He Stole Me From My Deadbeat Husband
Chapter 398

Chapter 398: Chapter 398

"Please tell me that you don’t, Henry, because you—"Kate’s voice began to shake. She clenched her arms as she tried to hold herself. "You may think my question is stupid and ridiculous, but you don’t understand how important this is for me."

Henry noticed that Kate’s body began to tremble.

"Kate!" Henry rushed towards Kate, intending to carry her to their bedroom so she could rest.

"Stay right there! Don’t you dare to come closer!" Kate yelled, and Henry stopped immediately. He saw that Kate’s legs began to tremble, and he got worried about her condition.

But each time he took one step forward, Kate would raise her voice, yelling at him until he stopped approaching her.

"I SAID, STOP RIGHT THERE!" Kate’s voice filled the living room, and Henry was too scared to go further, thinking he might aggravate her too much.

"Kitty—"

"Don’t call me Kitty! You have no right to call me that when you can’t even answer a simple question!" Kate snapped. She began to cry and winced when she felt pain in her stomach.

"Katherine, our baby—"

"This is MY baby! Mine, until you answer the damn question!"

Henry bit his lower lip until it bled. His heart was crushed, knowing he had to lie before his beloved.

So before he answered the question, he asked, "What would you do if I said yes?"

Kate gasped. She almost fainted, thinking of the possibility of Henry betraying her.

But she clenched her fist, gathering all her strength, and replied with certainty, "Then I will leave you. As much as I love you, I will never let you hurt our baby. Henry Grant, I will despise you as much as I can. I will curse you on my deathbed if you dare to betray me just like them all!"

Henry felt that he had been struck by thunder.

He lost all of his strength immediately.

Just the imagination of Kate leaving with their baby, cursing him until the end of her life, was enough of a nightmare Henry did not want to visit.

He would rather jump from this damn penthouse and plummet to his demise than spend the rest of his life in agony.

So Henry rushed towards Kate without hearing any of her warning, "DON’T COME CLOSE—"

Kate was caught off guard when Henry suddenly hugged her tightly, and no matter how hard she struggled, Henry did not budge.

"Let me go! Let me go, you bastard!" Kate yelled hysterically, and she struggled to break free.

"Stop this, Katherine! You are going to harm our baby!" Henry finally raised his voice, and it was enough for Kate to stop struggling as she feared the worst that might happen to their child.

Kate lay powerlessly in Henry’s embrace. She began to sob while hitting his chest weakly, "Why are you doing this to me, Henry? I love you. I love you so much that you will never be replaced in my heart. But why are you betraying me like this? Why aren’t you a good person?" Kate said. "Am I truly a worthless woman who doesn’t deserve a good man?"

Henry felt that he had lost all of his strength as well. He was forced to sit on the floor while still hugging his beloved.

Kate’s words cut deep, and he didn’t know if he could ever recover from the immense guilt he experienced.

"You deserve love. You deserve every best thing in this world, Katherine," Henry said as he gently caressed the back of her head. He let her bury her face on his chest. This was the best thing he could do to dodge Kate’s eyes.

Because once he saw her eyes again, he wouldn’t be able to lie anymore.

"Then why are you betraying me like this? Why are you cruel to me?" Katherine asked. "I’m not a bad woman, Henry. I’ve been hurt so many times in my life. Why can’t I find my peace!?"

"I haven’t answered your question yet," Henry said. He hugged her tighter, ensuring that Kate couldn’t lift her head, then continued, "I never had that kind of plan. I never planned to hurt you, not in the past, present, or future."

"Then why is it so hard for you to answer before? What’s holding you back?!"

"I just... "Henry swallowed his saliva again. "I was just shocked. I didn’t expect you to believe Graham instead of me..."

"If I really want to take our baby and give it to Marlon, I wouldn’t go as far as starting a new business across the country just so we can have a fresh start together," Henry said.

This time, he didn’t lie at all.

He started a new company because he wanted Kate to be safe from Marlon. He didn’t want to be a puppet of a monster, so he broke free from that old crook.

Henry was trying to measure the situation before. He wanted to know if Kate would forgive him if he said yes, but seeing how hysterical she got basically validated his fear.

’Kate should never know about the truth,’ Henry told himself. His gaze dimmed as he wondered whether he made the right decision. ’She has to stay ignorant of this. I don’t want her to leave me. I can’t live my life without her by my side.’

Kate stopped struggling and hitting him after getting her answer. But she continued to sob in his embrace, "Please don’t scare me like that. I truly love you, Henry. I love you so much that I won’t be able to recover if you break my heart."

"Kitty... I love you so much that I can’t bear to see you cry. How could I betray you?" Henry asked back. "I would be the first to cut myself if I ever hurt you."

Henry knew that he was half-lying at this point.

Back when he got all the information about Kate based on the lies that Sarah fed him, he thought that Kate was just a slut who ruined his family.

So he wanted to ruin her as revenge by taking her baby and burning the Grant family to ashes after he took control of the family’s inheritance and businesses.

But now...

Henry kissed Kate’s head lovingly and whispered, "I’m willing to die for you. I’m serious, Katherine."

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