At Vicente Swann's funeral.As the Swanns were one of the three prominent families in Casier, Vicente's funeral was naturally packed with big shots and members of respected families in Casier.In the noisy venue, the arrival of a girl in a white T-shirt attracted the attention of everyone present.All of the people present were either rich or powerful. Despite being good-looking, the girl wore a cheap and battered T-shirt, setting her apart from everyone else at the funeral.Seeing how she walked straight toward the Swanns family, someone couldn't help asking curiously, "Who is she? Why is she sitting with the Swanns?""I heard that she is Miss Catherine, the second daughter of the Swanns that had lived away from the family. Vicente only asked her to come back before he died.""Is that so? I heard that Vicente ordered the family to announce his will in front of everyone before he died. I guess she only returned for this!"...The girl did not know that she had already become th
After the will had been announced, the Swanns were in an uproar.Korbin immediately doubted the will, but it was announced by Leonel Bolton, Vicente's lawyer, himself. Besides, Leonel even showed them a video recorded by Vicente, especially for his will before he died, as proof.Moreover, in his will, Vicente noted that if any member of the Swanns were to object to such a decision, they would be instantly disowned and kicked out of the family.One had to know that every member of the Swanns was working in the Swann Corporation. They would have nothing left if they were kicked out of the Swanns.Now, the guests present finally understood why Vicente ordered to announce his will in public. He was doing so to catch Korbin off guard.Everyone knew Vicente was cunning. Even on his deathbed, he lived up to his reputation for making such a plan.However, why was Catherine chosen to inherit the Swanns' fortune? Wasn't she the Swanns' jinx?As he looked at the girl, who remained calm, Le
After being handed the will, Catherine returned to the living room.Most of the Swanns were sitting in the family living room. "I don't care what you bumpkin had done. But you are dreaming to want to inherit the Swanns' fortune!"The one that spoke was the youngest son of the Swanns. He was Catherine's younger brother, Johnathan Swann.He was the only son of the Swanns. At first, everything in the family would eventually belong to him. But now, it had all become Catherine's. How could he accept it?From the beginning, he didn't respect Catherine at all, as he thought she was just an uneducated country girl. Now, she had inherited the Swanns' wealth. How could he take this lightly?Johnathan came to his mother, Rachael, took her hand, and complained, "Mom, you can't let the jinx inherit the family's fortune! Make her give it up, and go back to the countryside!"Everyone in the Swanns knew that Catherine was a jinx, so Vicente sent her to the countryside when she was young.Soon
Catherine officially settled down in the Swanns. Her room was in the basement of the Swanns' residence.There were dozens of rooms in the broad residence of the Swanns'. But Catherine was arranged to stay in a room in the basement that even the maids would not stay at.Hah!One could see from this how the Swanns treated her.Looking around the spartan room, Catherine did not show any trace of emotion on her doll-like face.She did not care about where she was staying. She preferred staying in the basement, as it was quieter there.So that the other members of the Swanns would not bother her relentlessly.If it were not for Catherine's looks, nobody would believe that she was the daughter of the Swanns.Korbin's wife, Rachael, was known to be a beauty in Casier when she was younger.If she called herself the second prettiest woman in Casier, then nobody would dare to claim to be the prettiest.Everyone thought that Liana, the youngest daughter of the Swanns, looked like Rachae
Rachael knew her youngest daughter wouldn't be able to control herself, so she asked Liana to take the maid, Haylie Barber, with her when she came over.At first, when Haylie saw that Liana had the upper hand, she did not plan to step in.However, now that Haylie saw Liana getting so mad because of Catherine's words, she stepped forward to stop her quickly.Haylie comforted Liana nicely and repeated what Rachael had said over and over again until Liana finally calmed down.Liana ordered the maids behind her angrily, "Come on up. Throw the things here!"Then, two young maids came up and threw two stacks of clothes in front of Catherine.Liana looked at Catherine arrogantly. Haylie was right. Catherine was all talk.Vixens from the countryside were all like that. On the other hand, Liana was a noble daughter of a wealthy family. She couldn't stoop to Catherine's level."These are all clothes I have only worn a few times and want to throw away. All of them are from big brands. You
At the Duncans' residence.After hearing about how Branden promised to get engaged to the country girl from the Swanns that came out of nowhere at the Swanns' funeral, Triston Lambert rushed to the Duncans' residence immediately.As the only friend Branden had acknowledged in public, Triston couldn't believe he did not get first-hand news about Branden's love life.How could Triston show his face in Casier in the future?After all, Triston was the only son and heir of the Lamberts.He couldn't afford to embarrass himself like this."Oh, Mr. Duncan, tell me something, okay? Why did you agree to get engaged to the country girl? Even though she is quite good-looking, there are so many good-looking girls in Casier. Why did you pick her?"Branden was reading the company's financial statement while Triston chatted away noisily next to him like an annoying fly.Branden finally put down the document in his hands as he couldn't take it anymore.He turned to look at Triston briefly, his
