Stella had spotted Catelyn wrapped in a blanket, sitting on the passenger seat of a luxurious black car. Her eyes twinkled in anticipation as she strode toward them, gently running her fingers across the car's sleek side."Mom?" Catelyn's eyelids twitched upon seeing her mother as she tightened her grip on the blanket instinctively.Stella peeled her eyes away from the car unwillingly and turned toward Catelyn, whose face seemed deathly pale. "Goodness!" she gasped. "Why do you look so pale?""I have a cold, and Mister Mason here sent me back." Catelyn thought for a moment before deciding to get out of the car as she pulled on the handle.Stella caught her arms as she observed the man behind the wheels.That was the first time Cedrick had seen Stella.He got out of the car and nodded politely at her."Good evening, Missus Clark."Stella gulped in a thirstful manner and smiled brightly as she reached her hands out to him passionately. "Mister Mason? You're the owner of the mansi
Catelyn closed the door promptly behind her and nervously ordered, "Quick, Miles, Cedrick is here! Find a place to hide in quickly. I'll try to get him out of here as soon as I can so you can come out."There was only one thought in her mind at that moment—Cedrick must never see Miles!"What?" Miles shot up on the bed in an instant, his sleepiness completely gone at that point as he puffed his cheeks and complained, "Why is he here?""Your grandma let him in."Miles stared at the blanket on Catelyn. His big and round eyes squinted doubtfully, resembling Cedrick when he was being cold and stern. Catelyn had goosebumps upon seeing that look on Miles.The blanket on her did seem pretty inappropriate.She struggled to carry Miles up from the bed and put a jacket on him before opening the closet and placing him in there."Hide in the closet for now."Miles curled into a ball inside the closet, perfectly concealed behind Catelyn's long dresses.Miles poked his head out from behind t
Catelyn blew on the hot milk in the mug and took small sips from it.Her body temperature slowly went back to normal as she sipped on the hot chocolate, and her cramps were eased as well. She felt full after finishing the hot chocolate, too. It was a huge mug after all.As soon as she set the ceramic mug down in the sink, she was lifted by Cedrick from behind.Catelyn did not expect to be lifted and lost her balance. She hooked her arms behind Cedrick's neck on instinct so as to not fall.'What is he doing?' Catelyn thought to herself as she batted her long lashes at him.Cedrick ignored her questioning gaze and carried her to the sofa in the living room. He lifted her long dress by the hem and grabbed her ankle to place it on top of his knee.There was a fresh wound on her knee, and it was bloody.Catelyn did not expect Cedrick to look at her wound. It was an ugly one, and she did not want him to see it. She wanted to pull back her leg, but Cedrick reached out to the bruises ar
"I'll suffocate you with my weight!"What a boring woman.Cedrick got up from her and stamped down his urges, while Catelyn got up on her feet and patted her dress.The air became still all of a sudden, with only the sounds of Cedrick's ragged breaths and two pairs of heartbeats heard.Thud!The sound of something falling was heard coming from the master bedroom."What's that sound?" asked Cedrick as he looked in the direction of the master bedroom.Catelyn shuddered as she grabbed Cedrick by the wrist to stop him from going into the bedroom. "Are you sure you heard something?" she pretended to ask. "My son's sleeping, so don't wake him up.""My hearing is perfectly fine." Cedrick frowned and looked at her suspiciously. "Are you not worried that your son fell off the bed?"Of course she was worried, but she was even more worried about him going into the room!"Nah, could've just been something else that fell.""Are you sure? Don't you want to go have a look?""I know my so
The next day, Catelyn received a call from a private hospital.The DNA paternity test result was out.Catelyn's fingers quivered as she went through the result, yet at the same time, she was oddly calm.The result was just as she had expected.[Probability of Paternity: 99.99%.]Both Miles and Ollie were her biological sons.Albert must have lied to her when he told her that Ollie being at the Masons' was an accident. Someone had taken Ollie and sent him to Mason Estate.Aside from Cedrick, she could not think of anyone else who would do this.The only explanation was that Cedrick had completely forgotten about her within four years, that he had no idea that she gave birth to twins.It was unfortunate that Ollie was taken away the moment he was born.All Catelyn wanted to do at that moment was to fly to Mason Estate and take Ollie back to her.At that very moment, an idea crossed Catelyn's mind. An idea, it was, but was highly risky.She thought of taking Ollie back and fle
Kelly, who was sitting next to Lola, noticed Lola's change of expression and asked in concern, "Miss Lola, is everything alright?""Edwin brought Catelyn here with him in front of a group of employees.""What?" gasped Kelly in shock. "Could Master Edwin have fallen for her?""To tell you the truth, Catelyn stole Maia's fiance from here just a while ago. Her private life is so messy. The fact that Edwin stood up for her got me worried that he might have fallen for her tricks!" Lola spat furiously without hiding the hatred she had for Catelyn.Kelly had watched Edwin grow up to be an adult, and she knew how playful he was."I think Master Edwin is smart enough to not fall for her," muttered Kelly in response, yet her uncertainty could be heard.The meeting room door was pushed open in that instant.Everyone looked up to see Edwin and Catelyn, who followed closely behind.Edwin headed straight to the chairman's seat and nodded politely to the judges in the meeting room. "Everyone
Even though Catelyn did not try to clear her name of plagiarism, she managed to redefine the purpose of a designer. Being slandered for plagiarizing was nothing to her.After a long silence, Edwin, who had been watching Catelyn, stood up with a smile on his face and clapped. "As expected of Miss Catelyn! You've truly opened my eyes. This presentation is definitely worthwhile."Followed by that was a sea of applause by the rest of the judges.Lola, on the other hand, felt her face burn in embarrassment.She had accused Catelyn of plagiarism and revoked her right to enter the competition. However, that new draft she had just presented managed to shock and impress everyone, so much so that even the high and mighty Edwin Atherton was here to support her!Lola bit her lip and stood up with a smile on her face. "I believe that everyone has no objections for Miss Cately to rejoin the competition?""No objections," agreed the judges unanimously.Edwin smiled with his eyes and looked at
Joanne's adorable face filled up Catelyn's entire screen, yet she had no complaints."I'm super-duper touched. Please come home soon."Both of them bantered for a bit and Catelyn subconsciously walked past a Chandier Jewelry outlet.Summer was their peak sales season.The shop was filled with people, but they had implemented a 'one staff, one customer' strategy, so most people in there were just window-shopping.Even though she managed to get into the finals, the winner would still have to be chosen by Granny Atherton, and only with this could an individual win the cash prize.Catelyn thought to herself, 'Go big or go home.' Since Jamie had been giving her trouble while she struggled to get a new job, she decided to put all her effort into studying Chandier Jewelry's best-selling products.The staff were busy with their customers and had no time to serve Catelyn, but she did not mind.Catelyn was impressed by Chandier Jewelry's designers and noticed each of the designs had its