SWNOVELS Chapter 46 He's Our Husband
Chapter 46 He's Our Husband
"Mrs. Shaffer, good morning."
Ralph, who was waiting beside Bennett, greeted Catalina earnestly.
"Good morning, Ralph."
Catalina responded with a smile as if nothing had happened.
Her eyes fell on Bennett inadvertently, observing him calmly.
At this moment, he indifferently flipped through the financial morning paper in his hand.
His eyes were lowered slightly so Catalina could not see the emotion in his eyes clearly. Yet even so, she could still clearly feel the cold light emanating from his body.
It seemed that even his fingers were ice cold.
His unapproachable aura was even more frightening.
He was in a terrible mood.
Catalina felt it.
Catalina figured the reason must be due to her sudden confession yesterday.
After all, she breached the agreement.
He said that she was not allowed to fall in love with him, and they even signed an agreement back then. And now, she said she liked him.
This was all beyond his control, so how would he be happy?
After Catalina guessed all his thoughts, she pretended to be calm and sat down on Bennett's left.
Soon, the maids came forward to serve her meals.
Bennett never even looked at her. He was treating her like transparent air.
"Bennett."
Finally, Catalina mustered up the courage to speak.
Bennett finally lifted his eyelids from the newspaper and glanced at her.
He just glanced at her and did nothing more.
The more he did that, the more nervous Catalina became.
It was because she could not figure out what he was thinking.
She kept rubbing her small hands against her legs. She felt like she did not know where to put them.
Her palms were full of sweat due to tension.
"Um... I'm sorry. I drank too much last night and I have a low alcohol tolerance, so I will start blabbering. Don't take what I said after drinking to heart, I... Those things I said were not directed to you actually..." Catalina had a flash of inspiration and made up a huge lie. "Yes, they're not directed to you so please don't misunderstand."
Catalina felt that she was amazing at lying.
She even wanted to praise herself.
However, she had no idea whether Bennett believed her or not. He was just staring at her coldly.
Those eyes were chilly, icy, and fierce, as aggressive as sharp knives out of their sheath.
Catalina's psychological defense almost collapsed after he stared at her like this. "W-What's wrong?"
She asked.
She was tongue-tied.
She then pretended to touch her face with her hand and asked guiltily, "Is there something on my face?"
Bennett withdrew his gaze coldly and did not answer. After that, he continued to treat her like air again and asked Ralph behind him, "Have you arranged the itinerary?"
Ralph respectfully reported, "Yes, I've arranged the flight to Gilburgh and you can take off whenever you want."
"The flight to Gilburgh?"
Catalina was taken aback.
"He's going to Gilburgh again?"
"Why?
"Is he going to work, or..." She wondered.
"Are you going to Gilburgh again? How long will you be gone this time?"
Catalina almost blurted out.
Bennett's eyes flickered behind the newspaper, and his hands holding the newspaper tightened unconsciously.
Shortly after, he regained his composure.
He put down the newspaper in his hand.
He crossed his long legs and looked at Catalina coldly. His posture was like that of an aloof monarch and his eyes were full of irony. "Do I need to tell you where I'm going or what I'm doing? Who do you think you are? You're just a toy at the end of the day! Are you even qualified to ask about my itinerary?"
After he finished speaking indifferently, he got up and strode out.
Catalina sat at the dining table, her small face was already pale.
She knew that he only married her for entertainment but when he said it so blatantly, Catalina must admit that her heart was really hurt.
It felt like someone had stabbed a cold sharp knife into her heart.
It hurt so badly that she could not breathe.
It also made her eyes turn red unconsciously in an instant.
"Catalina, you are useless!"
She despised herself in her heart.
"It's just a sentence, why are you crying?"
She hastily wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
However, when she thought about Bennett flying to Gilburgh to see his beloved woman in the next second, she could not hold back the tears in her eyes anymore. Tears rolled silently down her cheeks one by one like beads in a broken string.
Catalina could not wrap her head around this. Why did he marry her even though he obviously had someone he loved?
Was it to put her in the middle and embarrass her?
"If so, Bennett, you really did," Catalina thought.
Catalina's current status was a complete joke.
Catalina picked up the steak on the dinner plate and took a big bite, letting the teardrops in her eyes fall on the steak...
The steak in her mouth was delicious but tasted bitter.
Catalina went to the company while still feeling a little dazed.
"Lina!"
As soon as she sat down in her cubicle, Emery swooped over and hugged her. "Thank God, you're fine."
"What's wrong?"
Catalina's eyes looked lifeless.
She was preoccupied with Bennett's flight to Gilburgh.
Ralph said that his trip would take as short as one month and as long as half a year.
One month or half a year...
It was too long!
Catalina wondered, "Will Bennett come back in less than half a month after saying he'll be gone for three to five months like last time?
"If so, then maybe he will come back in a week or half a month this time."
Catalina finally felt better after thinking about it this way.
"Did you go home last night?" Emery asked her.
"Yeah."
"That's good."
Emery patted her chest with a look of shock. "I woke up from the hotel this morning and I was almost scared to death. I don't remember how I got to the hotel. I wanted to call you, but the battery ran out. I'm so glad you're fine."
Catalina figured Aaron might have sent Emery to the hotel.
However, Catalina did not want to talk about what happened last night.
She was not in the mood.
She grabbed an apple-flavored candy from the candy jar and popped it into her mouth, trying to make herself feel better.
"Lina, what's the matter with you? You seem lethargic. Have you not sobered up yet?"
"Yeah."
Catalina nodded.
She did feel listless.
"Well then!"
Emery was very loyal. When she saw that Catalina was in a bad mood, she immediately took out a thick notebook from her treasure chest and slammed it down before Catalina. "You are allowed to take this back and sleep with it, but only a week and not a day more."
"What is this?"
Catalina wondered.
"Your husband!"
"Huh?"
"Ah, no, it's our husband!" Emery corrected herself.
Catalina, "..."
She suspiciously opened the notebook in front of her.
She was stunned.
It really was her husband.
The notebook was covered with Bennett's pictures that were cut from various magazines.
Each one of them looked like a pictorial. He looked so handsome that it was outrageous.
Catalina casually flipped through two pages.
When she turned to a photo with Fairview, Gilburgh in the background, her breathing stopped. In the next second, she slammed the notebook shut and threw it back to Emery. "I don't want it."