Catherine woke up so suddenly that Bryan didn't have time to react. He hurriedly turned away so she wouldn't notice anything wrong with him.Bryan sat up straight and looked outside the window, pretending nothing had happened.A few seconds passed, and Bryan still didn't hear any movement behind him.This made Bryan furrow his brows slightly, feeling strange.Just as he considered whether he should turn back to look, a voice rang beside him."Bryan, she's gone. Stop pretending."Bryan turned his head back slightly and glanced, only to see that Catherine was indeed gone.His hands clenched slightly under the desk, and a faint trace of anger was on his face. He looked somewhat fiercely at David."When did I care about her? Don't talk nonsense."However, David didn't say who she was. Bryan confirmed David's guesses without being pressed.Nonetheless, Bryan's expression already scared David out of his wits. He didn't dare to retort at all.His boss looked truly scary when he got
Catherine left the alley and was about to pick up her motorcycle.Suddenly, a red BMW Z4 sped toward her and parked next to her.Catherine knew the car was here for her, so she turned to glance at it.Then, the car parked steadily next to her, revealing Audrey's smiley face."Kathy, are you very surprised to see me?"Surprised?That was impossible. However, instead of being surprised, Catherine was shocked!Catherine lowered her eyes and looked calmly at Audrey. Her cold face was emotionless.Despite how cold Catherine was all the time, Audrey didn't seem to mind at all and was as enthusiastic as she could be.She beckoned at Catherine excitedly. "Kathy, since it's your first day here, I guessed you probably have no one to have lunch with. I also studied here, and I know a great restaurant with super delicious food nearby. I came specially to take you there. Come on."Catherine was planning to skip lessons in the afternoon, as school was somewhat boring.However, by showing
Triston also noticed that Audrey didn't seem to understand what he was talking about. He pointed a finger at Branden, then at Catherine.Audrey understood immediately that Triston was talking about Branden and Catherine being engaged.In the upper-class community, Branden was the dream of countless girls. Many people took marrying the Duncans as their lifelong ambition.However, Branden was cold and didn't like to socialize with others. He spent most of his time on his work and was rarely heard to be involved with any woman.In fact, Branden was even once rumored to be gay, as there was only Triston by his side all the time.Audrey studied Branden carefully with a brief glance at him.Even though she had only taken one look at him, Audrey was almost frozen by Branden's cold presence. She looked away hurriedly and didn't dare to look at him again.Even though Branden was a great man, Audrey felt he was incompatible with Catherine. Audrey didn't know what Vicente was thinking abou
In the afternoon, after Catherine returned to her class.The class quieted down immediately. It was even quieter than when the homeroom teacher arrived.Everyone had their eyes fixed on Catherine. Some of them looked surprised, some disdainful, and some were once again mesmerized by Catherine's beauty.Despite being the focus of everyone's attention, Catherine acted as if nothing was wrong and went back to her seat.As she sat down, the discussions around her started again."How is she still here? Didn't Bryan teach her a lesson? I heard that no girl could live to see tomorrow in the classroom after approaching Bryan. Even though it has only been a morning, isn't it more than enough for Bryan to make her disappear already?""Who knows? Maybe she is skillful in her own way. I heard that she carries a curse and is a jinx herself. Her own family abandoned her since she was just a child.""Shut up! Don't let Catherine hear you. I heard she's tough and a great fighter for growing up
Just as everyone thought Bryan would get mad at Catherine and was praying silently for Catherine, Bryan's attitude left everyone in shock again.Bryan's serious expression broke into a faint smile suddenly, which made him seem more relaxed and less stern.He pulled his chair out, sat down, leaned towards Catherine, and looked at her in a friendly manner. "It's okay. We are now classmates and deskmates already. We'll become somewhat like friends when we are more familiar with one another, won't we?"Everyone was speechless. Was this the Bryan they knew?Why did he look like a playful hooligan flirting with girls?Catherine took another rare glance at Bryan, who had changed his attitude so suddenly.She suddenly felt that Bryan looked somewhat like Ronin.But he wasn't as cute as Ronin was. Besides, she already had Ronin and did not need another boy like him.If Bryan knew what Catherine was thinking about right now, he would surely go mad.After all, he was the boss that everyo
Bryan was so agitated that he forgot Catherine was still sleeping next to him. Now that she was awake, she looked cold with her brows furrowed.For no reason at all, Bryan couldn't help but be slightly scared seeing her like this. He spoke nervously, "Catherine, I...""It's so noisy!"With her brows knitted, Catherine said this unhappily, which made Bryan shut up immediately.When the mathematics teacher saw Catherine looking so casual, she grew even more disdainful towards her.As Bryan stopped talking at just a light comment from Catherine, the mathematics teacher couldn't help but grow even angrier.Bryan talked back to her all he wanted, even when she was the teacher.However, Catherine made Bryan shut up with three simple words. The mathematics teacher felt that she had been humiliated. It was as if she was not intimidating at all.The mathematics teacher rolled her eyes and looked at Catherine, speaking in a weird tone, "What is it? Is the pig awake and ready to save the
It was not only the mathematics teacher, but nobody believed Catherine could come top in the class.After all, Sincere High School was the most famous high school in the city, and Class 8 was the best in the school. A top university would admit half of the students who graduated from such a class.In fact, to admit more students from a class like this, there was even news that top universities fought at the school's gate. One could see how great the students of Class 8 were.The mathematics teacher didn't believe a student like Catherine, who was probably illiterate, could be top in the class.Being top in Class 8 would mean being the top of the year. That was for sure.In the face of Catherine's taunts, the mathematics teacher smiled mockingly. "Since you dare to make such a promise, I'll see how you do. If you come top in the class on the test next week, I'll apologize to you in front of the entire school."As she was finished, Catherine added, "And admit you're the pig!"She
Catherine pointed at the exercise she had just thrown at Bryan, then said to him, "You. Go and teach the class."When Bryan opened his exercise just now, she glanced at his answers.They were basically all correct and were all solved clearly and logically. She could tell that he was pretty smart.Stunned, Bryan couldn't believe Catherine was asking him to teach the entire class. Was he hallucinating?Who would believe something so outrageous?However, it was really happening. Seeing that Bryan didn't move, Catherine looked at him with a brow raised. Her eyes grew colder as she said, "Do you not want to?"Bryan replied without thinking, "I do!"Then, Bryan picked up the exercise, got to the front, and faced the class."The multiple-choice questions in the front are too easy. I will skip those. Let's start with the long questions..."Bryan was the best in mathematics in the class. Many students begged him to teach them, but he never agreed.Now, he was actually teaching the cla
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