Femme Fatale: The King's Deadly Temptress

Chapter 474: Lying Makes Your Nose Grow Longer

While Damien was discussing the Crown Residences project with Grandpa Theo, his phone rang. And when he checked who it was, he let out a small sigh.

"Go on, you can take that call," said Grandpa Theo.

He slightly bowed to the old man before he got up and took the phone call a few meters away. Pressing the green button, he placed the receiver to his ear and answered, "Hello, Nana"

"I thought you were also going to ignore my call! Would you ever have talked to me if I didn't call you first? This child really... You wait for me to see the news about you and Katherine?"

"Sorry, Nana I was going to call you later after finishing some errands"

"What errands? It's Sunday! Don't tell me you're working today too?"

Damien couldn't possibly tell her he was currently at the Young Mansion. She would throw a fit if she knew they visited the Youngs first before they went to visit her. "Just some stuff with Katherine" he muttered.

"Then finish that early and bring my Katherine here for dinner," said Nana in a gentler voice.

He didn't have the heart to decline her invitation. Knowing that he would be busy the next few days, today was the only time he had to visit her. "Sure, Nana. I'll let her know and we'll see you later."

"I will be waiting."

Just as he ended the phone call, Katherine and Deborah came back out to the garden. He met Katherine halfway and whispered to her ear, "Nana just called and wants us to come over for dinner."

She looked up at him, her expression was unreadable as she bit her bottom lip. She was actually planning to do something else that night, but she also wanted to see Nana. Curling the corners of her mouth into a smile, she nodded and answered, "Of course, I'd love to see her again."

She checked the time on her watch and saw that it was almost four in the afternoon. "I think we need to get going. Your estate is quite far from here." When Damien nodded, the two went to inform Grandpa Theo and Deborah that they had to get going.

Then, they bid each other goodbye outside the mansion. Damien turned to the old man and said, "Chairman, thank you for the invitation. I enjoyed lunch today. You should come and visit us too, and I will cook dinner for you."

Grandpa Theo clicked his tongue as he patted the other, "I told you to call me Grandpa. We're already family. It's only right." His gaze was stern but his lips had a hint of a smile on them.

"Ah" Damien rubbed his nape, suddenly getting all shy. "Then, I hope you can visit us one evening so that I can cook dinner for you, Grandpa."

"Ah! That's better!" And the two exchanged brief hugs before the couple left and rode the Range Rover.

...

Once they were back on the road, Katherine let out a sigh of relief and leaned on Damien. "I'm sorry about my grandpa and aunt. They're too excited for us. You must be exhausted"

A gorgeous smile formed on his lips as he placed an arm around her. "Don't worry about it. I actually enjoy talking to your grandfather. He's a wise man. He knows a lot of things that I don't. It piqued my interest... I want to learn under him."

Raising a brow in curiosity, she asked, "You want to study under him?" She wondered what he could possibly want to learn from Grandpa Theo when he already has an empire of his own. He was serious when he nodded his head and so she probed, "What do you want to learn about?"

"Anything." He shrugged. "For the times that I've talked to your grandfather, I've noticed that he really knows a lot of stuff. It's hard to explain but let's just say he's close to an encyclopedia. You ask him anything and he always has a sensible answer. He's brilliant."

"Really?" She didn't realize it, but now that she heard it from Damien, it did seem like her grandfather really was like a walking encyclopedia. When she was still a child, she used to ask him a lot of things and he'd always have an answer.

"By the way When I told you about us going to have dinner with Nana earlier, why did you hesitate?" he asked. "Do you not feel like going? Just tell me and I'll cancel"

"Oh, no Don't. It's not that. I want to see Nana too It's just Back at the mansion, I thought of taking the opportunity to learn more about my aunt." She then told him about her plans after what she heard in the tea room and what they talked about, including the one she made up about him saying stuffshe had to come clean, she felt awful using him.

Damien narrowed his eyes at her and poked her nose. "You lie too often. Aren't you afraid that your nose will grow?"

"It's not going to!" Katherine's eyes grew wide and her hands flew to her nose. "Is it?"

He threw his head back laughing at her reaction. She was so adorable. Such a cute Little Kitten.

"Anyway, you aren't wrong though." He pulled her back to him and gently patted her head. "As long as you put your mind to it, I'm sure you will be a great leader. You just need to learn more and work harder."

"Ugh. Running a company? That seems a LOT of hard work."

"I'll take you under my wing. You can be my apprentice."

They exchanged looks and chuckled at the same time, their knowing gazes said it all that they didn't have to say what the other was thinking to know that they were on the same page.

"So Your aunt will be gone for a while, and you want to check out her office?" he probed, and she nodded immediately. "More like breaking in. But yeah," she confirmed.

Damien thought about it for a while and then he whipped out his phone. "I'll call Felix and inform him about your plan. I don't know how long we'll have to stay with Nana but we'll leave as soon as we can."

"You're really okay with it? You'll let me sneak in and check out her office?"

Nodding, he looked at her in the eye and told her, "Yes. But I'm coming with you."