C4 Date

Kate had literally spent the whole night with Alessa coming up with ways to make Lucas hate her enough to have the marriage broken off but here she sat, still waiting even after an hour had passed and he hadn't shown up yet. He had however sent Natalia, his assistant so she couldn't leave or order anything apart from water. So annoying! Just what did he take her for to prevent her from ordering nothing aside water?

The grumbling sound of her stomach was enough to tell how mad and hungry she was. Thankfully she didn't have to wait any longer as Lucas finally arrived dressed in an expensive tuxedo and carrying with him his usual cold but charming aura.

He walked towards her the moment he stepped into the Chinese restaurant and came to sit directly across her. Kate took the initiative to speak once he sat down.

"Just to be clear, I am not into you."

He smirked. "Yeah, if I remember correctly it was your father that came over asking for all these."

"Then why not have this arrangement blown over?" she asked point blankly.

His retort was, " … I guess you are too aggressive for a lady."

Seeing it was futile going into a word battle with Lucas, Kate called for the waiter and placed an order for Mac and cheese while Lucas went for a typical New York steak.

Once the food was served Kate began eating with her bare hands, making sure to grasp a portion of the food that could barely contain her mouth but shoving it into her mouth nonetheless, and then she went on to speak with her mouth full.

"Are you sure you would want to go ahead with the marriage, I'm not sure I fit into your lovely wife image…" from how her mouth was full, her words came out incoherent.

She paused to chew rather noisily, and then continued after swallowing. "Honey, why don't you join me and eat with your hands!'' Kate took a dare moving closer across the table and rubbing Lucas' suit with a good amount of Mac & Cheese.

Both of them locked gazes for a few minutes with Lucas' expression showing he was clearly angry while still maintaining his gentleman composure.

Standing up from his seat Lucas spoke. "Since it is apparent you don't want me here, I will be leaving then."

"I guess won't be escorting you out then," Kate spoke with a provoking smile.

It wasn't until Kate was sure that Lucas had left before she let go of the facade she had just displayed.

Phew! That had been intense! The only reason she had been able to even put up the act in the first place was because the Miller had rented the whole restaurant for the morning. She wouldn't have dared if they were other people in the restaurant. That would have been too disgraceful for her.

Since her date had practically run away, Kate quickly pulled out her phone and placed a call to Alessa to check if there was any urgent matter in the office that need her presence to resolve.

While waiting for Alessa to answer her call Kate couldn't help but glance at the mess she had made. She had to admit that this was some nice Mac and cheese she had ruined… Immediately the line got connected Kate spoke.

"I think I got him to have the marriage agreement canceled, he literally just ran off a moment ago…" Kate went on to explain the details of what had just transpired while making her way towards the restroom to clean herself up.

"Trust me, if that didn't get to him, I don't know what will. Maybe next time you should try bathing him with a bowl of cheese. That would definitely make him look less handsome," Alessa said after Kate ended her narration, and the two girls burst out laughing their hearts out.

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While Kate and Alessa were supposedly having the time of their life the same couldn't be said for Lucas as he was just moments from exploding in anger. To make the situation worse he had a meeting with some of the country's diplomats after their date but it was clear that he was in no state to attend.

Lucas finally spoke after a long time of silence and fifteen minutes of the driver driving aimlessly around the city." Drive back to the Mansion. Natalia you would go to the meeting in my stead and send my apology."

"Yes sir."

Both the driver and Natalie spoke in sync, and then the car drove off with a clear destination this time.

Every minute was basically torture for Lucas as the cheese sank further down through his clothes, immediately the car pulled over in the front of the mansion, he quickly alighted from the car heading straight towards his bedroom to clean up. Of course he didn't escape the gaze of the mansion's staff who were simply wondering who was able to put their Young Master into such a state.

Although a clean shower was able to clean the mess, it failed to curb the anger that Lucas was feeling currently. He couldn't believe that he got humiliated in that manner. In fact, no one had ever humiliated him before.

Looking in the mirror, Lucas' anger was slowly replaced with a smirk. If Kate's aim with all these stunts she was pulling was to get his attention then she finally got it. He already felt something off about her from their first meeting in the elevator…

A knock on the bedroom door pulled him out of his thought as he quickly went over to answer it.

"Grandpa Miller is requesting your presence, he said I should inform you of this immediately you arrive."

Lucas nodded in acknowledgment before shutting the door so he could have some proper clothes on. He let out a breath of relief. At least his grandfather was unaware of the little incident that happened with his date. The mansion's staff knew better than to say anything to his grandfather about what they saw, that is, him returning to the mansion covered in mac and cheese. His grandfather most probably summoned for his presence upon arriving at the mansion to question how the date went. He was still undecided on whether to sincerely tell him how it went or not.

Lucas slowly walked into his Grandfather room. "You are back early! I was about to leave the mansion. I have a couple of my old friends in town and I was just about to go say hi to them."

Lucas drew a sharp breath before speaking. "I was informed that you want to see me."

Grandpa Miller took a few minutes to recount his thoughts but Lucas was more than patient in waiting.

"Well there is the issue with the airline, I want you to have that resolved before it takes too long and becomes messy and I have sent a package to your room." Grandpa Miller paused in his sentence for a second before giving Lucas a hard stare, and then he asked.

"So what did you think of Kate and the little arrangement I made?"