Chapter 9 Chapter nine
Catherine and Constantin Demiris talked on the phone at least once a week, which seemed to have become a kind of tacit agreement between them.Demiris still sends her all sorts of neat little presents from time to time.Whenever she wanted to decline, he tried to convince her that it was just a gesture of affection. "Evelyn told me you did a great job with that Baxter thing." Or, "I got a report from Evelyn that your idea really saved the company a lot on shipping costs." ."etc.
In fact, Catherine is indeed proud of her outstanding work performance in her heart.She feels that the company can make further improvements in many aspects.Her former job skills are rapidly beginning to recover.She understands that since she came here, the company's benefits have increased significantly compared to before.
"I'm so proud of you," Constantine said, admiring her.
Catherine felt warm in her heart, and he was always so considerate to everyone.
It's almost time to act, Demiris told himself.Stavros and Chotas were gone, and now the only one left who could spoil his affairs was this Catherine.Although she wasn't much of a threat to him at the moment, Demiris, as Napoleon Chotas had discovered, never wanted to leave anything behind.What a pity, Demiris sighed inwardly.She had to leave this world, as charming as she was.But the first place she should go is Villa Rafina.
He has already bought that villa.He was going to take her to the house and play with her as Larry Douglas had played with Noel Patch there.Afterwards, she will...
Catherine still had to think about the past from time to time during this time.When she read in the London "The Qin Times" about the deaths of Frederick Stavros and Napoleon Chotas, she did not feel that it mattered to her, because The text did not mention that they had been defense attorneys for Larry Douglas and Noel Partch. But she still had a dream that night.
One morning, Catherine read a piece of news in the newspaper that shocked her: She put down the newspaper in her hand, and for some reason suddenly felt a strange feeling that she was about to seek protection.William Fraser.This man had played an important role in her life.If I hadn't left him then, I would be a very different person now. Catherine sat at her desk and gazed at the message, smiling and trembling, and William Fraser was one of her closest friends.Catherine felt a kind of tenderness and sweetness within her just to think of him.He is in London now.I must go see him.She thought about it.According to the papers, he lived at the Claridge Hotel. Catherine dialed the switchboard of the hotel.Her hands were trembling with excitement.She has a premonition that the old love from the past will soon be revisited today.Thinking of Dali is like having an electric current going through your body.What would he say when he heard my voice?When will he see me? The switchboard's voice came from the receiver, "Good morning, Claridge Hotel." Catherine took a deep breath. "Give me Mr. William Fraser, please." "I'm sorry, ma'am. Did you mean Mr. William Fraser or Madam?" Catherine seemed to have been hit hard.I am so silly.How could I not have thought of this?Of course he should be married now. "lady……" "I'm... nothing. Thank you." She put the phone on hold. I am too late.Everything is over.Coster is right.Let the past be the past. Loneliness is like a corrosive agent, it can consume a person's spirit and will.Therefore, everyone will have their own emotional life: pleasure, honor or pain, but Catherine lives in a world completely strange to her.She can only watch the lovers around her enjoy their tenderness and listen to their happy laughter like a bystander.But she wasn't sad about it. I am not alone in the world as a lonely woman.But I'm still alive!still alive!
You don't get things done in London.The movie theater here showed all kinds of American films throughout the day, so Catherine liked to spend time there when she was free.She's seen "Come on," "Anna and King Taro" and the evocative lifestyle film "Gentlemen's Agreement," and Cary Grant's "The Bachelor and Bobby Sauxer." The performance is even more amazing. In addition, Catherine often went to the Albert Hall to listen to music, and occasionally went to see one or two English ballet performances at the Seychelle Chengles Theatre.She has also been to Shakespeare's hometown, Stratford-on-Avon, where she watched Shakespeare's famous play "The Taming of the Shrew" starring Anthony Konger and Sir Laurence Oliver's masterpiece "The Taming of the Shrew". Richard III But she did all these activities alone, so it wasn't much fun at all. At such times, Kirk Reynolds suddenly broke into her life. One day, a tall, well-built man appeared in Catherine's office.He walked up to Catherine and introduced himself. "I'm Kirk Reyulds. Where have you been?" "I don't seem to understand what you mean." "I've been looking for you." That's how they got to know each other.
Kirk Reynolds is Constantin Demiris' newly hired overseas corporate counsel.He was about 40 years old, thoughtful, quick-witted, and very educated. Catherine once said of him to Evelyn: "You know what I love most about him? It's that whenever I'm with him, he always makes me feel like a woman. I've been around for a long time. Time doesn't feel like that anymore." "I don't know," Evelyn said after a moment's hesitation. "If I were you, I'd be careful not to throw myself into his arms right away." "I don't want that," said Catherine confidently.
