Cedrick went to the balcony for a smoke. Ever since the incident where he broke up with Catelyn, he had picked up the habit of smoking again.Catelyn finished drying her hair and came out of the bedroom. She looked around and saw that there was nobody around. She turned her head toward the balcony and saw a glimpse of a tall figure on it.Cedrick took a deep breath as he finished his cigarette. Suddenly, a small hand stretched in and snatched the cigarette butt from his fingers. Catelyn said angrily, "Smoking is not good for your health. You promised me you'd stop doing this. Well, why did you start again?"Just as she was about to crush the cigarette butts and throw them into the trash can, Cedrick's big palm intercepted her small, fragile hand. He stared at her with his dark eyes and slowly exhaled smoke at her face.Catelyn choked and coughed several times and stared back at him furiously....When Catelyn woke up the next day, Cedrick was no longer by her side on the bed.
Catelyn chewed the swordfish rolls. When she heard Draco's words, she quickly swallowed and responded questioningly, "What has he done? Grandpa, don't tell me you're still looking for a mistress for Ceddy.""That's not what I meant." Draco put on a serious look and added, "I mean, if Ceddy has...an underlying illness, but one that won't affect your normal life at the moment, would you still love him the same?""Underlying illness? What do you mean?""It's a long story; blame me for it if you must. It was all because of a lover of mine in the past." Draco sighed faintly.Since Catelyn was officially a member of the family, he decided not to keep secrets. Even if he did not tell her, Syl would sooner or later tell Catelyn before the wedding.He told Catelyn that someone poisoned him decades ago but accidentally harmed his descendants, and as he relayed the story, his eyes seemed to be glossed with tears."Ceddy is the lucky one. When he was born, medicine development flourished glo
"Don't bother; I'll find solutions myself. Now, get out of the way!"Catelyn did not give Draco a chance to finish his sentence and resolutely took the two children, leaving him frozen in place at Mason Chateau....Sylvie saw Catelyn striding in, past the gates of Atherton Manor, with a furious expression.'That cursed old man. For Cedrick's sake, I relented in letting my precious granddaughter be registered on your family pedigree book. How dare you even bully my granddaughter?!'"Oh, Cat, don't cry. Tell me: why did that ungrateful old man bully you? I'll get back at him for you." Sylvie handed a tissue to Catelyn and gently wiped her tears for her.Catelyn said incoherently, "Grandma, does the Atherton family have any doctor specialized in hereditary diseases? Miles and Ollie... They may have a genetic disease in their bodies, but I—I… I can't do anything for them…"Sylvie's movement of wiping her tears halted, and her eyelids twitched.The thing she was most worried about
It was true after all. Cedrick took the blood of Miles and Ollie for testing in advance.Cedrick was also worried that they might carry the virus in their bodies.The realization made Catelyn's knees go limp."It's been tested, so do I need to test again?" the doctor asked suspiciously.Miles and Ollie had just been through a blood-drawn of a large amount recently. She was afraid that they could not stand it.Sylvie noticed the worry in Catelyn's eyes and decided on her behalf as she gestured for the doctor to leave."Don't be freaked out. Maybe the boys are blessed," Sylvie comforted earnestly.Catelyn choked up and nodded. She could not wait to call Cedrick, wanting to know the results of the test. Her hands were still shaking until the call came through, and she was panicked and scared.After all, women would only understand how terrible it was for their children to be sick when they became a mother.Coincidentally, Cedrick happened to arrive at Mason Chateau and found out
Catelyn was caught off-guard when Cedrick pulled her to him, but she then violently resisted.The more she resisted, however, the tighter Cedrick held her. He patiently comforted her, "I'm not lying to you. I went to pick up a confidential document from the company in the morning. You know you can trust me. If the results are out, I'll let you know as soon as possible."Catelyn softly hit Cedrick's chest with her fist and whimpered, "I don't believe you. You always refuse to tell me about important things. How long do you still plan to hide your secrets from me? I am their mother and have the right to know their health!"Cedrick did not feel any pain in his chest.Seeing the tears flashing in her eyes, he subconsciously frowned slightly and said in a hoarse voice, "I just don't want you to worry...""Excuses! Grandma knows it, and you know it, too. Everyone in the Mason family knows it except me!"Annoyed and worried, her emotions became unstable.She then bit on his arm and ind
Catelyn's tears dropped as her arms tightly wrapped around Cedrick's waist."I'm sorry. I didn't want to lose my temper with you, and I never hated you..." she wept, sounding like a child. "I just can't accept that Miles and Ollie are going to suffer... It's such a serious illness..."She recalled what Draco had told her; that most descendants of the Mason family could not stand the pain and committed suicide.As a mother, her greatest hope was the healthy and safe growth of her two children.Catelyn hugged him even tighter. "I'm too selfish. You're a victim too. You're already in great pain, but I still imposed my sorrow on you."Cedrick's heart that was inlaid with frost was once again softened by Catelyn. Nonetheless, the word 'victim' inexplicably induced a little self-deprecation in Cedrick.He was clear that having such a strange disease at birth, even if well-controlled, was still a hidden danger. The saddest thing was that his sons and grandsons would all inherit this dis
Catelyn almost burst with laughter at Edwin's reply.She was amused that Edwin managed to put murder into such a sublime act.She signaled him to look at the cross and said smilingly, "You might want to be mindful of what you say in front of Him. God bless you."Edwin glanced at the crucifix enshrined in the middle of the chapel. After Eugene's death, Sylvie would come to recite the prayer for the dead whenever she was free. At the end of the day, it was an ordeal for a mother to lose a son."I don't believe in gods or ghosts. I only believe in myself."Catelyn seemed to have seen Cedrick in Edwin when he said that. Cedrick, too, never believed in those. As an atheist, he felt that religion was just a form of psychological comfort."Forget it. Let's talk about your Christmas plan with Joanne. Christmas is coming soon, and no matter how much she tries to hide, she'll need to go back to Atherton Manor. You know Grandma has been thinking about her grandchild in Joanne's womb.""Unc
Cedrick brought Catelyn to see Yael in the morning two days later.In that mysterious and well-guarded laboratory, Catelyn finally met Yael for the first time, and as Cedrick had reminded her, he was obsessed with medical research and was wearing a white lab coat.He had eye bags, too.Yael perfunctorily greeted Catelyn and Cedrick, took two sets of protective suits for them, and took them to a sterile culture room.Several Petri dishes were placed on the high cultivation platform, and Yael and Cedrick were speaking in medical terms that Catelyn could not understand.Nonetheless, she understood that the cells in these Petri dishes were all cultured with the blood of her two sons. If they wanted to find out the effectiveness of the medicine, they could not use reagents for the test because the risk and uncertainty were high.Wearing a protective mask, Catelyn asked Yael hurriedly, her voice indistinct, "Tell me: do they inherit the disease? Will the suffering be as painful as Cedd