Contract Marriage with Devil Billionaire - Chapter 236 Creating Conflic

“I am not that wet,” She grasped Joseph’s shoulders as if she didn’t want to let go of him.

Seeing this, Joseph suggested, “Why don’t we take a hot bath together then?”

She blushed and immediately let go of him, “No, I had a shower! ”

“Then I’m going,” He was obviously joking with her.

Kate listened to the sound of the water flowing in the bathroom, thinking about how to tell him that she wanted to get married. Different things ran through her head:

Joseph, I wanted to get married. Joseph, don’t you think we should get a marriage certificate since we are living together? Joseph, should I go back to living in my own house?

However, nothing she thought of sounded perfect. She rehearsed again and again but still did not have the courage to tell him.

“What’s wrong?” Seeing Kate sitting on the sofa lost in thought, Joseph hugged her and kissed her lightly on the lips, “Are you sleepy?”

“Joseph…” She stopped what she wanted to say suddenly.

“Yes?” Joseph looked at her patiently, “Do you have something to tell me?”

“You…We are now…” She was too nervous to say a whole sentence.

“Why are you so hesitant in front of me? Just say what you want. Is something bothering you?” Joseph asked.

“No. I just…I just want to ask you…” She puckered her lips, paused for a while, and gathered the courage to speak, “Are you sure that you want to be with me forever?”

Hearing her words, Joseph sighed, “Of course! Nobody could ever replace you!”

He worried that Kate was feeling insecure and that he had no reassured her enough.

“I always trouble you, and I am senseless! And…” Before Kate finished her thought, Joseph kissed her.

After the long passionate kiss, Joseph loosened his arms around her and looked at her affectionately, “Listen carefully, Kate. You are the most important person in my life; you are my world. Have faith in yourself! I don’t ever want to hear you say that again.”

“Okay…” Kate whispered. His words were better than any answer that she could imagine.

It rained all night, and the next day, the temperature in Aubi City dropped suddenly as if it was winter.

Before they left the house, Joseph reminded Kate to put on warm clothing. She grabbed a sweater and her thin trench coat, but Joseph told her to wear a warmer wool coat.

“It cannot be that cold!” Kate moaned.

“I am afraid that you might get sick. You can take it off when you get to the office, but you do need to wear it until then.”

“Fine!” She mumbled and put on the coat.

Joseph opened the car door for her and kissed her goodbye as he did every morning.

**

Lady Kate, this is Alisia, project manager of JK Group. We did meet once, but I am not sure if you remember me or not.

Alisia, of course, Kate knew who she was. After all, she was extremely jealous when she saw her working closely with Joseph.

Yes, I remember. What can I help you with?

Let’s talk in person. I will meet you at the café across from your office.

Kate simply thought that Joseph was busy with Smith Group’s work and had no time to deal with JK Group’s, so he sent Alisia to deal with them. She replied politely.

I’m in the office now; you can come to my office.

See you soon!

After a while, a tall, sexy woman appeared in the doorway of her office.

“Hi, Lady Kate!” Alisia waved to her.

“Hi, Alisia!”

This was the first time they had actually met, Kate could see her beauty from a mile away.

“Sorry to disturb your work,” Alisia apologized smilingly.

“That’s all right. Please have a seat,” Kate motioned to the chair and handed her a coffee.

Alisia thanked her and took the cup from her with a huge smile on her face.

Kate wondered why she wanted to meet with her. Therefore, she bluntly asked, “What is that I can help you with?”

“Yes, this is why…” Alisia put down the cup and took a neatly ironed coat from her bag. She handed it to Kate and said, “You surely recognize this.”

Immediately Kate knew it was Joseph’s coat; her expression turned to one of confusion. She asked, “Why do you have Joseph’s coat?”

“Please don’t misunderstand, Lady Kate. Lord Joseph and I worked late last night, then when we were leaving it started to rain. Neither of us had an umbrella, so he gave me his coat. When he dropped me off at home, I wanted to give it back to him, but it was wet. I just took it inside to wash and iron it instead.”

Suddenly, Kate realized why Joseph came home only wearing a shirt. She had asked him about his coat, but he said he left it in the office. She felt uncomfortable and had no idea why Joseph would lie to her; if he had told her the truth, she wouldn’t have thought anything about it, but he lied. Kate thought they were honest and trusted each other; her heart broke with disappointment.

“Lady Kate?” Alisia said, seeing that she was quiet, “Are you angry?”

Kate shook her head and smiled, “No, not at all!”

“Lady Kate, please know that Lord Joseph and I are only colleagues. Nothing is going on; he is just such a gentleman and didn’t want me to get soaked in the rain. Then it was so late that he dropped me off at home. I only invited him to go inside for coffee; we didn’t…”

“He went into your house last night?” Kate looked at Alisia stunned, not believing that Joseph would do such a thing.

“Uhh…no, not…” Alisia stammered on purpose to make Kate guess…

“You don’t need to be nervous. I am not blaming you, I just…”

She just didn’t understand why Joseph lied and hid that he was in Alisia’s house from her.