Granny Atherton growled as she knocked her cane on the solid ground.Granny Atherton had always been the most respected person among the Athertons.She was no ordinary person, and Lola rarely got to see her in such anger, hence why she was ecstatic.Catelyn had managed to anger Granny Atherton to such length. She could never win!"I know Catelyn did go overboard, Grandma, but she—""I'm talking to you!" Granny Atherton turned and glared at Lola.The air froze in seconds. Lola stiffened, and she could barely breathe. It felt as though an invisible hand squeezed her heart as her mouth gaped open in disbelief."G…Grandma, you must be mistaken, right? Catelyn was the one you were angry at, and she—""Why didn't you tell me earlier that this woman was Catelyn?"Granny Atherton had someone that she trusted to look for Catelyn after leaving the Chandier Jewelry shop. However, the shop's surveillance cameras had only managed to capture Catelyn's side profile; no one could trace her.
Catelyn did, however, feel someone lifting her while she was still in a daze.She then felt someone cutting the sleeve off, and the wound on her arm burned in pain as the fabric grazed over it."Mmph!" Catelyn moaned faintly in pain as she frowned subconsciously. Her pale face was scrunched in agony, and her pale lips pursed tightly.Cedrick, with Catelyn still in his arms, straightened his back when he heard her pained moan and shot the female doctor, who was cleaning her wound, a sharp glare. "Didn't you hear that? Can't you be more gentle?" he growled.The doctor shuddered and almost spilled all of the iodine on Catelyn's wound.The air in the room felt stifling and ominous.The doctor knew that if Catelyn moaned again, Cedrick would throw her out of the window without a doubt. She thus squeezed out a smile as she said to Cedrick, "The wound had been left to bleed for a while, and the fabric was stuck on her wound, so we have to pull it off."Cedrick looked away as he saw no
Cedrick glared coldly at the doctor."Why would she be on diet pills when she's already so skinny?" uttered Cedrick coldly, and the air in the room became suffocating once more.The doctor did not respond.Cedrick looked back at Catelyn once again.He had never seen any sort of diet pill when he was over at her house, and on top of that, she had always been particular with her diet and her well-being. There was no need for any sort of diet pills at all.In other words, Cedrick was certain that Catelyn had not been taking any laxatives.The other possibilities were that she had either taken it by mistake, or someone had poisoned her.Cedrick was the one who bought her breakfast that morning, and he ate the same thing as her as well, so it could not have been that.The biggest possibility was…that someone bore ill intentions toward her.Granny Atherton frowned when she heard that Catelyn had taken laxatives, but what she was trying to understand more than anything was the relati
Well, things did escalate before her. She did allow the driver to run into Catelyn."Fine. You want an explanation, no? I'll give you one.""All I need is a word from you, Granny Atherton. I'll investigate the rest myself."Cedrick's eyes were cold and stern. All he wanted was Granny Atherton's agreement.…Catelyn woke up to the smell of faint disinfectant. She forcibly opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was a clean white ceiling.Her brain was still foggy at this point.She stared at the ceiling for a while before she stared at her surroundings. A bag of intravenous drip was hung by the bed frame, sending fluids down the line and into her body.The last thing she remembered was Edwin running toward her and shielding her with his body.She faintly remembered the Athertons' car running over her.Catelyn tried moving her body and realized that her left hand was held tightly by another hand.She traced the hand only to find Cedrick sitting on a chair in front of the
"I'm alright…just a little thirsty."Catelyn wanted to sit up when a pair of hands pinned her down. The warmth from Cedrick's hands spread to her shoulder."Don't move. I'll bring you water."Catelyn froze in place. She did not want him to notice that she was feeling a certain way."Okay."Cedrick turned around to fill a glass with water, and his eyes darkened.'What was she thinking of earlier? Why did she look so sad and dazed?'Cedrick filled the glass up with warm water and took a sip to test the temperature of the water before putting a straw in and pointing it toward Catelyn's lips."Open your mouth. Drink up."Catelyn did not even have to sit up; all she had to do was open her mouth to drink.Seeing as Catelyn did not open her mouth, Cedrick raised his brows and asked, "Aren't you thirsty? Drink."Catelyn felt extremely embarrassed.She just had diarrhea. Why was he treating him like she was a three-year-old child that needed help?"I'd like to sit up.""The doctor
Granny Atherton fell deep into a memory lane, struggling to pull herself back out.Knock, knock!Someone knocked at the door, and it brought Granny Atherton back to reality as she blinked away her tears."Come in," she replied.Kelly walked in with what seemed like a secretive folder. "Old Madam, here's the draft by Miss Catelyn that you asked for."Granny Atherton put the photos aside cautiously and accepted the folder. She had only planned on scanning through, but her eyes were glued onto it.It was a dark, edgy design of a ring.With a bright red rose with silver-black skulls as its pistils, the contrast between the red and white was strong and edgy.It brought Granny Atherton back in the day when Summer, her daughter, was in her twenties and how she liked all sorts of jewelry.She even promised herself that she would head toward a different path and design a series of edgy jewelry.The skull signified power as well as war, death, and the devil. A red rose, on the other ha
Catelyn did not expect Cedrick to lash out at her. Looking back at her actions, guilt crept into her as she stared at Cedrick, muttering cautiously, "I didn't expect Granny Atherton to allow Lola…""If you knew that it was going to happen, how did you end up here?" retorted Cedrick with a deep frown.Catelyn looked down and nodded. "I'll be more cautious from now on.""..."'She sure is quick to admit her mistake, but she's still going to repeat it.'Cedrick saw how weak she was and decided to stop lecturing her, keeping his silence with pursed lips.That expression of his was clear to Catelyn—Cedrick was throwing a fit.Catelyn knew he was worried about her safety and felt comforted by his caringness, but she hated seeing him angry.Her tiny, pale hands poked out from under the blanket and tugged gently on the corner of his shirt.Cedrick slapped her hand off of him, not caving in at all.Catelyn did not give up either. Her eyes sparkled as she continued tugging on his shi
"Why are you still scolding me? Look at me now! How do you justify bullying a lady in such a situation? Also, how am I supposed to know that Lola would put laxatives into the water bottle? If I knew I wouldn't even drink it!"Cedrick did not expect her to spew all of that through harshly gritted teeth when she was still physically weak.He was satisfied with her progress in recovery and brushed her hair with his fingers, smirking. "Is that all? Seeing as you're being such a good girl, I have a reward for you."Cedrick placed his forehead on hers and growled endearingly, "A kiss from me. Do you like it?""..."No. Not at all.At that moment, the door was pushed open from outside.Joanne rushed to the hospital with some hot soup in her hands. "Cat, I heard that you got admitted into the hospital because of diarrhea, so I bought—"The moment she pushed the door open, the first thing she saw was a man with his back facing the door and his upper body on top of Catelyn's. His arm cra