Upon hearing Xander's words Katherine's face which was hardened now became gentle, she briefly looked at him with a small smile that the Lu siblings didn't notice and then turned her attention to the angry young man standing in front of her.
"Harris what new information did you acquire regarding BEPBU" asked Katherine.
"Let's talk somewhere else since we an have unwanted company here" Harris bitterly said as he glared at xander.
"Thank God you have finally realized that you are an unwanted company, disturbing the peaceful evening of a husband and wife" Xander retorted back with hardened gaze.
"Xander please!" Katherine gave Xander a pleading look which made him shut up but his gaze was still on Harris ready to tear him to pieces at any given chance.
Katherine then turned to Harris and said "You can talk about it in front of Xander, Harris I know it won't be easy for you to accept it but Xander is now part of us so it would be better to start getting used to his company. Please do this for me Har Har" she tried to coax the man by using his nickname that she gave him.
"Whatever Kath. We have gathered some vital information regarding the BEPBU project, there have been reports of women being missing in several places, sometimes these women were being kidnapped at night when they go out and happen to pass by in a secluded place, but things got serious when last week some thugs entered an all girls hostel at night and kidnapped over twenty girls who appeared to be in their mid twenties or early thirties, they were already long gone when the police arrived." Harris explained.
Katherine clenched her fist until her knuckles turned white," Those monsters! They are getting desperate, after seeing the advantages of the project when it is successful they have gone crazy, and since they can't find me they are doing anything they can to create something like me again. We can't let that happen, if they succeed then it will destroy the world, innocents of lives will be lost and destroyed. " Katherine said with gritted teeth.
Xander put his hand on her shoulder to calm her down and then he said "Well considering the fact that they have been taking women left right and center and they are conspicuous about it tells us that they are still unsuccessful in the project, we need to stop them before they achieve their goal."
"Yes, they have been unsuccessful and what they have been doing is that after a couple of days of kidnapping the women, they throw their rotten corpses at a place where they can be easily found, just yesterday the twenty girls that were kidnapped have been found completely rotten and now this has caught the attention of the interpol, my sources tell me that they are trying to handle this case in secret so as not to cause panic amongst the public " Emily further explained.
"They are leaving these clues and evidences for me, they are trying to tell me that if I don't return they will continue to kill innocent people, they are warning me." Katherine said in a slightly panicked state.
Xander immediately hugged her trembling body, his hand continued to pat her back and he reassured her "It's okay love, I will never allow them to reach you, they can never harm you again, you are not alone anymore. I'm here."
Seeing the way Xander was trying his best to calm down Katherine and the way he was handling her with utmost gentleness and care like she was made of glass made Emily smile and nod in satisfaction, it seems like this man really loves Katherine a lot, Emily was starting to accept Xander now.
Harris on the other hand was busy glaring daggers at Xander wishing that he could just kill the man, he loudly cleared his throat catching the attention of Katherine. She pulled away from Xander's embrace and she heard Harris declare "We are staying for dinner"
Since there was four of them now and Xander has gotten better and he's able to move more freely now, Katherine decided to have dinner at the dining room with everyone instead of going to to Xander's room to eat. This time Xander made her sit beside him while Emily and Harris where sitting beside each other with Xander and Harris sitting opposite each other.
When they started eating Emily and Harris noticed Xander putting food on Katherine's plate and she doing the same for him, there was an awkward silent as Harris continued to glare at Xander and continued to curse him in his mind. However Xander was unbothered as he continued to pamper his wife. To break the awkward atmosphere Emily cleared her throat and said:
"So Mr Ling, how many girlfriends did you have before Katherine, I'm sorry for asking you such a personal question but you must understand that as her sister I'm just worried that crazy vengeful obsessed exes might come for her head in the future."
"I have never had any girlfriend in the past, Katherine is my first in all aspect." Xander nonchalantly answered.
And Emily chocked, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. A man like Xander never having a girlfriend? Is he serious?
"Do you expect us to believe your lies? See Katherine, he's lying to your face right now, I told you he's not trustworthy!" Harris said as he glared at Xander and Xander shot him a deadly stare which made Harris avert his gaze to look at Katherine instead.
"He's telling the truth guys, he never had a girlfriend. I have already investigated him" Katherine confirmed.
Emily: "....."
Harris: "....."
After their dinner was completed the Lu siblings left the mansion and headed home leaving Katherine and Xander alone.
"uhm.. You should go to bed now and rest, your wound is still not completely healed. I will go to my room now, I will see you tomorrow for breakfast, goodnight." Katherine said to Xander with an awkward smile before she stood up and started rushing towards the stairs to go to her room which was located on the third floor.
She halted her footsteps when she felt Xander following her, she turned around and stared at him with a questioning gaze and she heard him say:
"What? Now that we are married we will be sleeping together of course, and since you are more comfortable in your room I absolutely have no objections staying there. We will be staying in the same room and sharing the same bed" Xander stated with an evil grin on his face.
Katherine was mortified hearing that "W-what?! I'm not going to s-sleep with y-you! You said we w-will be just f-friends until I'm r-ready!" Katherine said as she stuttered
"Of course my love and I will keep my word of not touching you, but if you are worried that you will not be able to control yourself from touching me then be rest assured, even though I am injured, I can still protect myself from being taken advantage of, come now, let's go to our bedroom I am tired already. "
Xander shamelessly said as he walked past her and headed towards her bedroom
Katherine gawked at the shameless man she married, she couldn't believe that a person could be this shameless, he's even accusing her of wanting to take advantage of him! With a red face Katherine hesitantly walked to her room and when she entered she noticed that Xander was already in the shower so she took the chance to place pillows on the middle of the bed to make sure that there was something between them.
A few minutes later Xander came out freshly showered and she noticed that he was now wearing a plain white shirt and a dark gray pants, she glanced at the place near the closet and noticed his bag of clothes sitting there. "he came with his clothes? He surely must have planned this since we finished our marriage documentation" Katherine thought to herself.
As Xander sauntered towards the bed, Katherine stood up and went to the bathroom ignoring him. After she finished taking a shower she put on her pink pajama long pants and a long sleeved t-shirt and went out, she thought Xander was already asleep by now but when she got out she saw him sitting on the bed typing something on his phone.
She walked to a wall near the entrance door inside the room and pressed her palm on it, a screen immediately popped up and she typed in some codes before she pressed enter. After making sure that she had activated the "night" security system in the entire house she turned around and gasped when she found Xander standing right behind her.
"W-what are you doing here?" she asked when she saw Xander looking at her like a predator looking at his prey before devouring it.
"To properly congratulate you for our marriage, I don't have any material gifts to give you right now but I do have something better in mind" Xander said with a deep husky voice.
"I don't want any gif-" Katherine swallowed the rest of her words when Xander pinned her on the wall and smashed his lips to hers.
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