276: Chapter 276

Chapter 276

Henry felt that blood had been drained out of his body right after he had a call with his mother.0

He crouched and looked down as he felt defeated.

He looked at his phone screen as he got another text from his mother, reminding him that his father would be angry if he didn't come.

And right after he read the text, he stared at his phone wallpaper. It was a picture of Kate looking serene as she stared at the sunset.

Her face was exquisite, her eyes were brighter than the golden sunset, and her red hair swayed as it got caressed by the wind. 

He had a mocking scoff, but not for his beloved.

He was scoffing and mocking himself for being an absolutely pathetic man. 

"Ah, this sucks," Henry muttered. "You are the only one I want to protect, but why can't I do the bare minimum for you? Why am I such a loser?"

Henry felt that he had been trapped between a rock and a hard place. He didn't want Kate to get hurt, but he also couldn't find a way to appease his crazy father and get the full right for the company.

"Should I just kill him?" 

That question popped into his head from time to time.

He felt his problems would be solved if he just paid someone to kill Marlon, probably using one of the maids working there to poison his food.

But the problem was… 

Marlon hadn't fully rewritten his inheritance will to Henry until Henry gave him the baby. So if he died, it would automatically transfer to Penny first, not him. 

And knowing his mother, a former stripper, and prostitute, she might as well marry another man and use Marlon's money for themselves, kicking Henry out of her life. 

"Then maybe I need to kill that whore too," Henry said. He was thinking about it, but James' kindness might've rubbed on him, so he just couldn't do it.

He couldn't kill the woman who had given birth to him, no matter how despicable she was.

Henry kept on staring at Kate's picture as his phone wallpaper and muttered, "I'm sorry, Kitty. I will find a way to protect you. I promise."

**

Kate sat on the bed, staring at the dark sea from the window.

She felt that Henry's parents didn't like her, and it was quite understandable.

"After all, it must've been a shock for his parents to have a thirty-two-year-old lady as their son's girlfriend. Especially when their son is a highly valued young man like Henry," Kate told herself. "But he should've been more open about it to me. I'm old enough to understand my shortcomings, so we must find a way to convince his parents about us."

Kate wouldn't lie.

No matter how often Henry professed his love, she still felt insecure whenever she remembered their age. It was also bad knowing she was divorced from a problematic family.

Knock. Knock.

Kate darted her eyes towards the door and saw Henry walking in with a heavy expression. 

She didn't know what had happened, but he must've fought with his mother if she could guess.

"Oh—" Henry was surprised. "Why aren't you sleeping at this hour, Kitty? It's already past midnight."

Henry sat beside her on the bed but didn't try to embrace or hold her hands like usual. 

"I can't sleep," Kate replied. "I keep thinking about what kind of conversation you have with your mother just now and why you must hide it."

Henry's body stiffened, "It's… nothing. It's just a small argument."

"That involves me, right?"

…

Kate sighed. She took the initiative to hold his hand and rest her head on his shoulder, "You don't need to hide it from me, Henry."

"A—About what?"

"About your parents' disapproval of our relationship," Kate said. "I know that they don't like me—us to be together—because I'm already thirty-two, and you're only twenty-four."

"I come from a problematic family, and I am a divorced woman. You have many better options out there, but you stick with me," Kate said. "It's understandable that they don't like me."

"You are the best and the only option for me, Kate. I don't want anybody else," Henry tried to comfort Kate. But he was also comforting himself because he was relieved that Kate didn't suspect anything about his fucked-up parents.

"You can say that, but what about your parents?" Kate sighed. "But it's alright. It's not unnatural that they don't approve of our relationship. When I was dating Matt, his mother disapproved of the relationship, saying that her son was too good to end up with me."

"But we worked through it together until we convinced Matt's mother to give her blessing, though she never warmed up to me even after we got married."

Kate looked up to stare at Henry, whose eyes had been staring at her the whole time, "We can work together to convince them that we're meant to be. So you don't need to hide something like this, okay?"

"… okay," Henry nodded. But his heart was aching so badly right now.

He didn't know how to tell the truth.

It'd be far easier if they just didn't like her. 

But his parents, Marlon and Penny, hated Kate to the bone. They couldn't wait to rip her stomach, take the baby, and throw her in the dumpster.

'My love, I really want to tell you everything about my family, including James' planned accident, my parent's secret, and their viciousness, and also my plan to seduce you and take your baby.'

'But I don't want to lose you. I know you will hate me when you know the whole truth.'

Henry let out a deep sigh. He lifted her and let her sit on his lap. He finally wrapped his arms around Kate's waist and hugged her from behind, burying his face on her shoulder.

"I don't know, Kitty. I don't want to tell you everything because I'm afraid I will lose you."

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