Catelyn, oddly, sounded somewhat coquettish despite her evidently anger-filled words, and Abert almost dropped the tray on his hands when he heard their conversation.Albert blushed.It just so happened that two cleaning maids were wiping the dust off the railings in the morning. When they heard Catelyn's voice, they exchanged glances and grinned strangely."Our Master Cedrick is so strong.""You're right, you're right!""Aww, they're so sweet!""That's right! This is probably what they meant by 'youths having fun'.""Ahem!" Albert was too embarrassed to listen to their conversation. He looked at the two maids and said, "Alright, this place has been cleaned. You can go downstairs to clean the living room now."The maids got Albert's hint and went downstairs with a smile.Albert then hurried downstairs with the maids and ordered all the maids to not allow anyone to go upstairs.Still, Albert was a little worried that the young masters might have heard it.'Oh, God, please hav
"Do you remember what that man looked like?""I..." Joanne thumped her head and shook her head helplessly. Her eyes reddened as she wept. "I can't remember, but his back looked familiar to me. He looked tall and beefy.""What about his other features? Can you recall anything else about him?"A lot of vague memories suddenly flashed in Joanne's mind.Catelyn stared at her aggrieved appearance and felt remorseful and guilty.She was also mad that the driver did not fetch Joanne, and he did not even call her to double-confirm her friend's wellbeing.She held herself responsible because she did not call Joanne to ask if she had gotten home safely before going to bed.However, what troubled them was that Joanne had already taken a shower, and she might already have washed away the evidence, which was the DNA of the man.Not to mention, she was a public figure, and that incident would most probably affect her reputation."Do you remember where you met that man?"Joanne took a momen
Catelyn called a cab so she could send Joanne home before she would go to Riverdale Entertainment Club to check the video surveillance.Joanne was afraid of being recognized, so she wore a thick mask.The previous passenger of this cab might have brought durian as the car was filled with the smell of this fruit.Joanne felt a little choked when she took the contraceptive pill. To make things worse, the strong urge to puke suddenly arose in her body when she smelled durian, and her headache worsened.The driver slammed on the brake on a turn.Hastily, Catelyn had the driver stop at the roadside, and Joanne quickly ran to a trash can before she started throwing up."Ack!"She puked for several minutes until it felt as though her stomach was empty. Even after, she barely felt better and could not vomit anymore.The driver was worried about what had happened to her, so he handed over a pile of tissue papers and asked, "Miss, are you okay? Do you want me to take you to the hospital?
When Catelyn lowered her gaze, she was startled to find Miles and Ollies staring back at her. "Why are you both here?"Miles and Ollie were carrying their school bags with the same expression on their faces."Godmother is sick, so we came to take care of her," replied Miles."You two are still children that need to be taken care of, and you think you can take care of your godmother?" Catelyn rolled her eyes as she felt the existence of the two children here would only bring more trouble for her.Miles immediately jumped and shouted, "Mommy, you underestimated me!"Ollie winked at Catelyn, implying that they could take good care of Miles's godmother.Catelyn glanced at Joanne, asleep on the bed. She recalled how she adored playing with Miles the most.Perhaps it would be nice to let these two stay so they could cheer her up.With that, Catelyn lowered her voice and spoke, "Come in, but keep your voices down, and don't disturb your godmother. Do you copy?"Miles immediately rais
Miles and Ollie were also very attentive to Joanne.Catelyn just called the boys to eat, and the two quickly wiped the tables clean and put the chairs together. Ollie also helped Joanne to the dining table in a very considerate manner.Joanne felt flattered as she enjoyed how the boys treated her like royalty. She lowered her head and gave Ollie a quick kiss on his cheek."You're so cute! Why can't I have you as my son!" cooed Joanne, suddenly winking at Catelyn. "Kitty, if I have a daughter in the future, she can be good partners with your sons."Ollie blushed and lowered his head when Joanne gave him a peck.Although he was adored by many elders in the Mason family, he was still the son of Cedrick, and not many people dared to kiss him like this. In fact, Ollie could count how many did with just one hand.Catelyn's eyes swept across Ollie and Miles, and she was, in truth, very curious about what kind of girls they would be into in the future."Sure," said Catelyn. "Let them be
Maia endured the nausea she felt and steeled herself to take a bath.Suddenly, someone came over and slammed her head against the wall."Agh!" cried Maia.The other female prisoners who were nearby were also taking a bath. When they heard the sound, everyone was stunned for a moment.Whoever was holding her against the wall was too strong. The more Maia struggled, the more excited the person became!Maia was thrown to the ground. She struggled and tried to get a hold of herself. She looked around, trying to see if the person was Lace, but she could not make out a face.Maia bit her lip as her face burned in pain. She could barely stand by holding onto the bar handles between the grids.Her eyes watered in anguish. Tears mixed with the stream of water above her head slid down Maia's cheeks.She hated it here!It was all because of Richard, Catelyn, and Cedrick!With that, the most tragic period of Maia's life began.She was harassed very often throughout the day in the detent
Moreover, the Clark family was very proud of Maia for being married to Cedrick.Everyone thought the Clarks' glory days were upon them, but none could foresee how foolish Maia would be.Jason had also received a lot of accusations lately that he disregarded the interests of the family to save his daughter. Some even suggested to him that he should recognize Catelyn as his goddaughter.Catelyn was Ezekiel's bloodline, but nobody paid attention to him anymore ever since he went bankrupt.Since Catelyn had Cedrick backing her up, she was like the center of attention among the Clarks while Maia was slowly fading into irrelevance.Jason was already irked by the entire matter. Seeing Maia's current pathetic state, he thought she was useless as ever. Even if he got Maia out and brought her back, she would not be able to bring honor to the Clark family.Maia, not knowing what her father was thinking, bit her lip in grief, "Dad, I won't misbehave anymore. Please save me! I'm your daughter
Cedrick went straight to Benjamin's office without making an appointment.With more than a dozen lawyers in the office, everyone's heads were raised as they looked at the door in unison the moment they heard footsteps coming their way.Cedrick knocked on the door and swept his gaze over everyone indifferently. "I'm buying the next hour of your boss's work time. Go home, everyone," he said.Everyone subconsciously looked at Benjamin.He knew that Cedrick was impatiently waiting for his contract, so he quickly glanced at the time on his watch. "Fine. Everyone is required to work overtime on the weekends to make up for this hour."The crowd dispersed immediately.Cedrick stared at Benjamin as he finished drawing up the prenuptial contract.The moment Benjamin heard Cedrick's conditions for the contract, he looked up and stared at him like a ghost."Do you really want to write this?" Benjamin asked.Cedrick's tall body sank into the sofa, his legs folded elegantly and idly. "From