Graham already prepared a small syringe containing a drug that could knock her out in an instant.
He already prepared his escape route through the ergency exit near the restroom. But before he did the extre, he gave Kate one last chance to repent, "Co with , Kate. We can start anew. I promise I will make you happy sowhere without that bastard searching for us."
"I would rather die than live with you, you piece of shit," Kate said. "To think that you were once Jas’ best friend, what a disappointnt."
Graham scoffed, "Fine, you asked for it."
He took out the syringe from his pocket, but a man suddenly rushed towards them before he could touch Kate. He grabbed Graham’s collar and flung him to the wall.
"Urgh! Arghh!" Graham felt an awful pain at the back of his head when he hit the wall. But before he could open his eyes to register what just happened, he felt a strong pain in his stomach and chest.
Kate held her breath when she saw Henry rcilessly kicking and stomping Graham’s chest and stomach.
He said nothing, but his bloodshot eyes and the killing intent in his attack showed Kate that Henry wanted to kill Graham right here, right now.
"Urk! Arghh! Arghh!" Graham writhed in pain as he was given no chance to retaliate.
Kate finally took the initiative to hold his hand and tried to calm him down, "Henry, calm down. You’re going to kill him!"
Henry turned his head towards Kate. He looked like a demon about to swallow anything in his path. But the mont their eyes t, he stopped kicking Graham’s body.
His eyes softened, but he shook his head as he apologized, "I’m so sorry, Kitty. I let him slide because I still saw him as my late brother’s best friend. I thought he’d change his way and abandon whatever obsession he has for you. I didn’t know he’d do sothing like this to you."
Henry looked down, and his killing intent rose up again, "I have to kill him now before he becos a pest in our lives. He is a necessary sacrifice, just like what you said."
Kate pulled his hand and said, "Just put him in jail, Henry. That is the last forgiveness we can give him for what he has done."
"But—"
"Jas will be sad if you kill his best friend. Despite his fault, he helped to get my divorce, rember?"
...
Henry stared at Graham, who grimaced in pain on the floor. He looked pitiful, but the only thing on Henry’s heart was resentnt, "I give you a chance, Graham Hubbard. I know you’ve been dealing with those corrupt politicians, and I give you a chance to repent by hiding at least so of them. Instead of reflecting on your mistake in jail, you spent your fortune to bail yourself out and do this."
Of course, if Graham was not obsessed with Kate, he could be a good ally.
But his mind had been poisoned by that dead bitch, Sarah. So he kept antagonizing Henry and refused to believe that Kate was happy with him.
"You should be grateful that Kate doesn’t want to kill you," Henry said before he finally took a step back and called soone through the phone.
Not long after, a group of n dressed in black blocked the corridor and started to work on cleaning up that bastard Graham Hubbard.
They saw Graham being carried by those n in black through the ergency exit door, and they left the mall.
"Wait, Chloe is still waiting for —"
"No need. I already told her that to leave without you. So she doesn’t need to wait," Henry said calmly.
The valet opened the door for them and returned the key to Henry.
They drove out of the mall in silence as nobody dared to strike up a conversation after what happened.
Eventually, Kate was so overridden by her curiosity and suspicion that she asked, "Henry, were you listening the whole ti?"
...
"No," Henry said. "I’ve just arrived and saw you getting pinned by that bastard."
"That’s a lie," Kate called him out imdiately. "You heard when I said ’necessary sacrifice’ to Graham. So you must’ve heard the rest as well."
"That’s just a coincidence," Henry dodged.
"Is it also a coincidence that you ca to save right at the right ti? I know you, Henry. You have your surveillance all over . Of course, you know about it, right?"
Kate turned her head towards Henry, still driving, "Be honest with , Henry. Were you listening the whole ti?"
...
Henry clenched the steering wheel. He then parked his car at the side of the road and stared back at Kate.
"Yes, I admit it. I got the information that Graham told you. So I rushed to the mall to save you."
"But when I was about to co and punch that bastard to death, I heard him slandering in front of you," Henry admitted everything, knowing the only way for him to get her forgiveness was to co clean. "So I... I want to know your reaction. I want to know if you will abandon everything we have right now because you’re scared of ."
Henry gently held Kate’s hand and kissed it obsessively, "What he said was right. I was the one who exposed all of his dealing with those corrupt politicians. I destroyed his career instantly and threw him in jail. I was also the one who killed Sarah and my own father."
"I’m scared that you will see as a murderer and turn your back on . I was ready to—"Henry swallowed his saliva as he got nervous when talking about his dark thoughts. "I was ready to kill that bastard on the spot and lock you in our castle if you dare to run away."
...
"I told you many tis that I don’t mind the necessary sacrifice, don’t I?" Kate asked.
"You did..." Henry said. "I was just scared that you don’t truly love . You just felt responsible for running away and can’t wait to run away for the second ti."
Kate sighed.
She had long recognized that Henry had a tendency to have irrational fear when he felt sothing was out of his control.
But he didn’t expect it to be this awful.
So, the only thing she could do right now was to give him constant reassurance.
"Henry, did you know I found the perfect dress for our wedding day?" Kate said, shifting the topic out of the blue.
"Kitty—"
"I also picked the perfect set of earrings and necklace. It’s extrely costly because it was made by Graff. But my husband is very rich, right? So I don’t need to worry about money at all."
"Kate..."
"Oh, I also checked the guest list for our wedding. I can’t believe that real nobles will be attending our wedding! It’s like a dream co true for , you know."
...
Henry finally zipped his mouth. He listened to Kate’s random mumble and began to feel better.
"I also heard that you’ve prepared a perfect honeymoon for us. I can’t wait to spend a good ti with you. I bet it will be wonderful," Kate giggled.
"Of course, I’ve prepared everything for us," Henry replied. "And don’t worry about Theo. My mom said they would take care of Theo for a week. Chloe will also make frequent visits with her daughters."
"Well, Duke Henry seems eager for it, huh?" Kate grinned. "I can’t wait to be your Wife and your Duchess."
"I also can’t wait to be your official husband. We will be bound by official marriage and duty."
"Indeed, you have given everything that I ever wished for. So why the hell would I run away? It’d be so stupid and pointless, right?" Kate said. "You don’t need to worry about , Henry. I will not go. I’m actually more worried about you..."
"About ?" Henry was surprised.
"I an, you are young and very successful. I’m sure there are a lot of young won out there," Kate leaned forward and gave Henry a quick kiss that felt like a feather brushing his lips. "Maybe I should brace myself for a competition, hm?"
The passionate fire in Henry’s heart burned all of his paranoia away. He took the chance to kiss Kate deeply as he wanted to assure her about his choice.
"There is no competition, Katherine," Henry assured. "You’ve occupied my heart entirely. There is nobody else that can take that spot."
"Sa goes for you, hot stuff," Kate giggled. "You are the only thing I have in my heart. You don’t need to worry about leaving. I would be the dumbest woman in the world if I made the sa mistake twice."
With that, Kate and Henry felt satisfied as they returned to the castle with a newfound trust for each other.
As for Graham?
Henry had a lot of ways to put him in jail for the rest of his life.
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