Before Granny Atherton spoke about this, Catelyn did have some expectations for the Chandier Jewelry Competition. At this point, however, she felt somewhat disgusted about it."Granny Atherton, do I have to accept the championship?" spoke Catelyn in a tone implying that she wanted to reject her victory, much to Granny Atherton's shock.She did not expect Catelyn to say such a thing.Kelly quickly interjected, "Miss Clark, Granny Atherton had personally investigated Miss Lola and apologized to you. Don't be so full of yourself."Full of herself?Catelyn looked Granny Atherton in the eye with no signs of cowardice. "I'm here to win with what I got, not by some sort of compensation. Now that you've made me the champion, what about the other contestants? Was the so-called fairness of your competition just a gimmick from the beginning?"Catelyn knew that the old lady was trying to show her goodwill, and she should stop being difficult. However, for some reason, she just could not help
What kind of question was that? Cedrick clearly did not give Catelyn another choice.She secretly glanced at Eason, still feeling embarrassed.Eason, however, quickly left upon sensing the awkward atmosphere in the room.With that, Catelyn had no more excuses. She opened her mouth obediently and let Cedrick feed her with the spoon.Cedrick's way of feeding was obviously a bit blunt, but he was gentle. When Catelyn had some soup droplets at the corner of her mouth, Cedrick would lovingly wipe it clean with a napkin.Catelyn's initial resistance to the feeding gradually turned into enjoyment. She could feel her stomach warming as the warm soup slid into her esophagus.Catelyn could not help but admire Cedrick's gentle movements. She glanced at his beautiful jaw and realized that she had not seen it up close before.What a perfect-looking jaw… Catelyn wondered what it would feel like to give it a poke.However, she looked at Cedrick's deep, cold eyes, and decided that it was perha
"Mister Atherton, the artist director of Monique Entertainment is here again. He still wishes to talk business with you, saying that he won’t leave until he sees you. What should we do?” said Edwin’s assistant over the phone.Edwin’s beautiful peach eyes narrowed slightly.Monique Entertainment? Was that not the agency of that stupid woman, Joanne Winters?It was said that Monique Entertainment was facing bankruptcy due to poor management. Moreover, most of the artists under its banner were also terrible.“Let him wait," replied Edwin. "Have the secretary prepare some tea for him.”"But if he comes every day—""Let him wait since he likes waiting so much. I have all the time anyway,” said Edwin. He glanced in the direction where Joanne disappeared to and drawled, “Also, spread the words. Whoever dares to lend money to Monique Entertainment will have to deal with me.”The assistant was even more shocked this time.Did Edwin bear some sort of hatred for Monique Entertainment or s
Catelyn's two sons, one innocent and lively while the other was silent and mature, were godsent.Ollie just so happened to have homework in the afternoon, so Eason quickly picked him up and drove him back to Mason Estate.Catelyn did not want him to stay in the hospital too long, too, so she coaxed him to go home as well.However, the two glasses of water that she drank earlier seemed to be indigestible at the moment.The infusion bottle happened to be bottoming out, so Catelyn simply walked around the room to ease the digestion process in her body. Suddenly, she received a multimedia message from a mysterious person.[I don't want Cedrick to know the truth. Come to the private room V312 of the coffee shop on the top floor of Riverdale Mall at 7 a.m. I'll be there.]Two photos were attached to the text message.One of them was a surveillance screenshot of her accidentally entering the private room 520 of Four Seasons Hotel four years ago.The other one was a comparison of the r
Catelyn looked back at the man in displeasure and flatly spoke, "Mister, what are you doing?""I'm sorry. I just wanted to tell you that you dropped something," replied the man. He quickly realized that his actions were inappropriate and quickly let go of Catelyn's hand before pointing to the ground with a warm smile on his face.Catelyn looked in the direction of his finger and saw a dollar lying on the ground.She withdrew her gaze and looked at the man."Mister, your approach is a little old-fashioned. I was in a rush today, and I didn't bring any money along," said Catelyn before she walked away without giving the man a second look.The man stared in the direction where Catelyn disappeared, and his startled expression suddenly changed as he curled his lips into a sinister smile.He picked up the banknote."Didn't bring any money along, huh?" he murmured in amusement. He had seen the banknote fall out of Catelyn's pocket with his own eyes. Did Cedrick really like silly women
The cafe was full of people when Catelyn arrived at its doorstep.Instead of heading to the meeting point immediately, she secretly observed the private room V312 at a corner of the cafe from afar.She wanted to know who this mysterious person was.Who could be that all-knowing? Not even Cedrick knew that Ollie and Miles were twins, and Catelyn hid that from him all this while!However, she did not expect that someone else would be watching her from the dark.Little did she expect it to be Cedrick.She waited for a while, but the door to the private room remained closed the entire time. Nobody went in or came out of the room—not even any servants.Catelyn could not help but feel suspicious.In the end, she summoned up the courage to walk forward. She barely noticed it, but fine beads of sweat oozed out of her clenched palm.As she walked toward the room, a figure appeared and stood before her abruptly. Catelyn did not manage to stop and almost bumped into the person.She look
Not only did Catelyn suffer from her family's bankruptcy, but her relatives made it worse by trampling on her, too. She even gave birth out of wedlock!Her life was already in shambles. What did it matter if Cedrick wanted to destroy it again?All Catelyn wanted was to protect her children.To add to the mix, a mysterious person appeared out of nowhere and threatened her with photos of her two children. She did not even know what the person wanted from her!What could she do?She was tired of everything. All Catelyn wanted was to be reunited with her children!Catelyn shed no tears even as she stared at Cedrick. Her rise in anger caused her blood vessels at her temple to darken and bulge a little.Her sudden resistance stunned Cedrick.Ever since that night at the Riverdale Mall, Catelyn had been humbly cautious of him, and she never lost her temper in front of him. Yet, at this moment, it was as if Catelyn was venting out all her suppressed emotions to Cedrick all at once.Ce
"It's just a spam call. There's no need to answer it," said Catelyn, pretending to be nonchalant about it as she hung up the phone.Deep down, however, she was very distressed.The mysterious man had called. What was he going to say to her?Her instincts were telling her to quickly find a way to get back to meet him, but since Cedrick was with her, she could not leave!Catelyn straightened her back as she got into the car, while Cedrick glimpsed at the phone in her calm, saying nothing.The car did not get that far before Catelyn's phone rang again.Thinking it was the mysterious person, Catelyn intended to hang up the call without even looking at the caller ID.Before she could do it, Cedrick, who was in the driver's seat, grabbed Catelyn's phone. "Let's see. Who'd actually spam calls on you?" he sneered.Catelyn's eyes widened in horror, looking as if she had just lost her soul. "No!" she stretched out her hand to grab it from him. "Give it back to me!"What if Cedrick disco