Tears welled up in Miles’s beautiful, dark eyes. He pursed his lips as despair filled his innocent-looking face. 

 

Had Catelyn truly abandoned him? She even stopped answering the calls… 

At that moment, he looked around the house he was in. It was a cage with guards, everything felt cold, and he was suddenly overwhelmed by fear. 

He desperately wanted to see Catelyn again and was far from wanting to remain cooped up in his place. He had to get out. 

He sniffled and quickly wiped away his tears. 

Crying was for the weak, and he had to be strong enough to protect his mother. 

… 

Catelyn had prepared breakfast and called Ollie out for the meal. 

The boy did so with composure, and no one could tell that he was not Miles at all. Catelyn did not think much of it and simply sent him off to the kindergarten like usual. Before leaving, she even gave him a peck, to which the boy blushed shyly. 

… 

The moment she arrived at BrightGene, she could distinctly sense that everyone was staring at her oddly. 

“So she’s the daughter of a murderer?” 

“We never heard anything about it before, but I guess the Mason family ran some checks on her background for trying to get closer to the young master, and she ended up being put back to her place.” 

“Isn’t that right? The Masons are now saying that they don’t want her designing the young master’s birthday mansion…” 

“Heh! Don’t run your mouths like that, look at how upset she’s getting.” 

were gossiping, and someone even raised their voice on purpose as though they were afraid

what was happening. She had been removed from the position of head designer, after all, and there had always been other women in the office who were envious of her looks. They had gotten the information that she used to be a lady of the Clark family from certain sources

office, but where there

and went on with her day, having gotten used to hearing malicious comments since the Clark family declined four years ago. What her colleagues were saying could not even begin to compare with what those loan sharks said to her before. If she could survive

over and knocked on Catelyn’s desk. “Catelyn, Manager Norman is asking for you

in disgust but collected herself regardless and went to knock

Norman, you need me for

you about.” Manager Norman was a man in his forties with a beer belly and his hair thinning out at the top. When

Atherton family, and his status in

and closed the door while Manager Norman shut the curtains, turning

on the couch and pointed at his side. “Come take a

seethed Catelyn inwardly with chills running down her spine. She stood

He swallowed heavily and drawled, “Everyone is gossiping about you today in the office.

all nothing but gossip. Rest assured, Sir, that this won’t affect my work,” Catelyn promised. She really needed the

 

to climb up the ladder. If only you’re willing to make some sacrifices, I’ll make sure that I give you back the project for Young Master Mason’s

and the meaning behind them could not have been clearer, and all

bath. The client at the time wanted a document, and she was in too much of a hurry to put on any makeup, so she simply headed

Ever since then, he

he could not act too

at the direct order of Cedrick Mason, so Terry could not possibly

to expose him of it and said, “Thank you for believing

it the hard way, then you won’t end

but I don’t intend on taking any way at all.”

palm against the table before barking, “Those rumors of yours had

made it a point to pause as his expression grew smug and cast her a wretched sneer. “If you

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