410 Who Says I Can’t Enjoy Watching?

November 15 — Thursday

Katherine's day at work was uneventful. She was able to come up with a list of highly paid employees from when her father was still at Young Corporation and tried to learn more about those people—while some were still at the company, the rest were either retired or had resigned. She decided that she would have to investigate the people on her list to gather more information. She might even approach some of them personally just to make sure she doesn't miss anything. The person who was responsible for her parents' death should be someone with money, after all, the subject was able to hire two teams.

At this point, she thought to check out Young Corporation's competitors that year to rule out certain possibilities. However, she felt that whoever ordered the mission must have a personal grudge because the attack was personal. But she didn't want to ignore any possibilities. The scope was too big for her, but compared to where she left her trail years ago, she was now closer than ever—closer than when she was in Shadow. And without knowing where to look, she could find any skeletons.

What she learned in Shadow came in handy for her: Not to trust anyone. The possible suspects could be an enemy or a 'friend'. At first, Katherine wrote a list of the people around her who showed different reactions when she joined the company. Knowing that she survived that night's tragedy could be alarming for whoever that person was. There were a few of them that she planned to investigate more. However, that person could also be really good at masking their intentions or guilt, which made it rather hard for her to deduce who among the "nice" people in her list was guilty.

But who benefited a lot when her father died? The only one in her mind was her aunt. However, Deborah Young did not become Young Corporation's CEO until many years later after her father's death because her grandfather assumed the CEO position again after that tragedy. And she couldn't see any taint in her aunt's reputation to doubt her. Should she start investigating her then?

Katherine's day at the office went by quickly as she had a lot to do. She had only received a text from Damien once in the morning when she woke up telling her that he arrived in France safely and would be busy the whole day so that he could catch a flight home faster. It was already six in the evening when she returned home and decided to send him a message to inform him. But it wasn't until it was eight in the evening when she received a response.

[My King: Hey… I just arrived back at the hotel. I still have to review some documents before turning in though. Your day must have been exhausting, just like mine. I hope you're okay.]

[Katherine: Isn't it 2 am there? Aren't you going to be more tired tomorrow if you're not sleeping yet? I am okay, don't worry about me. I hope you are too. IMY.]

"You miss me already?" he asked in a playful tone.

"Of course, I do. Don't you miss me?" She heard Damien's laugh and a soft "Mm" from the other end of the line. Pressing a button on her screen, she told him, "Turn on your video."

"What?"

"Your camera. I want to see you," she said as she stared at her phone and waited for his video to appear.

A couple of beats later, Damien's face came on. He was wearing a white dress shirt with the top buttons undone, looking serious and gentle with his eyeglasses sitting on the bridge of his nose. "This was a bad idea…" she muttered to herself seeing as Damien's appearance just made her miss him more and he was far away. It had only been less than twenty-four hours since she last saw him and she was already missing him badly. How clingy had she gotten? She cursed herself.

"What did you say?" he probed. There was a small smile forming on his lips as he looked at her through the screen. Since he arrived at Nice, France, he had been very busy. But seeing her even only through a video call was such a stress reliever.

Katherine shook her head and when he asked her how her day was, she told him what she did in the office. "Just be careful while you're there. You never know who's watching you," she heard him say. She could see that he was already tired so she didn't want to keep him up for too long. 

However, when she said they should end the call so he could rest, Damien asked her to stay for a bit more. He would be busy the next day too and talking to her at the moment would help him get through the next day. 

"Okay, but only a few minutes more, and then you really need to rest," she insisted. "What do you want to talk about?"

He shrugged. Truthfully, he didn't want to talk. He just wanted to look at her. "I don't know, tell me anything."

She was on the bed, lying on her stomach as she talked to him on the phone. She nervously touched her lips when she thought about something naughty. "Well, since you don't know what to talk about. We don't have to talk."

"We don't?" He knitted his brows slightly and watched as she adjusted her phone so it was angled slightly upward. Then Katherine kneeled on the bed. She was wearing a blush button-down silk top and shorts, looking so soft and feminine. He wondered what she was about to do, but when her fingers started fiddling the buttons of her top, he could already guess. "What are you doing, Kitten?" he asked anyway.

She didn't answer and continued to slowly unbutton her top. He leaned forward and kept his eyes fixated on the screen, subtly wetting his bottom lip with his tongue. "Do you plan on stripping your clothes in front of me every chance you get now?"

"Are you complaining?" She had unbuttoned her top halfway already, showing that she wasn't wearing any bra underneath. The swells of her cleavage were clearly visible—it looked sexy but also so teasing as she was still covered. Her fingers traced her neck down to the spot between her breasts. "Hmm?"

"I didn't say that." He swallowed and shifted on his seat. Damn this woman. Before, she'd still get shy by the idea of doing this on a video call but now… She was making it hard for him to resist any longer. If she continued to do this, he might just give in.

"For someone who's been trying to avoid me, you sure stare a lot, Damien… You like it when I do this," she teased.

A chuckle escaped past his lips upon hearing her words. "I may try not to touch you, Kitten, but who says I can't enjoy watching?"

"Shameless…" She smiled. "But I love it."

"Why d'you stop?" he wondered when she stopped unbuttoning her top. Her cleavage was already fully showcased, but most of her were still covered. He suddenly became greedy. And the hard shaft inside his pants agreed with him.

"Don't you think it's unfair?" She tilted her head to the side as she questioned.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Surprise me."

His eyes darkened as he straightened up and started unbuttoning his shirt as well. Even with just a few buttons off, he already looked so sexy, and he was moving so painfully slowly that it made her bite her lip in anticipation. 

Just when he finished the last button, a knock on Katherine's door disturbed their sexy time. "Sorry, give me a sec," she got up from the bed and covered herself to answer the door.

It was Amelia, and she wanted to borrow Katherine's bike. When Katherine came back to the video call, Damien asked, "Who was that?"

"Your mom, she borrowed the motorcycle."

"Where is she going?"

"I… didn't ask. Should I go and ask her?"

"No, it's okay."

Katherine saw him checking his watch and she worried that it was too late for him. "You know what, you should take a rest now. It's half past two there already and you still have a long day ahead of you tomorrow."

"I guess I should. I'll call you again tomorrow?"

"Of course. Take care, Damien." When their call ended after their goodnights, she slumped on the bed and sighed. 

She considered going to sleep early, but the thought of Amelia going out tonight made her feel uneasy after what happened last Sunday back at the Park Mansion. Thinking she should check on her, she went to see Styles.

"Do you know where Falcon is headed?" Katherine asked as soon as she entered Styles's bedroom.

"Uhh…" He swallowed and contemplated on what to say. On his screens were several programs running, but what caught Katherine's attention was the blueprint of Park Group's office next to live security feeds of the building.