"What is it? Can you just say it already?" Kate asked, slightly impatient.

Raymond ended up scratching his head, and when he saw that Kate was getting more impatient, as though she wanted to leave, he had no other choice but to speak.

After taking a deep breath, he said, "It's like this, there has been some rumors within the family that they are making arrangements for your future.

A possible partner has already been found for you, so, I wanted to inform you about it, so that you can... you know..."

Kate's expression immediately shifted when she heard those words. She was furious, but she had nowhere to vent.

Raymond had only come over to inform her about what was happening within the family. There was no way that he could change anything, even if she said all that was on her mind at the moment.

At this moment, she was raging within her heart. She could not believe how those people thought. Did they take her for a commodity that they could make plans for?

She was a person, with her own emotions and thoughts. Did she not know what she was doing?

Additionally, she was not ready to get herself engaged in some emotional entanglements, even if it was some arranged marriage or engagement.

At the moment, she was only focused on obtaining as many merits as possible, so that she could be promoted.

As long as she obtained a high enough position, she should be able to handle the issue related to the death of her father.

'It seems that I will have to go back and talk to mother.' Kate thought to herself, before she completely ignored Raymond and turned around and left the hotel.

As for Michael, he was also slightly surprised when Raymond said those words. He could clearly understand what Raymond was trying to imply.

He had informed Kate about this, so that she would be careful, not to do anything during the time that she was out with him.

Since a partner had already been found for her, it would not be good for the image of the family if she suddenly got entangled with another person.

In the end, Michael could only shake his head. In his mind, he thought, 'What a pity. Such a beauty, she might end up getting married to some wastrel of a young master.'

Michael might admire Kate for her beauty and brave and confident personality but that was it. It was not as though he had fallen for her.

He was someone who would not just love someone because of appearance. Additionally, the two of them had only interacted a bit, which was not enough to give rise to such emotions.

So, Michael did not think much about this, as he thought, since Kate was from the Morgan family, it was inevitable that they would make some arrangements for her future.

Michael looked at Raymond, before he turned around and left as well. Raymond remained standing there, looking at the direction that that of them had departed.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something as he exclaimed in his mind, 'Sh*t! I forgot about Michael's mysterious background. He is the best partner possible. Well, I guess I will try convincing aunt about this. Even though she is not the one that is making the arrangement, she surely will not actively object.

But, if I give her a reason to object, maybe, just maybe, the arrangements that have already been made will be canceled.

Then, if Kate can get together with Michael, I would have done something very beneficial to the family. Getting such a son-in-law, it will not be impossible for our Morgan family to be able to dominate even the other provinces, and maybe break into the central province.'

As soon as he thought about that, he rushed back to the private room, informed Alex and the others that he was leaving as well.

After that, he did not pay attention to what Alex and the others said, as he also rushed and left the hotel.

...

Inside the Koenigsegg Regera, there was silence, as Michael drove away from Rising Spring Hotel.

It seemed that Kate was quite affected by what Raymond had said, to the extent that she was no longer curious about his background.

That was good too. At least, he did not need to give some random explanations.

While he was not entitled to explain anything to Kate, he just thought, since she had helped him out once, he might as well tell her something, just to make her mind at ease.

A few minutes later, Kate seemed to have made a decision, as she set aside the matter of family arrangement.

Instead, she looked at Michael with some curiosity and asked, "So, are you going to tell me about it?"

Michael, who had already thought about what he was going to tell her, simply responded, "Like I told you before, there was an uncle of mine, who had left home for quite a while.

He only recently got the information that my parents passed away, and that was the reason why he came looking for me.

He was sick, with a chronic illness. Since he did not have a family, he decided that I would be the one to inherit his wealth."

Michael of course understood that by creating an uncle persona, he would need someone to fill in that position. But, he did not believe that Kate would go to investigate that, at least for the time being.

When he got back, he would have to make some arrangements about this. In any case, in his family, it was always just himself and his parents.

As for their origin, Michael was completely clueless. He did not know of any other relatives of theirs, which was why he had been taken to the orphanage, instead of being taken in by a relative after his parents passed away.

Of course, it was impossible for his parents to have just popped out of nowhere. So, they must have had some origin.

During the time that he was in the hotel, when he said that there was something that he needed to handle, this was exactly what he needed to deal with.

He wanted to use his skills to find the information related to his family. That way, at least, he would understand what had happened back then, leading to his parents being the only people that he knew, without any other relatives.

Kate on the other hand nodded, realizing that what Michael had said was plausible. But then again, she thought of something else.

"Then, what about the skills that you have demonstrated so far? You are 18, but the skills that you possess, not just in terms of unarmed combat, but even in terms of marksmanship, they are top notch.

So, how did you train? Don't tell me, you were trained by some gangster back in Drenn city?" Kate asked, her curiosity piqued.

For this, Michael really had no any explanation that he could give. So, he simply shook his head as he said, "That is something that I cannot explain. Maybe in the future, I might let you know about it."

"What is this that you are so secretive about? Don't tell me, you are some kind of spy that was sent here to collect information? But, that doesn't make sense.

If that was true, then you would not have wasted a lot of time in such a small city as Drenn city. If you are a spy, you would have definitely been sent somewhere where important information can be found.

But then again, it seems to be almost impossible to be able to explain how you are so skilled at such a young age.

We are of the same age, and I can remember, I have been training so hard since I was little. But, as compared to you, there is quite a big gap." Kate responded, as though she was speaking to herself.

To this, Michael did not respond either. Since she was making her own speculations, then let her do it. Maybe, she might find a reason for him.

It was just that, he was left speechless by the fact that he was thinking that she was some kind of spy. Was her mind really just occupied about linking him with some criminal?

After about a minute, Kate came back to her senses and decided to shift this issue to the side for the time being. After all, it seemed that it would be impossible for her to be able to get the answer to this question for the time being.

Still, she had another question, "About what you have just said, about letting me know about it in the future. Are you perhaps thinking of maybe marrying me? Otherwise, what future are you talking about?"

Michael, who had thought that he had managed to handle Kate, was suddenly stunned by her words.

But really, what was going on through the mind of this girl? She was always overthinking things. Was this some kind of side effect of being a police officer who was so dedicated to her career?

"What are you thinking? Don't tell me, in order for us to be able to interact in the future, I have to marry you? Can't we just interact as friends?" Michael asked, a puzzled expression on his face.

"Yeah, interacting as friends is possible. But then again, I doubt that this might be possible." Kate stated as she nodded.

"By the way, as compared to marrying someone that I don't even know about, what about this, what do you think about marrying me instead?" Kate seemed to be thinking of something, before she suddenly dropped a bomb.

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