A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 187

The moment Rome arrived at the staircase, he was met with K, staring at him with a smile on his lip.

"What excites you this morning?" Rome asked as he jammed his hands in his front pockets.

"Scar should be the one to tell you! He said he wanted to call, but he didn't want to disturb ma'am and you this early." K gaily uttered. "So he's awaiting you at the casino."

"Ok-kay,"

"I promise you it's good news."

With her hand slowly tracing down the stair handrail, Catherine softly smiled at K when their eyes met and asked, "What is the good news?"

As she stopped by him, Rome grabbed her by her waist, pulled her towards him, and looked into her darting eyes as he calmly intoned, "I wish I knew. But apparently, only Scar can tell it, so I'm heading to the casino to meet him."

"Okay." Catherine said, gently stroking her hand against his chest.

After staring quietly at Catherine for a moment, Rome slowly tugged a lock of her hair behind her ear and asked, "Are you nervous?"

"Kind of," Catherine said with a shaking smile.

"Do you want me to come along?"

"Thank you, but I'd rather do this alone."

Staring deep into her eyes, Rome paused for a moment and then asked, "Are you sure?"

"Yes," Catherine said with a wide smile.

Reading the chemistry between both of them, K took a small step backward and then mumbled, "I will be outside."

Not waiting for a response, K turned around and hastily walked away.

"Don't hesitate to call me if you need to or want to, okay?" Rome said, keeping his gaze solely on hers.

"Yeah, I know, my superman." Catherine teased.

Then it got silent as their eyes kept fixed on each other without their lashes blinking.

Not holding back, Catherine tiptoed towards Rome's mouth, and when she felt his grip on her waist tighten, she gave a half-smile before resting her lips against his, claiming his bottom lip.

"Good morning, madam and sir!" Nora uttered as she walked towards Catherine and Rome.

Then her eyes widened when she reached them, and immediately, she turned around as she mumbled, "Oh! Pardon me."

A lovely giggle escaped Catherine's lips after she drew away from Rome.

"I might just clear my schedule and stay home today," Rome said with a straight face.

Narrowing her eyes at him, Catherine pulled from his arm and then mumbled, "You are going to work."

"Well, you are the boss, so I guess I'm going," Rome said as the corner of his lips pulled upward.

After a few hours' drive, Mr. Orlando finally stopped the car in front of the casino.

'She will be fine on her own, right?' Rome thought, unable to get rid of the sense of worry that was messing with his head and heart.

After K pulled the car door open, he then stepped out and walked into the building.

When Rome and K arrived in the casino a few minutes later and everyone saw him, it grew silent on the first floor and all eyes followed him as he headed upstairs without paying no mind to all the stares he was getting.

"Did you hear the 'big boss' took out someone last night?" A guy mumbled as he hit the billiard ball.

As the ball sunk into the hole, the other dude frowned. Then he rest his pool cue stick on the table and said, "I heard that it was because he tried to kill, boss."

"That's true,"

"It was a stupid mistake on his end. The big boss isn't kind to anyone who threatened his family."

After arriving on the second floor, Rome marched straight towards the steel door at the end of the hallway, pushed it open, and walked in with K.

“Boss,” Scar hastily said, standing from his chair.

Shutting the door behind him, K followed Rome further into the room.

After taking a seat on the couch, Rome gazed at his father for a moment and then stared at Scar as he asked, “So what's the good news?"

“I think I have found out who put Early in a coma!" Scar said, approaching the table.

"You think?" Rome asked with a touch of disappointment in his expression.

Swaying his focus on Rome and seeing the look on his face, Scar hastily said, "I don't think. I'm sure about it!"

"Okay. Who did it?"

"A guy named Grey."

The room fell silent as Rome intensely gazed at Scar with an emotionless face. Then he drew a breath and asked, "What's your assumption based on?"

"This," Scar said, opening the laptop on the table.

Then he input his USB into it, scroll through the files in it for a while, and stop at a video.

"Okay, do you see this guy entering the front door of the hospital, he kind of disappears a few minutes in the hospital CCTV footage," Scar said, looking at Rome for a moment.

"So you think the few minutes he's off-screen for, he went to get dressed?" Rome asked, looking at the backpack hung on Grey's shoulder.

"Yes! Because a couple of moments later, our mask guy showed up. Then after injecting Earl with the dosages, he disappeared and Grey resurfaced. The timing match! When Gery disappeared, the masked guy showed up, and when the masked guy vanished, Grey resurfaced."

"It makes sense because we couldn't find the masked guy after Earl got overdosed."

A tiny sense of hope sparkled in Rome's heart as he smiled at Scar, giving him a sense of accomplishment, and he just knew that his next discovery would make Rome even happier.

"Grey is Earl's personal assistant." Scar blurted out and the room instantly grew quiet.

"What!" Rome uttered in shock. "Earl was double-crossed by his assistant!".

After a brief hesitation, Scar uttered, "Yes, and it brings me to my next information, Grey is not the guy who was stalking you in Archenland. Their height and body size don't match. Also, Grey was here doing the time you were in Archenland."

Then when Rome and his eyes locked, he hastily said, "But I'm still digging into the other guy. So don't worry, boss, I wouldn't res…"

"Thank you, Scar." Rome gently uttered with a calm look in his eyes. "We wouldn't have such a huge breakthrough without you. So don't overwork yourself, and take your time."

Those words caused Scar to pause as he stared at Rome. Then he nodded happily and said, "Thank you, boss! I will!"

Swaying his focus off Scar, Rome looked at Mr. Ford and K and said, "Until Blake and Brook can add up to the information we have, for now, our mean focus will be getting any information we can get out of this Grey guy."

The silence in the room had Catherine feeling annoyed because she could hear all the thoughts running about in her head.

"Should I have allowed him to come with me?" Catherine mumbled, resting her head on the desk.

Then she blew out her jaws and muttered, "I can do this. My happiness matters too. It's time to stop sacrificing myself for ungrateful people."

At that moment, the sound of her office door opening echoed into her ear, and Catherine raised her head.

Then a sigh escaped her lips when she heard her secretary say, "Boss, your uncles, and Charles are here, and I have directed them in the board room as you requested. They are awaiting you there."

'Here goes nothing,' Catherine thought, standing from her seat.