315: Chapter 315

Chapter 315

"Says who? Says the bastard who lied to me and made me his mistress?"1

Kate's words were like a sharp dagger stabbed straight into Michael's conscience. He was ready to say many things to convince his boss' lover to stay, but he was caught off guard by how direct she was.

"M—Ma'am, you should calm down first and let me explain."

Kate rolled her eyes, "Step aside, Michael. I don't want to argue with anyone in the morning. I had enough from last night."

"I can't, Ma'am. I'm tasked to protect you. If I allow you to leave, then I'm subjecting you to many dangers outside," Michael replied, not budging from his spot.

"Tsk, step aside!"

Unfortunately, Michael was strong, and no matter how often Kate tried to push him to the side, he wouldn't budge. 

"Ma'am, you need to calm down," Michael repeated. "You aren't thinking clearly. Please understand that Henry is also trying his best right now."

"His best?" Kate sneered. "He is probably sleeping in one of the rooms on this floor, right? He can sleep soundly while I spent the whole night hoping this is all just a nightmare!"

"Henry is not in here, Ma'am," Michael said, his gaze deepened as he got more serious. "He left this morning. His flight was at four o'clock."

Once she got the information, Kate stopped struggling, "What do you mean? He flew somewhere?"

"He went to New York to find his cousin because the situation was not favorable for him," Michael answered. "He wants to protect you but has no power against his father and Sarah. So he wants to ask for support."

…

"How long would that be?"

"… probably six months or so," Michael replied. It was only a month, probably three months at most because Henry didn't want to leave Kate for too long. But Michael said that for dramatic effect so Kate would feel at least a bit guilty for ignoring Henry last night. 

"Half a year?!" 

"Yes…"

"Why wouldn't he say that last night?"

"Because… well… you were mad at him, Ma'am. He wanted to tell you he's leaving, but the situation is not good. So he told me to tell you in the morning once you're feeling better," Michael lied through his teeth, thinking this was the best way to coax Kate.

After all, Kate wouldn't even listen to Henry at this point, so it depended on Michael or Mai to put some guilt inside Kate's heart. 

Kate went silent after that, staring at Michael, trying to gauge whether Michael was lying or not.

Unfortunately, Kate didn't know that Michael had been military-trained since he was a teenager. Mental pressure didn't work on him, and he looked calm and convincing in front of her. 

Kate couldn't find the lie in Michael's eyes, so she muttered, "I will call him later. Now step aside. I want to move back to my apartment."

"I can't, Ma'am. I will allow you to go out to get a drink or somewhere else. You can always ask me to drive you or Mai. But I can't let you live alone."

"I'm already living alone right now," Kate said. "There's nobody on this floor."

"There are Mai and me," Michael said. "We've been living here since last night."

Kate's eyes widened, "You what?!"

"Uh, Henry told me to live here with Mai. We live in separate rooms, of course. But we will live here until his return," Michael said. "So please, Ma'am, please understand that we're also roped in this problem, so if you have to move out, we have to find a way to live close to you as well."

Kate didn't know whether she should be happy that Henry was so protective of her or be mad because of his insanity.

To pull Michael and Mai together into this mess was unnecessarily dangerous. 

Though Kate was still pissed off at Henry, she didn't want to put a burden on Michael and Mai. They had been doing so much in the office it wasn't fair for them to get into trouble just because of her fight with Henry.

"Alright, I won't leave this apartment, but I want to find another room," Kate said.

"Yes, Ma'am! I will ask the cleaning service to clean up a room first," Michael was relieved that Kate had finally calmed down. He snatched Kate's suitcase and dragged it away from the elevator, just in case Kate would change her mind. 

Michael quickly called the cleaning service to clean up the room, and as they stood side by side waiting for the cleaning service to be done with her job, she said, "Michael, I will go to the mental hospital again today."

"Pardon?" Michael thought he heard it wrong. "You want to return to the mental hospital?"

"Yes, I want to meet with Dahlia," Kate said. "I want to talk to her again since I know everything now."

"Alright, Ma'am, I will prepare a car for you after lunch—"

"No, I don't want to go with you. You might have ended up trying to manipulate something there," Kate replied harshly, reminding Michael that he was still Henry's right-hand man. "I cannot trust you about this."

"But you need protection, Ma'am…"

"If I need one, let me go with Mai."

"But Mai won't be able to protect you if you get attacked, Ma'am," Michael said. He was also worried that Mai might get hurt if random assailants sent by Sarah attacked these two powerless women.

"Do you think I will get attacked in the middle of the day? Come on, now, you're just paranoid at this point," Kate crossed his arms and stared at the cleaning service, who was done with her duty just now. Kate grabbed her suitcase and added, "I will go after lunch. Tell Mai to get ready. If you insist on accompanying me, I will go with my car or Uber. So don't even try, Michael."

Kate dragged her suitcase and entered the new apartment room she'd use until Henry returned. 

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