Kirk Reynolds took Catherine to almost all the ancient judicial sites in London.They went to the former site of London's Central Criminal Court.That place has been the main seat of British criminal cases for centuries.Together they toured the main trial halls and the wax figures of lawyers in wigs and vestments that were on display in the halls.Afterwards, they visited Xinxingmen Prison.It was a building built in the eighteenth century.The gate of the prison is very wide, but after walking in, the road inside suddenly becomes very, very narrow. "That's weird," Catherine wondered. "I don't understand why they built the road like this?" "The open space at the gate was mainly used to accommodate spectators at the time, because the court often held public executions there." Catherine couldn't help shivering, she was deeply touched.
Kirk Reynolds and Catherine were walking slowly one evening along the jetty in East India Quay Street. “Not too long ago, the road was patrolled by police all day,” Reynolds told her. "This area used to be a den of criminals." Surrounded by a piece of pitch black, it is somewhat intimidating.So Catherine couldn't help feeling a sense of insecurity in her heart. The Whitby Overlook is one of the oldest pubs in England.They had dinner there.The tavern stood on the terrace of a building on the banks of the Thames.Customers can eat while watching the spectacular scene of seagoing ships of different sizes and barges passing through them racing along the Thames. Catherine was amused by the names of some of the old London hotels.Such as: "Century Cheshire Cheese" or "Fastaff and Goat in Boots" and so on.One evening they went to a lavishly decorated bar on City Street called The Eagle. "I bet you heard about this place in your nursery rhymes when you were a kid," Kirk said. Catherine looked at him curiously: "Is it sung in a nursery rhyme? How come I never mentioned this place?" "You must have heard it. The 'Eagle Bar' in that nursery rhyme refers to this hotel." "Which nursery rhyme?" "City Street used to be the center of the British tailoring industry in the early years. Every weekend, those tailors ran out of money. So they had to put the trade bucket at home-the thing they called the 'Iron Weasel' They sent them to the pawn shop for pawning. They won’t be able to redeem those eaters until they get their wages next week. Later, someone made up a nursery rhyme: Catherine laughed. "How do you know everything in this world?" "As a lawyer, you're supposed to know a little bit about everything. But there's one thing I don't know. Can you ski?" "I'm afraid not. How...?" He said to her abruptly, in a matter-of-fact tone, "I'd like to go to St. Moritz for a while. The ski instructors there are wonderful. Would you like to come with me?" The question was a bit too sudden for Catherine, so she didn't know how to answer it. "Then can you think about it?" "Okay." Catherine trembled all over.At this moment, she was thinking back to the scene of making love with Larry, and the feeling was still so ecstasy. "I will think about it." Catherine plans to introduce Kirk to Wim. They drove to Wem's apartment first, then picked him up and went to the Ivy Hotel together.Throughout the evening, Wem didn't even glance at Kirk, who seemed completely indifferent to those around him.Kirk glanced at Catherine inquiringly, and she gestured to him with a gesture of her lips: Speak to Wim.He nodded knowingly, and moved towards Wim. "What do you think of London?" "still alright." "Which city do you like best?" "Not one." "Do you enjoy your job?" "still alright." Kirk turned and shook his head at Catherine, then shrugged resignedly. But Catherine motioned him to try again. Kirk yawned, then turned back to Wem. "I play golf every Sunday, Wim. Do you like it?" Weim immediately replied: "Golf irons can be divided into long irons, medium irons, medium short irons, short irons, short irons, nine irons, short nines and putters. Wooden bats can be divided into wooden drivers, copper-headed, thirds, and wooden shorts." Kirk Reynolds blinked in amazement. "Then you must have had a good time." "He's never played golf," Catherine explained to him. "Wim just...knows. He can do math with anything." Kirk Reynolds has had enough.He had hoped to be alone with Catherine tonight, but she had brought such a nuisance. On the surface he still forced a smile on his face. "Really?" He turned to Wem and asked him curiously, "Then can you tell me what is 2 to the 59th power?" Wim sat there with his head bowed and counted silently.About 30 seconds later, Kirk was about to end, but Wim said, "576, 460, 752, 303, 423, 488." "My God," Kirk exclaimed. "Are these all true?" "Of course it is," replied Wem sharply, indisputably. "That's right." Catherine asked Wim again: "Wim, can you tell me... what is the sixth root of 24,137,585?" She thought of a number at random. They both looked at Wem's expressionless face in silence. After 25 seconds, he took out the answer, "equal to 17, the remainder is 160" "It's unbelievable," Kirk marveled. "You can totally believe it," Catherine told him. Kirk looked at Wem and asked, "How did you figure this out?" Wim just shrugged. Kai Wenlin introduced at the side: "Wim can complete two four-digit numbers in 30 seconds, and can remember 50 phone numbers in five seconds. He can look at everything and never forget it. .” Kirk Reynolds looked at Wem in wonder. "We need people like you there," he said. "I already have a job." Wim flatly declined. At night, when Reynolds drove Catherine back to her residence, he reminded her: "You won't forget to think about St. Moritz?" "No. I can't forget it." Why didn't I say to him: OK? Demiris called her late at night.Catherine wanted to tell him about Kirk Reynolds, but on second thought, she decided not to mention it to him for now.
