He Stole Me From My Deadbeat Husband
Chapter 393

Chapter 393: Chapter 393

"Katherine, stay with me... please."

Kate’s body visibly stiffened as she heard that sentence coming out of his mouth. She turned around to face her boss and saw James staring at her with such a deep gaze.

"Katherine... please..." James pleaded. He knew it wasn’t proper to say this to a married woman. But even he couldn’t hold his feelings.

"But, Sir—"

"Call me James."

Kate swallowed nervously. She felt the atmosphere around them was a bit wrong, and she would be an idiot if she didn’t notice how much love was pouring from James.

But she didn’t want to think about it. She wanted to keep that ambiguous atmosphere around them at most. She didn’t want to delve further into the rabbit hole and ruin her marriage.

It wasn’t a good marriage, but she was still married and vowed to be with her husband through thick and thin.

"... I still need to work, James. This is an important project, remember? If I can’t finish this before tomorrow’s meeting, the company will suffer losses," Kate said.

James scoffed, "This company... I don’t need it, Katherine. Losing one or ten million dollars won’t change anything for me."

"I know, but..."

"But this company is your livelihood. You dedicated your life to turning this small publishing company into a thriving one, and you succeed," James said. "That’s why I decided to stick and work in this company rather than take over my Dad’s parent company. I want to be with you."

Kate knew James was on the verge of confessing his true feelings to her, maybe because he was having a fever and thus clouded his judgment.

Or, maybe he simply couldn’t hold his feelings anymore.

"James, you... you’re talking nonsense right now. You need rest..." Kate said. She dodged his eyes because she was afraid she couldn’t hold her feelings for him.

After all, she had been living with a total deadbeat husband who spent the day complaining about not having a job and doing nothing about it.

Matt even went as far as complaining about Kate, who took too much overtime at work and was too tired to have sex when she was doing all this for the sake of their future!

"I’m well aware of what’s coming out of my mouth," James said firmly. "You know what I feel, Katherine. You know how useless your husband is. Why can’t I be your husband instead?"

"Because that would be cheating, James," Kate said. She knew she would regret not divorcing Matt and went with James. "You can call me old-schooled, but when I vowed to stick with him through thick and thin, I really meant it."

...

"What will make you change your mind?"

"Only if he cheats first. Then that means he is the one breaking our vows, and I will divorce him."

James chuckled.

He finally let go of Kate’s hand and rested on the sofa. He still had his eyes on her and muttered, "Life is truly unfair, Kate. I’ve never felt this way towards another woman before. It’s so deep that I don’t know if I can ever forget about you."

"James..."

"But your ingenuity, dedication, beauty, and loyalty to your deadbeat husband. Those qualities only make me want you more," James finally covered his eyes with his arm to block his sight from his beloved. "I hope I can live long enough until the day you divorce your deadbeat husband. I will marry you in a heartbeat, Katherine."

—Flashback end—

"Kate? Kate!"

"Oh—!" Kate snapped out of her daze. "Sorry, I was thinking of something."

Irene sighed. She sipped her tea and added, "I hope the new company will thrive. I don’t want to get stuck with Emperor Publishing for too long. I refuse to."

"Don’t worry about that. I am basically the one in control of everything in this new publishing company. I’ll make sure your new novel will be another best-seller."

"Thank you, Kate. I’ll tell other top authors about this as well. Some are doubtful because they fear Empress Publishing won’t promote them well."

"It’s backed by the Golden Star company owned by Vernon Phoenix Gray. We have all the money to promote an author into a millionaire," Kate said confidently, ensuring that Irene was convinced. Thus, other top authors will come to her company and abandon the old company.

"Wow, backed by Golden Star? That would seal the deal for other top authors!" Irene said cheerfully. "I’ll also tell that to other top authors. Everyone will be happy to leave Emperor Publishing!"

’Emperor Publishing...’ Kate couldn’t help but get sad knowing that she would bury all of her memories with James in that company.

That company wouldn’t survive without her, but this was for the best. After all, her baby’s safety was the priority for Kate right now.

’I have to move on from Emperor Publishing and all my memories about James Grant...’ Kate thought. She tried to imagine James’ face, but her imagination began to distort as she saw another man instead.

She saw her man, Henry Grant, smiling at her with his signature wide smile. His eyes were deep and somewhat intimidating, but to Kate, he looked like a young man with a lot of willpower to prove himself.

Kate’s lips curled, ’Goodbye, James Grant. You are an amazing man, but I can’t reciprocate your feelings. We are simply not fated to be together.’

’But I’ve met with the man I truly love, and he is your little brother. The spoiled little brother you told me many times about,’ Kate’s smile bloomed even more as her imagination began to portray Henry vividly. ’Turns out he is not as bad as I thought. He is an amazing young man. He has a kind heart and is very dedicated.’

Kate gently caressed her stomach as she knew she had to protect the baby at all cost, ’He is willing to go through hell and back, leaving the future his father has set up for him so that we can be together, and I will support him no matter what.’