Chapter 469 A Dinner

Lying on the bed, Katherine still stayed awake.

Annoyance still haunted her. She tried to sleep but she failed, feeling sober but bored

Lying on the bed for a while, she heard a phone buzz a bit.

She reached over to grab her phone with her eyes closed. She took a look at it and saw a text.

It was sent by that woman, who threatened that she would spare Katherine no chance to regret by
easily destroying everything she had at this moment.

Seeing that, Katherine wore a mocking smile. Destroy everything she had? Money might be probably
the only thing she had right now.

What was more, she had kept all her deposit. How was that woman gonna take it away from her?

Katherine simply deleted the text and blacklisted the number.

She lay down with her hands resting on her belly.

Though she still kept the baby, she actually barely developed a kind of bond for her own baby.

But meanwhile, hardly could she imagine what if she left her own baby to someone else and then
simply walked away without even paying a visit for two decades—just as what she had once
experienced.

She would never do that. Nor could she be cold enough to do so.

She closed her eyes again, feeling a bit ache in her head.

After a while, Marshall came in to tell her it was time for dinner.



He walked over to support her up. Then he hugged her from behind, “Don’t worry. I will always be with
you no matter what happens.”

Katherine didn’t struggle out this time. She leaned into his arms and said with soft voice, “When I was
young, I was afraid my grandpa would pass away when he got older. But he still had gone. Then I was
afraid of the divorce. And it still happened. Marshall, from then on, I have nothing to be afraid of.”

Hearing that, Marshall was rendered a bit guilty. He tightened his hug, “Sorry, but from now on, I swear
I will be with you forever.”

Though it sounded like a great solace, Katherine still doubted it.

Because she knew she still faced the risk of being disappointed if she confided too much in him.

Katherine went to wash her own face. Then she followed him downstairs.

The dining room was bustling. The two old ladies were friendly beckoning them over for dinner as if
they were home.

Darcie also served nice dishes. So both the two old ladies were pleased.

As soon as Katherine and Marshall reached the dining room, Granny Walters hurried to beckon them to
take a seat.

She stared at Katherine with caring eyes. She asked what was her favorite dish and pushed whatever
she answered to her front.

Katherine let out a smile from the bottom of her heart, “Granny Walters, it’s okay. I can make Marshall
fill my plate with what I want for me.”



Granny Walters nodded after some consideration, “You’re right. You gotta try all means to domesticate
your man.”

Marshall smiled, “Granny Walters, there is no need to be so mean to me, right?”

“Yes, I think I have the need to do that just to revenge Kathy because of what you’ve done to her
before! I know everything about that!” while saying firmly, Granny Walters stared at him with her eyes
wide open.

Marshall took Katherine’s hands to hold them tight. He said seriously, “I used to be such a fool. I
wronged her and made her suffer so much. I promise it won’t happen again from now on! And
everyone here should be the witnesses of my words!”

Frances teased, “But we prefer to witness your real action. Come on, time for dinner. Just cut it. You
are wasting our time for meal.”

Everyone around the table burst into laughter. The atmosphere was soon lit up with joy.

Grandma Grant took a few looks at Frances during the meal.

Frances didn’t talk much. She focused on her food with her head down. But she had been tending
Katherine’s need at the same time. She looked much more well-mannered.

Then Grandma Grant took a look at Katherine, who didn’t talk much either. Katherine sometimes had
eye contacts with Frances while wearing a smile.

It seemed that their relationship had thawed a great deal.

It was a harmonious dinner. So it took a bit longer time.



During the meal, Granny Walters also talked about Ralph, saying that he looked quite dispirited
currently.

Maria sighed, “I am really getting annoyed because of that. He actually looks like a coward who seems
to lose his hope for life. He listens to no one. Both my husband and I have no idea what to do about it.
We have tried all kinds of talks with him. But none of them worked.”

Granny Walters sighed as well, “So you should have let him do what he wanted from the very
beginning. Now you see the consequence.”

Maria pressed her own lips, “I have never expected the situation right now. But it’s too late.”

The atmosphere ran into an awkward change as soon as they brought up this topic.

As Katherine recalled the dispirited look of Ralph, she also noticed that he seemed to be greatly
impacted because of the matter of love.

No wonder it was said that love mattered a lot for both man and woman. Especially when it appeared to
be an obstacle needed to be overcome.

Marshall added, “So what is Ralph doing now? I haven’t seen him for a long time.”

Maria took a look at Marshall, “Neither have we. He is being too willful to be noticed. He doesn’t even
want to spend a few minutes on a talk with us. I could do nothing about it.”

Katherine blinked her eyes while saying, “But he has texted me during these days.”

Ralph did text her. But it appeared to be quite random. Sometimes he only texted to ask if she had had
dinner.

As Katherine texted back, she then got no response.



Sometimes she got a text from Ralph at midnight, who told her to take care.

Katherine tried to call him. And sometimes he picked it up. But she heard quite a lot of noise from the
other side of the line. Perhaps he was drinking at that time.

And the text might be a result of his drunkenness.

Hearing that, Maria couldn’t help saying anxiously, “He actually texted you? I thought he was gonna go
away and never intend to see us again.”

Katherine replied after some consideration, “I don’t think so. Sometimes I could hear quite a lot of noise
from his side. So he should be drinking and enjoying his days with his friends. He still has fun in his
own way.”

Hearing that, Maria continued with her lips pressed, “He must be venting out. He still seems to blame
us on it.”

Katherine didn’t intend to continue. After all, it was a family business of theirs.

As the dinner was finished, they went to the parlor for some coffee.

Those girls coming for dinner walked over to have a talk with Katherine for a while. But then they didn’t
continue with the talk.

As Katherine was not an out-going type, she also stopped talking after a while.

Seeing that, Granny Walters proposed to leave.

Katherine stood up to hold her arm, “You are welcomed here whenever you want to pay for a visit. I felt
like being quite lazy during these days so I seldom hang out. Sometimes I also fancy visiting you. But I
flinch when I notice the hours of drive.”



Granny Walters was a bit surprised for her talking so much on her own initiative.

She patted on Katherine’s hand, “Now you are in your early stage of pregnancy. It still takes some time
for you to adapt to it. Just take a rest. I will come to you when I have time though I might be too old to
visit you frequently.”

While speaking, Granny Walters smiled.

The car had been parked outside the gate. As they got in one by one, Granny Walters lowered down
the window to look at Katherine, “Kathy, time to return. Take care of yourself.”

Katherine also looked at her, “Thank you, Granny Walters. Take care.”

As the car slowly went away, Katherine stared till it disappeared from her sight. She suddenly uttered, “I
feel like seeing my grandpa again.”


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