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

need for hostilities, right? Why not be friends, even if

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

bitter laugh. This was the first time he’d

befriend her. As Catherine left, the hidden security officer finally emerged from the shadows and

personality.

“She’s already being relatively nice to me. She’s been through a lot from childhood. I

Catherine’s ruthless tactics. 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

out that Catherine had the support of the Duncans. Adrien was well aware that the Duncans ‘influence

knew what kind of people they were. Catherine had been sent to the countryside while still

rooted in feudal superstition. Could normal

to reap the harvest. Catherine had no intention of having one person after another corner her in the restroom. It was

appeared, Ronin quickly

need to talk to

him and nodded in

we’ll have a month off. Isn’t

enough to make Ronin shiver. He quickly

message from Sean offering a billion dollars

understood his real intention, she scanned him from head to toe with

It was terrifying.

bear the tension any

myself. I just think that instead of letting Sean earn that money, we could siphon some into your pocket. After all, we don’t have much left

brows slightly and asked, “Are we out

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

an arrangement facilitated

but a sense of financial responsibility was not one of them. No matter how much they

financial tendencies, he took control of her accounts, earning a degree in financial management in the process

could also

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