313: Chapter 313

Chapter 313

"She—" Henry swallowed his saliva hard. His train of thoughts ran crazily as he kept thinking about the possibility of him lying or saying the truth.0

He could lie and say it was all good, and Sarah moved on easily.

Or he could tell the truth and say that bitch was crazy and would probably hurt Kate and Dahlia. Sarah was an important but unpredictable factor in their fate right now.

Whether they could stay in their shell forever or not depended on that woman, if Sarah told Marlon and everyone about the annulment… Henry had to prepare for the worst. 

"Henry, answer me," Kate demanded. 

'I should lie, I need to lie…' Henry told himself. But then, he realized that Kate's safety was at stake. If she didn't know how dangerous Sarah was, she might have gotten too vulnerable if Sarah somehow got close to Kate.

Henry gritted his teeth.

He knew that Kate would hate her for this, but this was for her safety.

So he gathered his courage, ready for Kate's outburst, and replied;

"She… is not okay with it."

Kate's heartbeat skipped for a second after hearing that. 

She had guessed it.

Of course, who would've been happy knowing that her man had been stolen from her by a plain-looking woman in her 30s? It must've been a humiliation. 

"She tried to seduce me after I said I wanted to annul the engagement," Henry recalled. "She wanted me to sleep with her at least once before we annul it, but I refused, and she… she showed hostility."

"I didn't expect her to act like this. She has always been a good friend of mine since we were young," Henry said.

"Maybe she has been loving you since you two were just a child. She might not show it because she thought you were not going anywhere after you got engaged," Kate bit her lower lip, feeling the pain and guilt of stealing another woman's man. "Who would've expected you to knock another woman instead."

"K—Kitty, please don't portray her as if she is a good, pitiful woman. She is not, I swear!" Henry got desperate, trying to convince his beloved. He tried to hug Kate again, but each time he tried to, Kate would struggle. So he decided not to do it, afraid that too much struggle might hurt the baby. 

"She will eventually try to find you. She might want to hurt you as well. That's why you have to be careful!"

"That's for me to judge by myself if we ever cross paths," Kate said. "I can't trust you with your words, not after you make me a cheap mistress that ruined another woman's life."

Henry was finally beaten down. 

He knew that Kate was right.

She was not obligated to trust him after he hid such a crazy secret from her for so long.

"You can leave the room now, Henry. I don't want to do anything with you," Kate said. "I need time alone to let this sink in."

"But I—" Henry wanted to say that he wanted to spend the night with her. Because they would be separated for a month or even more, he would miss her and dream of her every night.

"Leave now, Henry. Or I will leave."

Kate got up from the bed, but Henry did it first before saying, "Just stay and rest, Love. I don't want you to get sick by sleeping outside."

Kate returned to her position, lying on the bed while turning her back on Henry. Henry walked to the door. He opened it and stood at the door for a while, staring at Kate, who looked lonely on the bed. 

"Katherine… Baby…" Henry called her for the last time, hoping that Kate would answer her calling and forgive him for what he did.

But she didn't respond.

She kept her silence, probably falling asleep after some time.

Henry stood for about an hour, staring at Kate while enduring his heartache. 

"I love you, Katherine. I love you so much," Henry uttered before he closed the door and left.

…

…

"I love you too, Henry. I love you so much," Kate replied after Henry had left. She didn't want Henry to hear it because it would show her weakness to a man who tricked her.

She knew that, eventually, she would forgive Henry for this. It might be as short as a week, a day, or even tomorrow morning. 

After all, she could clearly feel the love that emanated from him.

"But would I stoop so low for a man who turned me into a mistress?" Kate asked herself. "All this time, I claimed I would not be a kept woman. If I can't find a good man, then so be it. But why is my resolution falling apart in front of Henry? Am I that weak?"

Henry said that she should be careful of Sarah, the name of his ex-fiancee, because she might do dangerous things to her, and Kate had been so used to getting threatened by Erin that she wouldn't even be scared if Sarah threatened to kill her.

"If she is truly a vicious woman like what Henry claimed, then I probably can forgive him. But for now, I can only give him the benefit of the doubt."

Kate believed that she would eventually meet with Sarah sooner or later because no woman whose fiance had been stolen would do nothing against the mistress.

And once that time came, Kate would decide whether she should forgive Henry. 

Kate closed her eyes, trying to sleep through this painful night. She planned to move out tomorrow morning. 

"I will have to move back to my old apartment. I can't stand staying in this place. It makes me feel like a real mistress."

**

Henry gazed at the moon from the living room, knowing he was about to leave this apartment. 

"This is hell," Henry muttered. "But I'm willing to go through hell if that means I can be with her in the end."

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