My Billionaire Ex Wants Me Back (Katherine) novel Chapter 59

Chapter 59 Standing on Thin Ice

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Katherine snapped back to her senses. “Right. I can’t leave, and Ivy doesn’t need to leave either. But what about Julian and Ethan?”

Megan cracked the door open, then shut it fast.

She turned back, face tight with nerves. “He’s already coming down the hall. There’s no time.”

Katherine looked at the three little ones staring up at her with wide, round eyes. She made herself stay calm.

If they couldn’t leave, they’d hide.

Katherine hid the kids. Megan hid the two extra sets of plates and utensils.

They’d barely finished when the door swung open. A waiter led Lucas inside.

Megan felt the air shift the second he walked in. Her spine went rigid on instinct.

Lucas walked into the private room, swept a look over the three of them, and let his gaze settle on Katherine. He pressed his lips together.

Ivy was still gnawing on a drumstick. She turned to Lucas and called out politely, “Mr. Grant.”

Ivy actually wasn’t all that scared of Lucas. Around him, she was a touch more natural than the others.

Megan wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, stood up, and smiled. “Mr. Grant, you’re here. Please, sit.”

Lucas gave a small nod, then deliberately took the long way around the table to sit down next to Katherine.

Katherine glanced at him. “Weren’t you not coming?”

“Changed my mind. Problem?”

Katherine let it drop, looked away, and lifted her glass for a sip.

Lucas’s gaze swept the area around Katherine, and his brow furrowed slightly.

“By any chance, did you have a hole somewhere on your chin?”

Katherine blinked, then looked down and saw a ring of rice grains scattered around the bowl in front of her.

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Her face went blank. She wanted the floor to swallow her whole.

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This was Ethan’s seat. She’d rushed back in a panic and sat in the wrong spot.

Katherine forced a smile, completely unsure what expression to make. All she could do was duck her head and wipe the table to mask the awkwardness. When she was done, she looked up with a straight face. “I eat fast. Problem?”

Lucas said nothing. His eyes slid over the dishes on the table.

Three people had somehow ordered enough food for eight, and a solid chunk of each dish had already been eaten.

Katherine was still wound tight when Lucas remarked, “Big appetites. Three of you, and you’ve nearly cleared the whole table.”

She knew he was suspicious.

She took a slow breath, picked up a pork rib, and bit into it while staring Lucas de

eye.

“I have a big appetite. What’s it to you?”

Megan let out a dry laugh. She was hosting today, and this felt like the moment she should say something. She flagged the waiter and ordered a few more dishes.

Right then, a loud clang came from the bathroom inside the private room.

Katherine and Megan jumped, their frayed nerves snapping.

Lucas’s gaze swung toward the bathroom.

A crushing silence fell over the room.

Lucas arched a brow. “Someone else in there?”

Megan drew a breath and glanced that way. “No one. I only invited you and Ms. Pearce today. Why would there be anyone else?”

“Then, where did the noise come from?”

Doubt pooled in Lucas’s dark eyes. He stood to head for the bathroom.

“Wait.”

Megan stood too, shot a quick, tense look at Katherine, and stepped forward. “Mr. Grant, you’re our guest today. Let the waitstaff check on that.”

Katherine quickly signaled the waiter. The waiter went into the bathroom.

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Soon, the waiter came out and said, “A rack fell over. Sorry for the disturbance. El clean up right away”

Lucas glanced at the rack in the waiter’s hands, and the suspicion on his face faded.

“Mr. Grant, please sit and eat? Megan gestured toward his seat

Lucas nodded, sat down, picked up the water glas on the table, and took a sip

His gaze landed on Katherine. “You came looking for me this morning

“Yeah.”

“What about?”

Katherine glanced at Ivy next to her, cheeks puffed out with food, and though two little ones crouched miserably under the table.

This was not the time to talk about divorce.

“Let’s cat first. We can talk later.”

“Mr. Grant, eat up. I already tasted it for you, it’s so yummy!” Ivy beamed at Lucas.

Lucas cocked a brow. Her words pulled his attention away, and he didn’t press Katherine further.

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