Donna simply coughed discreetly to get the couple's attention. Having felt breathless by the kiss, Aaron slowly straightened his body with Kathleen still in his embrace. Both of them sat straight again and pretended to be shy at Donna.
"Sorry. Excuse us, please. Sometimes, I just can't help it. Kathleen was too adorable," Aaron said to Donna.
Kathleen felt like her cheeks were burning up right now. She suddenly felt like her body was getting hot. Aaron behaved too seductively, she couldn't help feeling aroused inside. Her cheeks suddenly gave out a pink radiance over her fair skin.
Aaron glanced to the right to check on Kathleen as she was just silent. When he saw her pinky face, he chuckled a bit. 'Are you that shy that we kissed in front of Donna?' He mumbled internally, feeling amused.
A waiter went into the room and started serving their course meals one by one. The three of them started eating immediately. Donna reluctantly took out a few files from
"As for Rodney, I did kiss him before. We almost get married so it was only normal that our relationship was that far," Kathleen told him honestly.Aaron simply turned his head to the left, hiding his face from her. His expression showed enormous anger mixed with jealousy. 'Damn it! I'm not her first kiss!' He grumbled inwardly and slowly took a deep breath. Then he put on a calm face and looked at her again."Are you angry, Mr Castell?" Kathleen could sense his dissatisfaction."No. Why would I? Of course, you used to kiss other men too. It's not like you never dated before. I used to kiss my ex too," he tried to act cool."You used to be in a relationship before?" Kathleen was surprised.She never expected that a man like Aaron who was cold and indifferent towards women could have a girlfriend before. After all, he had been using her to get rid of women who showed interest in him."Yeah. I used to be in a serious relationship about five ye
Kathleen gaped in disbelief with what happened. She was momentarily stunned, she didn't know how to react to that situation. Her face was burning up due to embarrassment and her cheeks slightly turned pink. Aaron chuckled as he saw her face. He escorted her again into the VIP elevator and laughed when the doors were closed.Seeing him laughing nonstop inside the elevator, Kathleen was utterly confused. She couldn't fathom what just happened. 'What kind of mess did I get myself into? I was just his secretary when I left the building before. Now that we returned, I suddenly became his girlfriend. And I don't even know if he meant it to be real or fake,' she muttered internally, still staring at Aaron who looked so amused for no apparent reason.The VIP elevator reached the top floor and Aaron walked out without waiting for her. The man directly entered his office room again. Kathleen slowly returned to her desk and sat down dejectedly."Urggghhh, this is depressin
"Please just come back to Campbell. I'll talk to dad to open up a new position for you. Or you can just be my secretary if you like that kind of job that much," Liam was still persuading her."No," Kathleen rejected his offer coldly."Kathy... this is dangerous. What if Aaron Castell knows you're a Campbell. He will crush you. Not just him. What about dad then? He'll be very disappointed if he knows you work with his rival.""They won't know unless you tell them. Besides, I'm no longer care what dad might think or feel about me.""You are still his biological daughter.""No, I'm not. I'm just a complimentary gift he got after marrying my mother."Liam went speechless again.Their father, Kenneth Campbell used to be married to Camilla Campbell. Camilla was the biological mother of Liam and Nora. A year after she gave birth to Nora, she died due to some illness. Kenneth ended up having his life messed up. He was busy with the company an
Kathleen returned to the company promptly. When she arrived on the top floor, she saw Aaron was asking Tiara, Ryan's secretary if she saw her."Did you see Kathleen anywhere?" Aaron asked."I don't, Mr Castell. I think she's probably going out to have lunch. It's lunch hour right now," Tiara replied.Aaron was silent. That couldn't be true because he just had a lunch meeting together with Kathleen before when he met Donna Taylors. He walked back to his office only to realize that Kathleen was returning to her desk again."Where did you go?" Aaron asked her immediately even before she had the chance to sit down."Uh... I went out to buy something," Kathleen gave a fake excuse and smiled faintly at him to hide the suspicion.He stared at her sharply and leaned his face closer to her."What thing?" His interrogation mood was on all of a sudden. He didn't know why he felt uneasy not knowing where she went. 'Did she meet another man behind
Not even one word was able to come out of her mouth. Nora turned speechless as if there was a lump inside her throat that hindered her from talking. Seeing the ferocious gaze of her father, she didn't even dare to defend herself. She knew she had no talent in the business world, but she refused to admit it.Her aunties and uncles had convinced her to take away the Managing Director's position from Kathleen. They even forced her father to dismiss Kathleen from the company. The reason was that the company was built and established by her father and her late mother, so some outsider like Kathleen was not supposed to be part of the company even though she was her father's biological daughter. Kathleen was just a daughter to a former secretary whom her father married, so Nora didn't think someone like Kathleen deserved to have such an important role inside the company.Nora loathed Kathleen so much because she knew their father favoured Kathleen more than her. Her father ev
Certainly, as a father, Kenneth was supposed to protect her from such poor treatment. But he too had his hands tied on his back regarding those matters because most of the Campbell's family members were shareholders of the company and they would only show their support to him as the Chairman of the company if he listens to their requests. Thus, when they told him to dismiss Kathleen and let Nora take over her place, Kenneth had no choice but to do it.It didn't mean that his decision didn't break his heart. It did. After all, he had invested so much in Kathleen to learn business and she was a smart student to begin with. If only he had a choice, he would make her his successor, but the other shareholders would not be happy with such a decision. Thus, despite knowing that Liam and Nora were not as competent as Kathleen was, he still had no choice but to choose the two as his successors. In fact, both Liam and Nora each had five percents shares of the company. Meanwhile, Kathle
"That's none of your concern," Kathleen shot him an icy glare while walking towards her car again. Liam followed her. "Of course, it's my concern," he said while holding her shoulder from behind, stopping her from entering the car. Kathleen turned her head around to look at him. "You're only concerned because Aeroxx might surpass Campbell, isn't it?" She smirked at him and as expected, that man fell silent. "Stop, Liam. Stop controlling me like the rest of the Campbell family members. I'm done being the puppet. I'm not going to come back to Campbell and then be forced again to get to know a new guy so that I can get married. You guys probably wondering why I broke off the engagement before with Rodney. It's not because I'm trying to become a rebel against the Campbell. It's because..." Kathleen's lips trembled. She was not sure if she should tell that matter to Liam. "Because of what?" Liam got curious. "It's because... Nora slept with him. I saw it with my own eyes, they spent a
"Why are you here?" Ryan asked more. "You know why... I heard the other day, Aaron had a blind date with Sara Anderson... Why? Why? Why?" The woman made an exaggerated reaction as if she was depressed. "Why what? Shouldn't you be happy? Your role model had a date with your crush. You should support her," Ryan mocked her, knowing well enough how much his sister idolized Sara Anderson. "I don't like Sara anymore. How dare she try to steal my man," Ariella responded shamelessly, claiming Aaron as hers. "Aaron is not your man... yet," Ryan quipped at her and he saw that woman twitching her lips in annoyance. "Ryan... help me... go ask Aaron to join us for lunch," Ariella suddenly pleaded with him. "I'm not going to lunch with you," Ryan rejected her request and her plan to have lunch together simultaneously. "Oh, come on... Just this once. Introduce me to Aaron," Ariella begged more. "He already knew you. If he's inte