101: Chapter 101

Chapter 101

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"Um, Kate…" Bonnie winced as she gathered her courage to speak, "We have a problem because of Terry."

Kate peered suspiciously at Bonnie and Terry, "And what kind of problem did your boyfriend create this time, Bonnie?" She asked, this wasn't the first time Terry created a problem due to his bad temperament and his irresponsibility.

"Uhm, I'm not sure if I could say this without pissing you off, but this is not completely Terry's fault," Bonnie said as she presented Kate's anger at Terry.

'It's definitely Terry's fault,' Kate said in her heart. "Just tell me what the problem is, I don't have all the time in this world, Bonnie."

Bonnie gulped, she glanced at Terry, and the forty-year-old man held her hand under the table to comfort her and give her courage, "W—Well, about a week ago, Terry confessed that he slept with a woman he met on Facebook. They hit it off instantly, and they did it without a condom."

Kate clenched her jaw. She was ready to snap at Terry for being a cheating bastard. This man dared to cheat on Bonnie, who had been loyal and wonderful to him all throughout their relationship. 

She also couldn't believe that Bonnie still tolerated this useless skunk despite his criminal offenses and cheating. 

"But that's not the worst part," Bonnie said as she bit her lip and gave Kate a tentative look.

Kate took a deep breath, she thought things couldn't get worse, but she was wrong, "Tell me everything, Bonnie. The more you hide things from me, the higher chances that Emperor Publishing will have to press charges against you later on."

Bonnie nodded. She actually came here to come clean to Kate and inform her about everything because they had become friends over the years of working together, and she knew that the publishing company might bring her even more trouble later on if she hid this big problem.

"You see, since Terry didn't use a condom when he slept with that woman, she ended up getting pregnant," Bonnie said. "And that woman was actually a fourteen-year-old girl. She told her parents everything and now her parents are trying to blackmail me."

Kate froze at the news, she wanted to stand up and slap Terry for his stupidity, but she kept calm and waited for Bonnie to finish telling her the story.

"They said that they want compensation of five million dollars or else they will bring this problem to court and also spread this online because they know that Terry is my boyfriend. Of course, I don't have that kind of money," Bonnie said. She made bank with her book but it wasn't on par with those big named authors. She earned roughly three million from her first book, and most of the money was already spent to bail Terry out of his offenses, and now she didn't have that much in her bank account anymore.

"That's why, I'm planning to hire a lawyer to help my boyfriend," Bonnie said determinedly. "I don't want him to get arrested because of statutory rape."

Terry sighed, "Don't worry, even if I go to jail, you can bail me out again, right?"

"But, I don't want you to get hurt in jail. You have a serious offense, Babe. Besides, it'll be even harder for me to bail you out if you are convicted of statutory rape," Bonnie said. "Anyway, I have to tell you this, Kate. Since I refused to pay five million dollars, the family of that girl already planned to publish everything on the internet, and I will soon get canceled by people, including all of my books as well."

"You know it would be a lot easier if you just separated yourself from this pedo bastard, right?" Kate said crudely. She had had enough of Terry. "He fucked a fourteen-year old girl, a child for crying out loud! And he is forty, old enough to be her own father and what makes it worse is he got her pregnant!. Why don't you use your brain for a second and leave him? I'm sure it will save you a lot of money and heartache."

"But I can't leave my boyfriend, Kate," Bonnie insisted. "He's going through a tough time right now."

"A tough time? HAH!" Kate scoffed. "He screwed a fourteen-year-old! —FOURTEEN! He deserves to rot in jail for the rest of his life!" 

"That's not nice of you, Kate," Terry said casually. "I didn't know she was fourteen. She said she was eighteen."

Kate glared at Terry, "You think I'm stupid enough to believe your bullshit?! You bastard! You deserve the death sentence!" 

Kate glared at Bonnie and asked, "Are you stupid enough to actually believe this bastard?!"

"I believe him," Bonnie stated without hesitation. "I know that my boyfriend is not evil, he is a good man and he loves me. That girl must've tricked him, telling him that she's eighteen."

"He cheated on you! Oh for god's sake, Bonnie, wake the hell up!" Kate yelled.

"He cheated on me a few times, but I know that he will eventually change after we get married," Bonnie said. "He promised that he'll marry me if I can bail him out of this one last problem, that's why I refuse to back down."

Bonnie saw that Kate had had enough of her at this point. She also didn't expect help from Kate, honestly. She just wanted to inform Kate to avoid any problems she may encounter with the publishing company.

She was ready for anything and everything. After all, she'd definitely marry Terry after things had been settled and she had successfully saved her man from this one last problem. 

Kate was speechless. She knew that Bonnie was also a victim in this situation, especially after she told Kate about her background with Terry because Terry also did similar things to her back then, this was definitely not the first time and Kate doubted that would be the last. 

Bonnie told Kate once that they've already been dating for ten years, they started when Bonnie was fifteen and Terry was thirty.

He was also the one who took her virginity at sixteen, and after that, Bonnie had been so devoted and crazy in love with Terry.

This whole situation was so fucked up that Kate didn't even know what to do.

But she knew one thing.

She might pity Bonnie for getting herself groomed by this useless bastard. But she also did a horrible thing by being an accomplice to Terry's actions.

She bailed him out so many times, and even now when her boyfriend cheated and impregnated a minor she still wanted to protect her boyfriend from being sent to prison, which he deserved. Bonnie should've known better by this point.

Kate shook her head, "I'm done with you, Bonnie. Just so you know, this means the company will terminate all contracts with you—Bonnie Harper, and we will pull your book out because our company does NOT support the grave crime your man did."

"That's fine, I didn't expect your support," Bonnie said. "I just wanted to inform you about all of this because we are friends, and I don't want you to get into trouble because of me."

Kate gritted her teeth and sneered, "I cannot be friends with someone who supported a groomer. Good day, Miss Harper."

Kate glanced at Henry, who had been silent the whole time, and said, "Let's go, Mr. Grant, this meeting is over."

Henry nodded. He kept his silence since he knew that Kate was agitated. He had been eyeing Terry the whole time instead, making sure this useless bastard wouldn't dare to do anything to Kate while she was still yelling at Terry and Bonnie.

Kate and Henry got up and walked out of the VIP room, but before they left, Bonnie suddenly called her name, "Kate!"

Kate turned around instantly. She thought that Bonnie would have a change of heart and would tell her that she wanted to break things off with that useless Terry for good.

But her next words broke Kate instead, "Please accept my choice. I'm doing this because I love Terry. I know that he will change after we get married."

"He's an adult, he can always change if he wants to, he doesn't need marriage to become better," Kate said. 

She remembered Matt as she glanced at Terry. Matt always told her that he would change and take responsibility and be a man and earn money, so that Kate didn't need to work so hard.

But he never did.

He never changed and instead blamed everything on Kate and her supposed infertility.

"Let me tell you something, Bonnie," Kate said. "I don't believe in second chances. Once someone disappoints me and hurts me, then I will never give them a second chance."

Henry tensed immediately when Kate said that sentence. His heart beat like a drum and accelerated to the point that he started sweating on his back.

"I did it with my ex-husband, and I will do the same to anyone who will hurt me in the future," Kate added,  sending Henry to a silent panic. 

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