The Devil CEO's Contract Wife novel Chapter 201

Chapter 201: The Stepmother Brings Flowers

"What’s she doing here?" Tori asked.

"I don’t know," I replied.

She held flowers. How does she know I was in a hospital to begin with?

Nico had stopped Agatha from advancing further, but she didn’t seem to get the message. She was really keen to see me.

"Well whatever she wants, I think it’s best to avoid her. After what she pulled off at the Kings’ mansion, she has made my hit list. When I get rich... She’s the one murder I would get away with," Tori pointed out.

"I wonder what she wants."

"Don’t wonder."

I walked towards the area.

"What are you doing?"

"Catherine..." Reed came to my side.

"It’s okay."

Agatha’s head moved towards my direction as I neared.

"Milady..." Nico said.

He and Reed shared a look as if speaking with their eyes.

"Catherine..." Agatha began with a smile on her lips.

I eyed the bouquet she held before moving to the sunglasses concealing her eyes.

"I heard the news."

"What news?" I asked sternly.

Agatha removed her glasses to reveal her mismatched eyes. "The kind of news the media doesn’t carry."

I stiffened at her words. Is she talking about the Underworld?

"Can we talk?" she offered. "In private?"

"Not happening..." Nico resorted.

"You’re becoming a nuisance..." she said to him.

"And I’m just doing my damn job, respectfully."

"Okay..."

Nico and Reed shot their eyes at me.

"Cat!" Tori scolded.

"We will talk in the lounge..." I glanced at my two bodyguards, who looked like they were about to leap over the next danger headed for me. "You both can watch, from a distance. Is that private enough for you?"

"That will do," Agatha replied.

~☆~

I kept my gaze on the bottle of water before moving it to Agatha, seated across from me.

She was elegant as always, her legs crossed and her sitting position poised, drawing the attention of onlookers who passed by. I didn’t let her intimidate me, but her presence seemed strangling in a way.

"Why did you want to talk?"

She smiled. "It is wrong for a mother-in-law to see her daughter."

Ew!

I grimaced. "I’m not your daughter."

"You don’t like me. What gave you that impression?"

"The kind that you dug into my past relationship and brought the slut my ex cheated on me with to family dinner just to humiliate me in front of Ares’ dad. Oh, did I mention, as far as any mothers go, you’re the worst one?"

"Ah..." she murmured. "That."

"Yes, that and—"

"Forgive me."

What the heck?

"So... it means you’re important to Ares."

I didn’t miss the shifty tone, and to be honest, it got under my nerves. It was just like his dad, when he mentioned love as if it were something Ares couldn’t receive or experience. I didn’t realize it then, but I do.

"Did I say something funny? Is it funny you treat Athena like she’s an outcast and Ares like..." I paused as I clenched my teeth. "... he’s not human."

"Okay... do you prefer stepmother? This is not some fairy tale. You should have been ashamed of yourself for trying to be like the wicked stepmother."

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