All Her Secrets By Chestnut

Chapter 819 The Lab

Over the next while, Catherine dove into the tense and busy final stage. It seemed like everyone knew about Catherine’s situation. No one dared to disturb her.

Rylan occasionally showed up, but he never crossed paths with Catherine. He didn’t think much of it, because Branden did the same. Branden would come back once in a while, yet he couldn’t catch Catherine either.

Catherine practically lived in the lab. She put in all her time to smoothly finish the last phase of the experiment.

One noon, Branden showed up again. As he arrived at the lab building, he spotted Rylan waiting at the entrance. Branden glanced at him with a sharp hostility in his eyes.

Surprisingly, Rylan stepped forward and greeted him, “Mr. Duncan, quite persistent, huh? Sacrificing business for a student. Is it worth it?”

Hearing the teasing tone, Branden let out a cold laugh and replied, “Mr. Melton, if it is not worth it, why are you lurking around here day in, day out like a faithful lapdog?”

Rylan laughed and then replied, “Who is the real lapdog? That’s up for debate. But I see myself as the one who’ll win her affection.”

replied. They mocked each other with

attempted to say more, but Branden interjected, “The soup won’t taste good if it gets cold. I’ll be going, Mr. Melton.” With

entrance, the security guard stopped Branden. Rylan wanted to mock, but Branden intentionally raised his voice toward the guard and said,

He was not just Catherine’s family but also the biggest investor in the lab. “Mr. Duncan, please proceed,” the

Branden was polite, yet as he entered, he glanced back at Rylan with

increasingly agitated and immediately dialed his assistant. He said, “I don’t care how. Just make me the Styre Laboratory’s top sponsor!” Once Rylan successfully edged out Branden, he would promptly have the security guard remove Branden. Within a 100- yard radius of the lab, he didn’t want to see even

way, he met Marshall, who was working late in the lab. Branden politely greeted

hard days, the experiment had progressed smoothly, which made him

“Kathy’s not been well, missing meals. Thought I’d bring

hardship, Marshall was touched. Seeing Branden’s concern, he felt Branden might be reliable. Even though Branden was excessively wealthy, as long as he was willing to treat Catherine well, Marshall could overlook the rest. After all,

and give it to her. Take good care of her. She’s

deeply engrossed in her work through the glass window. She skillfully operated the machinery, and her beautiful face shone even more

subconsciously glanced back. Through the glass, she spotted Branden standing outside. After adjusting all the equipment to work autonomously, she removed her lab coat

He walked up and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. ” You were focused. I didn’t want to disturb

interruptions while working, and Branden understood that about her.

leading him to a nearby break room, Catherine looked at the lunch box he carried with a resigned expression. “I’ve already had

good, but occasional breaks are necessary. Inside, besides the main meal, there are some snacks and fruits. Think

beautiful eyes. “Do your employees know you

they say capitalists are evil, treating labor as machines to exploit? Do your