Marriage Without Love: Sir, Please Stop

Chapter 147

Bennett had never felt so exhausted before, but after being so tired, he strangely felt at ease.

He slumped on the sofa, closed his eyes to rest, and asked Catalina, "What should we have for dinner?

I'll ask Ralph to send someone over to cook."

"Are you hungry?"

"Uh... Huh."

His stomach had been growling loudly for a while now.

Catalina glanced at the time and realized it was indeed getting late.

She had planned to cook a nice meal for him, but it seemed like there wasn't enough time now.

Besides, she didn't want to rush and cook for him.

Sometimes, the sense of ceremony was also important.

"That's fine. Please ask Ralph to arrange it!"

"Okay."

After responding to her, Bennett got up and made a phone call to Ralph.

Catalina sat on the floor with her legs crossed and she was dismantling some small items. She heard

the discussion between Bennett and Ralph on the dinner arrangements. He also asked Ralph to pack

some of his belongings and move them over.

Clearly, he really intended to stay with her there.

In Catalina's heart, she felt nervous, excited, and somewhat apprehensive.

After Bennett finished the call, Catalina pointed upstairs to the rooms. She was too shy to look at him

and she said, "You can pick a room first! After you decide, I'll pick mine."

Bennett squatted down beside her and asked, "Which room are you going to choose?"

"Why do you ask that?"

Catalina's cheeks blushed slightly.

Bennett moved a new carpet that had just been put in and placed it on the floor before sitting down. He

replied, "I want to stay with you."

He said it matter-of-factly.

"Stay in the same room? No, I can't!"

Catalina nervously raised her voice and continued, "How can we stay in the same room? This... This...

This is impossible! I can't do it. I..."

"I mean, stay in the adjacent room. We can stay next to each other. What are you thinking?"

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Catalina blushed and added, "You should have made that clear from the beginning..."

"Do you really not want to live in the same room with me that badly?"

"No, staying in the adjacent room is fine. I didn't mean that I don't want to!"

"I was asking, do you not want to stay in the same room as me?"

Catalina was speechless.

Her face turned red, and she hesitated to continue her sentence.

"Alright, I got it."

Bennett interrupted her before she could finish her sentence.

Catalina was bewildered.

Surprisingly, Bennett's ears had also turned slightly red, and said, "But I never thought about using the

same room with you."

"After all, for me, that would be playing with fire!"

In the end, the one who would be tormented the most would be himself.

Bennett licked his dry lips, got up, and returned to the couch.

Catalina didn't know how to respond.

Her heart was pounding heavily.

She couldn't help but glance at the man on the couch a few times.

It all felt like a dream to her.

Bennett and she...

She was with the man she had always looked up to...

Now, they were living under the same roof.

And it wasn't like before, where they were forced into this situation, and he no longer treated her with

cold sarcasm.

They naturally drew closer to each other...

Catalina couldn't help but feel that moment was too unbelievable!

Unbelievable to the point that she found it hard to believe.

Yet, that was reality.

Catalina lowered her head and chuckled softly.

It seemed that dreams were impossible, but reality didn't seem to be so harsh.

What if, just like her, others also encountered something supernatural?

On the next day.

Catalina went to work at the office as scheduled.

As she entered the office, from the front desk to the office, everyone she passed by looked at her with

curiosity.

"So, this is Catalina Grant!"

"She's amazing! She dares to cancel the marriage with the Shaffer family, really remarkable!"

"What background does she have? Isn't she supposed to come from a very ordinary family?"

"How could someone from such an ordinary background catch the attention of Mr. Warren? And she

even dared to run away from the wedding? Is she digging for her own grave?"

"I heard she actually had a marriage agreement with Mr. Warren four or five years ago, but

unexpectedly, on the night before the wedding, she was caught messing around with another man. And

because of that, Mr. Warren became a vegetative state for four years. He had just woken up not long

ago, and now he has to go through this kind of pain again. He is such an unfortunate man!"

Catalina didn't say a word.

Listening to her colleagues' accusations, Catalina felt uneasy in her heart.

She was overwhelmed by guilt.

Catalina felt the urge to escape.

She quickened her pace, practically running to her department.

As soon as she entered, she noticed several colleagues huddled together, whispering about

something.

They quickly dispersed when they saw her.

She was pretty sure that they were talking about the wedding last night.

She had already expected that she would become the subject of gossip among her coworkers.

But why did it matter?

When she decided to leave, she knew that could be the consequences.

She had made her choice and she didn't care anymore.

She wasn't regretting her decision.

She had no regrets no matter what challenges lay ahead.

Catalina sat in her cubicle.

Her colleague, Emery glanced at her.

It was strange that Emery didn't come over to her place to gossip with her today.

"Did you see the news?"

Emery asked.

Catalina shook her head and turned on her computer, getting ready to work.

She knew the news would either be about her and Warren's wedding or Bennett and Hana's wedding.

Either way, it wouldn't be flattering, and she didn't want to read it.

"Bennett's side is fine. The media has been tight-lipped. But for your side..."

Emery's expression showed some resentment and continued, "As soon as you left, Warren became the

laughingstock of the whole city. The news says he's disabled, and there are even rumors saying that

he... he is impotent, and a lot of other reasons. That's why you ran away from the wedding."

Catalina's fingers froze on the keyboard.

Her face turned slightly pale.

Emery sighed, "I understand your last-minute escape, but... if you didn't like him from the beginning,

why did you agree? And if you agreed, why didn't you go stay with it till the end?"

Catalina sighed as well after hearing her words.

She glanced at the computer screen, then lowered her head, and looked at her toes. She answered, "It

takes courage to agree, but it takes even more courage to stay with it through to the end..."

That's why, as the final moment approached, she flinched.

"Those who haven't experienced it will never understand."

No one could truly empathize with the many compromises she had to make.

After she betrayed Warren a few years ago, she was forced to hide the information to protect Bennett

and finally married Warren out of necessity.

Until the moment of running away, Catalina had finally considered her own feelings first and followed

her heart.

So, even though she felt guilty about Warren, she didn't regret it!

After work, Catalina didn't immediately return to the villa where she and Bennett were staying.

Instead...

She went back to Ink Villa.

When she appeared at the entrance of Ink Villa, all the maids looked at her with expressions of wanting

to skin her alive.

"Why are you here again? Do you want to beg our Mr. Warren to forgive you? Stop dreaming!"

A female maid serving Warren pointed at Catalina and berated her without caring about the difference

in their statuses.