Looking at the closed gates of the Silvas', Zobber suggested to Catherine. "Catherine, should I climb over the wall, beat up the person in charge, and have them open the gates?""No need." Catherine coldly rejected Zobber's suggestion. She took out her phone and dialed Withal's number. "Come over."Sitting in the car, Ronin and Zobber were unsure of Catherine's plan. When they left the Arroyos' earlier, Withal had separated from them, and they thought he had some matters to attend to. Now, they understood that Catherine had assigned a new task to Withal.A few minutes later, a modified top-of-the-line Hummer slowly approached them. Ronin immediately recognized it as Withal's new ride, the one he had shown off to Ronin last time."Catherine, how did you get Withal to drive this car out?" Ronin asked.Catherine didn't respond; instead, she backed up the car, making way for the Hummer.The heavily modified Hummer, which had been moving like a tortoise, suddenly accelerated and charg
Erasmus was infuriated by Catherine's domineering declaration, almost triggering a heart attack.If it weren't for the fact that those incompetent people among the Silvas of this generation needed him to oversee things, he wouldn't have to endure it.He had just received calls from several business partners, all announcing the cancellation of their cooperation with the Silvas.Also, the influential figure within the Silvas, Erasmus's brother-in-law, the current leader of a particular district, had also called. He was now under investigation for corruption.In one night, the Silvas fell like a house of cards.Erasmus genuinely could not ignore Catherine's bold words now because he wasn't sure if Catherine's warnings would come true.He lifted his head and stared fixedly at Catherine with a slight tremor. "Whether it's the Duncans or the Swanns, the Silvas have never had any dealings with them, let alone conflicts. Why must you push us to our doom?"Catherine directed her gaze at
Andrea seemed to have prepared a countermeasure long before Catherine's question, and she immediately provided an answer after Catherine finished speaking."I orchestrated this whole thing, so I'll be the one to end it. Even if you expose all the evidence, some haters will still cling to this, and Audrey will be criticized for the rest of her life because of this.""Go on," Catherine said with interest, looking at Andrea.Andrea took a deep breath and revealed her last trump card. "As long as you let the Silvas go, I have a way to ensure that Audrey escapes this situation successfully."She knew that just having this wouldn't be enough. Catherine wouldn't easily let her off. She also had to impose punishment on herself to quell Catherine's anger. "After everything is settled, I'll leave the country. I'll never set foot in Eskana again unless absolutely necessary."Catherine had come to the Silvas' today with such a firm stance, crashing their gates in front of everyone, indicating
Audrey's situation was still brewing in the entertainment circle.The online chatter was growing louder, with many netizens leaving messages on Audrey's social media accounts, hoping she'd come out and clarify things to give everyone an explanation.Just this afternoon, a reputable media outlet in the entertainment industry suddenly released a message.They released the first half of the original video, showing the faces of the male and female leads.The male lead was indeed the well-known director Davy in the industry, but the female lead was not Audrey. It was just a woman who bore a striking resemblance to Audrey, reportedly a popular internet celebrity engaged in certain business activities.Differences could be seen from the front, but the similarity between the internet celebrity and Audrey was evident from the side. The video was somewhat blurry, making it almost indistinguishable.Following this, Audrey's agency reposted this on Twitter, informing the public that the pers
When Catherine came out of the lab, she received a call from Audrey."Wait a moment. I'm coming right away!" At the school gate, Catherine saw Audrey. In just a few days, Audrey had lost weight."Do you need something from me?" Despite facing her sister, Catherine's attitude was still chilly, and she spoke without warmth.Audrey had long been accustomed to her sister, who seemed cold on the outside but actually valued the people she cared about more than anything."Kathy, are you getting used to being at Styre University?" Audrey looked at Catherine, feeling she was not doing a responsible job as an older sister. Instead of taking care of her sister, she often caused trouble for Catherine.Without Catherine stepping in this time, she wouldn't have made it through unscathed. Catherine not only helped her restore her reputation but also increased her popularity.Now, calls for business were flooding in from Kim, and her external quotes kept rising. However, she wasn't in a hurry to
Catherine glanced expressionlessly at Marshall. "Professor Hartley, just tell me what you need."Marshall turned and handed a document to Catherine. "The Bide Cup, held every four years in Alton, is about to begin. As the highest institution in Eskana, Styre University naturally needs to participate. Due to the last project leak, our reputation was damaged. This competition is important for the school, and the higher-ups also attach great importance to it. Mr. Farrell is under a lot of pressure."Originally, Marshall wasn't one to care about competition rankings. He valued experimental research projects. However, this competition held considerable weight in the industry. If the ranking in the competition is too low, it could affect Styre University's global standing.Ultan approached him to come up with a solution. As a teacher at Styre University, he didn't want the school to lose face. And it was a fact that their team's leak incident had brought a lot of negative publicity to Sty
Zobber and the others were very excited to see Catherine, who frowned as she looked at them, asking, "Are you all going?"Zobber smiled brightly and slowly approached Catherine. She originally planned to hug Catherine to brush off the matter. But as she was about to reach out, she lifted her head and met Branden's calm yet icy cold gaze that sent shivers down her spine.Zobber, who was never afraid of anything, suddenly felt timid at this moment and quietly withdrew her outstretched hand. "Catherine, we also want to go. Please!"Even though everyone had packed their bags, at a single glance from Catherine, they would immediately have to leave, as no one dared to oppose her orders.Seeing their earnest and hopeful gazes, Catherine finally relented. "I'll go with Professor Hartley. You can take the plane yourselves."Hearing that Catherine had finally agreed, the group of people, who had acted without permission, suppressed their joy and nodded at Catherine.Ronin stepped up to ass
The plane flew for a whole 12 hours and safely landed early the next morning. Although the school authorities had arranged the best business class for this trip, the long hours of sitting had left them with severe backaches and sore waists.Catherine descended from the plane with an air of elegance, her hands empty and tucked into her pockets.Marshall teased, "Catherine, I've already minimized my luggage to a single box. How come you brought nothing with you? The hotel doesn't have everything you need, you know."Fergus chuckled and interjected, "Young people are different from us old folks who have to bring everything. They can solve everything with money. Why burden themselves with a heap of luggage?"Marshall shook his head, unyielding. "This is Alton, not our home. There are things that money can't buy, aren't there?"Amelia, who had come along with the group, raised her suitcase in front of Marshall. "Professor Hartley, I share a dorm with Catherine, and all her essentials a
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