CEO Proposed to His Ex-wife 99 Times novel Chapter 520

It took the men some time to finish the meal.

Finally, Katherine couldn’t wait any longer and went back to Kyle’s recreation club with Frances and Margaret.

In fact, Frances was a little worried about Khalid and Nicolas. Before she left, she went over to Khalid and whispered something into his ear. Hearing her, Khalid laughed and told her to rest assured. Probably she didn’t want Nicolas to feel left out, and she told him to have fun and enjoy the meal. After that, she left the private room with Katherine.

Katherine heaved a sigh and laughed as the door was closed. She sighed, "What an awkward dinner! I felt I was stifling in that room."

For several times, the embarrassing pause occurred during the meal. Sometimes, Khalid chimed in and happened to interrupt Nicolas. Sometimes, Marshall said something and interrupted Hector coincidentally. These two pairs of rivals in love kept competing with each other secretly.

Katherine said she regretted having invited Marshall to dinner. Frances heard that and chimed in, "In fact, I also regret having invited Nicolas here." If she had refused him at the beginning, the dinner wouldn’t have been so awkward. However, Katherine was a little relived to hear Frances say so. Apparently, the relationship between Khalid and Nicolas was much tenser, and that surprised Katherine. She didn’t expect the middle-aged men to be so childish.

The women went to the private room in Kyle’s recreation club. Katherine was a little tired, so she lolled back in the armchair, while Frances looked very carefully at Margaret’s wedding invitation. Finally, her gaze fell upon the wedding photo and she sighed, "You two actually look like a couple, and you look so happy in the photo."

Margaret smiled and replied, "Yeah, a lot of people say that."

Frances looked up and stared at Margaret for a while. "I knew you were a good girl."

Somehow, Margaret found the look in Frances’ eyes hard to read, but her heart missed a beat.

Lounging in the armchair, Katherine was talking about the details of Margaret’s wedding, but she gradually fell asleep. When she woke up again, she felt that someone was kissing her, the alcohol on his breath making her sick. She pushed him away subconsciously and yelled, "Get away!"

Then she heard Marshall chuckling. "You didn’t know it was me? Now I know you weren’t pretending it."

Katherine opened her eyes. Now only she and Marshall were left in this room, and she had no idea when the others had left. She sat up slowly. "All I could feel was someone breathing alcohol fumes all over me, and how would I know it was you?"

Marshall sat down next to her and let out a sigh, saying, "It was such an exhausting and upsetting dinner."

Katherine snorted, "That’s what someone else is thinking too. Stop complaining. You’re even." After that, she asked Marshall whether Frances had left with Khalid or Nicolas.

Marshall didn’t remember that at all. When he came back to the recreation club, they were about to leave, but he paid no attention to them. Judging from Khalid’s attitude today, as well as Nicolas’ mood, Khalid had presumably sent Frances home.

In fact, Frances’ attitude was quite clear today.

Both Khalid and Nicolas had drunk a lot today. At the end of the meal, they were competing with each other by keeping making toasts to each other, and finally, they were both drunk.

When the two of them staggered along the street, the first one Frances noticed was Khalid. She rushed over to help him and grumbled that he shouldn’t have drunk that much.

Sometimes, grumbling was a way of showing love and care. Marshall hadn’t realized it before, but he did at once when seeing Frances grumbling now. He thought that besides himself, Nicolas must also have realized it.

It took Katherine some time to fully wake up, and then she left with Marshall. She hesitated for a while before asking, "How about Hector? Is he drunk?"

Marshall snorted and scoffed, "Look at me. How can he not be drunk?"

Katherine wondered what Marshall was looking so smug about.

As for Kyle, Katherine didn’t ask about him. He hadn’t sobered up when the dinner began, and now he must be far-gone.

Peter was waiting by the car as the two of them went out. He greeted Katherine amiably at the sight of her. "Hello, Katherine. Haven’t seen you in a long time."

Peter was right.