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.” 

the office were gossiping, and someone even raised their voice on purpose as though they were afraid that Catelyn might not hear

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 and

had been quite popular in the office, but where there were people,

comments since the Clark family declined four years ago. What her colleagues were saying could not even begin to compare with

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

herself regardless and went to

Norman, you need me for

a beer belly and his hair thinning out

he was a relative to the Atherton family, and

as she was told and closed the door while Manager Norman shut the curtains, turning the

at

harassed?’ seethed Catelyn inwardly with chills running down her spine. She stood still and

swallowed heavily and drawled, “Everyone

started, but those are all nothing but gossip. Rest assured, Sir, that this won’t affect my

 

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

been clearer, and all the hair on Catelyn’s

she was forced to go on a business trip with Manager Norman, and he had accidentally seen her right after she had taken a bath. The

on the way and was instantly stunned. Ever since then, he

married, he could not act too boldly in

for Young Master Mason’s birthday mansion was taken from Catelyn at the

it and said, “Thank you for believing in me, but I’m far

have to take it the hard way, then you

don’t intend on

yours had brought terrible influence to this company, and in accordance with the

his expression grew smug and cast her a wretched sneer. “If you wish to dispute,

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