"This is between her and me," said Catelyn indifferently. "I won't blame you for that.""The director has to fire you now. Did you see Cedrick earlier? What did he say? Will he bail you out on this one? If that's the case, you won't have to be scared of the director!"Catelyn felt rather…uncomfortable to hear this."This isn't finished."With that, she dragged her suitcase and, along with her belongings, left the office.Catelyn took a shower as soon as she got back home. She kept her mind blank, not wanting to think of anything as she did. She then took a long nap in her bed, and only got up when it was nearing the end of school for Miles.She tried to smile to herself in the mirror, only to find herself looking awkward.She patted her cheeks harshly until a bit of color returned to her face. With that, she went out to fetch Miles.Miles was a sharp kid, and he could tell something was wrong when Catelyn came to pick him up. His chubby fingers grabbed onto Catelyn's palm tight
"Even if you've sent those things to the Board of Directors, I've already fired you, and you'll only end up in a worse state than I'll be in!"'Sent these things to the Board of Directors'? Catelyn had no idea what Winnie was talking about."Are you done? If you are, I am hanging up."Winnie gasped on the other end. However, just when Catelyn was about to hang up, she said something that immediately stopped Catelyn from doing so."Catelyn, do you really think I released bad information about you?"Catelyn paused. "What do you mean?""Yes, I wished to fire you, but I couldn't have worked on it that fast. I couldn't have gathered so much information about you in such a short time!"Winnie hung up right after.Catelyn immediately contacted her old schoolmate from her computer science faculty. Even though they were not exactly close with each other, they were happy to help investigate the exposer's IP address when Catelyn sent her request.Once she got information about the IP add
"Do you think this is Catelyn's revenge?""Where did Catelyn get so much information about her?""Are you silly? Catelyn may not have it, but Cedrick would have it! She could just sweet talk Cedrick and get it easily from him.""It was strange, though. It had not happened before or after the event. It was right before the launch of Project Castle in the City. I wonder who will be the next Director of the Design Department?"Everyone came up with all sorts of theories and discussions. Catelyn could feel herself sweating as she was reading them.It seemed that everyone thought that it was her that exposed Winnie!Just like that night, she did not say anything to the racer group, but other people thought otherwise…She had a very strange feeling that she and Winnie were both puppets, and someone was pulling the strings behind them.If what Winnie said was true, the post was not uploaded by her, and this mysterious package was not sent by her…Then there must be an unknown person
"Catelyn, your son wants to jump off the balcony! Please come over now!" Javier was shouting over the call, and his voice was trembling.Catelyn's face turned green immediately. "What? Miles wants to jump off the balcony??""Yes, he is… Wait, it's not Miles. It's your soon-to-be stepson, Ollie." Javier almost exposed himself. He looked at Ollie's blinking eyes and continued, "Ollie said his father does not want him anymore, and you don't want him too. There is no more purpose for him to live anymore…"Catelyn's heart wrenched, and her fingers gripped tighter onto her phone, "What did Cedrick do to Ollie? What are you guys doing? Stop him now!""Catelyn, we could stop him this time, but not every time."Javier pinched his thigh hard, and he felt a pain so acute that he almost cried."Poor Ollie, he did not have a mother ever since he was born. Now his father does not go home every day. He is more pathetic than an orphan. He could not feel the warmth from this world at all…""Put
"...Oh dear, cousin, he's your son!""That's why I knew he would not have the guts to do it."Javier was speechless.The next moment, Javier heard him say, "Javier, if you keep teaching nonsense like this to Ollie, I will make you regret this."Javier shivered and hung up.He looked at Ollie, terrified.Ollie held his head down in disappointment. He then thought, 'It's okay if my father is not here. As long as Aunt Catelyn stays, my father will come back!'…Catelyn took a cab to Mason Estate as Javier was still upstairs practicing scripts with Ollie.He saw a green car driving toward Mason Estate from afar. "She's here! Your Aunt Catelyn is here!"Ollie dripped another two drops of eye drop into his eyes, took off his shoes, and climbed up to the window sill.Javier, on the other hand, went downstairs to welcome Catelyn.Catelyn dashed in and yelled, "Where's Ollie? Where is he? Has he calmed down by now?"Javier then secretly pinched his thighs again, and his tears rol
Catelyn was worried that he was still emotionally unstable, so she decided to stay at Mason Estate to keep him company.Albert was used to her staying over at Mason Estate, so he asked the servants to prepare the guest room for her. However, Catelyn decided to sleep with Ollie.She was about to fall asleep when she heard some noise downstairs. She woke up to check and realized that the water hose was broken.Albert was leading other servants to fix the hose. All of them were wet and filthy from top to toe.She was about to ask if there was anything that she could help with, but Albert was calling Cedrick. Albert then told her that Cedrick needed an important document to be delivered and hoped that Catelyn could pass it to Uncle Benny so that he could deliver it to the office. Catelyn agreed and went to the study to retrieve the document.Albert said it was kept in the third drawer from the left.Catelyn followed the instructions, but she saw a funding document underneath.So
Cedrick was enraged too. He choked her by her neck and pinned her against the wall. "You love me? Your so-called love is to conspire against me with Nine, neglect the things I gave to you, and lie to me over and over again? I would rather not have your love!"He gave her chances, so many chances…She disappointed him over and over again."Haha!" Catelyn decided not to struggle anymore and let him choke her. "You're right. I was lying, throwing your important things away, and conspiring against you with Nine. Are you happy now?"Cedrick's veins were bulging on his forehead, and his face darkened."You are Nine's associate…"His hand was gripping tighter onto her throat. Catelyn was in pain. Her head was forced to tilt upward. She looked at his enraged glare and somehow found it amusing. She had been nothing but truthful before, begging for him to believe them, but he never did. She only lied this once, but he believed it all.He firmly believed it. Her face was red, but
She was unsure how long the torment lasted.If what happened four years ago was an accident, then what he was doing right now was revenge. "So, are you still thinking about Nine?"Cedrick was furious when he realized the woman under him was not giving him any response. Other than rage, he felt jealousy."Do you think he would be here to save you? No! You are only a pawn that he planted beside me. You are nothing to him!"Catelyn glared at him coldly as though looking at a pile of trash.Yes, trash!Cedrick wished to choke her to death. However, when his fingers laced around her neck, he could not bring himself to do it. Darn it. He could not…Their past sweet memories were flashing before his eyes as Cedrick glared at her, his heart twitched."Are you done?" Perhaps she was crying, her lashes were wet, but she was stubbornly staring at him. "Let me go if you are done. You don't want your son to see this, do you?""You don't deserve to talk about my son!"Her actions w