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.” 

someone even raised their voice on purpose as though they were afraid that

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

quite popular in the office, but where there

saying could not even begin to compare with what those loan sharks said to her before.

on Catelyn’s desk. “Catelyn, Manager Norman is asking for you in

and went to

Norman, you need me for something?”

beer belly and his hair thinning out at the top. When he

had it that he was a relative to the Atherton family, and his status in the

the curtains, turning the spacious office into a

couch and pointed at his side. “Come

with chills running down her spine. She stood

Norman crossed his legs as his gaze wandered from Catelyn’s face to her body. He swallowed heavily and drawled,

are all nothing but gossip. Rest assured, Sir,

 

opportunity to climb up the ladder. If only you’re willing to make some

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

right after she had taken a bath. The client at the time wanted a document, and she was in too

was instantly stunned. Ever since then, he had never ceased dropping creepy

married, he could not

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

of it and said, “Thank you for believing

to take it the hard way, then you won’t end up

sorry, but I don’t intend on

against the table before barking, “Those rumors of yours had brought terrible influence to this company, and in accordance with the discussion within management levels,

expression grew smug and cast her a

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