140: Chapter 140

Chapter 140

Henry silently clenched his fist. He got angry at Erin, who dared to inflict so much emotional trauma on Kate, who was so kind to her.1

Erin was the one who put Kate under so much pressure with so many unreasonable demands, and when Kate didn't comply with what she wanted, this bitch would send a threat by calling their mother, telling her lies that would give her a small heart attack and forced Kate to do whatever she wanted or else their mother would die.

And now, she dared to slander Kate, switching the role between them and accusing Kate of doing all the shitty things Erin did to their mother. She even dared to squeeze some of her tears to make it believable, even though Henry knew she must be laughing evilly inside her heart right now. 

This skank was beyond shameless. Erin was so vile that she actually made Henry eager instead of feeling guilty to send her to the ice coffin he had prepared in the middle of the frozen tundra. 

Henry expected Kate to get agitated because of the slander.

But Kate was calm.

There was no trace of anger on her face. It wasn't even at the same level of anger that she showed when Henry hugged Erin to make things believable. 

Kate wasn't surprised by Erin's slander as well, as if she had already expected Erin to do this, and that only piled the anger in Henry's heart even more.

'Kate must've gotten used to Erin's bullshit, that's why she didn't react with that kind of crazy accusation,' Henry thought. 'She went through so much because of this bitch, so I will make sure to eliminate her, so nobody will harm my woman and our baby.'

Henry didn't know what had gotten into his head because he brazenly claimed Kate as his.

But right now, he wanted nothing but to embrace Kate, telling her he would protect her from harm and ensure she was safe and secure. 

'But this bitch is still latching on me,' Henry thought, trying his best to hide his malicious intention towards Erin. 'I don't understand how Kate could tolerate her for so long.'

"I see," Henry nodded. His voice was grim, and that made Erin excited, thinking that Henry was convinced about all the 'evil things' that Kate did to her. "I will talk with Mrs. Woods privately in my office then. Don't worry, Miss Ross. I don't tolerate a woman who plays with someone's life for fun, especially when it's her own mother," Henry said while staring at Erin.

"T—Thank you, Mr. Grant, I know that you're a good man and I can always trust you to protect me and punish people who want to hurt me!" Erin said.

Henry then pushed Erin away as he couldn't endure one more second of embracing a filthy witch. He stared at Kate and said, "Come to my office, Mrs. Woods. I want to have a talk with you about what you did."

"… Understood, Sir," Kate agreed. 

Henry walked into his office first. 

Erin wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes while smirking at Kate. She waited until Kate walked towards the door before saying in a low voice, so Henry wouldn't hear her, "You should've apologized and kissed my feet last night, look what you made me do. You'll lose your job soon, good luck finding a new job outside, you ugly bitch."

Kate scoffed and decided to ignore Erin completely. She knew it wasn't worth it to fight with Erin right now. It was better to let her think she always got the advantage over Kate, just to get ditched in the frozen tundra later. 

Kate walked into the CEO's office. She saw Henry standing in the middle of the room with his arm crossed over his chest. His expression was grim as if he was holding a lot of rage in his heart.

His eyes were deep and intimidating, but Kate knew those eyes weren't intended for her.

Because the moment Kate closed the door and locked it, Henry's gaze subtly softened. Again, he showed the same gentle gaze special only for Kate.

The gaze made Kate anxious because she was afraid Erin might've noticed it when Henry became too obvious.

Henry walked towards Kate and pulled her into his embrace.

He wrapped her tight until Kate could not break free from his tight hug, even if she struggled a bit, "Let me embrace you, Kitty. This is my only way to calm myself down. I'm holding my rage against that bitch right now."

Thus, Kate stopped struggling.

She sighed and wrapped her arms around his wide back, "I thought you'd already gotten used to her being a waste of oxygen."

"I know, but I still can't get used to her," Henry whispered. "Michael is absent today and for at least a week. He's currently flying to Canada and then to Greenland to make sure that Erin's first international trip is perfect."

"That's good, thank you, Henry," Kate said.

"It's not good. I'm not good enough," Henry refuted. "I tried to make it faster, I want to ditch her this week. But there are plenty of things to prepare before we throw her away."

"You already did great, Henry," Kate patted his back. "I should praise you for enduring this for too long. And I should probably praise you for being very believable. I couldn't believe that you dared to hug her like that."

Henry's body stiffened.

"You know that's just pretending, right?"

"Yeah, you're so good at it. Have you ever thought of becoming an actor? You have the face and the skill, by the way," Kate sneered as her jealousy began to seep out. 

Henry wouldn't lie that he was nervous whenever Kate got angry at him. But simultaneously, he also had this indescribable itch in his heart because of her jealousy.

Thus, Henry gently released his hug and leaned to kiss Kate on her lips. His gaze was gentle as always, and he said, "Are you jealous, Kitty? Do you know how cute you are when you get jealous?"

Kate's cheeks reddened, "S—Shut up! Your sweet words won't work on me!"

Henry chuckled as he got amused by Kate's shyness. 

'I was right. She's not supposed to live a difficult life, surrounded by someone like Erin and Matt around her. She's supposed to be pampered,' Henry thought. He grinned as he kept staring at Kate, who was still shy. 'Just look at her being all shy because I told her that she looks cute.'

Henry realized that he was too fond of Kate to hurt her. That's why he had been trying to find a way for his mission to go into motion once more without using Kate as the sacrificing lamb. 

But for now, he had to kick Erin out of Kate's life as soon as possible, so Kate and their baby would be safe.

"Kitty, I don't want you to deal with that bitch every day in the office. We have one week before we ditch her into her ice coffin. So how about you take one week off?" Henry suggested. "I'll tell Erin that you're on a temporary layoff. So you can get away from Erin for a week, and this convince Erin that I'm madly in love with her."

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