At dinnertime, the maids led Catherine to the dining room of the Swanns'.She heard that Liana was not in the mood for dinner as she was too angry at Catherine, so Liana was not there at the dinner table.The rest of the Swanns were all there. They were all waiting for Catherine!At Catherine's entrance, Johnathan taunted her rudely and immediately."People from the countryside are so uncivilized. She only came to eat after being asked to for so many times. Does she really think she is the boss of us all?"In the face of Johnathan's taunts, Catherine's face remained indifferent. She turned her head and looked at Johnathan coldly.Her calm eyes shone with bone-chilling coldness.Johnathan was caught off guard at the look of her eyes. He shivered in fear and choked on his food with his mouth still stuffed. He broke into a violent coughing fit then.After coughing a while, Johnathan felt he had coughed so hard that he had almost coughed his organs out.Staring at Catherine from t
Catherine took the contract and took a look at it. A trace of a smile flashed across her charming eyes.Her father was genuinely nice to her. One could tell at a glance that Korbin had set this contract overnight. Every condition was outrageously bossy.If Catherine signed the contract, not only would the Swann Corporation no longer be hers to manage, Korbin would even get to control every word and action of Catherine.Seeing how Catherine flipped through the contract page by page, Korbin's patience wore thin.He didn't think that Catherine could understand the conditions. He heard that she didn't even go to school in the countryside."That's enough, Catherine. You don't have to read so hard into it. Sign now, and I will give you 100 thousand dollars every month as your allowance. You will live a carefree life at the Swanns' residence. You don't have to go back to the countryside anymore!"100 thousand dollars every month?Oh, that was indeed a lot of money for most people.But
In the end, Branden couldn't stand it anymore. He took the initiative to snatch Catherine back, only then did the scene come under control.Now, no one dared to continue touching Catherine's belly.Once he snatched Catherine back, he held her tightly in his arms and prevented anyone from touching her. He thought in his mind, "Since these people like this brat so much, I'll just give the brat to them when Catherine gives birth. Saves one more person from sharing my wife with me."Triston smiled and watched the crowd as the birthday party began exactly as it should.The big screen began to show all the images of Audrey from her debut until now that were outstanding or worthy of recording. Some of the images weren't even in Audrey's possession, but Triston had found them and made a video of them.As the images flashed by, Audrey's tears couldn't help but fall from her face. She cried not only because she remembered the hardships she had endured in showbiz for many years, but also bec
Since Triston brought Audrey to meet his family, he had worked non-stop to put their marriage on the agenda.Audrey was a popular actress, and to not affect her career, Triston chose to propose in a low-key manner.Triston arranged a party on Audrey's birthday and invited many of Audrey's friends.Audrey originally thought Triston was too high-profile, but Triston insisted. "I didn't participate in so many of your past birthdays. I finally have a chance to participate this time."He persuaded Audrey repeatedly. Audrey couldn't resist him and could only agree to let him arrange the party.Luckily, he only invited Audrey's close friends and did not send out invitations widely, so she could take this opportunity to have a gathering of friends.Audrey was surprised to see Catherine when she arrived.Catherine was now eight months pregnant. Normally, she would be rejected by Branden if she wanted to visit Catherine.Branden was now very careful with Catherine every day, and Audrey w
Sure enough, only after Audrey said those words, Willa's face completely darkened.Seeing that Willa was about to explode, suddenly...Triston applauded happily, which instantly attracted the crowd's attention.Triston calmly met everyone's gaze and looked at Audrey gently. "Good. You're worthy of being the woman I love. I'm most annoyed with those women who stay at home day in and day out and like to gossip when they have nothing else to do. You have your own career and I'm very supportive of that."Triston said this with a proud look on his face and raised his eyebrows at Audrey, full of smugness.Willa's face instantly turned gloomy.Her son had demeaned her by calling her a gossipy woman just to please another woman, and it made her furious.Egbert kind of realized that his son was totally in love with Audrey. He thought it was good because Triston used to be a playboy and was always surrounded by messy women. At that time, he was really worried that Triston would marry an u
