The bell for the end of class finally rang. Liana never thought standing for a whole class could be so exhausting. Both of her legs were numb.As soon as the homeroom teacher left, she stiffly walked toward her desk.She was eagerly waiting for class to be over, and so was Ronin."Catherine said that we should respect our teachers."Although these teachers might not be able to teach us much, they were still teachers, so they deserve respect."During class hours, it is unacceptable to cause disturbances that disrupt the teacher's teaching or distract the classmates."I'm the most obedient to Catherine, so naturally, I can't go against her wishes," thought Ronin.Catherine saw the subtle hints that Ronin was giving her. Ronin constantly made funny faces and winked as if he were worried that Catherine wouldn't notice.Catherine knew that Ronin was eager to engage in a fight.As long as Ronin didn't hurt himself, Catherine was not interested in bothering with him."Liana was anno
Just as Catherine walked out of the school gate, she received a phone call from Branden.Without hesitation, she casually picked her phone up and put it next to her ear.A melodic male voice came through the telephone, warming her ears."School's out, right?" asked Branden."Mhmm!" Catherine lazily responded."Some businesses came up last minute. I won't be able to pick you up today. Should I send a driver to take you back home?"The driver would be waiting at the school gate anytime if Catherine wanted.The condition was that she agreed.Catherine replied coldly, "No need. I have plans for tonight, too!""What plans?""None of your business" was something that Catherine originally wanted to say, but when it came to her lips, she changed it to something else."I am going to rehearse with Ronin and Bryan!"Branden had no intention of interfering with Catherine's business, as he understood that Catherine disliked being confined.If the burden of her shackles became too heavy
The big guy was repeatedly circled by the young boy, becoming exhausted from the constant spinning. Not only did he fail to lay a hand on the boy, but he also became increasingly furious.He started to go crazy and vent his anger by smashing in the air.Although the young boy was agile, the big guy possessed great strength. The boy struggled to keep up and narrowly escaped danger several times.With a composed expression, Catherine calmly observed the scene on the stage. When she saw the young boy maneuvering behind the big guy and preparing for a daring leap, she knew that the outcome of this match had already been decided.The little boy leaped down from a high place and struck directly at the big guy's weakest point on top of the head with great force.The big guy was covered in muscles. There was no weak spot except the soft spot on the top of his head.He was too tall for most people to reach. After observing him for a long time, the young boy finally spotted his weakness.
Killian finally understood Catherine's purpose, and it turned out that she wanted to poach his money-making tool.Although Tyler was extremely thin and small, he was indeed a tough character.He dared to fight and wasn't afraid of death.Since Tyler was in his hands, Killian had made a lot of money.It could be said that Killian's career was reaching its peak because of Tyler, so how could he easily give up Tyler and give him away?After spitting, Killian sneered and squinted at Catherine."You're dreaming!"Catherine didn't come to negotiate with Killian at all. She just came directly to demand him to give her Tyler. The black market had its own rules.There was only one rule in the black market, which was that the strong ruled the world.Only the strong had the right to speak here.If Catherine wanted to take away Tyler from Killian, she had to pay the price accordingly.Under Killian's contempt, Catherine made an easy leap and jumped to the center of the arena.No one ex
The Twelve Ruffians appeared in style, and when they saw that their opponent was Catherine, they instantly lost interest.They initially thought that the one who dared to propose the challenge would be some expert, so they prepared for a good display. Unexpectedly, it was a little girl.Looking at this little girl, although they felt she was full of vigor, they suspected she could not withstand their blows.Ayden, the person ranked first in Twelve Ruffians, shouted toward Lennon, who was ranked last, "Lennon, you go first. We'll rest first!"Lennon ranked last in the Twelves Ruffians, and it was often the top-ranked people charging into battles. Today, it was finally his turn."Chick, let me have some fun with you today. Killian's deal is so easy!"Who wouldn't like such an excellent money-making deal?To provoke Catherine, Lennon even stretched out only one hand to spar with her."Seeing you're a woman, I'll only use one hand to fight you!"Catherine looked at him coldly. The
Fortunately, this waiter had been working on the black market for quite some time, and he had some understanding of "Cassie."Seeing the tip on the table, the waiter accepted it calmly and started giving them some information."Gentlemen, Cassie is a legend in our black market. Her story begins five years ago!"A legend has been circulating in the black market for the past few years. There was an underground boxing champion in the black market who took one year to go from being a nobody to making a name for herself and becoming the champion everyone in the black market feared.The crowd knew very little about this champion.At first, they didn't know her name, age, where she came from, or even if she was a man or a woman.Even the nickname "Cassie" was only known after she told them herself."Cassie" had never lost a fight since entering the underground boxing.She even set an unbeaten record for winning continuous battles without sleep or rest for three consecutive days.She
Tyler knew that he had no chance of resisting in front of Catherine.It wasn't just because of Catherine's mysterious status but also Catherine's formidable influence that left him in awe."Can you help me save someone?"After hearing that, Catherine showed some interest. She glanced at him and asked, "Is this your third question?""Yes!" Tyler blurted out. He eagerly stared at Catherine. "Can you help me? If you help me, I'll obey your every command."Tyler had no resources now. All he could do was obey orders and gain acceptance from others."What's your name?"When Catherine asked, Tyler hesitated for a moment. He hadn't expected such an irrelevant question.Tyler remembered what he had said earlier. He immediately showed obedience."My name is Erick Olsen."Remembering Catherine's purpose in coming to him, Tyler added, "I share my mother's last name. Tyler is a nickname Killian gave me. You can call me Erick."Catherine knew he wasn't lying. The information she received
Before returning, Branden had considered asking Catherine why she appeared at the underground boxing gym and even inquiring about her intentions in taking Erick away.However, he abandoned all those thoughts when he saw Catherine's smile.There was no need to question these things.After all, Catherine trusted him so much and surrendered immediately.Branden reached out and gently caressed Catherine's beautiful face with his long fingers.His voice also softened instantly. "Are you hungry?"Catherine had rushed to the black market right after school and hadn't eaten anything.If Branden hadn't mentioned it, she would have forgotten that she hadn't eaten.She subconsciously moved her face closer to his hand and rubbed her cheek against his palm for some reason. She was just like a kitten seeking affection from its owner.The slight touch felt electrifying. It made Branden's heart instantly restless.In front of Catherine, Branden's once-proud self-control could easily crumble.
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