All she asked was a clean break with Cedrick so that Grandpa Mason would hand over her father. She knew she should focus on the bigger picture and stop indulging herself already.Besides, she had one more thing to find out—the truth behind Stella's car accident.Days ticked by, and it was already the day to take the laboratory results of the needle.Joanne was afraid that Catelyn was pretending to be calm, but she undeniably looked composed."Cat, are you okay?" asked Joanne worriedly."I'd be lying if I said I'm fine." Catelyn tried her best to squeeze out a smile. "But I can't live in the shadows forever. I need to get myself out of this little comfort zone of mine, or I might not be able to make it before Dad comes back."She had a feeling she might never meet a man better than Cedrick in her life and would not fall in love with other men again. However, she would hide her feelings toward him deeply in her heart until the day she would hear he was thriving.Joanne gave Cately
Joanne's eyes widened as a twinkle of hope flashed in them. She stretched her neck, anticipating the photos.Edwin looked away from her white neck, calmly took out his phone, clicked on the album, and pressed the TV-sharing button.The pattern of the phoenix bracelet instantly appeared on the LCD TV screen in the living room. Before Edwin could introduce them to the two, Catelyn shrank her eyes suddenly, staring at the pattern, and asked, "Mister Atherton, are you saying that this bracelet is the inheritance bracelet of your family?""Yes. It was passed on to the eldest daughter of the next of kin, but my aunt fell out with my grandmother twenty years ago and took this bracelet with her. It's been said that it has disappeared ever since."Noting Catelyn's peculiar behavior, Edwin added, "Have you seen it before?""My mother used to hang a family photo in the bedroom, and there was a bracelet that was very similar to this one, but I'm not sure if that was the one."The family photo had
"That portrait should be on the wall in my mother's bedroom.""Alright, then." Although Edwin was anxious to see the family portrait, he did not forget to instruct a maid to help Joanne ice her wound.Joanne sighed. "It's so good to be rich, Cat. I'm telling you, Cat: All it takes is a ring of the bell on my bedside. Whether I wanted to eat or play, the maids would bring it to me without me leaving the bed. No wonder so many people want to be capitalists."Catelyn laughed and joked, "Well, you've already upgraded to a rich lady.""I'm not!" Joanne was very self-aware. She patted her purse and said bluntly, "My savings haven't reached thirty thousand dollars, which is far from the definition of being rich!"Monique Entertainment relied only on Joanne to make money over the years, yet they gave her only a small proportion of the shares. In addition, she had been contributing to charity work, so there were not a lot of savings in her account.Catelyn was lying on the couch with her,
"Miles, let me sing you a nursery rhyme. The wheels on a bus go round and round..." Joanne quickly shifted her attention to Miles and sang to him, all to avoid leaking more information.Miles then ran into the villa, looking for Catelyn up and down.Joanne did not stop him. 'How heartless can an old man be to take a mother's children and the last bit of happiness away from her?'However, after a few minutes, Miles rushed to her anxiously and shouted, "Godmother, where's Big Kitty? Didn't you say she was resting upstairs? Where is she?"Joanne shot up from the sun lounger instantly. "She's in the first guest room on the left on the second floor. Let's go, I'll take you to find her."Miles held Joanne's hand and they paced to the guest room. Although he was just a kid, he ran so fast that Joanne had to trot after him to catch up.When Miles pushed open the door of the guest room, the room was empty and the quilt was neat, but the luggage was there and Catelyn was nowhere to be seen
Cedrick hurried to the cemetery. After receiving an affirmative reply, saying that Catelyn was there, his mind was finally at ease.He walked into the cemetery quietly but hastily, and when he was close to where Catelyn was, he deliberately slowed down so as to not startle her.In the distance, he saw a slim figure leaning on a tombstone. The lifeless monument made the woman look a little more delicate.Catelyn could vaguely hear faint footsteps behind her before she was engulfed in the dark shadow of a man. Catelyn did not need to turn to know who it was—no one but Cedrick would come here.She rapidly blinked away her tears, stood up, and walked past him as if nothing happened."Why did you come here?" Cedrick took a big step in an oblique direction and stood in front of her, halting her in her steps.Catelyn's eyes slowly moved up along his shiny, black leather shoes, black trousers, and high-end suits, and eventually stopped at his deep eyes. She then said firmly, "I didn't ke
The warmth in Cedrick's eyes dissipated at that very moment. They turned cold and deadly like the water in an abyss. "Is that what you want to hear?""No lies In front of the dead. Yes, that's what I want.""Hah! Very well, then!" Cedrick guffawed in anger, no longer bargaining with Catelyn. "If this is what you want, then I'll do as you wish."Catelyn felt a chill and forced herself to stand firm. "Thank you."Cedrick was dying to know what she was thinking as he warned furiously, "Don't ever appear in front of me again, or you won't be able to bear the consequences!"With that, Cedrick left without looking back. He swore that he would never take the initiative to find and please her like a simp anymore.To be more precise, it was futile to ask her anything until the truth was made known.As she watched Cedrick walking away, Catelyn clasped a hand over her mouth as she cried in agony, no longer able to hold back the sadness in her heart anymore. She could only bite the back of
Stella was Quinn's biological mother!'Why would she do that? Was it because she was worried that Stella would reveal that she was not the granddaughter of the Atherton family?!' Catelyn pondered in fright.She never wanted to expose Quinn. All she asked for was just for her father to return safely to her!Quinn could have enjoyed a happy life with that fake identity she declared to own. Catelyn could not comprehend why she attempted to kill Stella even with all this.If Quinn were the murderer, she would never spare her!Catelyn resisted the urge to find Quinn for a showdown in the end because there were still too many doubts to be sorted out. Even if she went to confront Quinn, she would not admit anything; it would only alert her.After receiving the report, the two went to Stella's ward to make a visit.The doctor told them that he could not foresee Stella waking up.Catelyn was afraid that Quinn would secretly come to the ward and poison Stella again, so she asked Edwin to
Quinn subconsciously glanced at the maids behind her.Seeing their expressions were calm as usual, she continued, "I admit that you helped me when I was living in Sapphire City, but it doesn't mean that I can't live my life. Are you jealous that I've finally met my grandmother and become the most respected daughter of Miss Atherton? If you don't want to come, you can just be honest."Catelyn did not care whether or not she was truly grateful to her.Just as Quinn was about to place the invitation back into her purse, Catelyn quickly snatched it. She started to read the words written on the card.[With the joy we share in finding my granddaughter, the Atherton family has specially organized a dinner party and sincerely requests the pleasure of your company.]The signee was Granny Atherton."Yes, why would I not want it?" Catelyn closed the invitation slowly and looked at Quinn with cold eyes. "You said that you're sincerely inviting me, so how rude would I be to reject it? You may