Branden found Catherine in the hospital stairwell just after she had finished a call and was about to return."Have you found Mr. Theo?" the man inquired.Catherine nodded. "Got him on the phone. He's in Oceanvile. I'm planning to go there!"Branden casually rejected Catherine's decision and said, "No need. I've arranged for Paxton to fetch him, bringing him back as quickly as possible."He hadn't forgotten about the watchful young guy in Oceanvile. He wasn't willing to let Catherine go there.Catherine was well aware of Paxton's capabilities. Since Branden had it all sorted out, she had no objections. "Alright, I'll go with your plan."Seeing her agreement, a hint of joy appeared in the man's eyes. He gently took her hand, holding it securely."Don't worry. I'll take care of everything. You've rushed all the way here; rest for a while."By the time Catherine returned to the corridor of the hospital ward, Rachael and Liana were nowhere to be seen.Audrey, seeing Catherine's ap
At eight o'clock that evening, Catherine received the news that the plane Thomas was on had landed at Casier.After exchanging a few words with Karl, she decided to go to the hospital.Branden personally drove, and the two set off together.Standing at the entrance of the old mansion, Karl, watching their figures coming and going together, asked in a low voice, "How much longer until Catherine graduates?"The butler responded quietly, "Sir, Miss Swann has another three and a half years to graduate from Styre University."Karl's brows furrowed instantly when he heard that. "Is it still that long? When will my great-grandchild finally arrive then?"Knowing Karl was anxious, Simon comforted and said, "If they can't marry yet, let's have an engagement ceremony. Even though the families have verbally agreed, we haven't held a formal banquet yet, right?""Good point!" Karl, satisfied, nodded at Simon. "You're quite smart. When Branden comes back later, tell him to find me!"In the co
After Catherine left, Karl waited in the living room.On a regular day at this hour, he would already be upstairs preparing for rest. Today, however, he sat in the living room with a spirited demeanor, and Simon came up to persuade him."Sir, it's getting late. Let me help you upstairs!" Simon suggested.Karl replied leisurely, "What's the rush? They haven't returned yet. Why are you in a hurry?"Seeing Simon persisting, Karl became impatient. "You old man, what do you understand? Catherine and the others haven't come back yet. Catherine is a sensible girl, unlike Branden. If she's not coming back, she'll let me know. If she doesn't say anything, she'll come back. I'm waiting for her!"Simon complained quietly in his heart. People who didn't know might think Karl was Catherine's grandfather.Never had he seen someone so caring for a future daughter-in-law. In Karl's eyes, his grandson was like a weed, and the prospective daughter-in-law was the treasure. As for his son, he probab
The surgery lasted a full three hours, and at almost one o'clock in the afternoon, the lights in the operating room finally went out.Thomas, wearing surgical attire, emerged from the operating room. He was slightly trembling, showing signs of fatigue.Scott immediately went to support his grandfather. Although he often bantered with his grandfather on ordinary days, he cared more about the old man than anyone else at crucial moments."Grandpa, you should rest for a while!""I am still strong. No problem!" Thomas sat down, panting yet with a smiling face.Audrey was deeply worried. If she hadn't seen Thomas being too tired just now, she would have immediately inquired about the situation.Now, all she could do was stand patiently on the side, waiting for Thomas to catch his breath before providing them with answers.Thomas had been a doctor for so many years, so how could he not understand what his patients were feeling?After resting for a while, Thomas turned to Audrey and sl
The reason Thomas didn't agree to go to the Duncans' old mansion but followed Catherine was because he wanted to talk to her privately.Catherine noticed this, so she took the keys from Branden and left with Thomas. Catherine leaned casually on the corridor, revealing her perfect figure effortlessly.A gentle breeze tousled her hair, causing it to flutter in the wind.Thomas glanced at her. When he first met Catherine, she was only eleven years old.At that time, she already showed her sharpness as a rebellious and cold teenage girl.There was no childishness in her that should have been present at her age and no ordinary warmth. She was like a cold machine, indifferent to everything.However, ever since he learned about her relationship with Branden, he saw different emotions in Catherine's eyes. She seemed to become just like an ordinary little girl.He was genuinely happy for Catherine. He didn't expect to see this in his lifetime, and it was a rare sight."I heard you've co
The crowd was discussing very intensely. But they just could not find a common solution. Everyone had their own opinions and felt that their ideas were more reasonable. In the end, the decision returned to Catherine. "Miss Swann, what is your opinion?" Catherine handed the documents she brought to Linda at the side and instructed, "Show them!" After everyone received the documents, Catherine began the formal notification. "I've decided to continue with the Grelin Group's project, but I don't intend to cooperate with the Grelin Group. I've already made a deal with the Facers in Loxton, and I'll choose them as the partners for this project. As for the funding issue, I'll solve it!" Catherine's domineering remarks carry an irresistible majesty. She was not telling them her opinion at all but announcing her decision to these high-level officials. Those who could sit there and have a meeting with Catherine were all smart. The moment Catherine said those words, everyone kne
Catherine tore open the wrapper of a piece of chocolate. She took the chocolate into her mouth and then waved her slender fingers twice. Linda immediately understood what she meant and then reported what she found. "Miss Swann, we inadvertently discovered that an overseas company was acquiring the fractional shares of the Swann Corporation. It's not a large amount, but there hasn't been much good news circulating in the market for the Swann Corporation lately, so it seems a bit out of the ordinary." Catherine took the chocolate wrapper and started to fold it deftly as she asked without lifting her head. "Did you check the company?" "Yes!" Linda went to investigate the situation as soon as she received the news. "The other party's background information is clean, and it seems they often do things like this to make money through luck." Such behavior, somewhat of a gambler, was collecting the fractional shares of some companies on the market that seemed to be growing well and th
Catherine had just parked her car when she saw Branden standing in a spot not far ahead. She pushed open the car door and slowly got out. Branden had already come to her side after she got out of the car. He looked at her gently with his deep eyes. "Are we going upstairs or going back?" Catherine originally wanted to come and return the car to Branden, but she did not expect Branden to come downstairs to find her. It looked like he should have finished his official business and could leave. "If you're free, let's go back." They rarely made a trip back to Casier these days, and Karl looked forward to them returning to the old house every day. It just so happened that they were done with their business, so Catherine thought of going back early to accompany Karl. "Okay!" Branden responded gently. Taking the key from Catherine's hand, he pulled open the car door and let her sit in the passenger seat. "Come on, let's go back!" Not long after the car had set off, the
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