Ch. 451..460

Chapter 451 A Perfect Boyfriend

The three-week special training on Scorpion Island officially came to an end, and only eight people, including Branden, successfully graduated.

As soon as the graduates’ list was released, many people contacted Jon, hoping to hire these eight graduates.

Jon looked at the list and laughed coldly.

Without Branden, the entire team would have been wiped out. But then again, Branden had to admit one thing. This batch of trainees would be the most outstanding since the establishment of Scorpion Island.

Under Mr. Anon’s training, any one of these eight people was qualified to become a leader.

After the training ended, Catherine prepared to return to Casier. Her studies were not yet finished, and Ronin and the others were waiting for her there.

To go from Scorpion Island to Casier, she had to pass through Oceanvile. Naturally, Branden would accompany her, and Thomas also joined them.

Thomas hadn’t seen his grandson in a while, so Catherine decided to stay in Oceanvile for a day before heading back to Casier.

At the airport, Jon looked at everyone with reluctance. The person he was most reluctant to part with was Mr. Anon. “Mr. Anon, can we invite you back for next year’s training?”

Catherine looked at Jon jokingly, replying, “It seems that Scorpion Island’s funds are quite abundant!”

On this trip, she had spent the reserve funds for the next three years of Scorpion Island, and only eight trainees graduated successfully, four of whom were Duncans. Scorpion Island had suffered a great loss.

Jon rubbed his nose and glanced at Branden beside him. The Duncans were one of the backers behind Scorpion Island. It was reasonable for him to ask for the opinion of the main financial supporter right now.

Branden coldly swept his gaze over Jon and gave him a look that meant “Don’t even think about it.”

At first, Branden didn’t know that Anon was Catherine. If he had known, how could he have allowed her to come to the island? After all, besides Catherine, there was no other female on the entire island.

Sensing Branden’s possessiveness, Jon looked at Catherine with concern and whispered, “Mr. Anon, take care of yourself!”

Catherine couldn’t understand the meaningful look in Jon’s eyes. Ever since Branden appeared, she had felt a sense of sympathy in Jon’s eyes when he looked at her.

Jon thought that Branden was so strong, while Mr. Anon looked particularly petite. When the two of them were together in bed, Mr. Anon must be the one below Branden. Jon felt sorry for the torment Mr. Anon had to endure!

Knowing Branden was a tough man, Jon sighed inwardly. “Poor Mr. Anon…”

A helicopter slowly approached. It was their ride to Zerwick. Since they were about to leave, Catherine didn’t need to disguise herself anymore. She took off the heavy disguise she was wearing.

Jon didn’t pay attention to Catherine at first. After talking to Paxton, he turned around and saw a slender and stunning beauty standing behind him, which instantly made him dumbfounded.

He stared at Catherine, his face full of disbelief. “Where did you come from?”

Just as he finished speaking, he noticed the disguise next to Catherine.

“It’s exactly the same as Mr. Anon’s!” he exclaimed inwardly. “Could it be…”

“Are you… Mr. Anon?”

Everyone around looked at Jon with a helpless expression. Jon was probably the only one who didn’t know Catherine’s identity.

Catherine casually glanced at him, and then Branden pulled her onto the plane. After Branden and Catherine completely disappeared from sight, Jon finally came to his senses. He grabbed Paxton’s hand and exclaimed excitedly, “So, Mr. Duncan isn’t a gay?”

Paxton gave him a fierce glare and rolled his eyes. “You’re the gay one! Your whole family is gay!”

The helicopter landed at Oceanvile Airport, and Scott, who received the message, immediately dragged Rodge to pick them up.

Thomas hadn’t seen his grandson in a while, so when he saw Scott coming to pick him up, he couldn’t wait to rush over.

“Scottie, Grandpa is here!”

Scott’s originally excited face darkened when he heard his grandfather calling him. He went straight past Thomas and pounced towards Catherine.

“Chief, I miss you so much!”

Just as Scott was about to hug Catherine, Branden suddenly appeared. His icy gaze fell on Scott, frightening him into stepping back.

Branden’s aura was just too intimidating. Scott couldn’t afford to provoke him.

However, although Scott couldn’t afford to provoke Branden, Scott couldn’t resist his love for Catherine.

Scott looked at Catherine with a pitiful expression and said in a childish voice, “Chief, it’s been so long since we last saw each other!”

Branden turned around and grabbed Catherine’s hand, not allowing her to meet Scott’s gaze.

Catherine seemed to be sought after, as people everywhere wanted to get closer to her. “This brat doesn’t seem like a good guy,” Branden thought. “If he gets involved, he might be even more troublesome than Ronin Oconnor!”

To prevent any potential problems, Branden had to nip it in the bud. Scott was infuriated. He felt that Branden was too domineering. Unfortunately, Branden was so powerful that Scott couldn’t afford to offend him.

Seeing his grandson being upset, Thomas approached Scott with a smile. “Come to Grandpa!”

Scott turned around and glared at his grandfather. “Old man, you’re always running around. Watch out. I might complain to Grandma! And if you don’t want me to tell Grandma, stop calling me by my nickname!”

Scott thought his name sounded normal, but whenever his grandfather called him by his nickname, he couldn’t help but feel like a little girl. Therefore, he particularly disliked Thomas calling him “Scottie.”

Unfortunately, Thomas loved to call him that, and they would argue about it every time Thomas mentioned that name.

Thomas was fearless in his entire life, except when it came to his wife, whom he obeyed and became increasingly obedient to. This led his descendants to threaten him with it every day. However, this time, Scott couldn’t threaten him.

“Kid, I came out to help Cassie. Your grandmother knew about it, so she won’t blame me!” Seeing his grandfather looking smug, Scott became angry. His cute little face instantly puffed up.

The car arranged by Paxton arrived, and everyone set off for the Duncans’ villa in Oceanvile. Upon arriving at the villa and sitting down, a servant came to inform them that there was someone visiting outside the door.

Catherine leaned back on the couch, lying in a comfortable but somewhat domineering posture. She listened to the conversation of everyone with half- closed eyes, showing no intention of chatting. She was tired and just wanted to rest.

Paxton frowned. They had just arrived at the villa, and someone was already visiting. Could there be a mole among them?

“I’ll go check it out, Boss!” said Paxton.

Branden was fanning Catherine with a fan and had no time to deal with Paxton. He casually waved his hand, letting Paxton handle it himself.

Thomas said that Catherine was afraid of cold because of an accident in her childhood that inflicted her with some hidden illness. If she followed the instructions and took care of herself, it could be cured. Unfortunately, she never listened to his advice and never paid attention to it.

