Catherine pursed her thin lips. She recalled the way Shaun had spoken when she left yesterday. Was it his doing?General Manager Wolfe said, “We’ve spent 50 billion dollars on this plot of land. If we don’t get our project started as soon as possible, our capital chain will break and our company will be left high and dry. If that’s the case, you and the other directors might run the risk of going to jail.”“I’ll find a way out,” Catherine hesitated before she replied.After the meeting ended, she went to the office to call Shaun only to discover that he had blocked her number.She gave a bitter laugh. Apparently, she had offended him.She had no choice but to ask Joel for help. After Joel enquired about the matter, he found it strange. “Cathy, who did you offend? Even I failed to help you this time. I’m sure this isn’t the Wicks family’s doing.”“I have no idea who I’ve offended either. Let me try and recall.”Catherine ended the call in a daze. She did not intend to ask Joel to
Catherine was taken aback. She had actually disliked Liam back then. However, both of them were in a similar situation now. “You shouldn’t be bothered about it, Second Young Master Hill. We didn’t get to choose our backgrounds. What’s more, your life is more blissful than mine. Your parents are married.”“Yeah. Even so, other people tend to compare me to my brother. I always live in his shadow.” Liam shrugged helplessly. “Come, I’ll bring you along to meet the commissioner.”“...Thank you, Second Young Master Hill.”Catherine trailed after him after hesitating for a moment. Given that there were over 10,000 employees in the company, she could not afford to give up on the chance.…Three days later.Shaun returned to Canberra after his meeting abroad ended. As soon as the plane landed at the airport, Hadley reported the company’s situation to him.Shaun quietly listened. After he got into the car, Hadley said, “The license for Hudson’s land has been settled.” Shaun took off the
“I…”At that very moment, Wesley’s phone rang. After he picked up the call, his expression changed drastically. “I’m coming right now.”“Cathy, I have some urgent business to attend to. I won’t be able to accompany you tonight.” With that, Wesley rose to his feet and left hurriedly.Catherine was stunned. Even though she had known him for some time, this was her first time seeing him in such an anxious state.After she got back to the hotel, she learned through the television that something had gone wrong with the drugs produced by Golden Corporation. At present, Wesley was being detained. The news astounded her. She quickly brought a lawyer to the detention center. Nevertheless, the lawyer failed to bail Wesley out.This scene was rather familiar. It reminded Catherine of when she was arrested in Melbourne.The only difference was that the person was Wesley this time.The lawyer said, “Miss Jones, President Lyons must have offended someone. He could’ve been bailed out for suc
“Shaun, I want to have a word with you.” Catherine’s dark eyes rested on Shaun whose hands were shoved in his pockets. He stared at Catherine impassively with his outstanding features as if she was a stranger.Even though the bodyguard had not seen Catherine before, he directly approached her and pushed her to the ground abrasively as she was trying to capture Elder Young Master Hill’s attention.With a stony expression, Shaun lifted his long legs and walked upstairs.Holding back the pain, Catherine got to her feet and went after him. “Shaun, I’ll agree to all your demands from before as long as you stop making things difficult for Wesley and his company.” His tall figure stopped. Shaun finally turned around and looked at her. He curved his mouth into an imperceptibly icy smile. “I don’t even know what demands I made before this.”Catherine was dazed. A moment later, her face turned pale.She could not possibly outwardly voice her agreement to sleep with him. Putting aside the
Shaun, who was seated opposite Catherine, subconsciously narrowed his eyes. He nearly crushed the wine glass in his hand as a result of him clenching too hard.Damn. He initially intended to just teach her a lesson and frighten her. When he caught sight of President Warner touching her though, he somehow felt like chopping his hands off.However, now was not the time for Shaun to fly into a fury. Having been pampering Catherine too much, he planned to give her a lesson. He was not going to save her until she got into a desperate situation so that she would learn her lesson and submit to him.“Glad that you like it,” Shaun replied nonchalantly. “Have a toast with President Warner.”In her despair, she could not sense the rage nor grimness in his eyes.By the look of things, she would not be able to escape the situation tonight.“President Warner, let me propose a toast to you…” “There’s no point doing this. You’d better finish this whole bottle right away,” President Warner said
“Yeah, I’m basically a devil. Now, I’m giving you the last chance. It’s up to you to decide,” Shaun scoffed. He turned around and headed toward the door.Catherine forced a smile. She really did not want to let him have his own way.Compared to the fat man who could already become her dad based on his age, she would rather sleep with Shaun.“...I ...I don’t want to accompany him.” Catherine went after Shaun and wrapped her arms around his waist shamelessly. Shaun looked back nonchalantly and threw a glance at her. He pulled her arms apart and ordered, “Come to Oasis International with me.”Catherine trailed behind him silently.Once Shaun entered the room, he sat on the bed. The lights above him highlighted his perfect features.“Why? Are you expecting me to teach you what to do?” He raised his brows and curved his mouth into an evil smile.Catherine approached him with a flushed face. Quivering, she kissed his lips.After she fell asleep in the middle of the night, Shaun too
Catherine figured out everything within seconds.It was Shaun who took the photo and deliberately sent it to Wesley.As such, there was no way she could conceal what had happened.“Hurry up and send President Lyons to the hospital,” she immediately said to the chauffeur.When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor quickly performed a medical examination and put a nasal cannula on Wesley.“You’re his girlfriend, right? Let me remind you that he’s left with just one kidney. Try not to expose him to provocation and stress. He also needs to eat a healthy diet so that he can live longer,” the doctor reminded, “We can only let him relax for now. It can’t actually solve the fundamental problem.”“Thank you, Doctor.” Catherine expressed her gratitude to the doctor before seeing him off.In the ward, Wesley kept coughing while covering his chest. Catherine poured a glass of warm water and brought it close to his mouth.He froze for a moment before he held the glass. He cast a complica
Wesley looked at her departing figure with a strong chill in his eyes.He clenched his fists tightly.He suppressed his anger until he returned to the company, where he finally could not help but smash everything in the office.His phone suddenly rang.It was an unfamiliar number. He grabbed it irritably and placed it by his ear. The low laughter of a man sounded. “It must be very painful knowing that your fiancée has slept with another man.”“Who are you?” Wesley’s pupils quivered. It was an unfamiliar voice.“I also know that you never lost your kidney. You deliberately faked an injury to deceive Catherine Jones, and you’ve long known her history, so you thought that you could use the Yule family to get ahead…”“Shut up!” Wesley could not hold back his roar as a chill went down his spine. For the first time, he felt thoroughly exposed. That feeling was very terrifying.“I’m someone who can help you get revenge,” the low voice said, “I can also help make Golden Corporation the