Audrey dragged Catherine to the room where Vicente's photo was. In this room, not only was Vicente's photo placed here, but also those of other ancestors of the Swanns were kept in this room.Catherine stood aside and watched indifferently as Audrey went forward and bowed to Vicente's photo with great reverence. Catherine found it a bit difficult to see through Audrey's mind. The way she saw it, Audrey was an unfavored daughter of the Swanns. Supposedly, Audrey should hate or even resent the Swanns, but Catherine did not find that Audrey thought this way.After lighting a candle for Vicente, Audrey turned around and looked at Catherine. There was a faint smile in Audrey's composed eyes. Her eyes were quite warm."Catherine, actually, sometimes, I sort of envy you!" Audrey said. Catherine slowly raised her head with indifference and alienation in her eyes. There was no trace of family affection in her big bright eyes. She asked, "Why do you envy me? Because I am regarded as the b
Catherine had pushed open the door and gone inside. She paid no heed to Audrey's astonishment. Catherine's countenance did not change a bit at all. Catherine designed the study's door lock when she was twelve years old. Even Vicente's iris was also registered by her. It was not surprising that she could open the door. Watching Catherine swagger inside, Audrey, who had been curious about the study for a long time, was also intrigued.Due to Vicente's previous order, she did not dare to enter the room. She hovered at the door and hesitated for a long time, making constant mental struggles. Catherine was in the room for a while. When she noticed that Audrey was still standing at the door, she knitted her brows in confusion. "Why don't you come in?"A trace of embarrassment showed on Audrey's face. She said carefully, "Grandpa said without his order, no one was allowed to enter this study!"Catherine did not expect Audrey to say that!Why would she obey Vicente's order so sub
Rachael stared at her daughter's angry face. Liana looked similar in appearance to the young version of Rachael, which just reminded Rachael of her past all at once. Rachael could not help giving a smile. "You just can't keep composure. Do you remember what I taught you before? I asked you to keep your eyes open and observe more.""Can't you see that your daddy is deliberately partial to that bane? Anyway, she is the nominal heiress of the Swanns. It won't do us any good if we fall out with her. However, as long as we put up with her for three months, the Swanns' assets will come back to us. By then, you won't need to do anything. Your daddy will give her a hard time!"Due to Rachael's words, Liana finally had a faint smile on her initially unhappy face. She thought about it and then looked at Rachael complacently. "Mommy, you're right. But I'll be able to have my revenge more or less in less than three months. Next Monday, Catherine will go to school. By then, she will know what I
"Kathy, you know what..."Since they left the study, Audrey had been following Catherine, babbling on and on. Mainly, she kept calling Catherine Kathy. Audrey's nagging just pissed Catherine off. Catherine turned around and pressed her hand against the wall to fix Audrey in the corner.Audrey and Catherine were sisters, but Audrey was about four inches shorter than the latter. Thus, Catherine had to lower her head when she looked at Audrey. Catherine slightly knitted her brows, showing two faint wrinkles on her face. She darted a cold glance at Audrey and asked sternly, "What did you call me?"Somehow, Audrey suddenly felt that Catherine looked so masterful and intimidating. She couldn't help shuddering all over in fear. She raised her head to look at Catherine gingerly and said discreetly, "I called you Kathy."Instantly, Catherine's brows were heavily furrowed. She gazed at Audrey impatiently. "Don't call me that way!" Catherine snapped. "Why? Kathy..." Audrey subconsci
At Duncan Corporation.In the office on the top floor, Paxton gave Branden the information he had just gotten.Branden knew it was Paxton without looking up. He could even guess what Paxton was here for.Branden's expression didn't change at all. He didn't even move his eyes.Branden parted his lips, looking emotionless and cold as he said lightly, "News from Hacker Alliance?"Paxton was caught off guard. He didn't expect his boss to have known by guessing so accurately. After all, Paxton had only gotten the information a few minutes ago."Yes, Mr. Duncan.""Hacker Alliance has agreed to meet with us. The meeting is set for eight o'clock tonight."The news left Branden frowning lightly. Despite having guessed that Hacker Alliance would agree to meet, Branden didn't expect them to set the time so close. Did Hacker Alliance mean to leave the Duncans no time to prepare?Seeing Branden's face had darkened, Paxton's brows furrowed too.In his eyes, this matter could not be handled
After entering the room, Joseph put the safe he had been carrying on the table.Joseph looked coldly ahead and made such a strong presence that intimidated others when he entered the room."Mr. Duncan, this is the chip Hacker Alliance has just developed. We can sell it to you at the original price and give your company exclusive use for a year. But you must promise to give us 30 percent of the development project shares."Apart from looking at Joseph once when he came into the room, Branden did not look at him again.After hearing Joseph's condition, Branden turned to look at him slowly.On his handsome face, his deep eyes looked cold and bottomless.Just a look from him was enough to make Joseph's heart skip a beat, even though he was usually bold.Branden was too horrible. He was even scarier than Joseph's Boss.Branden's fingers moved slightly on his knee, and Paxton knew what he meant immediately.Paxton looked up at Joseph with the same cold and expressionless face."My
Two minutes later, the rest of Branden's men arrived in a rush. They saw Branden holding a black trench coat in his hands, standing rooted on the spot looking gloomy.One of them plucked up his courage, went up to Branden, and asked, "Mr. Duncan, is he gone?"Branden didn't need to answer, as one could see how things were at a glance.Branden glanced at the mannequin on the floor, an arrogant ridicule at him.It was the first time for him to have a taste of defeat. A creepy smile appeared on his gloomy face.Branden's men, who had been with him for so many years, couldn't help but shiver in fear after seeing his smile.They rarely saw Branden get mad at anything. However, the angrier Branden was, the calmer he would appear. From the smile on Branden's face, they could tell that he was really furious.They all knew that someone was in big trouble. However, they did not know who that person was yet.Branden ordered coldly, "Secure the bar immediately. I don't want to see even a f
Branden rolled down the window, took out a pack of cigarettes from the side, and was about to flip it open.However, seeing Catherine's brows slightly furrowed, Branden put the pack of cigarettes back and rolled the window back up.Everything happened in silence. It was as though nothing had happened.Branden stared at the cold expression on Catherine's face. A trace of a smile glistened in his cold eyes as he told her his condition."I don't want the Swanns' shares. I only want one thing. If you can get it, I'll sign your contract.""What is it?" Catherine asked immediately.Looking tense, Catherine couldn't help but frown. She knew what Branden wanted must be hard to get.Branden asked casually, "Have you heard of Hacker Alliance?"As he spoke, Branden looked remarkably calm. It was as if he was talking about something irrelevant and unimportant.However, Catherine knew immediately that Branden suspected her.Her identity might be a huge secret for others. However, she thou
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