After Branden knew this, he treated it as a top priority. He didn’t even turn on the air conditioning in the spacious villa. When Catherine felt hot, he fanned her to cool her down.

What a perfect boyfriend who would go to great lengths to take care of her!

Chapter 452 Bring Her Money

Paxton returned to the living room, followed by a sturdy man who looked somewhat overbearing and seemed to be tough to deal with. The man shot a glance at everyone with a cold face.

When his gaze crossed Catherine, his eyes glinted. His eyes lit up instantly as if a flash of bright light went through the clouded sky.

“Catherine!”

Catherine looked at him with narrowed eyes and beckoned him to the empty seat aside. “Take a seat!”

Withal sat down as he was told and then settled his excited gaze on Catherine.

“Catherine, you’ve been away for three weeks. Now, you’re finally back.

“You know what, I’ve really had enough of Ronin. He didn’t dare to contact you, so he kept pushing me. He called me every day, asking me when you would come back.”

Catherine couldn’t be bothered to respond to Withal’s chattering. Withal babbled for a while and noticed that Catherine didn’t give any response at all. So, he shut his mouth and kept quiet.

Catherine was good-tempered, but if she flared up, she would be rather terrifying. So, he just stopped talking.

“Catherine, you’ve just come back. You must be tired, right? I’ll leave you to take some rest!”

As soon as Withal stopped talking, a servant came to report the arrival of a visitor. Paxton looked at Withal and raised his brows at the latter.

Withal immediately replied, “Don’t look at me. It has nothing to do with me. I came here alone. I didn’t even tell Ronin about this.”

Afraid that Ronin might immediately ask for leave and come to Oceanvile after knowing Catherine had come back, Withal didn’t dare to tell him about it.

With suspicion, Paxton got out of the living room. A few minutes later, Paxton led the visitor to the living room. This visitor was also here to meet Catherine. It was Erick. With his arms around Catherine’s shoulders, Branden cast a casual glance at Paxton.

Paxton felt so frightened that he shivered all over. He wasn’t sure whether he had leaked the news about Catherine. Why did everyone know their whereabouts?

It might be Catherine who informed Withal about her return. Could it be that Catherine also informed Erick?

Since he entered the house, Erick had fixed his eyes on Catherine.

Seeing that Catherine looked so tired, he couldn’t help feeling that he had come at a bad time.

He was so eager to meet Catherine. He hadn’t seen her for three weeks, so he really missed her.

Erick didn’t even dare to lift his head. He was afraid that he might go bananas on the spot when he saw Catherine leaning against another man’s chest lazily.

“Catherine, I’ll come by tomorrow!”

Catherine felt exhausted indeed, but she didn’t want to be disturbed for a second time.

She supported herself by pressing her hand against Branden’s thigh, sat straight up leisurely, and then looked at Erick.

“No need. Just say it if there’s anything!

As Catherine stood up, Paxton immediately looked at Branden. After receiving Branden’s hint, he respectfully came to Catherine.

“Miss Swann, I will take you to the study upstairs.”

Catherine was fine with that. Since they would talk business, it was better to go to a quiet place.

Paxton pushed open the door to the study. Catherine went inside. Paxton said to Catherine, “Miss Swann, this chair is Mr. Branden’s spot!”

After he said that, Catherine just sat on the chair. Instantly, Catherine knitted her brows and complained coldly, “It’s so hard!”

Paxton hastened to explain, “Miss Swann, we came back so suddenly that we forgot to change it. Mr. Branden usually sits on hard chairs…” Only when Catherine was around would Branden sit on a soft chair.

He didn’t dare to finish his words, afraid that he would be reproached by Branden again. Branden was the only heir of the Duncans appointed by Karl.

However, Branden didn’t grow up amidst care and love. Because he had to bear the burden of the Duncans, he had to suffer a lot more than others.

Since he was three years old, he had to learn to sit properly and maintain his demeanor as the heir of the Duncans.

When he was eight years old, he followed Karl to join senior meetings in the Duncan Corporation. Comfort and softness were left for those who needed to be protected. As the powerful protector, Branden didn’t have the right to sit on a soft cushion.

As Catherine didn’t mean to continue talking, Paxton hurriedly excused himself. After Paxton left, Erick brought the cushion over here from aside and put it in front of Catherine.

“Catherine, you may put this on the chair.”

Catherine leaned against the chair lazily and rejected Erick without lifting her eyes.

“No need!”

Erick’s hand holding the cushion stiffened. He didn’t dare to take further action.

After being silent for a few seconds, Erick collected himself and started reporting to Catherine.

“Catherine, now the Winfreds’ assets are all under my name. Xavier is stuck in the senior citizens’ home and can’t get out anymore. Jeremy is no longer a threat either. As for the shares of the Winfreds that belong to the Swanns, I’ve transferred them to you!”

Erick reported his work as a responsible employee.

He pointed out the highlights of his work and left out all the details.

He didn’t tell Catherine how much effort he had made to utterly crush the Winfreds, especially Xavier the crafty scoundrel.

Erick had been hunted down over the past three weeks.

Things didn’t come to an end until he completely destroyed Xavier and seized the assets of the Winfreds.

Originally, he could have taken a rest and focused on disposing of the Winfreds’ assets.

Yet, he didn’t do that. Instead, he came to confront Korbin.

If Xavier was deemed a crafty old fox, Korbin would be like a fierce tiger.

He had been exhausted. So, it would take him courage and a lot of effort to deal with Korbin.

Luckily, Erick won and seized all the assets transferred away by Korbin.

Slightly squinting, Catherine looked Erick up and down.

Erick was as fierce as a wolf indeed. When he grew up a bit, he would show his sharp fangs and the target chosen by him couldn’t escape then.

Catherine knew that Erick must have been through a lot. She arranged for Withal to keep an eye on Erick’s actions and yet didn’t offer him any help.

It was Erick’s own effort that made him what he was today.

Erick took out the document and put it in front of Catherine.

“Catherine, this is the agreement on equity transference. As long as you sign it, the Winfred Group will be yours.”

Catherine could just take the assets without caring about the rest. He would help her deal with everything.

It was Catherine who gave him a second life. He could give his everything to her. It turned out that Erick was here to bring her money. Catherine couldn’t be bothered to hold a pen. She rejected Erick indifferently.

“Just keep it!”

Korbin must have been in great trouble after what Erick had done. Catherine decided to meet her father when she was back in Casier tomorrow.

Since Catherine refused to sign the agreement, Erick didn’t insist then.

As long as the Winfred Group was under his name, it would be like being under Catherine’s name. He would help Catherine deal with everything. And Catherine could just sit back waiting for profits.

