After Catherine left, Mr. David abruptly stopped the banquet, saying it was canceled due to health concerns.No one knew what had happened. It was a big mystery. People were already curious about Catherine, who had a reputation as a "troublemaker." Now, with this unexpected event, their curiosity grew even stronger.Everyone was curious and eager for the Swanns to hold a gathering and address their questions and doubts directly.Liana joined Rachael and the others in the car. One moment, she welcomed people with a smile, but her expression turned serious as soon as the car door closed."Mommy, we made a big impression today. They say we have someone extraordinary in our family. There are even rumors that Mr. David's order is exclusively for us. Mommy, aren't we amazing? Thanks to Catherine, we're in the spotlight!"Liana smirked and looked at Rachael with a mocking expression. Her sarcastic remarks and tone annoyed everyone around.Catherine sat in the RV's back corner.With her
When Catherine heard Korbin's voice, she halted and pivoted to face him.Her eyes met Korbin's with an icy detachment devoid of warmth or interest.Korbin was puzzled by the situation, but when Catherine glanced at him, a strange feeling stirred in his chest.He only experienced this feeling when dealing with angry Vicente.Catherine looked at Korbin, who stayed quiet for a while. Her eyebrows came together, showing her concern.She spoke quietly and coldly, "What's wrong?"Her voice seemed to have a magic power that brought Korbin's attention back.Korbin looked up at Catherine, trying to look serious. He asked with a serious face, "Do you know Mr. David? Why haven't you mentioned it before?"Before Korbin could complete his question, Catherine swiftly responded concisely."No, I don't know him!"The truth was Catherine and David didn't know each other well. They were just acquaintances.Korbin found himself unable to express what he had initially intended to say, prompting
Charm BarCharm Bar, the most thriving entertainment venue in Casier.It wasn't about the number of visitors, but rather the wealth and influence of those who frequented the place.One couldn't get into the Charm Bar without a membership card. They had a membership system, so it was completely impossible.At 10 PM, Catherine appeared at the entrance of the bar.She was still dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, but now she wore a black baseball cap almost completely covered her face.Upon reaching the entrance, Catherine was stopped by the security guard.The security guard glanced at Catherine, his astonishment evident. Were all female students nowadays so alluring?Regardless of her allure, rules had to be followed."Miss, this place operates on a membership system. Without a card, you cannot enter, sorry."Card?Catherine furrowed her brows, remembering something Ronin had sent her via drone just an hour ago.She checked her pocket and found the black and gold-tinged card. Sh
Catherine suddenly halted, slowly turning her body with an icy expression on her face.The men chasing after her felt a sense of unease, but they were even more astonished by Catherine's stunning beauty.Unlike the heavily adorned faces around, Catherine's exquisite and pure appearance was a rare sight.The man in front, catching a glimpse of Catherine's face under her hat, got really excited."Oh my! You look amazing!"His creepy demeanor and unsettling grin annoyed Catherine, causing her to furrow her brow.Annoyed by losing sight of Joseph, these bothersome men conveniently appeared."Hey, why don't you join us and have some fun, little girl?" one of them sneered. "We'll make it worth your while. You name your reward, and we'll give it to you."The leading man, still wearing his sleazy smile, approached Catherine slowly, attempting to grab her. In an instant, a mysterious figure swiftly intervened, causing the man to scream and collapse to the ground."My arm... it's brok
"Great job, boss!""Boss, you're the best in the world!"Ronin, Catherine's biggest fan, sat in front of the computer, cheering and watching the surveillance footage of Catherine defeating the gang of thugs. He was completely absorbed in it.Suddenly, the feed stopped!Immediately realizing something was wrong, Ronin tried adjusting the settings, but the screen remained black. This was a new experience for him. No one had ever found out about his hacking skills before, especially not a basic surveillance system in an entertainment venue.Ronin's first thought was that Joseph had discovered their tracking and shut down the surveillance. Without wasting a moment, he notified Catherine.Ronin: [Boss, the situation's changed. The surveillance feed went down. Joseph might be onto us. Need backup?]After Catherine read the message, she replied briefly with one word: [No.]Capturing Joseph didn't push her abilities to the limit. She didn't think she needed backup or extra help.T
After getting the order to kill Catherine, the man slowly walked to her. He settled his gaze on her fiercely and said to her in a cold voice, "You bitch, no matter why you broke in here, you must die here today!"While her life was in jeopardy, Catherine still looked calm and collected. She believed no one could take her life for now. As the man saw that Catherine stayed still and looked haughty, he rushed to her, waving the knife in his hand. The people around them were all apathetic about what would happen next. They just stared indifferently at the scene. This was pretty normal for them. After all, killing was part of their routine.Some even gazed hard at the fight with expectant expressions. They seemed to enjoy watching this very much.However, something unexpected happened. The man's knife was about to stab Catherine when this man, who had his back to the others, suddenly let out a scream. Everybody saw that he slowly fell to the ground with his eyes wide open. Blood
Catherine had learned about Joseph's profile. She only glanced at it, but she had got a photographic memory.Joseph had learned contortion skills since he was a kid, so he could shrink into a small form.This information was confidential. Only the seniors of the organization could access it. Hence, it was thanks to his contortion skills that Joseph could successfully acquire the chip and take it out of the base. When Joseph knew someone had broken in, he realized he was in trouble. He chose to hide somewhere in the first place. Yet, never did he expect that Catherine would come on her own.If it were other people who came, he might go all out and put up a desperate fight. After all, since he betrayed the organization, he would die even if he went back. He could still stand a chance of surviving if he fought it out here. However, when he knew that Catherine came by herself, he stopped struggling and surrendered obediently. No one could get away from Catherine's hunt. B
In the study of the Duncans, at night. Paxton passed the newly acquired materials to the man sitting in the seat of honor and said, "Mr. Duncan, this is what you want."Branden got up from the chair lazily and reached out his hand to take the materials. He glanced at the materials and gave a cold smile on his handsome face."Is this the result of your investigation?" Branden asked.Paxton looked at the materials and instantly broke out in a cold sweat. Then, he knelt on the ground at once."Mr. Duncan, I'm sorry for my incompetence!"The Duncans' information network, which was highly praised by all the people in Casier, turned out to fail over a girl repeatedly. This was so ridiculous!Branden displayed such a suffocatingly masterful demeanor."What about the other one? No information either?" Branden asked in his cold voice.Upon hearing Branden's voice, Paxton did not dare to hesitate anymore. Initially, because Paxton failed to get the information about Catherine, Branden
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