner with his family.

There was more to it than what Marshall said.

Cora gave a nod. "I’m fine. I’ve been taken good care of by the maid." She paused and went on, "I’ve always wanted to have a word with Frances, but it took my legs some time to heal. Finally, I have time today and here I am, but I didn’t expect you to be here," said Cora as she stared at Khalid.

Khalid nodded, not embarrassed at all. "I happened to come at dinner time so I joined them for dinner here."

Meanwhile, Frances just started eating in the dining room. Her phone vibrated at this point, and it turned out that Katherine sent a text message to her, asking, "How are you feeling right now?"

Embarrassed. That was what Frances felt now. She might be overthinking, but Frances sensed that there was something weird with the way Cora looked at her just now. It felt as if Cora was staring at the unreasonable woman who she had used to be in a meaningful way.