Chapter 453 Big Shots Are All Ruthless

Initially, the servants thought only Branden and Catherine would return to the villa. Unexpectedly, so many people came along.

Plus Withal and Erick, who came uninvited, there were quite some people in the villa now. Just as well the villa was big enough. It wouldn’t be crowded even if more than a hundred people lived in the villa.

Everyone knew that Catherine would leave Oceanvile the next day, so they all wanted to treat her to dinner. As they insisted on staying and badgering Catherine, Branden looked livid with sullen eyes.

Yet, they were all Catherine’s friends. He had taken great pains to win Catherine’s forgiveness. Of course, he didn’t dare to mess with Catherine again now. Although he didn’t dare to piss off Catherine, he couldn’t let Catherine eat out with them.

“How about having a barbecue tonight?

Branden stared at Catherine gently with affection in his eyes, waiting for her reply. Catherine spent three weeks on Scorpion Island, where she had plenty of healthy meals and never had any barbecue.

If Branden didn’t bring it up, she wouldn’t think of it. Now that Branden mentioned it, she couldn’t get it off her mind.

“Okay, let’s have a barbecue!”

Hearing Catherine’s merry tone, Branden knew that Catherine was very satisfied with his arrangement.

Branden looked somewhat pleased.

Sure enough, he was the one who knew best about Catherine’s taste. Having received Branden’s hint, Paxton immediately got up to prepare materials for the barbecue.

As for the others, since Catherine didn’t want to go out, they would stay here to eat with her. All they wanted was to be with her.

Paxton got everything ready quickly. The table was full of Catherine’s favorite materials, which were all the freshest on the market. They all looked delicious and mouth-watering.

When the fire was lit up, Branden rose and took Catherine to start eating.

As Catherine sat down, the others all rushed forward. Scott was the one who acted fastest. He directly sat on the left side of Catherine and smiled complacently as if he had won a contest.

The other people all looked at each other and rolled their eyes at Scott inwardly. He was merely a young man. They wouldn’t take him to heart. Withal took a glance at Branden and met the latter’s gaze. Immediately, Withal lowered his head.

He slightly bent down to rub his leg.

Just now, it was actually Withal who was closest to Catherine. He was about to sit next to her when a toothpick suddenly penetrated his leg.

As a result, he was held back and acted a bit slower than Scott.

And who shot the toothpick at him was quite obvious.

He didn’t expect that Branden was so possessive!

Scott was also rather happy because he had seized a good spot. He smiled at Catherine merrily.

“Catherine, do you like barbecue too?”

Catherine nodded casually in response.

Although Catherine acted aloof, Scott didn’t mind at all. Catherine was an awesome woman. Awesome people were usually aloof, which was understandable. Scott was approachable and easy- going. He got close to Catherine warmly.

“Catherine, now we have the same hobby. It’s so nice. What do you like to eat? I’ll make it for you. How about beef?”

Branden’s hand holding beef stiffened. His eyes slightly darkened. Scott didn’t notice that while Thomas saw that clearly. After all, given his old age, he knew a lot more than Scott.

To protect his grandson, Thomas had to remind him.

“Scott, mind your manners. No talking while eating. Did you forget it?”

Scott was a bit defiant. He felt that his grandpa was old-school and wanted to talk back. Thomas saw him through and immediately scolded him, “What? Any problems?

“Look at Cassie. Did she talk while eating? How rude of you! You may be loathed!”

Now that Thomas mentioned Catherine as the role model, Scott’s face stiffened at once. He found that Catherine was indeed eating quietly. It meant that Thomas had made a good point. Scott nodded obediently right away.

“Okay, I’ll keep quiet.”

The fire was still on. Everyone had different facial expressions. They were all eating with various thoughts. Only Catherine was focusing on eating the food fed by Branden.

The next day, Branden dragged Catherine out of bed early and meant to take her back to Casier.

Catherine wasn’t even awake. She was carried onto the private plane by Branden, dressed in pajamas.

There were too many people badgering Catherine in Oceanvile, which he disliked. When Catherine opened her eyes, she found she was already in the apartment of Casier.

Branden was sitting opposite her with his back to her. His body was covered with faint blue light. It seemed that he was working in front of the computer.

Catherine supported herself on her elbow and meant to get up.

Such a subtle noise still alarmed Branden.

He immediately turned around and his cold eyes became gentle at once.

“You’re awake?”

His husky voice sounded really attractive. As if being afraid that Catherine wasn’t awake, he talked rather gently in case of disturbing her.

Catherine nodded with narrowed eyes.

She was not indeed awake.

She found that she slept increasingly soundly by Branden’s side. And her sleeping time was getting longer and longer.

This morning, when Branden carried her onto the plane, she did feel that, but she just fell asleep within a blink of an eye, not intending to wake up at all.

Branden closed the laptop casually, turned on the night light and slowly walked to Catherine. He sat in front of her and gently held her in his arms.

Catherine didn’t push him away. She just leaned lazily against his broad chest to refresh her mind. Branden rested his chin on Catherine’s head. She could feel clearly the vibration generated as he spoke.

“Are you hungry? Would you like to eat something?”

“What time is it?” Catherine mumbled.

Branden replied patiently, “It’s almost five o’clock. You haven’t had lunch yet.”

It was Branden who fed her breakfast on the plane when she was in a daze.

As for lunch, she really didn’t have it.

When she heard Branden calling her, she just slapped him away ruthlessly.

So, she hadn’t had her lunch.

However, Catherine wasn’t hungry at all. Staying in Branden’s arms, she shook her head.

“I’m not hungry!”

Branden didn’t insist then. Catherine was stubborn. No one could force her to do what she didn’t want to do.

“Would you like to get more sleep?”

Catherine got out of bed and walked out of the room. While walking, she responded without turning her head, “I’ll go back to take a look at Audrey!”

Staring at her back, Branden laughed resignedly.

Catherine was so heartless. She just left him behind ruthlessly as he was no longer useful to her.

Chapter 454 She’s Back

The next day, Catherine went to the homeroom teacher and reported back after a leave of absence before returning to the classroom.

When she reached the door of the classroom, David was the first one to notice her. Only he wasn’t sleeping while the other students were leaning in low spirits over their desks lifelessly. The moment he saw Catherine, David was a bit stunned and then rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

“Am I dreaming? Catherine is back?”

He pinched himself in secret. Because he did it too hard, he grimaced in pain. It was then that he was sure that Catherine had come back indeed.

