Femme Fatale: The King's Deadly Temptress

Chapter 216: Deadly Sins and Heavenly Virtues 5

Damien's mind was still buzzing from the possibility that the rider was Katherine. Earlier at the party, he had only caught a glimpse of her side profile and when he started going after her, she seemed to have sensed it because she quickened her pace without even looking back.

Everything happened so fast that he didn't even realize people were looking at him when he sprinted across the room and disappeared into the kitchen. 

If only he ran faster If only he caught up to her. Would she even talk to him? That is if it really was her. There was no other explanation as to why that woman was hastily leaving. And if it was Katherine, what was she doing at the party? Did she come to see him? That wouldn't be right. Because if she did, why would she run away?

His thoughts were interrupted when William harshly patted his arm to get his attention. "Hey! Talk to me. I need you to tell me the truth."

Damien knitted his brows when he looked at the arrogant man in front of him who was pressing him on. He didn't want to admit anything because he didn't know what William would do once he finds out the truth. 

Turning away, Damien walked past William and headed towards the street in haste.

"Don't walk away!" William held Damien back, grabbing him by the shoulder and forcing him to look at him in the eye. He already had the idea of the truth but he had to hear it from Damien. "Answer me!"

"Yes!" Damien screamed in William's face with a menacing expression. "She's Katherine Young!"

William dropped his hands to the side. He somewhat knew of the truth after he tried digging some more information and gluing pieces together from what was happening recently but he was still extremely surprised. "But how?" he muttered so low, it was barely audible.

"Fck. I don't know, okay?!" Damien ran a hand across his face and sighed, exasperated and wistful. "I don't know."

For the past few weeks, Damien had tried to do his own investigation and although there were very little public photos regarding Katherine's family, there was one from many years ago and it only confirmed his fear of her real identity. She looked so different compared to her photos when she was a child but still quite similar. And she was a spitting image of her mother Natalie Young.

William watched as Damien slowly let out a long sigh. After hearing the truth from him, he could not imagine what he was going through. Damien was about to marry the daughter of the man their family was sent to kill. How was he supposed to move on from that?

"Do you think she knew all along?" William's question struck a nerve from Damien. That one question meant a lot Did she come to you for revenge? Was she just pretending to so she could execute her vendetta?

Too many unspoken questions and Damien knew it all because he also asked himself the same question over and over. "How should I know?" Damien suppressed himself from getting more riled up than he already was.

"Now that you know the truth, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to go crawling back to your father and tell him what you found out?" Damien's cold tone rang in William's ear.

William sneered at the accusation and he couldn't help himself but get pissed. Yet he couldn't blame Damien. After all, he hadn't been the best cousin to Damien for a long time. He contemplated for a while and he hung his head low, thinking about several causes and effects of what will happen if he does that. 

When he had his doubts for the first time, he had wanted to confront Damien right away but he didn't think he would admit what with all that happened between them. But seeing the way Damien reacted earlier, he was desperate to have answers. Seeing Damien's vulnerability for a while now, he would be lying if he said he didn't feel bad for him. 

"No."

"What?" Damien snapped his head towards William.

"I won't tell anyone." William lifted his head and met Damien's questioning stare. The latter obviously didn't believe him. And frankly, he couldn't believe himself either.

"Why?"

"I just won't. I don't know what else to tell you."

The two of them stared at each other for a long time without speaking. And it was all it took for Damien to believe that William was telling the truth. He didn't know what to do with this information but one thing was for sure as much as he could, he wanted to protect Katherine. 

Because even if he still had so many questions, his heart was still above his brain when it came to her.

Nodding, Damien exhaled a sigh of relief. He had been keeping everything to himself for three weeks now and having someone to share the same secret, despite it being a really fcked up one, he was still somewhat relieved even if it was with William.

"What now?" William questioned, wondering if Damien had plans.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean what are you going to do now? Are you going to continue looking for her? Because it has been three weeks and you don't have any idea where she is. The woman clearly doesn't want to be found."

Damien almost wanted to laugh in frustration. He knew that so well already. He had been looking for her for years. 

Katherine was like a ghost. She appeared and disappeared whenever she wants.

Seeing the rage in Damien's face, William clamped his hand on the other's shoulder and gave it a squeeze. This has been the longest conversation that they had without trying to mess with the other. "You know what? Let's head back to the party. I think I found a bottle of Jack stashed somewhere in the bar."

Damien snorted, shaking his head as they head back inside. "Idiot. I brought that. It was the only thing I could hide without getting caught by Ali."