Morrison, standing silently on the side, suddenly talked to Julius. He said in a humble and respectful tone.Julius took a look at him with a strict expression. He asked, "Are you in charge of this surgery?"Morrison nodded and responded. "Yes, professor, I'm in charge of orthopedics and wound suturing."Julius generously offered, "Fine, you can assist Fletcher and me today. Consider it a lesson out of school."Morrison was flooded with joy. He nodded quickly and kept saying, "Thanks."Rhys was filled with a surge of astonishment by what he saw. He thought, 'Dr. Rayes is an expert in orthopedics at Serenity General Hospital. Professor Ghett must be an authority in orthopedics to gain Dr. Rayes' respect. Not to mention that Professor Keane hardly accepts any invitations from hospitals. Catherine made a phone call, and both of them were here in person. How powerful is she.'Catherine stepped forward and shook their hands. "Thanks, professors. I owe you one."Fletcher approached Ca
The small, shabby fried chicken shop was now crowded with good-looking people casually sitting around the table, talking and laughing. Their sports cars formed a line parking by the road. The fried chicken shop was taken over. Not only did Ronin and Kim come, but Drake and Withal rushed in as soon as they saw the message.Ronin handed the fries to Catherine and asked, "Catherine, is Audrey okay?"Catherine explained, "The surgery was successful. She still needs to rest for a while."Everyone knew that Audrey was Catherine's elder sister, and Triston dreamed of marrying Audrey and followed her everywhere. They all cared about Audrey's injury.The shop owner was glad to see so many people eating there. He served another tray of fried chicken to their table. The chicken was taken by someone on the way. Judging by how he dressed, the shop owner knew he was one of them. So he said, "Are you one of them? Here's your fried chicken."The food in the roadside shop didn't come with rules an
Even after a late-night street barbecue session, Catherine couldn't resist getting up early to head to the lab.If she hadn't received an unexpected message about Audrey's mishap, she would've arrived even earlier, straight from the dorm to the lab.Once inside the lab, Catherine immediately delved into her work.To ensure she had a quiet work environment, Marshall cleared out his own exclusive lab space for Catherine.In the research building, this was a treatment usually reserved for esteemed professors.When professors from other departments got wind of this, they sought out Marshall and claimed he was breaking the rules. Once a precedent was set, it made things difficult for everyone else.However, Marshall just chuckled and even teased them, saying, "If you had a gem like mine, you'd offer not just a lab but even your last penny."Those folks thought it was against the rules, but their arguments fell flat against Marshall's words because Catherine's capabilities spoke volum
With Shane's prompting, someone eagerly passed the microphone to Catherine.Without hesitation, Catherine confidently reached for the microphone and shared her thoughts on the earlier question.Her viewpoint was fresh. She offered unique insights peppered with professional jargon, which left the students from the economics department in the audience wide-eyed and impressed.As a student from the EIE department, she responded to an economics query more astutely than those who had been studying in the economics department for years.Those who had initially anticipated amusement found themselves deeply impressed by Catherine. They thought Catherine was a genius who could excel outside her field with remarkable achievements.Catherine succinctly finished speaking and set the microphone down.On the stage, Shane voluntarily applauded Catherine. Soon after, thunderous applause erupted from the audience. It was a testament to their admiration for Catherine. Her insights garnered such ap
The atmosphere in the ward suddenly turned eerie.Audrey noticed Triston's odd expression. She glanced at him and then looked at the woman in front. "Who are you looking for?"Andrea looked at Audrey with a graceful smile. "Miss Swann, I'm Triston's fiancée. Since you and my fiancé are friends, and I heard about your injury while filming in Loxton, I came to check on you. Though it may seem sudden, it's just out of concern. Please don't mind!" Audrey thought inwardly, "What a bitch! She is here to make a scene and even asked me not to mind."Audrey crossed her arms and fixed her eyes back on Triston.Her face turned grim, and she said coldly in a sardonic tone, "Mr. Lambert, I didn't expect that my minor injury would prompt such a personal visit from you and your fiancée. Quite an effort!"Triston felt a chill down his spine from Audrey's glare. And he became upset.Though Triston used to be a playboy, those women never dared to say a word against him. He used the money to deal
Ten minutes later, Catherine emerged from the doctor's office. Audrey's surgical outcome was even more perfect than she had anticipated. The wound had already begun to heal well, showing positive progress.Having learned the information, Catherine didn't bother to greet Audrey in the ward; instead, she walked straight out of the hospital.Just as she exited, she spotted Paxton waiting by the car door.Sensing her presence, Paxton immediately approached and bowed respectfully just a step away. "Miss Swann, Mr. Duncan had to return to Casier today due to urgent matters."Knowing Paxton wouldn't come without a reason, Catherine inquired, "Did you get any updates on the investigation you were assigned last night?""Yes." Paxton nodded. He was here for that very reason. He had rushed to the hospital entrance upon learning of Catherine's arrival."Get in the car," Catherine said, bending down and entering the vehicle.Paxton swiftly took the driver's seat. "Miss Swann, our people visi
In the afternoon, Catherine received a call from Paxton. On the phone, Paxton informed her that they had found the person.With nothing else to do that afternoon, Catherine decided to go and see for herself. "Wait, I'll come myself."After hanging up, Catherine grabbed her coat and prepared to leave the dorm. Suddenly, Amelia popped her head up from the bed and looked at Catherine. "Catherine, are you leaving?"Catherine nodded slightly. "Do you need anything?"Amelia thought for a moment but decided it wasn't a big deal, so she didn't elaborate. "It's nothing. Go ahead. If you come back, let me know and bring me some snacks.""Sure," Catherine agreed and left the dorm. She saw a familiar vehicle parked by the roadside outside the school gate. She initially thought it was Paxton who came to pick her up, but to her surprise, when she got into the car, she saw Branden sitting in the back seat."Why are you back?" asked Catherine.Karl had been unwell these days, and the Duncans'
Roderick's emotions spiraled out of control, and he resembled a frenzied beast. Displaying a threatening demeanor, he seemed almost eager to devour Branden on the spot. However, Paxton swiftly subdued him with a single hand before he could come forward, delivering a punch to his abdomen. Roderick crumpled in pain, curling into a ball."Who do you think you are? How dare you trouble Mr. Duncan? It was practically seeking death," thought Paxton. Feeling offended, he struck another blow to Roderick's stomach.This time, Roderick couldn't maintain his stance and collapsed to the ground, clutching his abdomen in agony.Branden approached slowly and looked down on Roderick with disdain. With lips slightly parted, he said in a cold, mocking tone, "This's what I gave you back."This simple sentence instantly changed Roderick's complexion. He dared not contemplate what this dignified man might do to his sister.Even though he had a firm and somewhat disdainful attitude just moments ago,
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