He hurriedly reached out to push Bryan, who was sleeping soundly aside. Bryan was resting at this moment. Disturbed by David, he flew into a rage and then snapped without raising his head, “Who is it? Do you have a death wish?”

His cold voice sent David a chill down his spine. He hastened to explain, ” Bryan, Catherine is back…”

Bryan was dumbstruck and then asked coldly, “Who?”

“Who else can it be? Of course it’s Catherine!”

After David finished speaking, Ronin stood up at once before Bryan could react.

Catherine had arrived around them at this moment. Ronin went forward with excitement. “Catherine, you’re finally back.”

Seeing Ronin running in her direction, Catherine reached out her arm to distance herself from him.

It was then that Ronin realized that he had overacted and almost pissed off Catherine.

Just as well Catherine didn’t attack him. Otherwise, he would have been taken to the hospital.

Apart from Ronin, the other students all fixed their eyes on Catherine. Catherine had been away for almost one month. Everyone thought she wouldn’t come back.

They thought she would leave without warning, just like her sudden transfer to this school. Unexpectedly, Catherine just showed up all of a sudden, startling the students of Class 8.

Catherine stood aside with her arms around her chest, looking down at all with slightly narrowed eyes.

“You seem to be doing well here. The graduation exam is around the corner. You’re all sleeping instead of studying.”

Faced with Catherine’s criticism, Bryan and the others all felt guilty and didn’t dare to talk back. They all kept their heads lowered.

Since Catherine asked for leave, they had felt that life in the classroom was rather tedious.

Besides, as the graduation exam was approaching, everyone was soaked in a dreary atmosphere.

Ronin knew best about Catherine’s temper. He knew that she didn’t really mean to reprimand them. He went forward fawningly, pulled Catherine’s chair out, and invited her to her seat.

“Catherine, hurry and take a seat. While you were away, I wiped your desk and chair every day. They’re definitely clean.”

Catherine arched her brows and shot Ronin a glance in surprise. She thought as she got leave from school, Ronin would ask for leave too. After all, Ronin went to school for fun. She didn’t expect that he would come to class every day.

It appeared that Ronin was interested in school.

The originally dull Class 8 came back to life due to Catherine’s return. The students all burst into an uproar with excitement.

Liana stared in the direction of Catherine with deep hatred in her eyes. She thought that Catherine could never come back. However, Catherine was back now. Liana thought, “Why does she keep showing up?”

While Catherine was not around, she finally had a chance to breathe.

Korbin was so busy dealing with the company’s affairs that he barely came home while Rachael stayed in the Langs ‘. Now, only she lived in the Swanns’.

This made her feel like she was back in the past when she lived like a princess served by all servants at home.

Because of Catherine’s reappearance, Liana felt rather uneasy as if something would change again. After school, Ronin insisted on having dinner with Catherine. Bryan wanted to go along too.

Catherine hadn’t seen them for a while indeed. So, she decided to invite them all to dinner and proposed going to Triston’s barbecue restaurant. It happened that the restaurant was nearby.

Others were all fine with that. So, they went to the barbecue restaurant together.

When they got to the barbecue restaurant, Ronin thought of one thing.

“Catherine, while you were not around, I noticed that Audrey seemed to be close to Triston the playboy. Do you think we should teach him a lesson?”

Ronin was young and simple. He believed that one should be loyal in a relationship.

Ronin hated playboys like Triston most. It was fine to make friends with Triston, but Ronin wouldn’t allow him to have designs on Audrey.

After all, Audrey was Catherine’s sister, which made her his sister too. Audrey was an innocent girl. How could he allow a playboy like Triston to get his hands on her?

Catherine wasn’t surprised at all to hear Ronin’s report. She looked calm and composed. Ronin felt a bit confused. “Catherine, why aren’t you angry at all? Triston dares to have designs on Audrey!”

Catherine raised her eyebrows and looked at him.

“Audrey is a grownup.”

Catherine had made her stance clear.

Audrey was a grownup, who could judge between right and wrong. She didn’t need Catherine to worry about her. Now that Catherine didn’t want to interfere, Ronin couldn’t do anything to Triston though he was disgruntled.

After being silent for a few seconds, Catherine suddenly said, “Sometimes, things are not what you see!”

Stunned a bit, Ronin suddenly felt that Catherine’s words sounded somewhat unfathomable. Was Audrey’s relationship with Triston not that simple? Or was Triston not as simple as he seemed to be?

Catherine had started to eat. Ronin didn’t dare to ask further.

After all, it wasn’t Catherine’s business. He wouldn’t pay much attention to it.

Before they finished eating, Catherine’s phone suddenly rang. Ronin knew that it couldn’t be an ordinary person who could get through to Catherine.

It was Leonel, who had been working for Catherine at the Swann Corporation. He was the talent left by Vicente to Catherine.

“Miss Swann, you’re back in Casier, right?”

When she left Casier, she had informed Leonel, but she didn’t tell him about her return. Yet, she wasn’t surprised that Leonel knew that she was back. She didn’t conceal her whereabouts. It wasn’t hard to find out where she was.

“Yes!” Catherine replied.

“Is it convenient for you to come to the office now?”

Catherine was aware of Leonel’s character. If not for important matters, he wouldn’t call her.

“Okay. I’ll be there in half an hour!”

Catherine gave a concise reply.

After hanging up, Catherine finished her meal and directly stood up.

Ronin immediately got up considerately. “Catherine, just go. Leave here to me!”

Meanwhile, Ronin passed his key over. “The car is at the door.”

Catherine took the key and turned around to leave.

Chapter 455 He Is On My Side

In half an hour, a black Harley- Davidson motorbike stopped before the lobby entrance of the Swann Corporation.

The security guards, who had been used to seeing luxurious cars, were not accustomed to seeing the motorbike. They felt it was strange. They approached immediately, wanting to stop the lady riding it from parking her bike there.

“Miss, sorry. You can’t…”

Catherine shoved her leg backward and got off the bike. She even took off her helmet as she stood still.

Her fair and exquisite face was revealed. She looked like a fine sculpture, breathtakingly beautiful. No one would dare to take her for granted upon seeing her beauty.

The bodyguards were astonished by her beauty. They froze for a few seconds before realizing they should be asking her to leave.

One of the security guards approached Catherine and said politely, “Miss, I’m sorry, but I have to ask you to leave. This is not a parking area.”

Catherine glanced at him coldly. Her exquisite face looked cold and oppressive.

Before Catherine could speak, hasty footsteps came from behind them.

“Wait…”

The security guards heard the voice, and their attitudes were respectful.

Leonel and Linda strode toward them. Linda’s high heels made tapping sounds as she walked.