Although Audrey was born into a wealthy family, Triston's mother, Willa Lambert, had always been prejudiced against showbiz and therefore did not approve of Triston's pursuit of Audrey.In Willa's opinion, female celebrities in the showbiz industry had always appeared in public, which was not like the demeanor of a lady from a wealthy family.It was only after learning that Audrey and Triston might be together that she eagerly introduced Triston to girls in the first place. She didn't realize that after all this time, her son still hadn't given up on Audrey, and this was the first time she'd seen her son so attached to a girl.If it weren't for that, she wouldn't agree to appear at today's dinner party now.Triston led Audrey into the door, and everyone from the Lamberts had already arrived.The scene of everyone sitting in the private room made Audrey feel a bit guilty. She looked guiltily at the crowd and whispered, "I'm sorry. I'm late."Triston's father, Egbert Lambert, had a
Audrey never expected to be so suddenly arranged to meet Triston's family.She couldn't react when Triston talked to her about it. Looking at Triston with disbelief in her eyes, she said, "Pardon me?"Triston's handsome face carried a gentle smile. "I've inquired with Kim. You don't have any work arrangements since this afternoon, and you can also take a day off tomorrow. It's just right for us to have dinner together in the evening."Audrey frowned and asked inwardly, "Is that what I care about?"What she cared about was who Triston had just said she would have dinner with tonight. "Why are you suddenly asking your family to have dinner with me?"The Swanns and the Lamberts were both in Casier and they were also considered to be friends. For Triston's family, although Audrey was not familiar with them, she had seen them at major parties.But in the past, they used to meet as ordinary friends.Now that she and Triston were in a relationship, his sudden proposal to take her to di
Audrey hesitated for a moment but still answered the phone with a nervous heart.She believed that Catherine definitely had a way to get her to answer the phone, but things would be troublesome if she made Catherine take her actions.She put her phone to her ear and inquired in a low voice, "Morning, Kathy. What's the matter?"Catherine's voice remained as cold as ever, without any emotion. "Tell me, what is it that you haven't told me?"Audrey had already figured out a strategy to deal with it and how to excuse herself, but as soon as she answered the phone, Catherine asked her so directly, which made her suddenly unable to react.Audrey had no choice but to tell Catherine the truth.After listening to her trembling narration, Catherine only asked coldly, "Are you sure you want him to be your boyfriend?"Audrey was a bit hesitant. Everyone blessed her and Triston after they found out they were together again, but Catherine was the only one who asked her to calm down and think i
Faced with Triston's questioning, Ronin looked arrogant. "Catherine and Audrey are sisters, so Audrey is my sister. You can bully anyone, but you can't bully her. Or else, we can't even be friends."Ronin's words sounded childish, but there was seriousness inside his eyes when he said those words. He grew up with Catherine and regarded Catherine as his most important family member. To him, Catherine's sister was his sister.After listening to Ronin's words, Triston faintly laughed out. "I see."Ronin thought that Triston didn't take his words to heart, and immediately felt a burning anger. "What do you mean? You don't understand my warning, do you?""Easy!" Triston gestured for him to calm down, then said calmly, "Even death row inmates have a chance to explain, right? You should at least hear me out.""Hmph!" Ronin snorted disdainfully. He secretly thought in his heart, "If Triston says any more asshole words, I'll definitely not show him any respect."Triston put away that cyni
They had an appointment at a recreational manor, a new property Zobber had just bought. Zobber had invited them to come along for the experience.Since Catherine's pregnancy, the entire Hacker Alliance had had much leisure time. Even though there was less to do, they had earned no less money and were basically in a dominant position.Zobber enjoyed the current situation too much becasue there was still money to be made easily. They might only have one business per year, but the profit from this business was already enough for them to spend for a year.After wandering around with her friends, Zobber excitedly looked at everyone. "How about this place? It's not bad, right? I bought it at a high price!"This was Casier, and Triston was aware of any changes in the real estate industry.He had indeed received the news when Zobber auctioned off the manor, and he also knew that Zobber had given an above-market price to take the land. But he knew that Zobber had plenty of money. It was fi
Since that dinner, Audrey had been in a special kind of relationship with Triston.Although they didn't make it clear, Triston could feel that Audrey had slowly accepted him.The number of times they met increased, and most of Audrey's work this year was in Casier.Whenever Triston had free time, he would stay alongside Audrey.Whether on set or during recording sessions, one could always catch a glimpse of Triston.Everyone kind of knew deep down that Triston was the man behind Audrey.But nobody ever exposed this whole thing, mainly because of Triston's identity.Neither he nor Audrey wanted too much attention paid to their relationship right now. If he didn't spill the beans, who else would dare to report on it?Besides, the reason Audrey and Triston's dating didn't cause much jealousy was they were a good match.Among the Four Noble Families in Casier, the Lamberts and the Swanns each held a seat, and the Swanns' power was not weaker than the Lamberts.Plus, now that Cath