My Family

"Hello Mistress" Came the slightly excited voice of Harris. He had been extra busy since Katherine's debut so neither he nor Emily has had the time to spend with Katherine, they only saw each other in meetings, and afterwards, they exchanged a few words and that's it.

"Hello Har Har, I didn't see you today. How are you doing?" Katherine used his nickname that she gave him everytime she wanted something from him, and it works every time so she was not planning to stop using it.

Harris raised a brow when he heard Katherine calling him affectionately. He was sure she wanted something... Which he was willing to give her even if she didn't sugarcoat her words. He was willing to do anything that would benefit her and make her happy, that's how important she was to him. "I'm fine Kath, get to the point. What do you want?" Harris didn't bother beating around the bush.

Katherine chuckled a bit, which was like Christmas chimes in Harris's ears. "You sure do know my tactics don't you now Har Har? Well since you asked.. I received and invitation to a gala from Pixue Enterprises and I would like you to be my date." She didn't waste anytime and truthfully answered him.

"Shouldn't you be taking Mr lover boy — referring to Xander, as your date?" Harris sassed. He knew very well that she couldn't take him but he couldn't miss an opportunity to be petty.

Katherine rolled her eyes at Harris's pettiness. "Well I would if I could. You know very well that I can't just go around announcing my marriage to the world yet, I must remain single for the meantime in public's eyes. Besides we are not only going there to party, we are going on a BEPBU agents hunt. Speaking of BEPBU, any news regarding that tattoo guy?"

"No, we have not been able to get his exact location. The guy is like a ghost, he has too many body doubles which makes it hard to detect which is the real one. But Kath, are you sure your lover boy won't do something stupid once he sees you at the gala, I'm sure he must have been invited." Harris stood up and was getting ready to leave his office and go to the restaurant on the ground floor to have his lunch.

"Gosh! Will you stop calling him lover boy? He does have a name you know. And besides, he's not stupid to do anything that would arouse suspicion in people's mind." answered Katherine with slightly annoyed tone, she didn't like the way Harris was addressing her beloved husband.

Harris grabbed his suit jacket and before he put it on he replied:" Whatever Kath, send me the time and the address of the gala, I will pick you up. I gotta go now, bye." and with that said he hanged up the phone and entered the elevator.

An evil grin appeared on Katherine's face when Harris agreed to go with her even though he was not particularly fond of parties. She instantly informed her secretary. "Lilly, send the time and address of the gala to the Vice president, also get ready to accompany me to shopping tomorrow afternoon."

"Yes boss." Lilly answered respectfully before noting something on her iPad.

The Day passed uneventfully and Katherine got ready to leave when it was five in the evening, she got into the car and sped away. She didn't like being derived back home because she enjoyed driving herself so she never bothered to go back with her driver.

"How are you always earlier than me when returning home?" Katherine asked Xander as she sat on the chair that he had pulled out for her and adjusted it to make her sit more comfortably.

"Because I miss you so bad every day, hours feel like months to me, so I always make sure to finish all my work on time and return home so that I can bless my eyes with your beautiful self." Xander winked at her before he started piling all sorts of nutritious food on her plate.

"Whatever." Katherine mumbled as she bit her bottom lip in an attempt to suppress the smile that was threatening to break our on her gorgeous face, but she failed miserably.

Katherine carefully deboned a fish and placed it on Xander's plate which he ate immediately. "By the way, I received an invitation to the gala by Wilmore John today." she said before scoping a spoonful of soup and putting it in her mouth.

"Yeah, I received one too." Xander said while chewing the soft meat before swallowing it. "Maybe we can go together, if not as a couple then as business partners, I think we should do that." Xander happily exclaimed, but his happiness was short lived when he heard Katherine's answer.

"No.. We must remain unacquainted with each other for at least before the party. We can use the party as an excuse to 'meet' each other and become a possible business partners in the future. And besides, I have already asked Harris to be my date for the gala." Katherine casually answered while she continued to eat her food.

Xander suddenly lost his appetite."Really? You're really going with that brat as your date? Last time I checked, you don't need to go with anyone as your date, you can just go solo just like I am." He did not trust that brat Harris at all, he just had this nagging feeling that Harris might be secretly in love with his wife which bothered him a lot. Katherine might not notice it but he did, maybe it was a man's instinct but he did and he was definitely wasn't going to allow that brat to attempt to covet what was his.

Katherine raised her eyes from looking at her meal and saw the sour expression on Xander's face. She sigh at his temperament. "Relax Xander, I'm just going with him because I wanted to hook him up with my secretary Lilly. He had been single since two months after we met so I'm trying to help him find love, with his grumpy attitude, I doubt he would be able to woo anyone without my help."

"And what will you do if he's not interested in your secretary? Don't tell me you would waste your time trying to play cupid by hooking him up with women until someone catches his eye?" Xander snapped at her for being too trustworthy of that man. What if he confesses to her that he wasn't interested in dating other girls because he was in love with her? Xander would surely kill him.

Katherine opened her mouth to speak "Well—" she didn't get to say anything because Xander interrupted her.

"If he doesn't like your secretary then you will abandon the idea of finding him love and you will minimize your interactions with him!" Xander declared with his expression turning more ugly.

"You don't have the right to tell me to abandon my brother, and stop ordering me around like I'm some dog okay?!" Katherine snapped back at him while crossing her arms in front of her chest.

Xander clenched his fists and said through his gritted teeth "I'm not ordering you around, I'm just looking out for you." Why can't she see how much he cares about her?

"You are being too overprotective, I had been with Emily and Harris since before you came back into my life and they have become my family, my brother and sister, and I don't appreciate you telling me to stay away from any of them." She retorted back and glared at him.

"Well I'm your husband now and it is my duty to take care of you and protect you from anything that might harm you or make you uncomfortable. You might see that guy as a brother but what if he sees you otherwise? Huh? What if he developed some kind of romantic feelings for you? Are you forgetting that he's a man or that he's not your real brother?" Xander's voice was calm, too calm for an argument which irked Katherine even more, she was the only one raising her voice and that's making her look like the one initiating the argument.

Her face morphed into a scowl and she glared at Xander with disdain "Are you trying to say that he likes me? Are you crazy out of your mind? He's my brother for God's sake, he will never feel like that towards me. You are just too over-possessive that you don't want absolutely no man around me even if that man happens to be Harris, whom I consider a brother and my family. I can't believe this!"

"The unbelievable thing is the fact that even though you have a very high IQ, your EQ level is so damn low that you couldn't even notice the way he looks at you. I bet he might have been planning to make a move on you sooner than you'd expect, but then I showed up. Hence his dislike towards me. I'm telling you the truth Katherine why can't you believe me? Do you have such little trust in me huh?" Xander's voice remained calm but there was a dangerous edge to his tone.

Katherine was not ready to hear or accept what Xander was saying, so she stood up from her chair and said: "I don't want to talk to you." And left the dining room with a loud "Hmmp!"

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