The CEO's Painted Skin

So this is it! The kingdom of Hell has just landed on John's doorsteps!

He had this bad feeling inside him that Catherine will turn his life a living hell just to punish him of his mistake with Ella.

Braced for yourself, John! he told himself.

He called Ramon on his phone and summoned him to his office.

A few moments later Ramon entered the office.

"Yes, Boss..."

"Ramon, we will buy a new phone and you will give it to Catherine today. But before that, I will download the tracking app on the phone first so that I can track all her calls. Then we will buy new plastic wares for the kitchen. We will also transfer some of the things from Mystic Bay Twin Tower here in the Jade Tower because Catherine has started trashing some of the things inside the condo," explained John.

"Ouch, what a disaster!" commented Ramon.

"Yeah, bad disaster indeed," replied John.

Fifteen minutes later...

They were already traveling on the road to buy a new cellphone and plastic kitchen wares to be delivered into the Mystic Bay Twin Tower.

Through the ride, John was keeping silence as his company in the passenger's seat as he was heavily contemplating on how to resolve his problem and conflict with Catherine. They need to compromise to make sure the baby won't get affected by her childish outburst. He plans to have a serious talk with her after one week, hopefully by that time she had already calmed herself a bit.

If worse comes to worst and Catherine can no longer forgive him and she already had fallen out of love for him, then he might as well set her free one year after the baby is born. First, he must find a way how to make her commit on staying with their baby for at least one year so that the baby can enjoy one year worth of mother's love and attention.

Then they will go their separate ways...

He will devote all his time and attention to his son, he will never fall in love with another woman again. He will live as a single dad forever until his dying days.

Three hours later...

John and Ramon arrived at the Mystic Bay Twin Tower. The household things and small furniture were already outside the hallway of the condo waiting to be taken down into the ground floor and to be transferred into the vehicle.

When John and Ramon entered the inside of the flat it's already bare, in the living room only the cabinet, flat-screen TV and the sofa remained. While in the kitchen, most of the glass and metal utensils were already removed.

Ramon handed Cora the newly bought plastic wares to be put in the kitchen as a replacement for the removed items.

John sighed deeply, such a hassle! He sat down on the sofa and stared at the ocean view. For a brief second, he missed the cooperative and compliant Catherine who can never harm a fly and always follow his every command. That obedient Catherine was forever gone and now being replaced with a tigress!

He instructed Ramon to bring the newly purchased mobile device to Catherine. He already added his number on it so that she can always call him and text him to vent her anger on him.

"Tell her to text and call me and vent her anger on me, not on the things that were inanimate," said John.

"Okay Boss," said Ramon.

Then John exited the room opting to wait for Ramon outside the condo unit just in case Catherine will come out from the bedroom and see him and threw into a fit of rage again. She can't stay angry all the time, he was deeply worried about the health and condition of the baby inside her womb.

He has to find a way how to extinguish her hatred towards him.

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Ramon already knocked on the door ten times yet Catherine refused to open the door.

"Catherine, it's me, Ramon. John instructed me to deliver a new cell phone for you," he said in a loud voice. He was already thinking of a way how to deliver the new mobile device inside the room in case Catherine won't open the door. He doesn't want to destroy the solid oak door, it's the last resort that he can think of as of the moment. He was contemplating on the idea to leave the device outside the door.

A few moments later...

The door opened slightly, Catherine looked at Ramon's hands holding a new box that contains the mobile device.

She opened the door wide and took the box from Ramon's right hand. "Come inside, Ramon," she said in a crisp tone.

Catherine walked towards the bed and sat down upon it, while Ramon sat down on one of the chairs facing the small round table near the bathroom. She removed the shiny new mobile device from the box and stared at it. She was thinking of throwing it into the floor...

Ramon was observing her reaction. "Oops! Don't throw away that cell phone, Cath! Instead of destroying that phone why don't you curse and shout at John all day and all night long through that cell phone. That way you can vent your anger on him without destroying objects and things that won't even feel pain, you are just wasting your time and anger on things that weren't even part of John's mistake. By the way, you can call or text anyone on that phone, John will take care of the bills," explained Ramon.

Catherine sighed. "I want my old phone back!" she demanded.

"John will return it to you at the right time. So, for the meantime, you can start using that phone," he said.

Catherine was keeping herself silent for a few minutes. Then she looked at Ramon straight in the eyes.

"Did John continue seeing that woman he was kissing in the swimming pool?" she asked her voice quivering because she wanted to cry again. It hurt so deep every time she remembered that horrible scene.