Seeing the two security guards stopping Catherine from entering, Linda’s gaze turned sharp.

“Keep your eyes open. This is Miss Swann.”

The security guards were startled. They knew the company’s chairperson had become the former chairperson’s granddaughter.

However, none of them had expected the granddaughter of the chairperson to be so young. Catherine noticed Linda was trying to help her establish her credibility and wanted to scold the security guards. She quickly interrupted.

“Let’s do what’s important first.”

“Sure!” answered Linda respectfully as she followed Catherine into the building. Looking at them leaving, the two security guards gossiped.

“Looks like Miss Swann, who can inherit the company at such a young age, is not simple. Even Linda is so respectful to her. Linda had never even treated Mr. Swann so respectfully.”

“Miss Swann is not only young and beautiful. She even had an oppressive temperament. Who said the Swann Corporation is doomed? I think it will have a better future with such a leader.”

Catherine and Linda would never know what the security guards had been gossiping about. After they entered the office, Leonel urged Linda to report the company’s situation to Catherine.

“Miss Swann, we suspect Mr. Swann had transferred the Swann Corporation’s assets.

They had suspected this earlier but were still investigating. No matter what, Korbin was Catherine’s father, and they would not dare to accuse him without evidence. However, Catherine looked calm upon hearing that, which was unexpected.

They thought Catherine did not believe them. Linda and Leonel looked at each other and took out the evidence.

“Miss Swann, this is the information of a trading company in Oceanvile. Mr. Swann, your father, is the owner of this company.”

It would not be strange for someone like Korbin to have many companies under his name. Having money and investing in many places was normal. So, it was understandable, even if he forgot how many companies he had.

However, Linda found out this company had been established lately and had something to do with the Winfreds in Oceanvile. Then, they found evidence of Korbin transferring the assets.

They had never expected Korbin to be so despicable. The first thing they did after the investigation was to inform Catherine. Catherine looked at the documents on the table and casually flipped through the pages.

When Linda saw Catherine seem to not care, she thought Catherine had not realized how serious this matter was and explained again.

“Miss Swann, although retrieving these transferred assets is difficult, we can’t just do nothing. If you can give out an order for the higher-ups to take action, we might be able to cover some of those losses.

Linda was anxious deep down and was not as calm as she seemed. She had no confidence in how much they could reduce the loss.

Korbin would never be reckless. He had planned this and was well prepared. Since this had happened, it would be difficult for them to stop it.

Catherine rejected Linda’s suggestion indifferently.

“Leave it. We don’t have to do anything. Linda was anxious that Catherine was doing nothing even when the situation was so bad.

She admired Catherine’s calmness, but this was a big matter. She could understand settling it calmly, but Catherine would at least have to think of a way to fix things.

Linda had already given a solution, yet Catherine put on an indifferent expression and even asked them to do nothing. She could not understand what Catherine meant.

Leonel stood up upon noticing Linda’s anxiousness. He glanced at Linda. Linda beckoned him to take over, and she retreated to the back.

Leonel stepped forward. He knew Catherine better than Linda. He had seen Catherine turning the tables in many impossible situations. From the moment he got to know Catherine, she had been cold toward everyone and everything.

That was her character, being calm in every crisis.

“Miss Swann, do you have other plans?

Please tell us so that we could come up with a solution.”

Catherine shook her head indifferently. “I have no plans.”

The cold tone extinguished Leonel’s enthusiasm.

Leonel was troubled, thinking Catherine could not come up with anything this time. Suddenly, Catherine spoke again. She said something out of the topic.

“Erick Olsen is with me.”

Leonel did not think much and subconsciously answered, “Who is Erick Olsen? Miss Swann, we are discussing about…”

Catherine lifted her eyebrow. Her gaze was so cold that it ran a chill down his spine.

“Erick Olsen?” Leonel’s eyes lit up, and he turned around and asked Linda, ” What’s the name of the new heir of the Winfreds?”

Linda did not expect him to react like that and was startled momentarily before answering, “If I did not remember wrongly, his name is Erick.”

Leonel turned back around excitedly and stared at Catherine.

“Miss Swann, Erick Olsen is your people?” He sounded uncertain and surprised. Catherine said nothing, but he could see the answer from her expression.

He clapped his hands happily as he said to Linda, “Linda, let’s go for a drink and relax tonight. We don’t have to worry about the rest.”

Linda did not understand what was happening and looked at Leonel in a puzzle.

Leonel explained patiently when he noticed Linda did not know what was happening.

“Don’t you even understand this? Erick is Catherine’s man, meaning the Winfred Group is in Miss Swann’s control. No matter how much Korbin transfers, he has to go through the Winfreds. So, in the end, the assets would still go to Miss Swann.”

Linda finally understood what they meant. She looked at Catherine with her jaw dropped.

“Miss Swann, do you have superpowers like predicting the future?”

Chapter 456 Amazing Catherine

Linda would not say something like that usually. The staff of the Swann Corporation had always felt she was stern and conservative.

She had always been serious and would follow the rules whenever she did something. Even Leonel, who had been working with her for years, was taken aback to hear that. He chuckled.

“Linda, Miss Swann doesn’t have any superpowers. She has greater foresight than us and considers more. With Erick in the Winfreds, this troublesome matter is solved.”

They both were senior staff of the Swann Corporation, and Vicente trusted them.

Before Vicente passed away, he trusted the company to them.

If Korbin ruined the company, they would be embarrassed as they failed to do what they had promised Vicente.

Fortunately, Catherine was brilliant and good at making strategies.

Linda realized what she said did not match her usual behavior.

But her reaction was because she was shocked.

Catherine was amazing to think of something like this.

Linda had been working with Korbin for at least a decade. He was the eldest son of the Swanns and the only heir.

Everyone thought Vicente would pass down the company to him after he retired. Linda disliked Korbin’s way of doing things. She had planned to resign and enjoy her retirement life after Korbin took over the company.

Vicente had been generous with her salary. The money she earned working in the Swann Corporation was enough to live happily without working for the rest of her life.

No one had expected Vicente to change his will at the last minute before he passed away, making his granddaughter, who had been dumped to live in the countryside, inherit the company.

When everyone looked down upon this girl from the countryside, her every move and strategy shocked them, changing their perception of her.

Catherine’s expression turned gentle as she looked at the two quipping.

“I’ll leave since this matter is settled.”

“Miss Swann, please wait.” Linda stopped Catherine from leaving. She placed a pile of documents before Catherine.

“Miss Swann, we need you to sign these documents to get some of the projects started.”

Catherine was a student and had to attend classes. So, most of the documents were kept aside until she visited the company. Then, she would sign it all in one go.

