My Sweetheart novel Chapter 347

“One part is mine,” Joseph laughed in the face of Kathy’s expression.

Kathy shrugged. Getting out of bed, the two of them sat at the table. Joseph poured her soup, and added condiments for her, his ministrations precise and gentle. Kathy was at a loss. One day he’d treat another woman like this. The thought wrenched at her.

Impulsively she asked, “Hasn’t Grandfather pushed you to remarry?” She remembered that when she’d become part of their household, Grandfather had been quite nervous about their marriage.

“He hasn’t been around, so no.”

“Oh.”

“You really want me to remarry?” he feigned hurt.

She furrowed her brow. “Not really.”

“Why?”

“No reason,” Kathy replied, and left it at that. The thought of him marrying another woman was torture for her.

“If you don’t want me to, I won’t,” he told her seriously.

Hearing this, she looked up, unable to hide her surprise. “It’s your affair, not mine,” she said evenly, concealing her joy.

“Is that so?” Joseph asked, giving her a long hard look.

Kathy felt she could hide nothing from him. “Of course it is. Or else what?” she countered.

He laughed lowly. “I don’t want to hurt my ex-wife.”

“You won’t,” she insisted.

He stayed with her till that evening, to the point where she asked him, “Won’t you go home?”

He quirked a brow. “Won’t you be scared here all alone?” The room was VIP, quite large, yet felt cold and empty.

“No.”

“All right. Then I’ll go.” With that, he prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Kathy’s face crumpled. Just the sight of him walking away was torment. “Don’t,” she said before she could stop herself.

Joseph stopped in his tracks, turned, and asked pointedly, “What?”

“Stay here,” she forced herself to say.

“If I keep you company here, how will you make it up to me?” he asked, bending at the waist till they were eye-level.

His handsome figure enchanted her. She swallowed hard, her face turning red. He was enticing her on purpose! Regaining her senses, she said, “I got hurt at your company, shouldn’t you take responsibility?”

“All right. How?” he asked patiently.

At this, she stared. What had she gotten herself into? “Well, of course you…” But before she could finish, a searing kiss had covered her lips, a familiar scent filling her nose. Her eyes went wide in shock. He settled her against the head of the bed, wrapped her up in his arms.

Once she snapped out of it, she wanted to push him away, but the kiss didn’t last long anyway. Breathing deeply, she forced herself to say, “Get away from me.” The closer he got, the greater his charm was.

He smirked. “All right. Just couldn’t help myself.” Kathy grabbed a tissue to scrub at her lips. He didn’t even look, just went to sit on the sofa and said deeply, “Since your getting hurt involves me, I’ll stay with you.”

Kathy turned away, a bit angry. A tense atmosphere permeated the room, yet even so, she gradually drifted to sleep. Joseph watched as her eyelids fluttered shut.

Just then, Bertie arrived. Seeing Joseph, he stopped short. “For you to be here isn’t quite appropriate.”