Chapter 15: Work in Canteen

"Kate, in fact…" Lisa looked at her. She wanted to say something but stopped.

"What's wrong?"

"To be honest, Joseph also asked me not to hire you. But I don't want to betray you because of his threat. I swear I will support you forever regardless of what he says or does." Kate puckered her lips and tried to restrain the pain in her heart.

She knew Lisa was a righteous person, but also knew how domineering Joseph was. If she worked for here, Joseph would be bound to take some measures to destroy the tea shop.

Lisa spent all her energy to run her own business. I cannot let Joseph destroy it.

"Lisa, I have something urgent to deal with. I have to leave now." Kate stammered and ran out of the shop.

After half an hour, she arrived at the Smith Group.

"Lady Kate, the president said…"

John wanted to stop the angry woman, but he did not dare to do so. Kate pushed the door open to Joseph's office and stood in front of his desk.

"I'm sorry, Lady Kate rushed into the office. I couldn't stop…" John lowered his head, fearing that Joseph would blame him.

"You can wait outside, John," Joseph commanded and put his files down on the desk. He smiled and asked, "How has your morning been? Any luck finding a job?"

"Tell me what you want to do. I don't want to play with you anymore. I don't want my friends to be affected."

"Okay, you can work in the canteen here starting tomorrow."

"What?" she didn't know what he wanted to do, "You just fired me. Why are you asking me to come back? This is so confusing."

"If you work in the canteen, it is very unlikely that you will see Samuel. Then I will not need to worry about your secret dates with him." Joseph scoffed.

"Are you deaf? I have told you many times that nothing happened between us. Why you…?"

"Whatever! You must stay away from him!" he stood up immediately and interrupted, "If you see him privately, I will stop buying drugs for your grandma."

"What!?!" Of course, she could promise not to meet Samuel, but Kate was so tired of being threatened with her grandma's life. It left her frightened and angry, even more than the misunderstanding about her killing Anna.

"So, you will work in the canteen, right?" He asked coldly.

"Do I have any other choice?" She asked.

**

The next morning, Kate arrived for work at the canteen.

"Lady Kate, Mr. President, you must wash all of them and not break them. If you break one, you have to wash an extra 500." Mike, the manager, explained while pointing at piles of dishes and plates.

"I understand." She knew that Joseph would make her job difficult.

Kate washed over three thousand dishes her first morning.

The other employees apologized, "Sorry, Lady Kate. Mr. President won't allow us to help you."

"That's okay. I will be fine. I just hope that after two or three days, I will become accustomed to it." Kate assured them. She was able to do all kinds of difficult and dirty jobs as long as her grandma had medical care.

When she finished her work, Henry was waiting to drive her home. Kate was so tired that she fell asleep in the car, sleeping helped her to ignore the nagging pain in her hands and legs.

Henry got out of the car and was about to wake Kate up when Joseph's car pulled up beside them. Henry reported in a whisper, "Lord Joseph, Lady Kate is asleep."

"Why don't you wake her up?" Joseph stared at him.

"Yes, sir." Henry trembled with fear. However, when he was about to wake up Kate, Joseph pushed him away.

When Joseph pulled her out of the car, he heard her say, "I love you so much! How can you treat me like this?"

Joseph was shocked to hear Kate's words. On their wedding day with all of their relatives and friends around, she confessed to him that she had been in love with him for a long time and would be a good wife. At that time, he felt sick hearing her feelings; he thought she killed Anna on purposed so that she could replace her.

"Joseph, those comforting words are…"

"Lord Joseph, what's wrong with Lady Kate?" Amy walked briskly towards him and asked.

Joseph suddenly commanded, "Wake her up!"

Amy nudged Kate gently and said, "Lady Kate, you have arrived home. Please wake up."

Kate woke up, her eyes still heavy. She looked at Amy and then looked around, saying, "Sorry, I fell asleep!"

"Yes. Lord Joseph asked me to wake you up."

"Lord Joseph?" She hated to hear this name right now.

When she got out of the car, she saw him walking towards the house. Dinner was on the table when they arrived home, but Kate found her fingers were to numb to hold on to her fork and knife.

"What's wrong, Lady Kate?" Amy thought she would lose her temper again, so she asked just to make Joseph angry at Kate.

Kate did not reply. Joseph saw her swollen hands, then remembered that arranged for her to work in the canteen. He thought he would be happy seeing her in pain; instead, his heart ached.

What was wrong with you? Why are you showing sympathy for her? Don't forget that she killed the woman you loved. Joseph thought, trying to convince himself.