"Catherine replied! Catherine replied!" Wantel's shout drew everyone's attention.Branden was the first to rush to Wantel's side. If it were anyone else, Wantel might not have shared the message, but Branden's imposing presence made him tremble. He barely had time to turn on the device before handing it over to Branden.After Branden read the message, his expression turned extremely peculiar. Those around him noticed his unusual demeanor, feeling a sense of unease, but no one dared to inquire about the situation. All their gazes turned to Wantel, pressing him for answers."Wantel, what did Catherine say?" Ronin asked.Facing Ronin's probing, Wantel felt like rolling his eyes. These people didn't have the guts to approach Branden, so they began pressuring him. They sure knew how to pick on the easy target. Luckily, his laptop could also access the message, albeit not as conveniently as the device.Wantel turned on his laptop, opened the message sent by Catherine, and read its conte
Regan looked at Jotham with a puzzled expression, seemingly very surprised by his sudden appearance. "Jotham, why did you come all of a sudden? Did something happen outside?" Seeing her uninjured, Jotham felt relieved. "It's nothing. I just saw a maintenance sign hanging on the restroom door, and I was worried that something might have happened to you, so I came to check on you," he replied.Ever since Jotham took Regan away from the Duncans, he had been taking good care of her, never leaving her side. Even when they attended events, his gaze always followed her. When he saw the maintenance sign on the restroom door shortly after Regan entered, he found it strange. He rushed over immediately, concerned that something might have happened to her.Regan smiled gently at Jotham. "Jotham, you're always so nervous. Look, I'm perfectly fine, and there's nothing unusual in the restroom. Maybe it's just a coincidence that they need to do some repairs."To avoid further questioning from Jotha
Jotham had been discussing matters with the Alliance Leader. After the discussion was over, the Alliance Leader had wanted to keep him for a drink. However, thinking that Regan was still in the back garden, Jotham declined his invitation.Upon leaving the hall, Jotham hurried to the back garden to find Regan. Along the way, he encountered the attendant who should be accompanying her. Learning that Regan was alone in the back garden, Jotham began to feel uneasy.Jotham immediately rushed to the back garden with his men, only to catch a glimpse of a familiar figure getting into a car. The car swiftly departed, prompting Jotham to instruct his men to prepare a vehicle urgently. He then leaped into the car.The car quickly set off, closely following the black vehicle ahead. Concerned, Jotham's subordinate tried to reassure him. "Mr. Johnson, please don't worry. I don't think Ms. Regan is being abducted. Perhaps she had to leave for something urgent. Why not try calling her?"Although t
Faced with Jotham's threat, Catherine looked at him disdainfully and extended her finger to her head. "If you really have that ability, come on."Jotham was exasperated by Catherine's arrogant attitude. It was the first time he had encountered such an arrogant person.The expression on his face grew sinister, and the murderous look in his eyes became more and more obvious.Just as he was about to give orders to the men around him to kill Catherine, a convoy of Hummers suddenly drove from afar, and at the head of the convoy was a gold-colored extended Hummer. It was the standard car of the alliance leader.No one on Florona didn't recognize this car. The guards on the ship immediately stopped moving and saluted devoutly.Jotham also stopped his men from moving.Although he had a good relationship with the alliance leader, this was Florona, and he must still listen to the decision of the alliance leader in everything.The golden Hummer stopped between Jotham and Catherine. The att
No one at the scene seemed to have expected Catherine to be so arrogant in such a situation.She even shot someone in front of the alliance leader. Was she really not afraid of death?The alliance leader's already gloomy face had darkened to the extreme at that moment.He thought to himself, "Catherine, not only did you challenge my majesty, but you also provoked me in public. If I don't punish you, how am I going to manage the entire Florona in the future?"The alliance leader gave orders to everyone with a cold face. He reached out and pointed in Catherine's direction, his eyes filled with anger. "Kill them all."With that, the attendants present shouted in response, "Yes, sir!"Even if Catherine had strong abilities and could fight, it would be difficult for her to escape in the face of hundreds of guns aimed at her.Not to mention the fact that she still had to take Regan with her, and Amos was in the alliance leader's hands.Just as Catherine was preparing to use her last
Watching Branden approach, the people in the maintenance team instantly became more vigilant. In the next second, they entered a highly alert state.They collectively aimed the guns they were holding at Branden as if they were going to shoot in the next second.If they fired at the same time, Branden would immediately be shot and die.In the face of such a threat, Branden's face remained calm. He kept walking non-stop, and even his walking speed did not change.His eyes were blazing with cold eyes, staring straight at the alliance leader ahead. "Let's talk about it."The guards behind the alliance leader wanted to say something but were stopped by the alliance leader himself.The alliance leader thought in his heart, "This is my territory, surrounded by my people. Branden offered to talk in public, and if I refused, what would my people think of me? Florona doesn't need a cowardly alliance leader. I need to be not only confident but strong.""Come here!" After the alliance leade
The leader sorted things out on their end and agreed for Branden and the others to leave Florona. He even released Amos to Catherine.After promising Branden that anyone he wanted to take could leave, the leader, with their troop of guards, left the dock.But as the guard team departed, a bunch of mysterious figures in black encircled Branden and his group. Their sinister eyes made their intentions clear.Zobber and the others were puzzled. They thought inwardly, "Aren't the leader's people gone? Why this new group?""Catherine, did the leader of Florona change his mind? This is way too quick," Zobber questioned.Catherine shook her head and denied Zobber's speculation. Catherine wasn't aware of the exact terms Branden had agreed upon, but she knew that making the leader break his rules and accept their conditions to leave Florona meant those conditions must have been enticing. The leader wouldn't easily ruin the deal.The only possibility was that these individuals weren't the l
"Paxton's move isn't cutting it. If he goes up just an inch more, that guy's done for." Zobber stood aside and commented with a smile.Withal chimed in, "Makes sense. Look at that guy. His footing's all off. Paxton's targeting is slightly off."As they fervently discussed, Paxton was entangled in a scuffle with a dozen burly figures dressed in black. Despite Paxton's formidable strength, he struggled against their relentless rotation, all the while trying to listen to his friends' banter.After delivering a swift kick to a charging figure in black, Paxton finally found a moment. He turned back toward Zobber and the others. Then he yelled in frustration, "Are you guys so capable? Why don't you join in?"Zobber shrugged casually and replied, "We're not cut out for this physical stuff. That's all you."Paxton, who was exasperated, had no way with Zobber. Now, he couldn't spare a moment to deal with her either. While they argued with each other, he continued grappling with the figures
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