Chapter 241 A Man–to–man Conversation 

Catherine knelt on the carpet in front of the tea  table in the living room. From time to time, she  would peek at the three people on the sofa who  were staring at her fiercely: her father, aunt Hailey,  and uncle Brook. 

It was really stressful for Catherine, and Matthew,  who stood behind Catherine, was also terrified by  this theatrical situation. 

Although he did not do anything wrong, he always  felt that more than half of the anger of the three  people was coming for him. After a moment of  silence, Ryan said sharply, “You think you are old 

enough to play a trick on your uncle Brook? 

Apologize now!” 

Her father was referring to those drugged pistachio  that Catherine gave to Brook before. 

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That was indeed Catherine‘s fault, so she turned to 

Brook and admitted her mistake honestly, “It was  all my fault, uncle Brook. I shouldn’t give you those  pistachios. You must have suffered a lot. I‘m really  sorry, you can hit me if it could make you feel  better.” Catherine reached out her little hand to Brook. 

Before Brook said anything, Catherine withdrew  her hand and said, “No, no, no. It‘ll be a lot of pain  here. Maybe you could hit my butt. It will be less  painful.” 

Then she turned around and, like what she used to  do when she was a child, bent down at Brook. Matthew widened his eyes. What was she doing  now? Although Catherine was facing him, he was  tall enough to see everything. The tips of 

immediately  stepped

become light and  the next moment, she found herself standing in  front of Matthew. Wow! It felt like she was

from the ground, and  as expected, when he was standing steady again, he  found Brook and the

hard not to look at Hailey and Ryan‘s eyes and said to Brook, “Mr. Kirkland, the little girl was doing nothing but giving you some  nuts to eat. You don‘t need to make such a big fuss  about that, right? Are you angry because your  stomach is not good and you have a

was the only possibility. After  all, what bad a child

very good, so I always got some 

to not  blurt out, ‘I‘m not weak like you do, you weirdo!

feeling  ecstatic and thinking, ‘Dear God,

It was just that he was

I got a machismo as a boyfriend and he  loved

sneered in his heart, ‘Well, this man wants to  show off in front of

smiled and said, “Since Mr. Holland asked for  mercy for Catherine, I will spare her this time. She  made great pistachios. I

so nice and  thought maybe Brook was not as angry as

thanks.” After saying that, Matthew felt someone pull his  arm. He turned and saw Catherine winking and  shaking

“What?” 

of Brook. You‘re too  simple to survive in today‘s society. It seems that I  will be the protective one

in her daydreams, Hailey  suddenly snapped, “Catherine.” Catherine shivered and

“Yes!” 

“Have you finished your  apology?”

suddenly  remembered that she hadn‘t apologized for running  away from

still looked at her with a straight face, 

He ignored her. 

Catherine shouted again, but he still

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