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.” 

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

envious of her looks. They had gotten the information that she used to be a lady of the Clark family from certain sources and naturally felt like teasing Catelyn about

in the office, but where there were people, there would

not bother herself over it 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

“Catelyn, Manager Norman is asking for you in his office.”

and went to

you need

man in his forties with a beer belly and his hair thinning out at the top. When he looked at Catelyn, his eyes

Atherton family, and his

did as she was told and closed the door while Manager Norman shut the curtains, turning the spacious office into a

and pointed at his side. “Come take a seat.”

inwardly with chills running down

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

gossip. Rest assured, Sir, that

 

your job, and you just need an opportunity to climb up the ladder. If

them could not have been clearer,

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

her on the way and was instantly stunned. Ever since then, he had never ceased

could not act too boldly

Young Master Mason’s birthday mansion was taken from Catelyn at the direct order of

to expose him of it and said, “Thank you for believing in me, but I’m far too unworthy of such an enormous

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

I don’t intend on

had brought terrible influence to this company, and in accordance with the discussion within management levels,

to pause as his expression grew smug and cast her a wretched sneer. “If you wish to dispute, you’ll do well to consider my

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