Catherine still had to think about the past from time to time during this time.When she read in the London "The Qin Times" about the deaths of Frederick Stavros and Napoleon Chotas, she did not feel that it mattered to her, because The text did not mention that they had been defense attorneys for Larry Douglas and Noel Partch. But she still had a dream that night.
One morning, Catherine read a piece of news in the newspaper that shocked her: She put down the newspaper in her hand, and for some reason suddenly felt a strange feeling that she was about to seek protection.William Fraser.This man had played an important role in her life.If I hadn't left him then, I would be a very different person now. Catherine sat at her desk and gazed at the message, smiling and trembling, and William Fraser was one of her closest friends.Catherine felt a kind of tenderness and sweetness within her just to think of him.He is in London now.I must go see him.She thought about it.According to the papers, he lived at the Claridge Hotel. Catherine dialed the switchboard of the hotel.Her hands were trembling with excitement.She has a premonition that the old love from the past will soon be revisited today.Thinking of Dali is like having an electric current going through your body.What would he say when he heard my voice?When will he see me? The switchboard's voice came from the receiver, "Good morning, Claridge Hotel." Catherine took a deep breath. "Give me Mr. William Fraser, please." "I'm sorry, ma'am. Did you mean Mr. William Fraser or Madam?" Catherine seemed to have been hit hard.I am so silly.How could I not have thought of this?Of course he should be married now. "lady……" "I'm... nothing. Thank you." She put the phone on hold. I am too late.Everything is over.Coster is right.Let the past be the past. Loneliness is like a corrosive agent, it can consume a person's spirit and will.Therefore, everyone will have their own emotional life: pleasure, honor or pain, but Catherine lives in a world completely strange to her.She can only watch the lovers around her enjoy their tenderness and listen to their happy laughter like a bystander.But she wasn't sad about it. I am not alone in the world as a lonely woman.But I'm still alive!still alive!
You don't get things done in London.The movie theater here showed all kinds of American films throughout the day, so Catherine liked to spend time there when she was free.She's seen "Come on," "Anna and King Taro" and the evocative lifestyle film "Gentlemen's Agreement," and Cary Grant's "The Bachelor and Bobby Sauxer." The performance is even more amazing. In addition, Catherine often went to the Albert Hall to listen to music, and occasionally went to see one or two English ballet performances at the Seychelle Chengles Theatre.She has also been to Shakespeare's hometown, Stratford-on-Avon, where she watched Shakespeare's famous play "The Taming of the Shrew" starring Anthony Konger and Sir Laurence Oliver's masterpiece "The Taming of the Shrew". Richard III But she did all these activities alone, so it wasn't much fun at all. At such times, Kirk Reynolds suddenly broke into her life. One day, a tall, well-built man appeared in Catherine's office.He walked up to Catherine and introduced himself. "I'm Kirk Reyulds. Where have you been?" "I don't seem to understand what you mean." "I've been looking for you." That's how they got to know each other.
Kirk Reynolds is Constantin Demiris' newly hired overseas corporate counsel.He was about 40 years old, thoughtful, quick-witted, and very educated. Catherine once said of him to Evelyn: "You know what I love most about him? It's that whenever I'm with him, he always makes me feel like a woman. I've been around for a long time. Time doesn't feel like that anymore." "I don't know," Evelyn said after a moment's hesitation. "If I were you, I'd be careful not to throw myself into his arms right away." "I don't want that," said Catherine confidently.
Kirk Reynolds took Catherine to almost all the ancient judicial sites in London.They went to the former site of London's Central Criminal Court.That place has been the main seat of British criminal cases for centuries.Together they toured the main trial halls and the wax figures of lawyers in wigs and vestments that were on display in the halls.Afterwards, they visited Xinxingmen Prison.It was a building built in the eighteenth century.The gate of the prison is very wide, but after walking in, the road inside suddenly becomes very, very narrow. "That's weird," Catherine wondered. "I don't understand why they built the road like this?" "The open space at the gate was mainly used to accommodate spectators at the time, because the court often held public executions there." Catherine couldn't help shivering, she was deeply touched.
