Chapter 474 Retard of Romance

Khalid paused and turned to look at Frances.

She added, looking a bit hesitant, “Well, that’s my own suggestion. And it’s all up to you. If you find it a
bad idea, you can simply ignore it.”

After gazing at her for a few seconds, Khalid suddenly asked, “Will you move in as well?”

Frances paused and stared at him. Not until a while later did she realize what he meant.

She felt like saying something with her mouth open, looking a bit bashful.

His gaze at her looked extraordinarily firm, which was rare to see before.

Her heartbeat seemed to go out of control. She felt like her soberness had run away.

Her mind was in a mess but what he just said kept echoing within, ‘Will you move in as well?’

Though Khalid didn’t explain his intention hidden in the question, she could probably tell from his face.

Frances shifted her gaze away and slightly lifted her hair backward, trying to make herself composed,
“Well…I don’t know…actually I don’t worry much about it if Kathy moves in and lives under your care.
But I…”

She found it hard to finish her words.

She didn’t wanna straightly refuse. Nor did she wanna embarrass herself once she showed a hint of
compromise.

Khalid stood up, nodded and walked to the corridor.

Confused, Frances had no idea what he meant.



Khalid seemed to make a call to Marshall, asking when he would return.

He told Marshall he would be waiting in the parlor. After that, he ended the call.

He didn’t get back to the room. Frances seemed to hear him walking downstairs.

She took a deep breath, not sure if he got annoyed because of what she said.

But after a second thought, she didn’t notice something annoying from what she just said.

She covered her face with both hands, feeling distraught.

Meanwhile, Marshall looked quite annoyed after hanging up.

He grumbled, “Dad, why don’t you call me a bit later?”

Beside him, Katherine was sitting on the front seat with a blushed face, while the back of which had
been adjusted to lean a bit backward.

Before Khalid made the call, Marshall was pinning her down, kissing and grinding with her
affectionately.

Though they weren’t likely to get further to do something intimate in the car, he still got quite annoyed
when being interrupted in the midst of the romantic moment.

It took Katherine quite a while to cool herself off.

She closed her eyes, wondering why didn’t she even struggle a bit.

At least on the surface, she didn’t feel like making compromise so soon.



Marshall put down his phone and said, sounding a bit dispirited, “Alright, time to go back home. My dad
is about to drive himself home as well.”

Unspoken, Katherine adjusted the back of the seat to the common position.

Marshall drove at high speed on their way home. As he reached, he saw Khalid smoking in the parlor.

Katherine raised up her head to take a look, noticing that the light in Frances’s room was still on.

She still stayed awake alone in the room. So what was Khalid doing here?

Katherine looked a bit displeased when noticing his awful instinct for romance.

Katherine greeted him and then went upstairs.

She headed straight into Frances’s room.

While Frances was still sitting on the bed, looking blank.

Katherine walked in and slowly approached, “What’s wrong with both of you? I spare you this nice
chance to spend time with each other, hoping that you can make a great stride in the relationship. But
why did you end up staying alone while he was waiting in the parlor downstairs? I am so disappointed!”

Frances didn’t even look at her. Instead, she sat still while fixing her eyes on her own knees, silent.

After some consideration, Katherine got closer to ask, “So what happened? What did he say to you?
Did he annoy you?”

Frances murmured to say no.

As straightforward as Katherine had been, she showed little patience to her ambiguous reaction, “So
what exactly happened? Say something!”



Not until quite a while later did Frances raise her head to look at her, “I suggest he should let you move
in the Grant Residence in case you get attacked again here. But then…”

She looked a bit embarrassed with her lips pressed.

Katherine raised her brows, “Then what?”

Frances randomly lifted her hair again to cover up her embarrassment, “He asked if I would move in
with you.”

Hearing that, Katherine seemed to be amused, “What? So did he wanna have you move in or not?”

Frances licked her own lips, “I am not sure if I have overestimated myself. But he seems to want me to
move in, I reckon.”

Katherine patted on her, “Come on, that’s what I want! If you decide to move in with me, I would like to
accept it. To be honest, I don’t like the people there. But I would like to take it into consideration if you
move in with me.”

A few seconds later after she finished, she suddenly smiled, “Actually, you wanna move in, right? I can
tell from your face.”

Frances clicked her tongue and tried to remain composed, “Cut your nonsense. I am still considering.”

Katherine grinned, “Stop pretending!”

She looked a bit delighted. So she stood up and stretched herself, “Alright, at least we made progress
tonight.”

Frances added after thinking for a while, “But Cora just called him. It only sounded like a chitchat.
Actually, I kinda admired her courage to fight for what she wanted.”



Katherine nodded, “Yeah, though I have only met her once, I could feel that she must be a decisive
type. She would struggle for it once she made up her mind. And she would never get affected because
of others’ opinions.”

Frances nodded to agree.

She never noticed herself that she actually showed a feeling of appreciation for Cora until she heard
Khalid pick up the call from her at that moment.

A lady like her would be likely to get whatever she asked for.

However, now she was asking for the love of Khalid.

Katherine turned to look at Frances, “Don’t worry. I am here with you. I am sure you can defeat her with
my aid.”

Frances couldn’t help smiling when hearing that, “You make me feel like I am going to fight her fist to
fist.”

Katherine smiled, “The matter of relationship always gets involved with strategy. Don’t worry. Now you
have a nice start. She should be the one who worries. If you show a hint of flinch, she would take the
advantage.”

After thinking for a while, Frances nodded, but looking a bit ambiguous, “Okay, I got it.”

After talking with Marshall for a while, Khalid then left.

He simply drove away even without saying goodbye to Frances.

Katherine stood by the window, almost shouting out to scold him.

What a retard of romance!



Both of them!

Marshall then walked over to ask Frances if she was still fine.

Frances didn’t feel much pain after having ointment applied on the bruise.

She said she was fine and asked what he talked about with Khalid in the parlor just now.

Marshall smiled and looked at Katherine, who still stood beside the window, “Nothing serious. Dad
suggested me to bring Kathy to the Grant Residence to live in, saying that it would be safer.”

Frances nodded, “He’s right.”

Marshall also nodded, “Then he talked something about you.”

Frances paused. Before she could utter, Katherine hurried to cut in, “What did he talk? Come on, tell
me!”


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