Catherine did not say anything. She knew Linda would not trouble her if someone else could sign these documents on her behalf.

She flipped the pages of the documents and read them quickly before signing on the places that needed to be signed. Her actions were swift and decisive. Her signature was also simple and quick.

Linda noticed Catherine’s quick action and glanced at Leonel.

Leonel smiled and said nothing.

Catherine was just like Vicente when he was young.

She was firm, mature, and decisive, like a true leader. They trusted the men they employed and would never keep anyone who betrayed them. After signing those documents, Catherine pushed them to Linda and looked at her.

“Do you have any more documents I have to sign?”

The beautiful face before her mesmerized her, making her forget to answer.

Just as Linda was startled, Catherine had already gotten up and left the office. When Linda was astonished, Catherine was not in the office anymore.

Leonel stood beside her and lifted his eyebrow.

“Hey, do you want to have a drink together?”

“Let’s go!” Linda smiled in response.

She had never drunk alcoholic drinks during her working hours, afraid of neglecting her work. However, with a capable boss like Catherine, she had no worries and could relax.

When Catherine was at the Swann Corporation’s lobby, the two security guards bowed and shouted, “Miss Swann!”

Their voices were so loud that it was thundering to the ear.

Everyone nearby looked at them, and Catherine immediately became the limelight in the crowd. Catherine frowned and walked ahead without reacting.

When she walked out the door, she saw red isolation belts had already surrounded the bike Ronin lent her. It looked like an exhibition to those who did not know this was her bike.

It stood in the middle of the Swann Corporation’s entrance with the isolation belt, which was hilarious. The two security guards took off the isolation belt immediately.

“Miss Swann, your bike!”

Catherine stopped walking and looked at the security guard, helping her to hold onto the bike. It made her wonder if he was worried she could not get onto the bike or if it might be too heavy for her. Catherine picked her eyebrow squinted her eyes, and looked at them.

The security guard stepped back subconsciously because Catherine’s gaze was scary. Although she did not show much expression, a gaze from her was enough to make them nervous for no reason.

After the security guard backed away, Catherine got onto the bike in a swift and handsome posture. The Harley-Davidson bike that looked heavy and big was like an obedient toy in Catherine’s hands.

She rode it without any fear.

Vroom!

The engine roared, and Catherine slid down the sunblock glasses on her helmet. She let go of the brake, and the Harley- Davidson shot out like a bullet.

The security guards looked at Catherine leaving and muttered, “Miss Swann is so cool!”

Another security guard said confidently, “I’m sure Miss Swann has practiced martial arts before. Even I could feel the weight of the bike when I held it.

“Look at how easily Miss Swann had rode it!”

Catherine headed to the Swanns’ after leaving the Swann Corporation on the Harley-Davidson. She had received a call from Korbin asking for her presence in the Swanns’.

She knew she had to face it sooner or later. So, Catherine did not intend to avoid it. When Catherine entered the house, she felt the tense atmosphere in it.

A faint smile appeared on her delicate face. Something seemed to have amused her. Hearing the footsteps, Korbin put down the documents and looked at Catherine. When his eyes feel on Catherine, his face was ashen.

“How dare you come back?”

Everyone could hear the anger in his voice. The maids in the living room quickly left upon sensing his anger, afraid Korbin might throw his rage at them.

Catherine looked at Korbin expressionlessly.

“Looks like I must have misunderstood your meaning in that call.

“Well, then. I’ll leave now.”

Looking at Catherine who was about to leave, Korbin was so pissed off and he glared at Catherine.

“Stand there!”

Chapter 458 Who Is The Outsider?

Rachael noticed Catherine was indeed a jinx.

Her return only brought chaos to the Swanns. Rachael listened to her parents’ advice and tried to get along peacefully with Catherine first. Then, when she successfully coaxed Catherine to hand over the Swanns’ assets, she could get rid of Catherine.

Unexpectedly, Catherine was stubborn and did not know how to get along with them. Rachael wanted to flare up, but it reminded her of her countless failed quarrels with Catherine.

Her husband failed to transfer the assets and had even been set up by this jinx, Catherine. Rachael got the advice from her family and planned to use another trick.

No one would want to be abandoned by their family. Otherwise, why would Catherine choose to return to the Swanns?

They could pretend to accept Catherine’s return. After getting the Swanns’ assets and placing them under Korbin’s name, they could deal with her later, which would be easy.

Rachael wept and lay in her husband’s arms.

“Honey, look. Our daughter is blaming us for everything back then. I did not have a second choice. When your mother was still alive, she hated me so much because I gave birth to a daughter. You knew that, too.

“I did not expect my daughter would hate me so much.”

This lady even brought up her mother- in-law to make herself look innocent. Madam Swann was indeed part of why Catherine was sent to the countryside, but she would not have insisted if Rachael defended her.

The Swann family was wealthy, and raising another daughter would not be tough. Catherine looked at Korbin casually. When she saw him doing nothing, she knew how heartless he was. He did not mind tainting his mother’s reputation just for benefits.

Rachael’s face flushed red as she sobbed. Droplets of tears flowed down her cheeks. She looked at Catherine as if she had suffered many griefs.

“Catherine, I know you are mad at us and think we have mistreated you. But you have to trust that we did all this for you.

“You are young and don’t know how to manage the family’s business. Giving you the Swann Corporation would only bring loss. It’s better to let your father manage it for you.

“What do you think?”

Loss?

Catherine’s brows furrowed. Although she did not like managing the business, each business she did was profitable.

She would never let herself lose any money. Rachael had looked upon her highly. She could never lose money. It was too challenging! Catherine looked at Rachael coldly. She spoke as she looked into Rachael’s” kind” eyes, “What if I refuse?”

The repeated rejection had pissed Rachael off.

She glanced at Korbin secretly, giving him a signal. It was Korbin’s turn to act after remaining silent for long. His expression was cold as he stared into Catherine’s eyes.

“If you refuse to agree and want to disobey us, don’t blame me for using the hard way.”

Was threatening, and that cold and vicious gaze how one should treat their daughter?

No! That was more like treating his enemy.

Since his attitude was harsh, Catherine was less burdened. She lay on the headrest and squinted her eyes as she observed Korbin.

“The hard way? Are you going to use those people you secretly trained to deal with me?

“Heh…”

Korbin was startled upon hearing her chuckle. He snapped out of his daze and observed Catherine with his lips pursed.

“What do you know?”

He was again shocked by Catherine’s words, not knowing what this girl knew about his secret. He had been careless before this and underestimated Catherine’s ability.

