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 with a small

only slightly over a hundred square feet. Both their designers took care of everything including

first time doing such work. She felt rather self-conscious in the beginning but soon

her leaflets but more often than not, people would

she was drenched in sweat and

the weather was

a black Lamborghini pulled to a stop in

by surprise. It was Ethan’s

you handing out leaflets in the streets…” Rebecca stepped out from

said the passenger seat of his car only

I be? Summit?” Her words reeked

she was upset.

sister is being kind toward you.” Ethan suddenly got out of the car and slammed the door behind him. “Take a good look at yourself. You’re the young lady of the

his handsome face. An intense pain filled her heart as if someone was carving a hole

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

Summit,” Rebecca said immediately, “Look, we’ve just secured a renovation deal with the developer of Mandarin Garden regarding their luxurious studios. We’re talking about over a thousand suites, so the profit could

hour, became more irritated. “Don’t you get tired from being a hypocrite every minute? Can you stay

enough,” Ethan shouted at her, annoyed. “Rebecca is offering you a hand out of kindness

you too blind to see what kind of

reprimand the two of us for the way things have

my love doesn’t compare to hers. Leave, get out of my sight right now.” Catherine lost

woman!” Ethan stepped in front of Rebecca and slightly nudged the other woman away

fell to the ground. The

she looked up, Ethan was already leading Rebecca toward

shoulder to

Lamborghini then disappeared into the distance. Catherine was in excruciating pain. It was

to stand up for Rebecca like that, even willing to hurt her because of the