Damien and Katherine sat in the private room for more than two hours already and it looked like their meeting was not going to be over soon. Feeling the urge to pee, she excused herself and went to the restroom.
She took her time to stretch her legs a little and washed her hands before heading out. She b.u.mped into someone when she stepped out of the restroom to which she quickly apologized for before walking past the person.
But after only a few steps forward, the woman called her attention.
"You"re Damien"s new secretary, right?" a voice that was overly feminine rang in Katherine"s ears which made her turn around to face her.
"Yes, and you are?" she asked in a toneless voice.
"Hmmm… right. You probably don"t get to meet a lot of famous people so you don"t recognize me." Walking closer to her, the woman took off her sungla.s.ses as she added, "Lexi Jin."
Katherine looked at her face and realized that she was the woman from earlier. She found her name quite familiar and when she observed her figure and the stylish clothes that she was wearing, she remembered seeing her in a magazine one time.
"You"re a model," she uttered.
A haughty smile appeared on Lexi"s face when Katherine finally realized who she was. "Huh… so you do recognize me after all."
Katherine did not have a good feeling about this woman. She felt that she was very troublesome and didn"t want to get involved with her. "Miss, do you have anything to say? I"m actually busy."
Her expression was emotionless when she said this and Lexi thought that she was being arrogant. The image of Damien grabbing Katherine"s hand earlier flashed in her mind, making her believe that Katherine was acting like this because she was not afraid thinking that she had Damien by her side.
Lexi instantly felt sour and didn"t want to let her go so quickly. A cunning smile appeared on her face as she started, "I just wanted to warn you not to forget your place. You"re only a lowly secretary. So don"t ever think that you can mean anything more to him. Only people with the same status are meant to be together. So for people like you… you must be dreaming if you think that you can be with him."
The nerve. Katherine felt the rage that was building up inside her but she maintained a poker face as she imagined how nice it would be to slap this woman"s thick face. Not wanting to give away her real emotions, she calmly asked, "And you"re telling me this because…?"
"I didn"t think you"d be this clueless…" Lexi raised a brow as she looked at Katherine in the eye and thought how stupid she must be. "Damien and I have known each other since we were kids. He and I were together. Can"t you see? Only he and I are fit for each other." Lexi was born and raised in a wealthy family just like Damien. All her life, she"s used to being praised and people would feel honored just to be able to stand next to her. Obviously, she believed that she"s the only match for Damien.
Lexi felt good saying those words to this pathetic woman. However, she didn"t expect Katherine to laugh at her speech. Her brows scrunched up together when she saw the woman before her snicker as if she heard the funniest thing.
"Wow!" Katherine revealed a supercilious smile. "I didn"t think a supermodel would be this… insecure."
"Excuse me?" Lexi could not believe someone dared to call her that.
Crossing her arms in front of her, Katherine maintained the proud look on her face. "First, you do realize that you used the past tense. That means… whatever you two had was in the past, yes? And judging by how Damien didn"t want to talk to you earlier, obviously, there is no present either." She shrugged and saw Lexi swallow.
"Second, if you"re really so confident that you are "meant" for each other, why the h.e.l.l are you wasting your time feeling threatened by a lowly secretary like me? How pathetic is that?"
Lexi"s eyes widened in shock to hear those words from her. This woman really dared to cross her. "What did you just say?"
Katherine"s hand flew to her mouth as she remarked, "Oh… I"m sorry, was I speaking too fast? Or… you really lack the skills to comprehend the simple words that I just said?" She placed a hand on her chest and continued, "I can explain it to you… but I can"t understand it for you."
Lexi felt like she had been slapped a hundred times by Katherine"s retort. She didn"t think that Katherine had the guts to insult her like this and dared to imply that she was stupid. This woman must think that she can get away simply because Damien was treating her nicely. Lexi was outraged and the look on her face said it all which only made Katherine feel even more satisfied to press on her b.u.t.tons.
Looking at her watch, Katherine wanted to get back to the meeting so she stared back at Lexi and smiled as she added, "Lastly…" she inched closer as if she was studying Lexi"s face before she spoke, "Your eyebrows don"t match."
Lexi"s hands were quick to touch her brows and a horrified expression formed on her face. As a model, she had to always look presentable and attractive. Looks and reputation are everything to her. So Katherine"s comment definitely clawed her self-confidence.
Katherine chuckled as she walked away, leaving Lexi exasperated before she scurried towards the restroom to check on her makeup.
What the two women didn"t know was that Damien saw and heard the whole thing. Katherine was gone for a long time so he went out to check on her only to find Lexi being a nuisance and targeting Katherine. He wanted to b.u.t.t in to save Katherine from being Lexi"s object of ridicule but before he could do so, his little minx had already started being lofty.
Damien decided to stay out of it when he realized that Katherine wasn"t a weak woman after all. Despite losing her memories, she was still not a simple woman, making him feel pleased to have her by his side. A proud and charming smile formed on his face as he listened to her savage replies.
How could he not be more fond of her? Especially after witnessing how she handled the situation and did not let herself be trampled on by anyone. Though even if she did, Damien would still gladly swoop in and save her.
When their exchange of words ended and when he saw Katherine walk away, Damien went back to the private room as if nothing happened.
Katherine entered the room and sat next to him with an impa.s.sive expression as if she wasn"t worried at all.
"Are you okay? You were gone for a while," he asked in a hushed tone, wanting to see if she was going to tell him the truth.
"Yeah… there was a long line in the restroom." She lightly smiled and nodded.
"You little liar," he thought, but he didn"t mind that she did. Damien still applauded her in his heart. If it were other women, they would have probably complained and acted weakly in front of him and made a big deal out of it. But Katherine was different.
He had the urge to pat her head to praise her for a job well done but they weren"t alone at that time. Instead, he placed his hand over hers under the table and gave it a squeeze.
His sudden touch startled Katherine that she had to clear her throat and looked at him to give him a questioning glare but Damien"s attention was now fixed to the meeting. He was talking seriously to his business partners as if he wasn"t doing anything under the table.
Shameless. Why was he holding her like that so casually?... and nicely?
Katherine slightly drew her hand away but the moment that she did, he only tightened his grasp, not giving her the chance to pull away — stroking the back of her hand with his thumb as if he was taming her.
Her toes curled and she had to squeeze her thighs together for reasons unknown to her. This boss of hers was truly a G.o.d of Seduction. How could he make her feel bothered with only the touch of his hand?