She was fine until Catelyn said Stella had woken up.That meant Quinn had to make another choice, and her conspiracy was about to be revealed."Curse you! You're the one who should be dead, Catelyn! Why did you take my mother from me?! If you hadn't done that, our family would've lived happily, and I wouldn't have poisoned my mother! You think I've had good sleep all these years? I've been haunted by nightmares about my father questioning me why I did that to my mother!"With a flustered look, Quinn pushed Catelyn angrily.Surprisingly, Catelyn did not fall.A sturdy palm rested on her lower back, followed by Cedrick stepping out behind her. He pursed his lips, showing his displeasure.When Catelyn raised her head, her lips brushed against his lower jaw. Staring blankly at his handsome look, her heart skipped a beat.When Quinn saw Cedrick, it felt as though her savior had come for her.She suddenly burst into laughter. "Catelyn, it doesn't matter now if I'm not the granddaught
Cedrick's eyes were sharp as though he was staring at an enemy. "How would I know?""Didn't you send the man to my bed? Why wouldn't you know?!" Quinn was about to go crazy, and her rationale began to collapse.She had been joyful, thinking that this was her most beautiful day, until the farce happened.When she saw the arrival of Draco, she wanted to convince her grandmother to let her marry the Mason family…"Alright. He's just a gigolo I hired for a few hundred dollars." Cedrick mocked her whimpers. "Do you want to know the brothel's name or his nickname? Look at how happy you were that night! I bet the quality of his service must be excellent. You have his child now; maybe it'll be a free service next time you go..."Yuck.When Quinn heard this, she got goosebumps as she clutched her lower abdomen and bent down, retching for a while. "Stop! Stop talking, Cedrick, you devil incarnate! Why do you do this to me?! What the hell did I do wrong?""You shouldn't have provoked me, a
Catelyn's father died when she was very young, too.In other words, while Sylvie had found her granddaughter, her daughter was gone forever."Oh, Cat…" Sylvie stared at Catelyn with tears in her eyes. When she stepped forward to hold her hand, the tears finally fell."You… You were my granddaughter all along!"Forgive me. It took me so long to find you. When you came to participate in the competition held by Chandier Jewelry, I should've thought about it and asked someone to do the test..."That was the first time Catelyn saw Sylvie break down.Catelyn's hands, too, trembled as her nose turned sour. She could not help crying. "No, this isn't your fault at all. I knew about my relationship with you for a long time, but I never dared to tell you the truth. Please don't blame me…""Silly girl. Why would I blame you?" beamed Sylvie said tearfully. "Please, call me Grandma from now on."That look of anticipation made Catelyn open her mouth. She wanted to call her that, but she was n
Lola witnessed everything that happened at the scene, and she knew she could not stay any longer.She quietly planned to escape, but Edwin—not wanting to spare her the chance—sent someone to guard the door and pulled her back in.Lola was thrown into the banquet hall.Seeing Lola in despair, Quinn immediately barked, "It's you! You planned everything!"I'm just an accomplice, Old Lady Atherton! I admit my fault, but all the things I've done were Lola's ideas! She burned the pawn shop and stole the bracelet… Please forgive me!"Lola got up from the ground and frantically replied, "It's not like that, grandma! I can explain! I don't know this crazy woman at all. She's slandering me! She's crazy about money, and now she's making all that up, blaming me after she got caught…""Stop denying it, Lola! You're the real murderer!"Quinn was thinking about getting a clean getaway, so she spilled everything including how Lola found her, ordered her to lure Sylvie to tell the whereabouts of
"You b*tch!"Sylvie immediately frowned in displeasure and glanced at the police officer.The police officer then gagged Lola with a towel, rendering her into nothing but a blubbering, groaning mess as she was forcibly dragged to the police car....The hall fell silent once more.Receiving instruction from Sylvie, the master of ceremonies came to the stage to liven up the atmosphere at the scene.Since then, the guests in the hall never mentioned the incident that happened earlier again. Instead, they congratulated Sylvie for finally meeting her granddaughter at last and praised Catelyn for her beauty and wisdom.Catelyn was taken by Edwin to the inner hall to change her dress. The quarrel she had with Quinn just left wrinkles on her dress.Catelyn sat in front of a dressing table and stared at her reflection in the mirror.Her hair was tied into a low braided bun with only a few strands of slightly curled hair resting aside, gently brushing along her white cheeks.Her ear
"Move, or I'll make you," Cedrick threatened the bodyguard.Although the bodyguard was intimidated by this taunt, he remained loyal to his duty. "I really can't let you in, Sir."Cedrick sneered and was about to roll up his sleeve when the door to the dressing room suddenly opened."Tsk! Don't shed blood at Catelyn's reunion banquet, Ced. It's not auspicious." Edwin propped himself on the door with one arm, looking at Cedrick with a delighted half-smile as though reveling in his misfortune.Cedrick stared at him coldly and arrogantly. "I'll have a word with you later. Where's Catelyn?""Cat's reunion banquet is about to start. It's not good to make the guests wait." The subtext in his words was obvious: he did not want Cedrick and Catelyn to meet at this point.If Catelyn were not his aunt's daughter, Edwin would have allowed Cedrick to get his wife back.However, the situation was different.Catelyn suffered tremendously while she was with the Mason family. As her cousin, Edwi
'Totally crazy.' Cedrick did not know when he became this insane that he would be easily preoccupied with such childishness.Catelyn kicked him with both legs but still could not break free from Cedrick's grip.They had long not kissed and hugged each other so fiercely since the day she was forced to leave him. She had had countless dreams on numerous nights, missing his warmth and scent, until she finally felt them again at this very moment.When she returned to Atherton Manor, Draco could no longer stop them from being together.Catelyn seemed to have seen the light of hope at the end of the darkness.She did not know how long they kissed each other. When Cedrick let go of her again, she found that the entire dressing room was empty except for the two of them. It seemed like Edwin had asked the makeup artists to leave the room for them.In the quiet room, Catelyn snuggled into Cedrick's arms, her soft body pressing against him."Didn't you say you'd never appear in front of me
Soon, several burly black-suited bodyguards rushed into the room.All of them had an aggressive, fierce look."Grandma, what are you doing..." Catelyn froze for a moment and subconsciously walked in front of Cedrick to protect him, blocking Sylvie's glare at Cedrick.Sylvie gently pulled Catelyn over in distress, her tone soft as if she was coaxing a three-year-old girl. "The people from the Mason family are no good. Grandma knows what he did to you. Leave him, Cat. I'll find you a better man in a few days!"Cedrick was speechless that the divorce proceedings between Catelyn and him were not done yet, so they were technically still a married couple by law."Old Madam Atherton, do you have any misunderstanding about me?" Cedrick frowned and defended himself.Sylvie raised her eyebrows and said coldly, "Cat was forced by you to be pregnant with twins at such a young age. Don't you know that it's not good for a girl to be pregnant too early? Now that Ezekiel is in jail and I know it