346: Chapter 346

Chapter 346

"He is not okay," Kate thought as she hung up the call with Henry. She already guessed there might be something happening during Henry's business development. After all, for a man like Henry, he must've had a lot of enemies in the past and present.1

"Could it be that Sarah is trying to mess him up? After all, that vengeful woman must be thinking of a way to ruin his life," Kate guessed.

She was thinking about it for a second and shook her head, "No, I don't think Sarah has any kind of influence in New York. Besides, Michael told me that Sarah has been inactive, as if she suddenly found peace and decided to not do anything."

"But if it's not Sarah, then who else?" Kate wondered. "Graham? But I don't think Graham will be cruel enough to try to stop Henry from working as an honest man… right?"

Kate spent her day thinking about Henry. She wanted to ask him directly what was weighing on his mind, so they could work on something together. But Henry was still prideful; even though Kate sensed his distress many times, he still said that he was alright and nothing was wrong.

'Should I just let him be or pressure him to tell me everything?' Kate asked herself.

She finished her dinner at around eight at night and went to bed early. As she was about to close her eyes, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Kate frowned. She thought she heard it wrong and closed her eyes again. But the doorbell rang for the second time, and this time, Kate finally realized that she didn't mishear it. Someone was outside, pressing the apartment doorbell, which shouldn't have happened since the whole floor was owned by Henry.

If it was Michael or Mai, they would've called or texted her first. Kate tried to stay silent, and the doorbell rang again for the third and fourth time as whoever was outside began to get impatient.

Kate swallowed her saliva. She didn't know who was outside, but she had to confirm. Kate got up and grabbed her sweater. She walked towards the video intercom and then checked the screen.

To her surprise, the screen showed nothing; whoever outside must've cut the cord or destroyed the camera.

The doorbell rang for the fifth time, and Kate's heart jumped.

"W—Who's there?" Kate asked as she leaned on the door, waiting for someone from the other side to answer.

"We are here to escort you, Katherine Woods. Mr. Grant wants to talk to you," the man with a heavy voice replied from outside.

"Which Mr. Grant you are talking about? Henry or Marlon Grant?" Kate inquired further. "Because if you're talking about Henry, then I can just call him now to verify your identity."

…

There was a long silence at the other side before he sighed, "Come out, Mrs. Woods. It's easier for you to just give yourself up and follow me to the Grant estate. Master Marlon Grant wants to have a word with you."

Kate's face paled instantly. She already knew this day would come, but she didn't expect Marlon to act so fast. It was only about eight days since Henry left; he shouldn't have known, especially when Michael and Mai were covering his job as a CEO in the Emperor Publishing.

Unless…

'That witch!' Kate clenched her fist as she knew that Sarah must've played the pitiful card and reported about what Henry was doing to Marlon. So now Marlon must've been furious about her 'derailing' his son.

Kate didn't know what would happen if she went to the Grant estate, but she knew it wouldn't end well. Kate instinctively covered her stomach with her hand and replied, "I'm not going! Leave now before I call the cops!"

"The cops aren't going to help you, Mrs. Woods. I don't want to go the hard way with you, since you're still pregnant. But if you still insist on refusing the invitation, then I will have to break in."

Kate gasped. She checked the lock. Unfortunately, the door of this apartment was not equipped with a manual lock. Everything was automated, so if the man outside had the access key from the receptionist, then he could break in without any problem.

"I will give you five minutes to open the door, Mrs. Woods. I will have to be rough and unpleasant after five minutes," the man outside warned.

Kate quickly scrolled through her phone to find Michael's number. She called Michael while looking around in panic, trying to find anything that could stop the man from breaking in.

The phone kept on ringing, but Michael didn't pick it up.

"Oh, for fuck sake, pick it up, Michael!" Kate muttered in panic as she grabbed a broom near the kitchen and used it to block the door handle.

She also tried to push a chair to strengthen her makeshift barrier even more. She could find a way to escape to another state and went into hiding after she could get out of this sticky situation first.

She kept calling Michael, but none of the calls went through. She then tried to call 911, but once Kate told her address to the operator, the line was suddenly disconnected. Thus, proving the man's words to be true. Marlon must've done something with his money and power to tamper with the police, making sure that Kate wouldn't get any help by now.

The last person she could call right now was Henry, but what could he do anyway? She couldn't reach Michael, so Marlon's men must've incapacitated him already.

"Oh God, I hope he is breathing at least," Kate said while she was busy pushing anything into the door in five minutes.

Thus, the last person she could call was none other than Mai. Of course, a petite lady like Mai wouldn't be able to help her overpower a probably big and burly man outside, but she might be able to find help somewhere.

So she called Mai and the call was connected after a few seconds.

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