Love Is Fair by Kerri
Chapter 241

Chapter 241 A Man-to-man Conversation

Catherine knelt on the carpet in front of the tea table in the living room. From time to time, she would peek at the three people on the sofa who were staring at her fiercely: her father, aunt Hailey,

and uncle Brook.

It was really stressful for Catherine, and Matthew,

who stood behind Catherine, was also terrified by

this theatrical situation.

Although he did not do anything wrong, he always felt that more than half of the anger of the three people was coming for him. After a moment of

silence, Ryan said sharply, "You think you are old

enough to play a trick on your uncle Brook?

Apologize now!"

Her father was referring to those drugged pistachio

that Catherine gave to Brook before.

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That was indeed Catherine's fault, so she turned to Brook and admitted her mistake honestly, "It was all my fault, uncle Brook. I shouldn't give you those pistachios. You must have suffered a lot. I'm really sorry, you can hit me if it could make you feel

better." Catherine reached out her little hand to Brook.

Before Brook said anything, Catherine withdrew

her hand and said, "No, no, no. It'll be a lot of pain

here. Maybe you could hit my butt. It will be less painful."

Then she turned around and, like what she used to

do when she was a child, bent down at Brook. Matthew widened his eyes. What was she doing

now? Although Catherine was facing him, he was

tall enough to see everything. The tips of

Matthew's ears turned red quickly. He immediately

stepped forward and picked Catherine up.

Catherine felt her body suddenly become light and

the next moment, she found herself standing in

front of Matthew. Wow! It felt like she was flying just now.

Matthew picked up Catherine from the ground, and

as expected, when he was standing steady again, he

found Brook and the other two people were all

looking at him with frigid glares. He quickly let go of Catherine and felt chilly from

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his spine. He tried hard not to look at Hailey and Ryan's eyes and said to Brook, "Mr. Kirkland, the little girl was doing nothing but giving you some

nuts to eat. You don't need to make such a big fuss

about that, right? Are you angry because your

stomach is not good and you have a problem digesting it?"

Matthew felt that this was the only possibility. After

all, what bad a child could be?

So he tried to smooth things over and said, "My

stomach is not very good, so I always got some stomach medicine in my car. I can give you two boxes later if you need them."

Brook narrowed his eyes and tried his best to not blurt out, 'I'm not weak like you do, you weirdo! However, Catherine stood behind Matthew, feeling ecstatic and thinking, 'Dear God, he protected me! Sure enough, he liked me. It was just that he was stubborn and was too embarrassed to say it! Finally, I got a machismo as a boyfriend and he loved me very much!

Brook sneered in his heart, 'Well, this man wants to

show off in front of our girl, hum?'

He smiled and said, "Since Mr. Holland asked for

mercy for Catherine, I will spare her this time. She made great pistachios. I will ask someone to send

you some to taste."

Matthew didn't expect Brook to be so nice and

thought maybe Brook was not as angry as he

seemed to be to Catherine, so he agreed

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immediately, "That'll be great, thanks." After saying that, Matthew felt someone pull his

arm. He turned and saw Catherine winking and

shaking her head at him.

"What?"

Catherine sighed in her heart, 'Matt, you know

nothing about the dangers of Brook. You're too

simple to survive in today's society. It seems that I

will be the protective one in the future."

While Catherine was in her daydreams, Hailey

suddenly snapped, "Catherine." Catherine shivered and raised her hand quickly,

"Yes!"

Hailey said coldly, "Have you finished your

apology?"

Catherine blinked at Ryan's livid face and suddenly remembered that she hadn't apologized for running away from home.

Alas, it seemed that her father was really pissed off

this time. He still looked at her with a straight face,

as if someone owed him money. "Mr. Sears." She murmured.

He ignored her.

"Dad," Catherine shouted again, but he still didn't

answer her.

"My honored father."

Ryan finally raised his eyebrows at her. Catherine said in one go, "I was wrong. I shouldn't

keep running away from home and let my father,

aunt, and uncles worry about me. It's really

inappropriate. From now on, I will reflect on mysell

and never run away from home again. Aslam

going to become an adult soon, I promised I won't

be so childish anymore. As long as you are willing

to spare me and let me be with Matt, oh no,

Matthew, I promise to be a good daughter."

Catherine was proud of herself to dare to say such to

her father, but Matthew was shocked by her words. Did this girl really want to be with him? Ryan suddenly got up, and Catherine quickly hid

behind Matthew, "Save me, Matt!"

No matter how old she was, she was still afraid of

her father.

Matthew forced himself to face Ryan's livid face,

feeling that the little girl was almost tearing his

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He forced a smile and said, "Bro... Well, the child didn't know what she was talking about, so don't taktit seriously."

Catherine stuck out her little face from behind him

and said, "I am not a child! You are my boyfriend, How can you call my father 'bro'? You should call

him 'uncle'."

Matthew was speechless, and her words also made Ryan angrier. Ryan suddenly grabbed Catherine's wrists and tied her hands together with a belt. He pulled her to Hailey and said in a low voice, "Take

her to the car."

When Catherine was about to say something, Ryan

ordered, "If she dares to cause any trouble, just

cover her mouth, knock her out and throw her into

the trunk."... Catherine knew Ryan was really pissed off, so she

looked at Matthew helplessly.

Matthew pursed his lips and wanted to say

something, but Ryan suddenly said, "Mr. Holland,

let's have a talk." "... Oh, oh, okay." Hailey and Brook took Catherine out, leaving Ryan

and Matthew in the living room to carry out a

man-to-man conversation. Owen stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of the

second floor. Seeing that Hailey was out of the yard, he rushed down the stairs and without taking a

glance at Matthew. Matthew was about to call him,

but Owen had already run out. Well, somebody please help him here.