Kirk Reynolds and Catherine were walking slowly one evening along the jetty in East India Quay Street. “Not too long ago, the road was patrolled by police all day,” Reynolds told her. "This area used to be a den of criminals." Surrounded by a piece of pitch black, it is somewhat intimidating.So Catherine couldn't help feeling a sense of insecurity in her heart. The Whitby Overlook is one of the oldest pubs in England.They had dinner there.The tavern stood on the terrace of a building on the banks of the Thames.Customers can eat while watching the spectacular scene of seagoing ships of different sizes and barges passing through them racing along the Thames. Catherine was amused by the names of some of the old London hotels.Such as: "Century Cheshire Cheese" or "Fastaff and Goat in Boots" and so on.One evening they went to a lavishly decorated bar on City Street called The Eagle. "I bet you heard about this place in your nursery rhymes when you were a kid," Kirk said. Catherine looked at him curiously: "Is it sung in a nursery rhyme? How come I never mentioned this place?" "You must have heard it. The 'Eagle Bar' in that nursery rhyme refers to this hotel." "Which nursery rhyme?" "City Street used to be the center of the British tailoring industry in the early years. Every weekend, those tailors ran out of money. So they had to put the trade bucket at home-the thing they called the 'Iron Weasel' They sent them to the pawn shop for pawning. They won’t be able to redeem those eaters until they get their wages next week. Later, someone made up a nursery rhyme: Catherine laughed. "How do you know everything in this world?" "As a lawyer, you're supposed to know a little bit about everything. But there's one thing I don't know. Can you ski?" "I'm afraid not. How...?" He said to her abruptly, in a matter-of-fact tone, "I'd like to go to St. Moritz for a while. The ski instructors there are wonderful. Would you like to come with me?" The question was a bit too sudden for Catherine, so she didn't know how to answer it. "Then can you think about it?" "Okay." Catherine trembled all over.At this moment, she was thinking back to the scene of making love with Larry, and the feeling was still so ecstasy. "I will think about it." Catherine plans to introduce Kirk to Wim. They drove to Wem's apartment first, then picked him up and went to the Ivy Hotel together.Throughout the evening, Wem didn't even glance at Kirk, who seemed completely indifferent to those around him.Kirk glanced at Catherine inquiringly, and she gestured to him with a gesture of her lips: Speak to Wim.He nodded knowingly, and moved towards Wim. "What do you think of London?" "still alright." "Which city do you like best?" "Not one." "Do you enjoy your job?" "still alright." Kirk turned and shook his head at Catherine, then shrugged resignedly. But Catherine motioned him to try again. Kirk yawned, then turned back to Wem. "I play golf every Sunday, Wim. Do you like it?" Weim immediately replied: "Golf irons can be divided into long irons, medium irons, medium short irons, short irons, short irons, nine irons, short nines and putters. Wooden bats can be divided into wooden drivers, copper-headed, thirds, and wooden shorts." Kirk Reynolds blinked in amazement. "Then you must have had a good time." "He's never played golf," Catherine explained to him. "Wim just...knows. He can do math with anything." Kirk Reynolds has had enough.He had hoped to be alone with Catherine tonight, but she had brought such a nuisance. On the surface he still forced a smile on his face. "Really?" He turned to Wem and asked him curiously, "Then can you tell me what is 2 to the 59th power?" Wim sat there with his head bowed and counted silently.About 30 seconds later, Kirk was about to end, but Wim said, "576, 460, 752, 303, 423, 488." "My God," Kirk exclaimed. "Are these all true?" "Of course it is," replied Wem sharply, indisputably. "That's right." Catherine asked Wim again: "Wim, can you tell me... what is the sixth root of 24,137,585?" She thought of a number at random. They both looked at Wem's expressionless face in silence. After 25 seconds, he took out the answer, "equal to 17, the remainder is 160" "It's unbelievable," Kirk marveled. "You can totally believe it," Catherine told him. Kirk looked at Wem and asked, "How did you figure this out?" Wim just shrugged. Kai Wenlin introduced at the side: "Wim can complete two four-digit numbers in 30 seconds, and can remember 50 phone numbers in five seconds. He can look at everything and never forget it. .” Kirk Reynolds looked at Wem in wonder. "We need people like you there," he said. "I already have a job." Wim flatly declined. At night, when Reynolds drove Catherine back to her residence, he reminded her: "You won't forget to think about St. Moritz?" "No. I can't forget it." Why didn't I say to him: OK? Demiris called her late at night.Catherine wanted to tell him about Kirk Reynolds, but on second thought, she decided not to mention it to him for now.