Chapter 165 - Ultimate Method

Vincent didn't tell Cathy the truth because he didn't want her to be prejudiced against Zero. The person who got elected for Zero's position has changed, and he has a suspicion he knew who the current Zero was now. He didn't want Cathy to hate someone who didn't deserve to be hated.

On the other hand, he didn't want Cathy to feel happy or respect Lest for struggling hard to save him. He didn't want Cathy to fully trust Lest because he knew very well what kind of character and integrity the older man was. Even though Vincent himself owes Lest a debt of gratitude, that person was also in debt for bringing him into the dark world of LS.

Hence, he hated that man at the same time, couldn't hate his savior. He was willing to hold on to this debt burden, but he didn't wish for his beloved girl to get involved more than this. 

"What are you doing with Zero's men? Why don't you ever contact me? Or at least you can leave your trail to tell me how you're doing. You didn't give me any news that made me think you had disappeared from this world. I thought you left me because you no longer love me." Cathy muttered the last words while lowering her head.

Vincent offered her a faint smile and pecked her crown while tightening his embrace.

"I love you more than you know. How could I not love you while you always fill my mind and soul? But... I couldn't contact you in risking your life."

"What do you mean?"

"You may have heard about Alpha and Zero who cherish Chloeny genuinely, and they might cherish you now. Both of them were incredibly loyal and willing to sacrifice their lives to protect you. But, not all of their men think the same."

"You mean ...?"

"Most of them want to get a huge sum of money. They were not as loyal as the two individuals and full of arrogance. Thus, Alpha and Zero never showed the first miss's face nor the second miss to their men. Only Alpha, Zero, and their right hands know your face..." Vincent explained.

"I could not contact you because... All of them were opposing me. You could say they were jealous because I got special treatment from Zero... more precisely, now I am one of his trusted people. So they want to find a loophole in me."

"So, the person who lured me out of the house was one of Zero's men?"

"Right. But it wasn't them who kidnapped you."

"That means I was lured out into the crocodile's mouth but instead into the lion's den?"

"Not a lion. But a snake's." Martin Paxton is an old toxic snake.

"Then who kidnaps me?"

"..." Vincent just smiled wryly without answering her question.

Cathy suspected that it was none other than Martin Paxton who wanted the Stealth key.

Cathy straightened up and sighed a few times. In this world, how many parties are there who want to kidnap her? It looks like she really can't live in peace anymore like before.

Not to mention that she doesn't know how to persuade Kinsey about her relationship with Vincent. It seemed her twin brother would never approve of them.

"I have to think of a way to make your family accept me too." thought Cathy sadly.

"You worry more about our relationship than your kidnappers?" Vincent didn't know whether he should be worry or laugh when he heard Cathy's muttering.

It was quite a worrying thing that Cathy did not take this kidnapping seriously. At the same time, he found it amused to see the girl worried about their relationship.

Cathy herself blinked not understandingly, but her face suddenly flushed red when she realized that she had spoken her mind.

"Is it wrong?" Cathy asked shyly like a child caught doing something wrong.

Vincent pinched Cathy's nose with a wide grin, "Don't worry. I have an ultimate method to force them to approve of our relationship."

Cathy's eyes were sparkling with expectation.

"Really? What is it?"

Vincent laughed with amusement to see Cathy fired again. It seemed that serious matters like last night's kidnapping or the imminent threat of danger in the future were utterly insignificant when compared to their relationship.

"I'll tell you later. Now I'll go to work first, and then we'll talk more. How is it?" Vincent's suggestion earned an adorable frown from Cathy.

Vincent smiled as he got up to take his laptop. Then he sat back down, opened the laptop, and got to work. Before getting serious about his work, Vincent grabbed Cathy's arm to sit next to him. After a few pampering strokes on her head, Cathy laid down on the sofa with her head on Vincent's lap.

Vincent typed with his right hand, while his left hand held Cathy's hand while stroking the back of Cathy's hand with his thumb.

Apparently, Cathy was starting to feel bored when she had to lie down while waiting for Vincent. So she rose to his feet, trying to find something to do. She found a book and read it next to Vincent.

In the midst of her activities, Cathy felt that she had forgotten something important. Alas, she couldn't remember what major thing she forgot.

Cathy tried to keep reading while remembering. She felt she could remember if she kept reading. Reading, writing... Does that something important have anything to do with writing? What writing?

Cathy had not had time to find the answer when a roar sounded came from her stomach. Cathy's face flushed with embarrassment while holding her stomach.

Vincent turned to her gently and felt guilty. Without realizing it, they had spent nearly seven hours there, and now Cathy's stomach was hungry for food.

After turning off the laptop, Vincent prepared their late lunch. There were some vegetables and ham in the small fridge. Vincent decided to make a simple ham soup for their meal.

That day, the two of them enjoyed their lunch by chatting casually.

For some reason spending time together in a small house, accompanying Vincent, who worked on his laptop, made Cathy feel like she was living the life of a husband and wife in general.

Husband and wife? Cathy immediately put her thoughts away. They had just met after being apart for a year. How could she think of herself as a wife?

Cathy decided to think nothing of it and casually enjoy her lunch.