Right at this moment, the door of the living room opened.Catelyn was walking hand in hand with Cedrick with groceries. When they saw the state of the house, they thought they had been robbed. Stella and Quinn were both standing in the living room. Stella was trying to hold Quinn's hand, but Quinn looked heartless."What are you doing?" Catelyn looked at Quinn without even trying to hide the dissatisfaction on her face. Quinn was slightly taken aback to see Catelyn and Cedrick back."There's a rat, and we were trying to catch the rat…" Stella faked a smile.Quinn nodded, and she pointed at the broom in the corner. "Yes, we were chasing the rat."Catelyn's gaze swept past Stella's hand. It was not hard for Catelyn to guess what happened in this place moments ago from the bit of blood stain on her palm and her pale face.Cedrick's hawk-like eyes were fixated on Quinn.Quinn's heart was pounding when being stared at this way. She briefly said something and proceeded to hide i
"The origin?""Yes, the bangle was a relic of Catelyn's late mother for her."Lola felt slightly tensed at the word 'relic' and demanded, "If you can find out the whereabouts of the bangle, I will give you a million dollars! I must get the bangle!"Quinn heard the one million dollar offer and found her determination again."Miss Atherton, please don't worry. I will continue to investigate this.""There is also another thing that I need your help…" Lola said with a cold tone, with a hint of nervousness. …The living room was full of clutter, and even the couch was flipped over. Catelyn and Cedrick had nowhere to sit. Stella was in the kitchen making dinner. Catelyn did not expect Cedrick to know how to do the chores and, therefore, proactively went and cleaned up the place. Cedrick pulled her arm, and he sounded impatient. "I never allowed you to do house chores at home. Now you are helping someone else to do it?"If it were not because of Catelyn being so concerned about
Quinn got a cab and followed.…Cedrick had called the hospital beforehand. When Catelyn arrived with Stella, the medical team was already ready and brought Stella in for a thorough examination. Catelyn could not sit still in the corridor. "She will be fine, don't worry." Cedrick grabbed her hands and comforted her. Catelyn's voice was a little shaky. "When we first reached home, I noticed that there was blood on her hand, but I did not ask further about it… If I had asked her about it earlier and sent her to the hospital earlier, she would not have fainted…"Even though Stella was not her biological mother, she had raised her with her bare hands. Over the past four years, it was Stella who kept her company, and she kept Stella company too.There were numerous instances when she felt hopeless with Miles. Stella was there to encourage her, to support her to hang on. Catelyn also felt lucky she went back to Ocean Path Residence today…Cedrick pulled her into his arms affecti
Since Stella would not wake up anytime soon, she would fulfill another demand of Miss Atherton. As soon as she got her hair, she placed it carefully in a transparent bag. Then, she walked to the corner and called Lola, saying that she had gotten Catelyn's hair. …Stella's surgery was completed in the middle of the night. The doctor said that the surgery was very successful, but it would take a while for the anesthesia to subside, and Stella would be fine once she woke up.Cedrick saw Catelyn's eyes were red and asked her to go back for a rest. He would be staying in the hospital. Catelyn did not agree at first, but when she saw Cedrick's persistent look, she swallowed whatever she wanted to say. Catelyn could not fall asleep that night and only briefly did at the crack of dawn.She remembered that she had to go to Deluxe International to execute the agreements in the afternoon, so she set the alarm for it at noon. Therefore, she missed the call from Hunter. At the VSA
However, now that Stella was still in the hospital, she could not spare much of her attention on the collaboration with Deluxe International either. Therefore, she was not in a rush to get to the company.She first sent a message to Cedrick and got to know that Stella was not awake yet, but she had some signs of waking up already. She immediately prepared some porridge with Sandy's assistance and sent it to the hospital. Catelyn was touched to see that Cedrick was always staying in front of Stella's bed."Go back and have some rest. I will take over the watch. Look at you. Your eyes are bloodshot now…" Catelyn touched Cedrick's eye area carefully. Cedrick stretched his body, and he did not feel very tired. It was common for him to stay up late when working overtime at the office. Plus, there was another bed to spare in the room, except that it was not as comfortable as home. "Have you had your meal?" He looked at Catelyn. Catelyn shook her head. "Not yet. I wanted to ch
She had not had any food in a long time and was famished. Catelyn took out the porridge that she had prepared earlier and fed her one scoop by another. Stella looked at Catelyn with her teary eyes. Her eyeballs were rolling from side to side as though she was looking for someone. "Don't look anymore. Quinn was nowhere to be found when you were having the surgery last night." Catelyn saw through her. Stella's tears looked even more glittery now. When she was sent to the hospital, she could still briefly feel the movements around her even though she had passed out. She just could not say anything. Quinn knew that she had to go through the surgery. Could she not have waited and stayed with her longer?Stella was disappointed.Catelyn found the way Stella treated Quinn was really strange, "Mom, now that Quinn is not here, be honest with me. What is your relationship with Quinn? Did you get injured because of her?"Stella's head was shaved. Her head was still wrapped in bandages,
Perhaps Ezekiel had hidden it somewhere or that it was with Catelyn.The bracelet had to be the key to some sort of secret for Lola to place such importance on it....Cedrick returned to Mason Group, just in time for Alex to complete the research on Quinn's background."Master Cedrick, I've looked into Quinn's background." Alex stood before Cedrick's office desk with a serious expression. "While I was at it, I noticed that someone was trying to erase her history."Cedrick scowled. "Do you know who it was?"Alex shook his head. "I beat them to it. That person dropped everything when they noticed they were set for failure."Cedrick took the report and glanced through it.There was nothing much worth hiding in Quinn's past. Just like how she introduced herself, she grew up with her father. They were poor and lived in a small remote village. She was not a particularly bright person, but her father had insisted on sending her to school. She failed the exam for university, however,
There were many in Deluxe International that shared the last name Kingsley, so the employees there addressed Philip as 'Mister Philip' instead.Philip's frown deepened.When Maribel heard that she was meeting Windy instead, she extended her hand at the secretary before Philip could explain, saying "Hi, I represent VSA Group.""Sure. Please follow me." The secretary shook her hand and led her into the elevator.Philip darted forward as the elevator door started to close and yelled, "Wait, no! That's not the woman Miss Kingsley wants to meet..."Maribel followed the secretary to the top floor of the building.The top floor was renovated into a sky garden with a private pool and library; the interior was elegant and sophisticated.She could not help but gulp at the fact that she was about to meet the legendary Miss Kingsley.While she was deep in her thoughts, the secretary opened the door to the only office on the floor and announced respectfully, "Miss Kingsley, Director Clark i