Let Me Go, Mr. Hill!

Let me go, Mr. Hill [by Shallow South] Chapter 21
By the time Shaun returned home from his morning run, he was startled to discover the grand feast spread out across the table.

“You…”

“Shaunny, I felt bad that you ate the cat pudding last night so I’m making it up to you with this breakfast spread,” Catherine said thoughtfully as she served him a bowl of oat porridge.

There was a strange expression on his face. “It’s alright. You’ve already been punished last night.”

She stood there with a tight feeling in her throat. “I was truly grossed out after having the cat’s food last night,” she replied slowly a couple of seconds later.

He lowered his gaze to the ground without commenting further.

“Are you going to work? Should I drop you off at the subway station?” he asked before heading to the door once he finished his breakfast.

Catherine was startled but soon shook her head from side to side. “I was fired.” The desolation was audible in her voice.

It was obvious from his forehead that he was frowning. He was told that she was working at her family company. The relationship between her and the Jones family seemed pretty tense. “Alright, you can focus on looking after Fudge at home.”

Pfft, she was not going to spend her time cat sitting.

“I’m planning to look for another job. But don’t worry, I’ll not let it get in the way of looking after Fudge.”

“Whatever,” he muttered and left the house.

…

For the next couple of days, Catherine kept herself occupied looking for a job.

There were plenty of openings for interior design or architecture-related roles. However, in order to disguise her background as the young lady of the Jones family, she had to keep her previous professional experience a secret.

Besides, other big-scale companies were only willing to hire her as an assistant, given her young age.

with no better alternative, she chose to work

square feet. Both their designers took care of everything including

self-conscious in the beginning but soon became

more often than not, people would just walk past as if she was

drenched in sweat and her cheeks were reddened

was fall, the weather was

then, a black Lamborghini pulled to a stop in front of

surprise.

leaflets in the streets…” Rebecca stepped

the center of her chest. Ethan once said the passenger seat of his car only belonged to her. The

else would I be? Summit?”

pursed her lips as if she was upset.

slammed the door behind him. “Take a good look at yourself. You’re the young lady of

gaze, only to see the disgust on his handsome face. An intense pain filled her heart as if someone was carving

ashamed? I’m working honestly by handing out leaflets instead

immediately, “Look, we’ve just secured a renovation deal with the developer of Mandarin Garden regarding their luxurious studios. We’re

became more irritated. “Don’t you get tired from being

at her, annoyed. “Rebecca is offering you a hand out of kindness but you simply

too blind to see what kind of woman she is? Would we have

You reprimand the two of us for the way things have turned out

right now.” Catherine lost all control and threw

of Rebecca and slightly nudged the other woman away from

and fell to the ground. The leaflets were scattered

Ethan was already

looked over her shoulder to smile smugly at

disappeared into the distance. Catherine was in excruciating pain. It was as if someone had skinned

expect Ethan to stand up for Rebecca like that,