Chapter 37 She Did It on Purpose

"There is no love between Kate and I. If I divorce her, she can have the freedom to find true love," Joseph said.

"Really? I'm not afraid anymore. Now that my grandma is gone, you cannot threaten me. So, no matter how badly you treat me, I will not sign divorce papers. And, as long as I am your legal wife, Anna is nothing more than your mistress. Be prepared to have me by your side for the rest of your lives!" Kate's words were filled with anger. She had been at a disadvantage before, but the situation changed, and she no longer needed to be scared.

The smile on Dora's and Anna's faces suddenly disappeared. They were quite nervous, but they dared not to utter a word.

"Joseph, I'm frightened…" Anna acted worried while holding on to Joseph's arm tightly.

Kate was accustomed to her acting skills and was not going to let her turn the situation around, "Because of you, for the last two years, Joseph has looked at me like a murderer. He bullied and humiliated me constantly, and now also because of you, my only family is gone. It is all your fault."

At that moment, Kate vowed to herself that she would never let Joseph threaten her or grab her by the throat.

"Stop, Kate!" Joseph took Kate's hands in his and stared at her, "I am telling you the truth. Your grandma died of natural causes. I did not do anything to her."

"I will never believe you, just like you never believed me," Kate pulled her hands away from his.

"My sister, Joseph is not an evil man. If he wanted to kill your grandma, he would have just stopped paying for her treatment," Anna defended Joseph only to antagonize Kate.

Kate glared at Anna, "The truth about your fake death will come out one day!

And, I don't care if I don't have Joseph, but you will not have him either."

"I…" Anna wanted to argue with her. However, she thought that if she irritated Kate too much, she would tell everything that happened in the past, so she stopped.

"ENOUGH!" Seeing Kate scolding Anna so harshly, Joseph could not bear it and warned her, "If you do not divorce me, I will continue to torture you, even more brutally."

"I don't care," She looked at him and laughed, "We still have a long way to go, and I will be with you always."

Kate used the exact words she had wrote him in a letter, but when she said it before, she loved him, and now she hated him.

That sentence, Joseph thought as he looked at her with doubt. He knew it was from a letter Anna wrote to him, so he didn't know how Kate could quote it.

He asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"You can take it as a confession or just as a reminder that I will haunt you forever. Actions speak louder than words. One of us has deceived you, I don't think it will take long for you to see the truth," Kate whispered with her eyes glued on Anna.

Anna was quite frightened and felt as if her heart would be right out of her chest. To avoid Joseph from questioning her, she quickly explained, "Kate, I know you are angry with me and that you love Joseph, but you cannot force someone to love you. Joseph loves me, and I love him."

"You son of a bitch!" Lisa took a step forward. She pulled Kate to her side and thundered, "You broke Kate's trust and then stole her love. How can you say that you can force love?"

Joseph was very confused, and when he saw Anna being attacked, he stepped in front of her and yelled, "Talk to me! Do not involve Anna in this."

"How can you be the president of a business? You cannot even judge the people around you." Lisa took Kate's hand and was prepared to leave. Before they were out of sight, Lisa turned around, "Joseph, you better chose Kate or else."

Seeing them leave, Anna let out a sigh of relief. She looked up at Joseph, "What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing," Joseph answered, shaking his head, "Let's go home."

"Okay," Anna was afraid that Joseph was overthinking about what Kate said.

**

Half an hour later, Lisa and Kate arrived at Lisa's home.

"I never thought I would get to tell Joseph exactly what I thought. It was a great experience!" Lisa exclaimed.

However, Kate was still unhappy. Lisa tried to comfort her again, "Kate, your

grandma, will be with you as long you remember her. Don't be sad."

"Yes, you are right. My grandma will always be with me. What I need now is to get revenge for her. I will make sure Joseph will pay the price."

"But Kate, doctors say your grandma died naturally. Plus, you have no evidence that supports the fact that Joseph killed her," Though Lisa was angry at Joseph, she still thought that it was unfair to convict him of her grandma's death with no evidence.

"He has done it to me so often. For the last two years, he has convicted me of killing Anna with just what Dora has said. Now, I just want him to have a taste of how it feels to be misunderstood. No matter if I have evidence or not, Joseph is the reason for my grandma's death."

"I'm just worried that you will hurt him if you insist that…"

"I'm not afraid of him now because he can not threaten me with my grandma or anyone else," Kate was determined to launch a war with Joseph.

"Kate, I think we'd better find a better way to defeat him. We can threaten him with Anna."

"Good idea, then he will also know what it is like to be threatened all the time," Kate said decisively, regardless of her love for Joseph she was going to make him pay.

**

At the White's mansion, they were having dinner together.

"Kate is really crazy!" Dora was angry at the thought of everything that had happened, "And Cassie, she is always on her side."

Dora's words made Anna both angry and sad. She put down her knife and fork and said, "I don't want to eat. Enjoy yourselves."

"Stop!" Leo shouted, "Sit there and eat."

Anna frowned and complained, "Dad, I'm full."