{"id":1048,"date":"2026-09-28T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/my-sweetheart-382\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:31:00","slug":"my-sweetheart-382","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/chapter\/my-sweetheart-382\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 382"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 382<br \/>\nMy Sweetheart novel Chapter 382<\/p>\n<p>Kathy bit her lower lip, her face gradually getting paler.<\/p>\n<p>Her hand was still pressing hard against his chest.<\/p>\n<p>But she was no match for Billy\u2019s strength.<\/p>\n<p>His breath made her sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKathy, whatever attracts you to Joseph, I can do that too!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are not him, nothing you do will ever attract me!\u201d Kathy blurted out in retort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTsk tsk, your feelings for him are so deep but he hasn\u2019t still responded to me. Looks like he doesn\u2019t care about you anymore.\u201d He provoked her.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy didn\u2019t care about his remark at all. She hoped for Joseph to not to be manipulated by Billy.<\/p>\n<p>They had nothing between them since a long time ago, no relationship at all, Joseph didn\u2019t need to do anything for her.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, she was just going to be cruel and let him go for real.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was never his anything. It\u2019s you who are overestimating my status.\u201d Kathy said lightly.<\/p>\n<p>Billy held her chin gently. He knew it was still too early for him to be able to convince her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo You Feel Wronged to Marry Me?\u201d He asked suddenly.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since knowing him, Kathy never had any feelings for him.<\/p>\n<p>Around him, there were so many women who took the initiative to show interest in him, he was used to the feeling of being chased after.<\/p>\n<p>But since meeting Kathy, he hadn\u2019t been able to stop thinking about her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes! I feel extremely wronged!\u201d Kathy said sternly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think you can remarry Joseph? It\u2019s impossible! I know you don\u2019t want to take over the Booth Group. Marry me and I will take care of the Booth family for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kathy sneered, \u201cBilly, all you want is Booth family\u2019s property. But even if you marry me, none of that will ever belong to you because you are just an outsider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outsider.<\/p>\n<p>This word angered him.<\/p>\n<p>Even though he was clearly Jennifer\u2019s son and Zack was his grandfather, the Booth family never saw him as family. They always treated him as an outsider.<\/p>\n<p>His grip on Kathy\u2019s chin became harder in anger. Kathy\u2019s chin hurt so much that she couldn\u2019t help but whimper in pain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are right! I am an outsider, so by all means, I must get what belongs to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saying that, he let go of her harshly and left the bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>The door was locked from outside.<\/p>\n<p>Not being able to relax, Kathy sat down on the sofa. Billy\u2019s angry expressions still lingering in her mind. She closed her eyes as her consciousness gradually became blur. She crouched down as everything continued to blur around her\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Two hours later.<\/p>\n<p>Billy stood by the bed and bent down, forcefully feeding her the medicine.<\/p>\n<p>His eyes were no longer flashing with anger.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, Kathy woke up. She opened her eyes, looking at her surrounding to which she was no stranger.<\/p>\n<p>Billy had been sitting beside her all that time.<\/p>\n<p>She frowned and sat up.<\/p>\n<p>What happened to her?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou fainted just now. How do you feel?\u201d He asked coldly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s none of your business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking at him, she didn\u2019t look good.<\/p>\n<p>Hadn\u2019t she almost recovered? Then why did she still have that unbearable headache? She thought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you hungry? I asked the servant to cook you some porridge.\u201d Billy looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah.\u201d She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>She woke up feeling really weak; she needed to eat.<\/p>\n<p>She needed to regain her strength to find a way out of there.<\/p>\n<p>Billy personally brought her the porridge. Kathy took it from him, saying indifferently, \u201cCan you leave?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Seeing him made her lose her appetite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay. Call me if you need anything.\u201d Billy said solemnly.<\/p>\n<p>He left the room, leaving the door open.<\/p>\n<p>He stood outside in the corridor as the sky outside gradually dimmed. It wasn\u2019t long before his assistant called.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph looked carefully at the phone screen, the positioning on it gradually becoming clearer. He took his car keys and went out.<\/p>\n<p>Half an hour later, a strange car drove into the villa area.<\/p>\n<p>The sound of the engine made Kathy open her eyes. Was Billy back? She thought.<\/p>\n<p>She closed her eyes again, her body trembling slightly.<\/p>\n<p>There was a knock on the door. She looked at it, looking alert and wary.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t Billy; he never knocked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJulian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With that he opened the door.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy looked at him suspiciously and quickly sat up on the sofa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2026\u201d She frowned, suddenly wondering something.<\/p>\n<p>If he was able to come in here, then he was obviously on Billy\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurprised to see me?\u201d Julian said, sitting on the sofa besides her and folding his long legs casually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah! Quite a surprise.\u201d Kathy answered coldly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just came here to see if Billy really brought you here. He is really useless.\u201d He narrowed his eyes, looking at her carefully. It was apparent that Billy really cared about Kathy.<\/p>\n<p>At least, he fed her well and kept her well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat? Are you thinking of using me to threaten Joseph too?\u201d Kathy asked sarcastically.<\/p>\n<p>Julian smiled, \u201cI thought you two were divorced so he wouldn\u2019t miss you, but I think I was wrong. Now that you are valuable and my brother is so hard to handle. We must keep some tricks up our sleeves, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despicable.<\/p>\n<p>Kathy cursed him inwardly, her expressions very cold.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just cursed me in your heart, didn\u2019t you? I do have that effect on people. Who told Grandpa to prefer Joseph over me since childhood? Even though he became a doctor, Grandpa still wants to leave the company to him. I am his grandson too. This is not fair treatment!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s because you are not capable.\u201d Kathy retorted.<\/p>\n<p>She knew a bit about Joseph\u2019s family, that at least in terms of business Julian was nowhere as capable as Joseph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1048","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}