Chapter 408 Just a Little Business

Catherine emerged from the private booth, heading for the restroom. As she turned the corner, she felt a pair of eyes fixated on her from behind.

Catherine halted and turned.

She saw Adrien standing at the far end of the corridor, his gaze clearly sizing her up. He also noticed Catherine turn around. He initiated the greeting. “What a coincidence, us dining here?”

He had clearly been standing there for a few minutes.

Was it a coincidence?

Not at all.

Catherine gave him an indifferent look, then turned to leave. Adrien hadn’t anticipated Catherine’s reaction.

He immediately tried to stop her.

“Catherine, we cross paths, and you can’t even say hello?” he called out. Turning back once more, Catherine cast a nonchalant glance at Adrien and scrutinized him from head to toe.

She dismissively uttered, “Hi, Adrien.”

Her expression seemed to question him.

“Is that enough?

“Are you satisfied?”

Adrien was growing more intrigued by his niece. She was certainly different from the rest of the Langs. He approached Catherine with a friendly smile.

eyes were brimming with

not share any blood relation, there’s no need for hostilities, right?

with disdain in her eyes, “Hmph. I’m not in

watched Catherine’s confident departure and let out a bitter laugh. This was the

had failed in his attempt to befriend her. As Catherine left, the

a pleasant personality. You

me. She’s been through a lot

She had pushed Korbin into the hospital, ejected Rachael from the family home, and asked for

Adrien contemplated that this young woman was clever, but facing

support of the Duncans. Adrien was

Enzo deal with Catherine, as he knew what kind

one of those baseless accusations rooted in feudal superstition. Could normal parents really do such

own wrongdoing, and now it was time for them to reap the harvest. Catherine had no intention of having

appeared, Ronin quickly

I need to talk to you,” he

at him

away. After that, we’ll have a month off. Isn’t that great?” Ronin spoke. Catherine, growing impatient with his circumlocution, replied curtly, “Cut

command was enough to make Ronin shiver. He quickly got to the

we received a message from Sean offering a billion dollars for you

real intention, she scanned him from head to toe with a chilling expression. It

It was terrifying.

bear the tension

the money for myself. I just think that instead of letting Sean earn that money, we could siphon some into your pocket. After all,

hearing this, Catherine furrowed her brows slightly

look, he added, “The money you had me transfer

facilitated by Withal, they wouldn’t

many qualities, but a sense of financial responsibility was not one of them. No matter

Catherine’s financial tendencies, he took control of her accounts, earning a degree in financial management in

only could he manage their income and expenses efficiently, but he could also invest the surplus funds

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