Chapter 97 I Just Want You

"Yes, we appreciate them, and if there were more people out here, the flowers would lose their charm," Noelle said, then an odd expression appeared on her face. She could see Joseph walking out of the house with a servant behind him.

Noelle pointed in Joseph's direction, "Kate, what is my brother doing out here again?"

Kate looked over immediately and saw the tall, handsome man approaching them. She thought he was inside with guests, so she didn't understand why he was outside.

"Let's take it to that gazebo. We will eat there," Joseph said to the servant.

Noelle's mouth began to water when she saw the food on the tray, "Joseph, you are so considerate. You must have known we were actually hungry!"

Joseph said nothing; he only glanced at her and walked to the gazebo.

"I know you are not worried about me. You're afraid that Kate is starving!" Noelle teased.

"No, it's not..." Kate denied with embarrassment, but she was also a little excited.

"Kate, you and my brother, have been married for so long, how can you still act like a shy little girl?" Noelle whispered in her ear, "My mother said that my brother is good in most ways by the doesn't know how to express his love. He is about as dull as a piece of wood!"

"As dull as a wood?" Kate didn't agree with Noelle. She wanted to say that Joseph and Anna were loving and affectionate, so maybe he was only emotionless and dull when he married her.

"Why don't you eat?" Joseph interrupted the two who were whispering to each other.

Noelle hurried to sit down and handed a fork and knife to Kate.

"Thank you!" Kate looked at the food and smiled; she was hungry.

"Eat the soup first," Joseph ordered, his stern eyes glared at her as she was about to put a carrot in her mouth.

When she heard him, Kate put her fork down and picked up a spoon to eat her soup. Maybe it was because of the look in Joseph's eyes or because she was at the Smith home, but she did everything Joseph told her to.

Noelle's eyes jumped back and forth between the two, "Joseph, come on, I am single. Can you please care about my feeling and not be so lovey-dovey in front of me?"

"Just focus on your plate!" Joseph ignored his sister's words.

"Okay…" Noelle was almost a little afraid of her brother. She stopped talking but secretly blinked at Kate from time to time, suggesting that Joseph was vicious.

Kate smiled, but her heart was breaking. She used to spend time with Noelle when Joseph wasn't around. But, after the divorce, she and Joseph were talking and eating a meal together.

It was as if Anna read her mind because suddenly an annoying female voice yelled out, "So, I finally find you!"

Anna appeared with Samuel by her side.

"Kate, Noelle, have you had dinner?" Samuel asked.

Joseph didn't look up when he heard Anna's voice; it wasn't until Samuel spoke that he gave a cold glare.

"Yes, we did!" Kate responded politely.

"That's good," Samuel seemed relieved to hear Kate's answer.

"What are you doing here?" Noelle looked at Anna with disgust and said harshly, "This is the Smith home, and you are not welcome here. Get out!"

Although Noelle was afraid of Joseph, she took Kate's side and did not want to give Anna the opportunity to break them up.

"Miss Noelle, I ..." Anna lowered her head as if she was embarrassed, but her fists were clenched tight.

Samuel saw that Joseph wasn't going to stand up for Anna, so he quickly said, "Noelle, Miss Anna is a guest of our family. Please, don't do this."

"If she were a true guest, I would be polite and treat her with respect. However, I am afraid that she only has bad intentions to ruin my brother's relationship with Kate!" Noelle stated, not caring about Anna's feelings.

"Miss Noelle, if you treat me as an outsider, then your sister, Kate should also be an outsider," Anna snarled.

The reply made Noelle even angrier. She warned confidently, "Kate is my brother's wife; she's not an outsider!"

"Really?" Anna looked at Kate with a sneer. "Sister Kate and Joseph are divorced. Miss Noelle doesn't know?"

"What are you saying, divorce?" Noelle looked at Kate in disbelief, "Kate, is this true?"

Kate couldn't deny it and nodded, "Joseph and I went through the divorce formalities a week ago..."

Noelle let go of Kate's hand and shook her head, unwilling to believe what she was told. She stammered, "But that is impossible. You…you…you were so intimate just a few moments ago. It doesn't seem like you are divorced at all…"

Kate knew that she and Noelle were like sisters, and she had kept her divorce a secret, so Noelle had to be furious.

Anna knew she said something she shouldn't have. She put her head down and didn't dare look at Joseph.

"Brother, why did you get a divorce?" Noelle sobbed.

Joseph cleared his throat slowly before turning his anger to Anna, "It is none of your business whether Kate and I have divorced or not."

"Joseph, you said that you would be responsible for me. Didn't you get a divorce to take care of me?" Anna was so scared that she turned pale.

Anna was going against what her mother told her to do, but she knew Joseph was tired of her. No matter what she did, she could not get near him. She had to take advantage of what happened the night Joseph's got drunk. Anna couldn't believe that he would be so irresponsible in front of others.

Joseph replied unsympathetically, "I made it clear when we spoke…"

"I don't want any compensation; I just want you!" Anna cried.

"That sounds shameless and really disgusting!" Noelle felt sick even though she understood Anna was only harassing Joseph, and he wanted nothing to do with her.

Noelle saw that there might still be a chance for Joseph and Kate, so she said, "Anna, my brother liked you before, while you flaunted around in front of us, I put up with it. But, now it seems that he knows your true personality and doesn't like you anymore. You better leave her as soon as possible."