At the Duncans' dungeon, Zobber finally got Karl's permission to enter here safely after sucking up to him for days. Zobber was totally impressed by the dungeon, which looked like it was made of iron.She thought Hacker Alliance was mysterious enough, but it turned out Karl was even more badass.Everyone thought that the Duncans' roots were in Casier, so they wouldn't have much influence when they first arrived in Loxton. But to everyone's surprise, Karl had such an influential background here in Loxton.Zobber wasn't in a rush to meet Selene. She looked around carefully and studied for a while. "Paxton, Karl is quite something. That was truly impressive to have such a huge dungeon hidden in the bustling Loxton."Paxton gave a somewhat arrogant smile and said, "Have you ever thought about how distinguished Karl was back in the day? This is nothing. Do you want to meet her or not? If not, I have other work to attend to."These days, the Duncans were busy preparing for Branden's
Selene was lying on the ground without even the strength to prop herself up. She shot a furious look toward Zobber, her eyes filled with deadly hatred. "What do you want exactly?"Zobber had been through all kinds of situations. Even though she acted all carefree and goofy most of the time, she was still one of the four leaders of the Hacker Alliance. If she couldn't even handle a small situation like this, how could she get to where she was today? Zobber grabbed Selene's head and forced her to make eye contact. "I said I'll let you off for now. Are you planning to dig your own grave?"Her icy and fierce eyes gave Selene an eerie feeling.She was so flustered looking at Zobber. Her speech was stuttering and nervous. "What do you want exactly?"Zobber's tone was icy as she said, "Spill everything you know. I'll give you a fair trial." Selene knew deep down that she had done too much. There was no way Zobber would let her off easily. The best outcome for her would be to escap
Branden's groomsmen were rather helpful. They either bribed the bridesmaids with their beautiful looks or with money.When the heir of the Duncans got married, every gift they prepared was worth over ten thousand dollars.The bridesmaids yelled out, "Where's the gift?" Paxton pulled open his backpack and stuffed a stack of money into each bridesmaid's hands.The bridesmaids had them do a few small interactive games to liven things up, and the groomsmen were super cooperative and nailed it.Everyone looked at Zobber, asking her what to do next. Zobber shrugged, laughing helplessly. "The enemy is too strong. We can't hold them off. Let's just them through.Everyone thought that it made sense. After all, they had received so much money, so of course, they had to speed things up a bit and let the handsome groom sweep his bride off her feet sooner. Branden was walking at the forefront and smoothly arrived at the door of the bride's room. The bridesmaids announced that they had
The wedding was held at the most luxurious Camilton Hotel in Casier, which was originally owned by the Duncans. To hold a grand wedding for Branden, Karl directly instructed the Camilton Hotel to close for a whole month, specifically for the preparation of this grand wedding. Starting from the main entrance, the entire hotel was decorated like a luxurious palace with exquisite beauty.The beautiful setup stunned every guest who came to participate in the wedding. "This is so amazing! It looks like the Duncans really value this new bride and are willing to spend a fortune on her."Upon hearing someone discussing, an insider immediately responded, "It's the Duncans' sole heir's marriage. Naturally, the standard cannot be low. But you did say one thing right: the Duncans value this new bride very much. You know, Mr. Karl himself personally organized this wedding."When these words were spoken, everyone around was shocked. Usually, the weddings of wealthy families were all taken car
Just as Branden was about to speak up, no longer wanting to put Catherine on the spot, Catherine smiled and spoke first. "I do! I used to think I would be lonely for the rest of my life, but you gave me the courage to enter into marriage. I have no regrets marrying you." Always being serious and stiff in front of others, Branden suddenly broke into a big, hearty laugh at this moment.He was so happy that the girl he liked had finally become his wife. The heartwarming scene touched many people into tears.Most of the people here were friends of Catherine. They all knew how powerful she was. But they also knew what Catherine had been through to get to where she was today. The emcee standing on the side was all teary-eyed, holding the microphone and announcing the next process in a choked voice, "Now let's give them wonderful applause as a blessing. Congratulations to this loving couple. Wishing them a lifetime of happiness together." There was thunderous applause from the audie
Audrey had been out of the entertainment industry for a while now, but she had successfully made it into the A-list with a few killer hits.She didn't need to keep churning out works to maintain her impression in the audience. It was enough that she released just one work in a year.A couple of days ago, she was busy hustling in her acting career, leaving herself physically and mentally exhausted. Now, she was planning to rest well and travel around. If it weren't for Catherine's wedding this time, she wouldn't have returned from overseas. As the wedding reception was winding down, Audrey was ready to leave.Finally seeing her little sister getting married, she was so happy today. Nothing could make her happier than this.Branden was a real catch, and Catherine could definitely trust him.Saying goodbye to all her friends, Audrey was getting ready to drive away. Just as the car was pulling out of the driveway, it suddenly got hit by a car coming from the side. A loud bang
After a moment, Audrey snapped out of it and pointed to the phone on the table."Here's your phone." With that, she was about to leave. A familiar smell hit her as she passed by Triston.It was still that shower gel with the unique scent of lilac.He got bored of women quickly but was more loyal to other things, such as the body wash he had used for many years.Audrey was about to walk out the door when Triston grabbed her.Before she could react, everything started spinning, and Triston had already pressed her down on the bed. They stared at each other, and there was hardly any space between them.Audrey could feel the warm breath directly spraying on her face, causing her heart to race.She tried to keep calm, frowning and staring at the man in front of her. "Mr. Lambert, please let go."Triston was squinting at her. Everyone said he was heartless and cold.But he knew his indifference was nothing compared to the woman before him.She was the real heartless one.When s
The project leader was so scared that he almost passed out when he saw the situation. He couldn't care about Audrey's popularity in the industry and immediately jumped out to defend his own boss. "Ms. Swann, Mr. Lambert is here to pay a visit because he admires you. But isn't it a bit too much for you to act all high and mighty like this?" 'He admires me?' thought Audrey. She didn't believe a word of that. She knew her attitude was not good. She definitely wouldn't have this attitude if it were someone else today. But it happened to be Triston.When Audrey still had a stony face and didn't say anything, the project leader started to get impatient and was about to speak but was stopped by Triston. He looked around with a cool attitude, making everyone think he was about to get mad. But then he said to the project leader, "All of you can go. I'll have a chat with Ms. Swann alone."The project leader was stunned for a moment but then quickly reacted and immediately left the meet
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