Flash Marriage: Slow Down Mister
Chapter 617 Lost Soul

Darren had already left the cottage by the time Catherine got up. Looking at the empty living room, she tilted her head and drank the last sip of milk from her glass before leaving the cottage. "Catherine, congratulations." As soon as she entered, someone spoke at her.

She was full of confusion, but she still responded politely, "Thank you."

"Heh, what's so smug about it, didn't you just get the interview?" Anna hooked the LV handbag on her wrist and glanced disdainfully at Catherine's white canvas backpack.

"You know, this is Darren's first exclusive interview." Catherine straightened her back and responded in the same tone, then took the lead and went to her seat.

"Let's see how long you can still be proud of yourself!" Anna's gnashing teeth voice came from behind.

Catherine just smiled faintly and casually set her backpack aside.

"Knock, knock, knock." Suddenly someone knocked on her desk.

As soon as she looked up, she met the editor-in-chief's smiling face: "Catherine, come in with me for a moment."

"Okay editor-in-chief." She nodded and hurried after her.

The door to the room closed, she stood straight at the side, her heart was really apprehensive, kept measuring the editor-in-chief's expression.

"Catherine, the market response to this interview was very good, so we plan to do a second issue, and since you were in charge of the first issue, I'll leave all the matters behind to you as well." The editor-in- chief narrowed his eyes into a slit.

"What!?" She couldn't help but exclaim, "Editor-in-chief, I can't do it."

"Catherine, you know what Darren means to our magazine, you can only do this!" The editor-in-chief persuaded bitterly.

Catherine, however, tightly pursed her crimson lips, without any semblance of compromise.

The editor-in-chief pointed at her nose half a day can not say a word, a long time before a long sigh, just ready to speak, was interrupted by the phone.

He smiled fawningly at the other end of the phone, "Mr. Kirkland, why are you calling personally, is there something not satisfactory about the report?"

Catherine looked fixedly at the editor-in-chief with a smile on her face, and her expression became more and more serious.

I don't know what Darren said on the other end of the phone, but the editor-in-chief kept nodding in agreement for a while before hanging up.

He changed his serious look again and spoke to Catherine in a cold voice, "Darren volunteered to do the second interview and specified that you should go."

Catherine abruptly looked up to meet the editor-in-chief's cold eyes and tried to object, but the editor-in-chief took the lead and cut off her retreat: "If you still want to stay at the magazine, go for the second interview immediately!"

The tone of the command did not allow her to question, she frowned unnoticeably, and finally could only agree: "I know."

The editor-in-chief's expression finally softened a bit and said in a gentle tone, "Catherine, our magazine is in your hands."

Somewhat inexplicably annoyed, she nodded and turned outside to get her backpack and camera to leave, only to be far from expecting what happened next. "Miss Perry is it? Mr. Kirkland is in a meeting, you'll have to wait a moment." Darren's assistant stopped her at the office door with a polite smile on her face. "That's okay." Catherine gave her a small smile and took a seat in one of the breakout rooms.

This is right across the street from Darren's office, and you can see the furnishings through the window.

Darren the man does not like bright colors, the office is a simple black and white decoration, clean a little too much.

"Miss Perry, please have some water." The assistant said softly.

Catherine hurriedly pulled her eyes back and nodded, "Thank you."

"The meeting should be over soon, Miss Gu, so don't worry."

"It's nothing." Her tone was flat.

Darren has seen more difficult sides than this, so what's the hurry?

The assistant gave her a slight nod and then withdrew to go about her business.

Catherine simply took the opportunity to browse through the questions to be visited this time, so as to avoid the situation of the last time. "Phew......" she closed the file and took a long breath, but there was still no movement outside.

She raised her hand to look at the time, half an hour had passed.

She walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to look at the view outside with some boredom, and her expression gradually became softer.

She looks out the window a little lost in thought, thinking about Heidi's relationship with Darren and her future with him.

So much so that she didn't even know Darren was walking up behind her.

"What! Like what's on your mind so much?" Darren's low, slightly raspy voice abruptly sounded behind Catherine.

Catherine gave him a startled look, then glanced at him with feigned equanimity and responded in the same tone: "Mr. Kirkland, people scare people to death. Now, can you start doing the interview?" Darren let out a cold snort from the tip of his nose, casually unbuttoned his forehead and strode towards the office.

Catherine set up the camera and took a seat across from Darren.

She cleared her throat and softly inquired, "Is the reason Mr. Kirkland is doing this interview with us something to do with Miss Moss?"

Darren's eyes lit up, he shrugged, and said, "In part."

Catherine looked steadily at his face, her eyes somewhat vacant, and for a long time she did not see her return to her senses. Her mind was still confused by Heidi's relationship with Darren.

"Catherine!" he said, his tone icy.

Catherine then noticed her loss of composure, but her mind was blank and she couldn't remember what her next question was.

She scrambled to go through the papers on her lap, but they were scattered all over the floor.

Darren furrowed his thick brow and looked at her coldly.

"Sorry." She said somewhat apologetically while sorting out the papers in her hands, but accidentally knocked over the glass of water on the coffee table when she got up, spilling some on Darren's pant leg. Darren's eyes were impatient: "If you don't want to do this interview, you don't have to come!"

"Sorry, I was out of line, let's start over." She took a deep breath and quickly got into the swing of things.

Darren took in her emotions one by one, but didn't say anything.

"We are all curious how Mr. Kirkland and Miss Moss met and by what coincidence did they come together?" Her expression was calm, but the palm of her hand, which was holding the microphone, was already tightly clenched.

Darren adjusted his sitting posture, tapping his fingers on his knees in a lazy manner, "I think there are few men who would not be attracted to a woman as beautiful as Heidi, not to mention that she is so docile that she can at least save me some worries."

He gazed at her cheeks, and the words, clearly, were said to her on purpose.

Her eyes flashed with a hint of displeasure, only to be replaced with a faint smile as she looked down.

Following the text, she asked some more harmless questions, and this time it was always a successful conclusion, with Catherine looking relaxed and bowing her head to organize her notes.

When she looked up, she met Darren's hot eyes.

She frowned slightly and inquired in a cold voice, "Does Mr. Kirkland have any more questions?"

"After half a day of muddling through, you're quite a journalist!" He taunted.

Catherine's heart couldn't help but giggle and ducked her head to avoid his gaze: "Mr. Kirkland is joking, since the interview is over, I won't take up Mr. Kirkland's time."

She casually lifted the backpack beside her, but Darren heavily pushed her palm back.

He came up to her with only a few centimeters between them, "Catherine, you better remember who you are now, you're still my rightful Mrs. Kirkland!"

Mrs. Kirkland, extremely ironic?

She pulled out a bitter smile and questioned, "What about Heidi, what does that count as!?"

Darren's movements clearly froze and his eyes gradually became deeper and deeper, making it impossible for her to see through them.