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.” 

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

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 naturally felt like teasing Catelyn about it now that she had to

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

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

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

disgust but collected herself regardless and went to knock

Norman, you need

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

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

curtains, turning the spacious office into a closed quarter with only the two of them in

on the couch and pointed at his side.

I’d sit and get harassed?’ seethed Catelyn inwardly with chills running down her spine. She stood still and said, “Please say what you need to say, Sir.”

her body. He swallowed heavily and drawled, “Everyone is gossiping about you

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

 

ladder. If only

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

seen her right after she had taken a bath. The client at

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

was married, he could not act too boldly in the office.

project for Young Master Mason’s birthday mansion was taken from Catelyn at the direct order of Cedrick Mason, so Terry could not possibly overwrite that

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

have to take it the hard way, then you won’t end up well.”

don’t intend on taking any way

rage filled Manager Norman’s mind and he slammed his palm against the table before barking, “Those rumors of yours had brought terrible influence to this company, and

and cast her a wretched sneer. “If you wish to

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