CEO’s Romantic Affair

Jordan explicitly asked Cathryn to dance at his engagement party. Lucy, who was a famous actress in the company, had argued with Morgan about the part. However, there was no way that Morgan could agree to this because Jordan requested that it be Cathryn.

Morgan thought that it was utterly wasteful to give this resource to Cathryn. He had initially thought that Cathryn’s solo dance at the countdown party of PGTV would increase her exposure. However, after she finished dancing, there was no talk about it. He thought that she was just not suitable for the entertainment world as she was not a known actress.

Hearing Jordan’s name again, Cathryn sat on the sofa while her fingers clutched her clothes subconsciously. Feeling like her heart was numb with pain, Cathryn forced herself to calm down and whispered, “I don’t want to attend this party, Morgan.”

“What did you say?” Hearing Cathryn’s refusal, Morgan instantly became furious and extremely angry and said, “Why do you not want to attend the engagement party? You have no choice, you need to embrace this opportunity. I just called to inform you about this matter, and I have already signed the contract. If you break the contract, then you will have to pay the liquidated damages.”

Morgan hung up the phone angrily while Cathryn’s heart sank to the bottom of the valley weakly and hung up the phone.

Her chest ached like being hit by a heavy object when she breathed. She didn’t dare breathe. Her fair face was freshly washed and now was wet with tears. Cathryn felt very distressed, clasping her knees with her arms. She sat down on the sofa, buried her head in her arms, and cried.

She didn’t want to dance at Jordan’s engagement party. She had no desire to watch Athena and Jordan hug each other happily while she, like a circus monkey, had to try her best to please the guests. Moreover, she could not even guarantee that she would not make any trouble at the party.

If she were to make trouble at the party, the media would be right on top of it and would find out about her relationship with Jordan. Then Jordan would take revenge on her parents, she couldn’t even think about it. So, if she did not attend, could she afford to pay the liquidated damages?

Her thoughts were racing through her mind.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

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The following day, at eight o’clock, Keith arrived at Cathryn’s house with his luggage. He rang the doorbell, and after a while, footsteps were coming from inside the house, and then the door opened. Cathryn had cried all night, so her eyes were red and swollen, and her voice was raspy.

“You have so little luggage,” she said.

Keith carried a box with a vanity bag and several books. In addition, he had a small suitcase in his hand.

Cathryn had a swollen face, a bright red nose, and puffy eyes from crying. This was particularly obvious to Keith. So, he immediately knew that she had been crying again.

Holding the box and pulling the suitcase inside, Keith looked at Cathryn apprehensively and asked softly, “What’s wrong with you?”

“I’m all right.” Unwilling to say anything about yesterday. Cathryn opened his bedroom door and went in, “This is your bedroom.” The bedroom was by the balcony. It had only one desk. With several bookshelves and decorations on the wall, and the bed had a new mattress.

Since Cathryn didn’t want to tell Keith the reason why she was crying, Keith didn’t continue to ask her. He raised his hand and rubbed Cathryn’s hair. He smiled and said, “Thank you.”

Cathryn and Keith hardly knew each other, but his actions were really very gentle. This made Cathryn turn her whole mood around.

Cathryn smiled at him, “Let me help you tidy up your room.”

Without refusing, Keith put the box down and took out the toiletries. Cathryn took out the folders and books, placing them on the bookshelf. She noticed that all the names of the books contained the word ” code’ on them.

Cathryn opened one of the books with Keith’s permission. Glancing at it, a series of codes made her feel dizzy, so she quickly closed the book.

“Are you a programmer?” asked Cathryn.

“Yes,” Looking down at Cathryn, Keith could see that her mood was apparently much better.

“Then why aren’t you bald?” Cathryn asked.

“I did the hair planting.” Looking at Cathryn, Keith said with a loving smile. Amused by Keith’s reply, Cathryn finally laughed, sweeping away the gloom of yesterday.

In Cathryn’s mind, she thought all programmers were bald. She thought that programmers were overweight because they were always sedentary. Keith was the exact opposite. He had thick black hair and a tall, slender figure. It vaguely brought memories back to Cathryn about that night when she put her hands on his body and started stroking his abdominal muscles.

After putting the books away neatly, Cathryn began to hang up clothes for Keith. Keith’s attire’s design and style were straightforward yet elegant and sophisticated. They were so soft to the touch. The clothing suited Keith, Cathryn thought.

After tidying up his bedroom, Keith went downstairs to the car to fetch the green tea cake and strawberries he had bought for Cathryn. Then he went to work. After Keith left, Cathryn stood at the door of Keith’s room; although there were not many of his things in it, she thought it seemed to add a little more character to the bedroom.

There were advantages and disadvantages to living with Keith. The disadvantage was that there were always various inconveniences when a strange man and woman lived together. She knew that although their relationship had been brief, they had unspoken romantic feelings for each other. Romance would be lurking around the corner, waiting to pounce at any moment. Was she ready for that? The advantage was that Cathryn would not always think of Jordan when Keith accompanied her. Cathryn was overthinking things too much.

“Besides, there were also strawberries to eat,” Cathryn said aloud. Cathryn left the room with joy and went to the kitchen to wash the strawberries.

Later that afternoon, Keith wanted to go right back to Cathryn’s home after work. Leaving the rest of the documents to Jeremy to read over. Jeremy regretted telling Keith, Cathryn’s address. He was watching his best friend step into Cathryn’s life day by day. Jeremy thought Keith was in a position that he was unprepared for.

Before Keith went to work in the morning, Cathryn gave him spare keys. He realized that Cathryn seemed to have been eating takeout for the past few days, so today, he wanted to cook dinner for her. He stopped at the store and grabbed some groceries as quickly as possible. By the time he got done, it was only five o’clock, and it was dark outside.

When Keith arrived at Cathryn’s, the whole house was completely dark. Taking off his shoes and putting on his slippers, Keith doubtfully turned on the lights of the living room.

A faint groan came from the living room. Cathryn was curled up on the sofa, she looked like she was in pain, and the beads of sweat ceaselessly slipped from her pale face. Her wet lips slightly opened, and the moans brokenly escaped from her mouth.

Keith was very frightened. He felt as though he could not breathe, and his heart started beating rapidly. He ran to the front of the sofa, immediately picked Cathryn up, and rushed her to the hospital.