She had silently taken back the money he had transferred from the company. It made him wonder what the girl had allowed her to do.

His plan was disrupted, and she knew he had someone working for him.

Korbin’s heart sank. He felt he should get rid of Catherine soon. Catherine lifted her eyebrow and looked at her father meaningfully.

“It depends on what you have done. Secrets can’t be kept for long.”

Everyone in the big living room was silent.

Korbin sat silently as he observed Catherine’s expression.

From Catherine’s words, he noticed something strange.

It seemed he had to get rid of those people. Korbin’s expression turned gloomy, and his eyes turned cold.

Married for years, Rachael naturally knew what Korbin’s gaze meant.

It seemed that Catherine would be unable to leave the Swanns’ place today. Rachael helped Korbin keep Catherine calm, and Korbin had arranged for someone to keep Catherine imprisoned in the Swanns’ place.

Catherine sat on the sofa, feeling bored as she listened to Rachael’s insincere words. Everything was going on as planned. Korbin thought Catherine was already under his control.

The butler came in suddenly.

“Sir. Mr. Duncan is here!”

Korbin’s forehead puckered, and his expression was gloomy.

“Why is he here?”

Branden walked in before Korbin could set any order. He walked toward Catherine. His gaze had been on Catherine and no one else.

“Do you want to leave?” The man stood beside Catherine and lowered her head as he asked her. Catherine leaned against the sofa, looking at the husband and wife acting. She was already bored.

Squinting her eyes, she nodded at Branden lazily.

Branden wanted to help her up.

However, something stopped him.

“Ahem…” Korbin cleared his throat, interrupting them. Branden turned around. His handsome face turned cold as he looked at Korbin.

“Is there anything else you want to say, Mr. Swann?”

Korbin did not show a welcoming attitude either.

“Mr. Duncan, this is the Swanns’ place. Even if the Duncans are powerful, do you think it’s appropriate to take my daughter away from this place anytime you wish?”

Branden sneer.

It was a sarcastic remark, mocking Korbin for being a hypocrite. Rachael could no longer stand it. She asked, “Branden, what do you mean by sneering at us?”

Branden looked at the wife of the wealthiest man in Casier and spoke coldly, “Does Kathy have anything to do with you? I remember you disowned Kathy years ago.”

Rachael’s expression changed. The Swanns had done it discreetly, and no one knew. However, it was not difficult for the Duncans to investigate this. Branden cared so much about Catherine. So, he must know the truth.

Rachael glared at Branden in displeasure, maintaining her composure as Mrs. Swann.

“Mr. Duncan, no matter what happened years ago, it is between us and Catherine. We are her parents. Why should you, an outsider, interfere in our matter?”

“An outsider…?” Branden laughed, and he looked at Rachael ironically. “Mrs. Swann, you are interesting.

“Everyone in Casier knows Catherine is my fiancee and will be my wife soon.

“Do you still think I am an outsider, Rachael?”

Chapter 459 Something Bad Had Happened

Branden protected Catherine domineeringly, making Korbin and Rachael dumbfounded. Korbin looked at Branden with hostility. He was suppressing his anger and about to reach its limits. He was about to explode in anger.

“No wonder this girl dared to treat us like this. So, you were supporting her.”

Branden seemed relaxed compared to Korbin. He had one of his hands in his pocket and stood beside Catherine casually.

“After Vicente passed away, Catherine did not have many relatives left. Isn’t it normal for me to help her as her fiance? Why does this irritate you so much, Mr. Swann?”

Catherine glanced at the man tiredly. Instantly, the man’s cold gaze turned soft, and looked at her with care.

He knew from Dr. Miracle that Catherine’s body health had declined since she got injured.

He felt sorry for her every time he saw her looking tired. He wanted to piss Korbin off but lost interest when he saw Catherine tired. All he wanted to do was to take Catherine home.

The man bent down and carried Catherine in his arms.

“Come on. Let’s go back and rest.”

Catherine would naturally not reject anyone from helping her. She lay in the man’s arm lazily and let him carry her.

Looking at Branden carrying Catherine as he headed out, Korbin flew into a rage. He shouted, “Stand there!

“Do you think you can bully the Swanns as you wish and leave and enter our house just like that?”

Branden stopped and looked at Korbin.

“Mr. Swann, I can’t do anything to the Swanns, but you…”

He paused as he looked at Korbin meaningfully. His gaze was so scary that it shocked Korbin. Korbin took a few steps back without realizing he had shown his fear.

“Mr. Swann, do you really think I can’t do anything to you?”

“You have to thank Kathy for being your daughter. This relationship saved you.”

Korbin froze. He did not expect Branden to threaten him. He had said whatever he should. As for what Korbin would do, it was not what he cared about.

The man carried Catherine as he strode out the door. Rachael was anxious and quickly pulled Korbin’s hand.

“Hubby, are you going to let them leave just like that?”

Korbin was angry. Something struck him. He naturally would not let them leave that easily.

He was about to make a call. However, a call came in before that. Looking at the number, Korbin was a little alarmed. He tapped on the answer button and placed the phone by his ear.

“Mr. Swann, something terrible had happened.

“A secret organization had messed up our lairs. Our men had been captured, and some of our old crimes had been investigated. This is a disaster.”

Among those men Korbin had employed, this batch of people were loyal to him. They had helped him do many illegal deeds.

Those people needed him, and he had something on them. He did not expect things to turn out like this. Since they had found his lairs, Korbin was in despair and fell onto the sofa.

He was doomed this time.

Rachael looked at Korbin falling on the sofa and exclaimed, “Hubby, are you alright?

“Don’t scare me!”

Korbin did not respond. He only stared at her coldly. He did not even blink his eyes. Branden carried Catherine to the car from the Swanns’.

Catherine was hugged tightly by him, and she sweated a little. The man quickly told the driver, “Turn down the temperature.”

The driver did not hesitate and quickly carried out the order. After the driver reduced the temperature, Branden draped the blanket on Catherine. The simplest way was to place her aside, and she would not feel hot anymore.

The man was reluctant. So, he kept adjusting everything. Catherine did not mind. After all, it was Branden doing everything. She let him do it since he was willing to do it.

Paxton sat on the front passenger’s seat and noticed the movement behind him. When it was finally silent, he spoke.

“Sir, we have settled it. Korbin’s men had been cleared.”

Catherine heard it since she was not deaf, and Paxton did not hide it from her. She lifted her head and looked at the man’s face through the streetlight shone into the car.

Due to the dim lights, the man’s face looked skinnier, and his jawline was obvious. After long, Catherine squinted her eyes and spoke.

