Selene was in the hospital. She could barely speak. And her neck was in colossal pain due to the strangling. Even drinking water was painful to her. Selene stopped the doctor who was leaving and asked, "Doctor, how long does it take to recover?"The doctor pushed his glasses hesitantly and said in a severe voice, " The swelling can be relieved within three days, but it will take another week to recover fully.""Can you at least ease the pain?" That was what she was concerned about. She could try to eat as little as possible but still had to eat. The thing was, the pain was unbearable, even though she was only lying there and doing nothing. The doctor could only say, "Miss Miller, it takes time for the medicine to work. We've given you painkillers. Your pain will be eased soon enough." But he never mentioned exactly how soon.Selene was furious to see the doctor leave. She spent extra money to shift into a single ward, and this was what she got. What a jerk! She accidentally moved
A phone call from Marshall woke Catherine. "Catherine, come to the university. Ultan has something to talk about with you."Hearing Marshall's voice, Catherine slowly came to her senses. "Professor Hartley? What's going on? Why do you call?" Her voice was less distant and more attractive. Marshall knew she was sleeping without thinking. He was flooded with resentment at having to work overnight. "Hurry up. I won't cover you up if you're late." He hung up resentfully.Catherine leisurely got up. How naive was she to think she could have a vacation? They wanted her back just one day after they threw her out. She dressed up and headed out for school.Her arrival at the lab building attracted a lot of attention. Although she was not officially expelled, it was an open secret in the lab building.Catherine ignored all the gazes and swiped her badge, trying to enter the building. But the machine alarmed. "Trespassing! Please step back."This only caused more attention to her. People s
After Marshall blamed him for blocking Catherine, Ultan went downstairs to look for Catherine. However, Ultan never ordered Catherine to be put on the block list. He had no idea who did this."Catherine, I heard you want me to invite you in personally. Is that true?" asked Ultan.What Ultan said made the crowd more and more curious. Their gazes darted between Ultan and Catherine. Some thought Ultan was here to scold Catherine instead of picking her up and that Catherine had asked for it with her arrogance. They were eager to witness the scene where Ultan harshly scolded Catherine.When asked by Ultan, Catherine slowly looked up, neither humble nor pushy. Then she said casually, "Mr. Farell, you want to talk to me in the lab building, right? Now that my badge is blocked, I need you here to prove I'm invited. I don't want innocent people to be punished for letting me in."Only then did Marshall realize Catherine wanted Ultan to be here in person for his reputation, not for herself. H
After checking the contract, they found that Catherine was the declarer and the experiment's leader and that Marshall was only assisting. Who would have thought Catherine could experiment all by herself? So, Styre University had nothing to do with this experiment. On the contrary, Styre University benefited from Catherine's status as a titular student.Everyone was dumbfounded. Ultan turned around and looked at Marshall in disbelief. "Is this true?"Marshall spread his arms and shrugged. "It's all written in the contract."Ultan's mind was blown away. The reverse was entirely out of his expectations. Marshall only cared about experiments. He didn't mind giving up authorship if the experiment was meaningful. That's why he didn't stop Catherine from being the declarer. He almost forgot about it. It appeared that Catherine had everything planned and organized. These old fellas stood no chance against a person so thoughtful as Catherine. However, it was funny to see them being fooled
After Catherine left, the conference room raged. Some smacked the table and asked Ultan for an explanation. Ultan grew impatient and stood up, glaring at them. "I'm willing to give up my position to whoever can find a substitute for Catherine. Go ahead and take it."Everyone went silent at once. How could they find a substitute for a genius like Catherine in this country or even the world? Even Marshall had to admit Catherine's dominance in this experiment. As much as they wanted to, they couldn't argue with what Ultan said.The silence was long and awkward until someone couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "So we just let it be? What about the reputation of Styre University? She's gonna ruin us!"And another professor immediately echoed. "Mr. Farell, this is more complicated than it looks. We all know who Catherine's fiance is. The lab under the Duncan Corporation has the same experiment project, which has gone unnoticed for ages, but announces that it will display the results next
Rylan's face darkened. He didn't even bother to hide the contempt and disdain in his eyes when he coldly looked at her, disgusted by her bitchy ways. "What do you want?"Selene sneered. She still remembered vividly how arrogant he was just a few minutes ago. And now he was there. She felt the pleasure of winning and intentionally put on a haughty posture. However, Rylan had no patience for her. He gritted his teeth and said, "Don't dance on my nerves. Get up now, or NEVER. You know what I mean."The threat worked well. His cold gaze reminded Selene of that day and made her stomach sink. She dared not to rechallenge him cause she knew he was a maniac. He might kill her. Honestly, if it were not for his grandpa, people would be attending her funeral now. She had goosebumps at the thought of this, got up from the bed, and packed her things.Rylan picked her up at the hospital and sent her to the company in front of the staff. It created quite a stir in the company. Everyone thought S
It was tense in Ultan's office. Professors were called here to discuss the withdrawal of investment.Ultan listed all the possible situations for them and sat aside. A professor looked at the contract and frowned unpleasantly. "Five of our sponsors have decided to withdraw their investments. We'll be in big trouble if they all leave. People would think Styre is doomed."He had a point. It would be catastrophic if a chain reaction were set into motion. Styre would be in trouble if sponsors followed each other and withdrew investment. Who would have thought it was all because they expelled Catherine?As the principal of Styre, Ultan had thought about this, of course. He looked up at that professor. "What's your advice then?"That professor paused and then bitterly said, " Should we consider enrolling Catherine again? She definitely didn't want to be expelled. We can say she apologizes for the mistake and has a great attitude."Someone objected immediately. "Styre is a century-old un
Although the university didn't officially release the announcement about expelling Catherine, someone put it on the internet and caused a great clamor. Netizens made various conjectures about what she did that got her expelled.One user left a comment, saying, [Isn't she a badass? I heard Styre fancies her a lot. How come she got expelled?]Another user replied, reading, [The truth is she lived off Styre while secretly selling data to others. She deserves it.]This comment caused a lot of attention.People entered her homepage and found she was also from Styre University, like Catherine. And then, many Styre students liked her comment as if verifying her words. Everyone believed what she said.Soon, Catherine became a target. Some even commented on Audrey's account, cursing Catherine.It became a hot topic on the internet and lasted for a long time, which Catherine found confusing cause she was not a celebrity. But she became a hot topic on the internet now and then.Branden cal
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