The ringing of the phone woke Ronin from his deep sleep. He reached for his phone with an impatient expression on his face and glanced at the caller ID. After seeing who was calling, he immediately sat up and answered the phone. "Catherine, you finally decided to call me!"Ronin was well aware of the recent events at Styre University and was very angry. Those fools dared to slander Catherine, which was simply absurd. But without Catherine's orders, he couldn't act on his own. He had been waiting for her call."Ronin, help me with something," Catherine said coldly. Ronin was excited. "Catherine, please command me!" He had been waiting for this opportunity for so long, so how could he miss it?"The lab is haunted. Find out which evil spirit is causing trouble."Catherine's words made Ronin feel confused. Although he had abilities, they could only be used on humans, not evil spirits. How could he handle a haunting laboratory? But he couldn't disobey Catherine's orders, and he couldn
Zobber had heard about what was going on at Styre University, but she shrugged it off as nothing much.She thought a tiny matter like that wouldn't bother Catherine. So, she ignored it. She just focused on the tasks Catherine had assigned her."Catherine, Branden just put in an order for Hacker Alliance again. This time, he jacks up the price by tenfold! He is so generous!"For a regular order, even double the commission would've been a big deal. The Duncans were loaded, but no one expected them to jack up the price by tenfold. Even the seasoned members of the Hacker Alliance were taken aback by the Duncans' extravagance.Hearing that, Catherine was unfazed as ever.Branden had always been like this—anything he set his mind to could be accomplished. Money was just a number for the Duncans.She simply replied, "I told you to take the order. Any issues?"Zobber wouldn't have bothered making this call if it were a regular order. The demands were so high that Zobber couldn't make th
"Phew..." Ronin breathed out softly and finally shifted his position. He'd been lying on the ceiling for two days without a stir below.Ronin moved slightly and turned to give his numb thighs a break. A growl from his stomach prompted him to carefully retrieve an energy bar from his pocket to replenish his energy. After that, he settled back into position quietly.Under Catherine's orders, he wouldn't stop until he unearthed who was causing the disturbances.However, after he stayed there for two days, the office remained eerily quiet. Ronin wondered whether he had misjudged the direction.Just as Ronin contemplated revising his plan, the office door lock made a slight sound.A soft click caught Ronin's attention. He adjusted and barely breathing. He feared detection.When he spotted the person entering, he rolled his eyes silently.It was Ciaran, Marshall's earliest student, who had been working with Marshall. He often frequented Marshall's office. His entrance was nothing out
After a few minutes, Marshall finally caught his breath.He stared at his student, Ciaran, with a mix of sadness and frustration. Ciaran had been in his lab the longest, almost like a son to him. However, Marshall didn't expect that Ciaran was the one stealing lab data. He wouldn't have believed this if it hadn't been for Marshall catching it on the spot."Why, Ciaran? Tell me." Marshall's voice choked as he struggled to get the words out.Ciaran kept his head low and remained silent. It wasn't until pushed that he responded. He said, "Professor Hartley, please don't ask anymore. Just hand me over to the procuratorate."Marshall was furious and slammed his favorite coffee mug on the table. "Why can't you tell me your troubles? I'm your teacher. I can help you. Don't you trust me?"As the standoff lingered, Catherine, who sat nearby, said casually yet assertively, "It's not about trust. It's about the hidden agenda from the start."Her words instantly drew their attention. Marshal
Catherine led Ronin to the topmost office area.As soon as the door opened, several black-clothed security guards rushed straight out.Catherine glanced at them expressionlessly. She turned back toward Ronin behind her and said in a low voice, "I'll leave them to you!""No problem!" Ronin confidently patted his chest. "Catherine, don't worry. I'll keep up later!"Several black-clothed bodyguards rushed forward and wanted to surround Catherine, but Ronin blocked them before they could reach Catherine.Ronin gave a handsome kick. After kicking down one of the black-clothed bodyguards, he scanned around with an intense look of disdain in his eyes."What are you waiting for? Just come together!"He did not put these people in his eyes at all. He was not worried even if there were ten more security guards.He thought to himself, "Anyone who dares to stop Catherine must die!"Seeing that these bodyguards could not even stop Ronin alone, the higher-ups arranged new helpers. These new
Catherine escaped from the Breens that year on her own. She was also the first person who managed to escape from Shane even after he inherited the Breens.After these few years of biding his time, Shane himself knew that it would be very difficult for him to trap Catherine.If it were in the past, he really couldn't do anything to Catherine.It was different this time. After Shane came to Eskana, he did not directly attack Catherine but investigated all the people and situations around Catherine.He knew the weaknesses of human nature too well. He knew that Catherine's seemingly cold exterior hid a warm heart.If once Catherine was invulnerable, now Catherine was full of weaknesses.Audrey and the Duncans were the people she cared about and her weaknesses.As long as one had weaknesses, one would be easily controlled."Catherine, if everything is as you said, congratulations! And yes, it was me who did it. I accept your challenge."Shane looked at Catherine with a smirk on his
"Mr. Duncan, the Hacker Alliance has replied," Paxton reported to Banden.Hearing what Paxton said, Branden stopped to look up at him, waiting for him to continue.Paxton received the signal from Branden's stare and continued, "The Hacker Alliance replied and made it clear that they wouldn't accept the mission no matter how high the price was unless we agreed to their rules."Aidan happened to be at Branden's office for a business meeting. He knew Branden was seeking cooperation with the Hacker Alliance recently. The surprisingly high price offered by the Duncans had created quite a stir in the black market. Aidan naturally knew about it.He asked Branden, "The Hacker Alliance refused to cooperate with you despite the high price. Had the Duncans ever offended them?" It was said a golden key could open any door. With the money the Duncans offered, they could hire anyone they wanted. But the Hacker Alliance was not swayed, making Aidan deeply doubt they had a history with the Duncans
The news of Ciaran being taken away was blocked by the university. But one person down in the laboratory raised a storm of conjecture. Let alone Ciaran was the most popular one in the lab.People inquired privately, and gossip always found its way to people. The news was leaked, more or less. However, the university had already ordered that discussions on this matter be strictly prohibited. No one dared to mention this accident in public. To avoid this situation, the school collaborated with the Procuratorate to conduct a detailed investigation into the family situation of the laboratory members and students enrolled. Not only did they investigate the backgrounds of the members, students themselves, and their parents, but they even investigated their grandparents to eradicate the occurrence of this situation.When Catherine arrived at the laboratory, most of the members of their group were present. Seeing Catherine walking towards her seat calmly, a nosy senior immediately approached
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