Unexpected Encounter: A Second Chance at Love

Daniel on the other hand was confused.

What had just happened? Here he was scared and nervous thinking that things would get ugly between the two brothers but nothing happened.

They had resolved whatever disagreement they had within seconds.

Though he was happy that he didn't have to intervene and things got resolved smoothly without any conflict, he still found it very weird.

Daniel and Andrew's strangely strong bond is something he could never understand and he never would. Maybe this was the reason why they were invincible and inseparable.

"So, how are the new dads doing?" Owen excitedly asked. "Are you guys nervous?"

"We are doing good," Andrew answered. "But why don't you tell us how you are doing?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I heard that you beloved housekeeper got a new job," Andrew smirked. "Is she breaking your heart and leaving?"

Owen rolled his eyes. "Firstly, stop keeping tabs on me. That's not cool."

"Secondly, she is not going anywhere," he added.

"Is it? How are you so sure?" Andrew raised his brows. "What if she flies out when you are not in town."

"She can try," Owen smirked. "If I can hunt her down once, I can definitely do it again."

Before Andrew could comment, Daniel interrupted, "Sorry to intrude your private conversation but are we going to ignore the fact that a few seconds ago you both looked like you would punch each other's face?"

"I would never hit Andrew," Owen stated. "Unless he decides to cheat on my Rachael and break her pure heart."

"Your Rachael?" Andrew glared at him.

"Okay—" He raised his hands in the air. "Your Rachael."

"Better." Andrew looked at Daniel. "We need to ask Samuel to speed the process of dismissing Igor."

"Why? What's the rush?" Owen asked.

"Igor has been meeting with the Italians too often these days," he said. "I think he wants to form an alliance with them."

Owen scoffed. "The Italians know better than joining hands with that scum."

"Unless they have another plan," Daniel stated. "What if they want to eliminate Igor and take over his estate?"

"We cannot take that risk," Andrew added. "We can't risk having them in our land."

Owen nodded in agreement. "Alright then, tell the newbie to start working on his special project."

"Joshua needs some time off." When Owen frowned, Andrew explained, "He is going through some midlife crisis right now."

Though Joshua did not tell him anything, he understood that he was having some problems with his girlfriend who might have been up to something. So he decided to give him some time to figure things out.

"He is yet to join and you already gave him vacation?" Owen sighed and helplessly shook his head. "Alright, I will deal with Samuel until your guy deals with his midlife crisis."

Andrew patted his shoulder. "He is not just my guy but our guy now."

"Yeah yeah…whatever." He scoffed.

…..

[Samuel's apartment]

Standing outside, Joshua was contemplating whether to enter the apartment or not. He was supposed to come over for dinner, Katherine was probably waiting for him but for some reason, he couldn't convince himself to go inside.

There were so many unanswered questions in his head that was making him lose his mind. A part of him was blaming himself for not trusting the love of her life but the other part was constantly asking him to stay alert.

"Why are you standing outside?"

"I—"

Understanding what was happening, Samuel sighed and patted his shoulder. "I know it's hard for you, it's hard for me too. But if Katherine is really on to something then the last thing we want is for her to get suspicious."

Joshua sighed and nodded. "Did you find anything else?"

"My men are working on it." He then nudged Joshua forward. "Let's go inside."

…..

After dinner, Joshua wanted to leave immediately. He had tried his best to keep his dem, Joshua was about to leave but was stopped by Kaherine.

"Hey, are you leaving?"

"Yeah, I was about to," he said, trying his best to keep his expression neutral. He was trying hard to suppress the turmoil of emotions he was feeling.

Katherine looked at him for a while before asking, "Josh, is everything okay?" She placed her hand on his shoulder. "You have been acting very weird since morning."

"Everything is fine," he sighed. "I am just exhausted."

"With all that is going around, I am not surprised." She wrapped her arms around his. "Did you meet Andrew today?"

Joshua shook his head. "No I didn't. I went there but he wasn't available."

He lied. He didn't want to but he had no other choice.

"Oh okay." She rested her head on his shoulder. "Do you want to stay over? It's been a long time since we spent the night together."

Understanding what she meant, Joshua gently turned her down. "I am very exhausted today. Maybe next time?"

"Yeah, sure."

He kissed the top of her head and left the apartment after wishing her goodnight.

As he left, Katherine looked at his direction and frowned. There was no doubt that something was off about Joshua but she couldn't understand what was going on.

Did he know something that he shouldn't?

Contemplating for a while, she grabbed her phone and messaged someone.

[Give me details about what Joshua has been doing]

....

[Collins Mansion]

"Is Andrew home?" Kate asked while helping Rachael set the dinner table.

"He is on the way." Rachael said as she brought the special dish she had prepared for the night.

"That's fancy," Daniel chirped as he took his seat. "If I knew we had seafood broil for dinner, I would have jumped in sooner."

As he was about to dip his spoon on the dish, Kate slapped his hand away. "Hold on mister, we are waiting for Andrew."

"And Owen," Rachael added.

"Owen is coming?"

"Yes, he said he wants to have dinner with us today," she answered.

"What about his housekeeper? Is she coming too?"