Embrace Love's

CH 45'S. Rainy night part 2

Claude approached the fireplace. Sitting beside Catalina who was smiling at him, then the two looked back at the flame.

"You think ... Why didn't Vincent come?" ask Catalina.

"I don't know, Catty. But ... Vincent wouldn't do it on purpose. He will even still pick me up if it is safe. If he did not come, then surely the reason was very serious. He chose to stay at Villa and it's safer to leave us here than to pick us up."

"You mean ... is it not safe to be outside the villa?"

"Possibly yes and the people we brought in very few. It would be very risky to let them go pick up and leave the villa unguarded. Vincent must have asked for more people and security. But with this bad weather, help might just come tomorrow morning."

"Looks like you know Vincent's mind very well, Claude." Catalina turned her head, Claude's blanket not wrapped around the man's entire body. Claude did not hold the blanket on his chest as he did, it opened like a pajama collar on Claude's neck and chest and closed cross-legged from his waist down.

"I know him very well, like my other brothers," Claude replied without turning his head. His eyes stared at the fire.

"Have he worked in your family for a long time?" Catalina saw a smile rise on Claude's lips, making the male face that was visible from the side next to him seem mysterious. Catalina glanced down, slightly peering over the blanket, the sight of the hard-looking, muscular naked chest making her eyes fixated.

"I was a teenager when Vincent first came to our family. I heard it was my mother who took him and forced me to accept Vincent back then." Claude kept looking at the flame when telling stories. Makes Catalina freely look at his figure.

"Mother said Vincent helped her when she was robbed when she was just released from a hospital. At that time, she was visiting because one of her friends had just had an accident. The two robbers brought knives and pulled Mom's bag. Mom lets her bag be taken, hoping the robber leaves, but both of them stare at Mom and see her as a big prey. They can make Mother a way of earning more money. Both took Mom hostage. Take him to a suburban slum, where the criminals and bandits are."

Catalina listened to the story that flowed from Claude's lips with eyes involuntarily looking at each centi of the male figure. He stared at the yellowish light dancing in Claude's stern jaw, then at his neck and then at his chest. Catalina felt warm, her blood rustling and realized her heart was beating faster. He blinked, whether this was the warm effect of the fireplace, or .. his mind floated.

"They intended to ask for ransom, and when the two began to contact Father and threatened to hurt Mom, Vincent, who also lived in the settlement, saw their actions. He heard Mother crying and begging not to be hurt. The two robbers were finished in just minutes. He was adept at any weapon, both lying with their own weapons hitting their bodies. Then Vincent just left, I had to run after him and without fear of pulling his arm."

Claude suddenly turned his head with a grinning smile towards Catalina. Makes Catalina feel caught. Her cheeks were blushing, feeling that she was so mischievous that she was pounding by looking at the chest of a man. Claude grinned at the thought of his mother's courage.

"Vincent was still a criminal at the time, but Mom pulled him over and offered him a job ... Vincent just laughed at mom. The man will return by the time Mom pulls his arm back and offers something else."

Claude looked at Catalina's blushing face, the girl must have been feeling warm, the heat of the fireplace made Catty's cheeks look flushed.

"Mother offered to let Vincent go with him, live with Bernard's family . Having parents to take care of him and three younger siblings, Vincent stopped, the young man turned to Mom and asked her with interest about what she said about three younger siblings."

Catalina listened with interest, her ears were curious to hear Claude's story, her eyes were tempted by the sight of Claude's figure, while her heart began to soften with feelings that she herself did not understand.

"He followed Mom. I was taken out of the country and into the Bernard family. Simon and I greeted him cheerfully, his expertise in various things made us admire him. Only Father and Joanna saw him first with suspicion and caution. They let and accepted Vincent just because Mom forced."

"And until now he is still with you" said Catalina.

"Yes .. I'm grateful you took her at the time."

Catalina nodded then put her head on her knees.

"Lay Catty ... sleep," Claude said.

"No. .. Next time Vincent's story, what if you replace it with a story about yourself."

"Me?"

"Yes .. you. Have you ever had a boyfriend?" Claude's direct question made the red hue on Catalina's cheeks even more so. The girl immediately pouted.

"It's none of your business!" claude laughed as Catalina turned her head in the opposite direction.

"Come on Cat, don't be shy, I want to know" Claude said in a soft voice.

"The factory is none of your business," said Catty slowly, not taut anymore like that, but he still turned his head in the opposite direction while leaning his cheek up to the knee.

"I used to have a fiancee, the plan was to get married .. At that time the idea of marriage did not look unpleasant. But the woman changed her mind. He left me and left without saying why.Last I heard, it was because there was another man." Claude stops, looks at the fire and thinks about his past with Tania Sweyn. Catalina turned back towards Claude when she heard Claude's voice stop. He was curious about Claude's current expression.

However, in astonishment Catalina realized, Claude was smiling.

"At that time there was no sense of loss I felt. I was a little angry because he made people think no-no because there was a woman who left me." Claude laughed a little.

"I made the incident an excuse for not being approached by any woman. As if I've been heartbroken so heavily, no one wants to come close because of the cold and cruel face that I always show off."

Catalina looked surprised as Claude suddenly looked at her with sparkling eyes, the man turned his head with a wide smile.

"Now I'm grateful Tania left me. Because I've found a girl that I'm going to make a wife, a mistress Claude Bernard." The glint in Claude's eyes grew even more shiny, making Catalina shudder, her eyes unable to look at Claude.

"Sleep Catty. Tomorrow we'll go home." Claude said it with a smile, then the man lay down, as if he had just not said a single piece of news that made Catalina's roman fur shudder.

Who her? Who's the girl, Claude?

Catalina wanted to ask, she had just opened her mouth when Claude moved sideways, lying on his back.

"Just sleep Catty ... or do you want to see what's under my blanket? You were staring, weren't you?" A thick amused tone dyed that seductive remark. Making Catalina blush and immediately grimace in anger.

"Who is staring at you! Your eyes are myopic!" exclaiming Catalina furiously, the girl lay down and moved around accompanied by a loud voice on purpose, letting out her annoyance. He clasped his blanket tightly and turned Claude behind him.

Claude grinned. You were caught off guard, Cat ....

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