After hearing Zobber's request, Black Robe burst into laughter, as if he had heard a particularly amusing joke. "Zobber, you may be small, but your appetite is certainly not!"Mocked by Black Robe, Zobber immediately jumped up to refute. She said, "I'm 5.5 feet. Are you making fun of me for being short?"This unexpected remark left Black Robe momentarily speechless. As Catherine had mentioned, Zobber was unpredictable and hard to control.Turning serious, Black Robe decided not to joke with Zobber any longer to avoid delaying matters. "Zobber, I can tell you clearly. Getting Catherine's research results is absolutely impossible. If you're not willing, I can find someone else. With the Duncan Corporation, I believe many people would be willing to serve me. As for you, if you don't cooperate with me, I'm sure you know what awaits you. No need for me to say more, right?"Indeed, Zobber knew what awaited her. She would be constantly hunted, face continuous troubles, and have a life of
Suddenly, an attendant approached with some medicine and a glass of water. "Mr. Melton, Mr. Aaron has prepared your medicine. He said it will help if you take it as soon as possible," the attendant said.Upon hearing this, Rylan changed his expression. He looked unpleasant and wary.The sudden change in atmosphere left the attendant bewildered. The water in the glass was hot, causing his hand to strain, yet he dared not speak up.Catherine glanced at him and said to Rylan, "Your grandfather is right. The medicine should be taken as soon as possible."Rylan paused for a moment. Then he took the glass from the attendant. He was expressionless as he waved the attendant away.Relieved, the attendant immediately retreated.Rylan unpacked the medicine, and the pungent medicinal aroma hit Catherine's nose. Without tasting, she could tell it must be very bitter.However, Rylan took it without wrinkling his brow."Mr. Theo is here as well. If you're not feeling well, you might want to s
Catherine and Branden walked hand in hand out of the courtyard. Thomas noticed them first. He nudged Karl and said with contentment, "Karl, you might not be much, but your grandson is quite nice. He matches well with Cassie."Karl felt a bit displeased. He was about to retort. But upon careful consideration, he thought Thomas's words, though not pleasant, were somewhat accurate. Uncharacteristically, he didn't argue and instead nodded in agreement. "Catherine is exceptional. Otherwise, I wouldn't have agreed to Vicente's proposal so readily and made the betrothal for Branden early on," Karl said.Karl's words irritated Thomas. He knew Karl's business acumen was sharp, never engaging in unprofitable deals. Unexpectedly, Karl was just as discerning in judging people. When Catherine was still very young, Karl had already set his sights on her and chosen her for Branden.Reflecting on it now, Thomas became even more unwilling and retorted, "You old rascal, at that time, Cassie was just
Zobber turned around and briefed Withal on the situation with a puzzled expression. She said, "It seems like I got a call from Black Robe just now. He told me to take down Mr. Duncan at the Duncan Corporation's showcase in a month."Withal frowned and then turned to make a call to Catherine. Two minutes later, Withal turned back to Zobber with the update. "The information is confirmed. Catherine says the Duncan Corporation's showcase is indeed next month, not publicly announced yet, and only a few people internally are aware of it."Zobber exclaimed in excitement, "Wow! These people are too formidable. Information like this should only be known by the top executives of the Duncan Corporation. They must have deep connections to get this intel so quickly."Withal sneered with disdain. He replied, "If they weren't planted in the higher-ups, how could he boldly promise you half of the Duncan Corporation?"Zobber found it made sense. It seemed that Black Robe had more than one operative
"Miss Swann, it's been a while since you provided our organization with any updates. Is our collaboration still on?"Hearing the slightly threatening voice on the phone, Catherine responded with an aloof attitude, "Just wait."After delivering her words, Catherine promptly hung up the phone. She was completely unconcerned about the other party's reaction.On the other end, Black Robe was somewhat angered, feeling that Catherine had shown him a great deal of disrespect. In the next moment, an email automatically popped up on his computer.Frowning, he opened the email and examined its contents. Not many could stealthily breach his computer's firewall and pop up a message. Catherine happened to be one of those few.After reading the email, Black Robe smirked. He finally understood why Catherine could decisively hang up on him without fear. It was simply because she could afford to offend him.As he gazed at the experimental data on his computer, Black Robe's smile became brighter.
Despite Catherine's admission of her involvement in the laboratory project data leak, Ultan still couldn't believe that.He looked at Catherine with astonishment. Then he turned to Marshall, who stood beside him. Marshall also wore a bewildered expression, clearly not understanding the current situation.Seeing Ultan's gaze, Marshall, in a public setting, gestured for Ultan to continue. After a brief exchange between them, Ultan proceeded with questioning Catherine. He asked, "Catherine, since you've admitted that the project data was leaked by you, I think you need to explain the matter of the substantial bribery payment. What do you think?"Catherine remained cold. "I've said it before. There was no substantial bribery payment.""So, you mean you didn't take any money? Then tell me, if not for money, why did you leak the experimental data? There must be a reason. As the lead on the project, don't you understand its significance to you?" Ultan's tone gradually became stern. He cou
"Catherine, hold on!" Rylan caught up with Catherine at the entrance of her office.Catherine halted and turned to face him. She said coldly, "You can't just come and go as you please here, understand?"Rylan paused and retreated his foot. The assistant by his side was stunned. It was the first time he witnessed someone treat Rylan like this, and oddly enough, Rylan didn't seem angry at all.Catherine began packing up things she needed to take from her office. There weren't many things, and she quickly finished. Throughout this time, Rylan stood by the office door. He just waited quietly until Catherine came out.Rylan caught up with her and said, "Catherine, I don't think you should compromise so easily. Not explaining things clearly may affect your reputation.""It's my business, and you shouldn't interfere," Catherine replied coldly and then left the research building with her belongings.Rylan followed her out. Even the assistant found him a bit too passionate, especially whe
In the Melton Group, Aaron had Selene sent to the hospital. If it were not for Aaron to show up timely and stop Rylan, she would have been strangled to death. Selene was so intimidated by Rylan that she left the office with his assistant without saying anything. Only Rylan and Aaron were in the office. Aaron looked at Rylan. His stomach sank. If Rylan's assistant hadn't informed him beforehand, Rylan would have done something terrible."Do you know what you just did?" asked Aaron.Rylan didn't answer him. Aaron raised his voice and continued, "You almost killed her!" He coughed violently. He was old and in bad health. The fluctuation of emotion made him out of breath.Rylan, who had been frosty, poured a glass of water and handed it to Aaron. "Grandpa, I don't deserve your concern."Aaron took the water, his hand shaking and his eyes filled with tears. He regretted sending Rylan back to the Meltons in Loewe when he was still a child. Or else Rylan would not turned out to be broke
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