“Why did you attack Korbin for no reason?”

She had already taken Korbin’s assets, and Korbin was now penniless. Since he had lost his support, he was harmless.

Since he was harmless, Catherine let him be arrogant like he wanted.

Never did she expect Branden would attack Korbin’s men. She did not feel sorry for Korbin but did not want to implicate the Duncans, tainting their name.

The man naturally did not know what was on her mind, and his expression turned gloomy. Catherine did not notice it. She lowered her head and rubbed her tiny head on the man’s chest.

The angry man was instantly happy and caressed her head with love.

His girl had been independent all these years.

So, she was not accustomed to asking for help.

Even if he helped her, she would still think it was unnecessary.

It was because she could do it but was too lazy to do so. He could only dote on her and let her do whatever she wanted since she was his fiancee.

He would not care who were those who dared to hurt his girl. As long as that person intended to hurt his fiancee, he would make sure that person would be doomed before he could do anything.

It was just like what Korbin said.

It was all thanks to Catherine’s blood- related relationship with Korbin.

Otherwise, Korbin would not be able to get away with it with such a light punishment.

The man’s gaze was cold upon thinking of it, but it was gentle again when he looked at Catherine in his arms.

“Take a nap, and I’ll wake you up when we reach home.”

“Okay!”

Catherine did not reject, and she felt she was beginning to like lying in the man’s arms.

She nodded lazily and curled up in his arms in a comfortable position.

Her tiny, delicate face was cute and less cold than usual.

Chapter 460 Nonsense

Korbin’s resources were scrubbed and taken away immediately. They did not even have the time to see how they were replaced.

Rachael was so anxious that she rushed home immediately after she knew it. She told everything to her parents.

“Dad, Mom, I did not expect the jinx would do this to us.”

The Langs were displeased to hear that, especially Donna. She sighed and said, “She is your daughter after all. She would not be that foolish even if she is dumb.”

It was an interesting comment.

“Mom, stop sighing. Think of something.”

Korbin’s money and men were taken away. With her husband’s perished, her wealthy life would end.

The jinx hated her and would never let her off. Rachael knew this well. Enzo’s expression turned stern upon seeing Rachael so anxious. He glared at her and reprimanded her.

“Why are you so anxious? Nothing serious has happened. I have taught you to be calm. Have you forgotten it?”

After Rachael got scolded, she stopped whining.

“Dad, why don’t you look for Adrien?”

Enzo glared at his daughter. His son and daughter had inherited his wife’s character and did not inherit his thinking capability.

“You are muddle-headed. Have you not seen the situation?”

Rachael looked at her father in a daze, not knowing why her father said so. Enzo glared at Rachael. “Do you think I did not look for Adrien?

“Think about the consequences of me looking for him.”

After remaining silent for a few seconds, Rachael realized what he meant.

She lifted her head in shock.

“Dad, do you mean Adrien is helping that jin?”

Then, Rachael felt something was off, and she quickly denied it. “It is impossible. They don’t know each other. Adrien would never help that jinx.”

Enzo sighed and froze. His words were so nice initially but crooked because of his emotions.

“Maybe it’s because of sympathy or some other reason we don’t know.”

He had the same thoughts as his daughter. It was bizarre and impossible. They did not seem like they knew each other.

Just like Adrien knew Enzo well, Enzo knew his foster son, too.

He had paid him a few visits. If Adrien intended to help, he would not stand by and do nothing. He agreed to help a few times, then did nothing about it. That explained everything. Upon hearing her father’s explanation, Rachael was still puzzled.

“Sympathy? Why would Adrien feel sympathy for that girl?”

The girl seemed still puzzled, and Enzo was too lazy to explain more.

When his daughter decided to send her daughter to the countryside, he tried to stop her. It was cruel. Even if the kid was a jinx, it was inappropriate to abandon her.

He would rather keep the kid in the Langs and did not want his daughter to bear the name of a cruel mother.

But his daughter refused to listen. She did what she wanted, like a lunatic. Enzo remembered Adrien returning from the military and was shocked to hear this. He even questioned him.

“Why is she treating a baby so cruelly?”

Maybe from that day on, Adrien began to feel sympathy for that girl. Enzo was almost in his seventies yet still looked young and healthy. Those who did not know him would think he was only in his sixties.

Rachael resembled Enzo’s appearance. He had more temperament than his daughter and looked like an intellectual. He spoke slowly but was firm.

“You did not only give birth to Catherine. Can’t you think of something else when your husband is useless?”

Rachael retorted, “What if I give birth to some other kids? Johnny is somewhere else. We don’t even know how he is now.”

Only when talking about Johnathan would Rachael show her motherly side. She was concerned and worried about him.

Mentioning her daughter would only make her reveal a disdainful expression. She would mock and insult her. “Jonathan is unreliable. How could I depend on Liana? She needed my help more than I needed hers.”

Rachael had just finished her words, and her father glared at her, disappointed. She was alarmed and realized what he meant.

“Dad, do you mean Audrey?”

She had forgotten another daughter she had given birth to.

It was another daughter she cared less, Audrey. Enzo said calmly, “Since something serious like this happened, she had to help her parents.”

After Enzo spoke, Donna realized what he meant and leaned toward her daughter.

“Rachael, Audrey does have a good relationship with Catherine, doesn’t she? Why don’t you do as your father says and look for her? It might work.”

Since her parents had given her a solution, Rachael knew what to do. Catherine had been nice to Audrey. If she went to Audrey, she might get what she wanted.

Rachael got up anxiously.

“Dad, Mom, I’ll leave first!”

Enzo looked at his daughter, leaving hastily, and frowned.

She was not mature at all.

It was their critical moment in just half a month, and everyone was preparing for it. Unlike other kids who were revising, Catherine lay on the table drowsily. She squinted her eyes and looked ahead.

Ronin knew Catherine was spacing out when she was like that. Catherine was different from others. Others needed deep sleep to rest and relax.

However, Catherine could stop thinking and adjust her body and mind into sleep mode. It was how she rested. She could maintain herself in this state for days.

Ronin moved his chair closer to Catherine.

“Catherine, I heard you taught Korbin a lesson and guarded the Swanns, preventing him from leaving. Is that true?”

He always felt Catherine had been too kind toward that head of the Swanns. However, they were indeed blood- related. So, she naturally would show mercy. But he did not expect Catherine to be so decisive and cut off everything Korbin had.

That was pleasing to know.

Catherine remained in a lazy state as she looked at Ronin.

“Why are you so chatty and talk so much nonsense?”

That shut Ronin up as he retreated while gesturing to zip his lips. He did not dare to ask more.