My Billionaire Husband

Some said that whoever was lucky enough to marry Kate Lawson would not have to worry for the rest of his life. Or that of his future generations.

Unfortunately, no one had succeeded.

One man almost succeeded but then, he ran off.

There was a small bar on the topmost floor of the Lawson Group building that was reserved exclusively for her use. Kate leaned against the railing and held a glass of expensive merlot in her hand. She enjoyed the cool night breeze and the city lights of Emerdale.

The landscape was dazzling, but her eyes were dull.

After a while, she felt bored. When she was about to leave, she suddenly found a man in front of her.

With handsome looks and a prominent family background, the both of them were a perfect match made in heaven.

Seeing him, she smiled.

Her smile was so dazzling, it outshone the light from the moon.

“Why are you here?”

“I’m here to see you,” he replied with a smile.

“I am not enough reason for you to travel all the way from Valenham to Emerdale.”

The man seemed a little helpless and could only tell the truth. “Well, I came to see my sister and you at the same time.”

“See, I knew I was always secondary.”

She curled her lips and said, “I can see that you’ve just gotten off the plane. Why didn’t you meet your sister first? Why did you come to see me instead?”

A bitter smile appeared on the man’s face. “She won’t see me. Why bother to go look for her? It’s better to come see you.”

She squinted her eyes slightly and said, “If you lie again, I’ll ask someone to throw you over the balcony.”

The man wasn’t scared. He shrugged helplessly and said, “All right, I do have something to talk to you about.”

With that, the man’s expression turned serious and he slowly stretched out two fingers.

“One; I want you to topple my sister. No matter what means you use, just make sure she has no chance for a comeback. In return, I’ll provide you with all the resources you need, whether it’s money, manpower, or anything else.”

He was dead serious, but Kate thought she just heard the most amusing joke, and she burst into laughter.

“Are you joking with me?”

“Do I look like I’m joking?”

She shook her head.

“That’s not good.”

“I mean, what if I refuse to help you?”

The man’s expression changed drastically. “Why?”

“Because it’s simply an impossible task.”

Her smile faded, and her tone became stern. “Ever since I first met her, I could never beat her, even back in college.”

There would be an uproar if these words were to be leaked to the public. Kate Lawson, the demonic woman of the Lawsons, was actually admitting that she was inferior?!

The man shook his head. “That’s only because her background is better than yours. She has good parents. Now that she has nothing and you have my help, it’ll be easy to beat her!”

She fell silent as she pondered over his words.

After a long time, she shook her head and rebut. “You don’t know her, and you can’t categorize her like that.”

As soon as she said that, the man got agitated. “I’m her brother. If I don’t know her well enough, who does?”

“Ever since she was a child, how many times have you met or talked to her? Do you know how she survived all those years?”

Her gaze turned sharp, and her tone became firm, “But I understand! Everyone else rested, dated, ate, and played around. She… she was always studying. She’s like a sponge; constantly absorbing information. So, no matter what I do, she’s always ahead of me.”

“Even when she started her own company, she didn’t borrow a dime from her family. She started from scratch. What about me? In the end, I borrowed money from my family to succeed!”

He got very upset, but still said stubbornly, “That was the past, but now, it’s different.”

After a long silence, she looked up at the man and asked, “You’re her brother. Why do you want to hurt your sister like this?”

These words silenced him.

His face flickered between bright and dark, livid and tolerating. In the end, it turned into a deep helplessness. “In order to make her return home.”

“Only when she fails will she return home. In the whole of Emerdale, you’re the only one who can destroy her!”

“Whose idea is this?”

The man gritted his teeth and said, “Mine.”

She looked at him intensely and said, “She will hate you for the rest of her life.”

He flinched, but he had made up his mind so he said, “Whatever. It’s better to have her home than anything else.”

She sighed and said, “okay, I’ll help you. What’s the second request?”

Hearing this, he beamed. “Second? You. You know that I’m pursuing you. This time, I’m here to ask your father for your hand. Then, I’ll leave.”

“You can leave now. I’ll buy you a ticket home.”

She said with a stoned face and was about to take out her cell phone.

Seeing this, he became anxious. “Don’t. If you refuse, that’s okay. It’s not like I can’t take the blow. Why are you so heartless?”

After pausing for a moment, he looked at her attentively and spoke. “Don’t tell me that you’re still brooding about that kid who ran off from your wedding five years ago?”

“What’s so good about him? He came from a humble family and doesn’t have much money. He didn’t deserve you.”

Before he could continue, he stopped because he saw the look in her eyes. It was as if she was a cobra ready to spit venom at him.

“Terry, don’t you think you’re talking a bit too much?”

He immediately shut up and left dejectedly.

Well, at least, she promised to help him even though she refused his marriage proposal.

Just then, another man brushed past Terry. They glanced at each other very quickly then continued on their way.

A haggard faced Chris was here to see his cousin. “Kate, who was that?”

“What did you call me?”

The iciness on her face had yet to dissipate. She raised her thin eyebrow and glared at Chris.

He quickly corrected himself, stuttering, “Miss Lawson.”

Her mood returned to calmness and she replied flatly, “What’s the matter?”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

He heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing that she was no longer angry. It was tough being her personal assistant.

“Miss Lawson, I just got news that Peter was badly injured and disfigured by Leo.”

She acknowledged the news, but didn’t offer any comment on it.

Chris could not help but ask, “His face is all messed up. Aren’t you going to take a look?”

“No. Is there anything else?” she said matter-of-factly.

He felt a chill down his spine. She wasn’t even going to see how her brother after he got maimed. This woman was reptilian.

“Atlas Beauty are hosting a sponsorship event tomorrow evening. All the sponsors are attending. Right now, ten companies have sponsored this project.”

Ever since Chris became Kate’s personal assistant, she had assigned him only one task; to gather all the information on the Henderson family and Leo. To Leo, Chris was a mole.

The only thing he didn’t know was that Chris was playing both sides.

“Is that so…”

She thought about it for a few minutes, then suddenly smiled and said, “Tomorrow, you will sponsor 16 million dollars on behalf of the Lawson Group.”

He thought he had heard wrongly, his eyes popped out in shock, “Kate, are you sure?”

She was no longer paying attention to how he was addressing her. She smiled and said, “Do as I say.”

“Okay…”

He could never figure out her intentions, so he couldn’t be bothered to find out the answer anymore.

After all, she was Kate Lawson. If anyone could figure her out, she wouldn’t be who she was.

She walked out of the office building and immediately got into a Lincoln limousine that was waiting for her.

“Miss Lawson.”

His driver was waiting for her with the door opened.

She nodded her head cheerfully, exuding the elegance of a noble lady.

However, her eyes soon lost their sparkle again, turning into a grayish white.

With her peerless beauty, wealth, and high IQ, Kate had lost all interest or excitement in life.

Sometimes, she even wondered: What was the meaning of her life? What did she really want?

There were no answers. Or rather, she was still searching for the answers.

At first, she thought that she would have to spend the rest of her life searching for them. It wasn’t until she found out that the man who had fled from their wedding five years ago, had returned. Suddenly, life had become more entertaining again.

It was a cat-and-mouse game.

Perhaps, one was the cat, and the other, the rat.

Or perhaps…

Maybe there were two cats!