All Her Secrets By Chestnut

Triston stared at their receding figures with a face full of frustration. He frowned uncontrollably. This

display of affection made him lose his appetite. The dishes on the table no longer seemed appetizing.

Aidan rested his chin on his hand and asked, “Mr. Lambert, how did Mr. Duncan become such a

devoted boyfriend? I don’t get it. It’s strange.”

Triston shot him a disdainful look and mockingly retorted, “It would be stranger if you would understand

what happened.”

Feeling like he had just been ridiculed, Aidan was not pleased at all.

“Mr. Lambert, what’s your problem? Do you think I’ll go easy on you just because we haven’t seen each

other in a few years? How would I not

understand? Look at the way Branden is acting. He’s like a man possessed. Is that normal?” Hearing

that, Triston snorted. He took a swig of his drink to mourn his lost youth and scolded Aidan thereafter.

“If you can get me a girlfriend like Catherine, I’ll give you a makeover.”

Triston thought, “Aidan is clueless. If one meets the person he likes, anything goes.”

Taking him as an example, he had preserved his virginity for so many years, and now it was gone. He

felt miserable. It was extremely miserable for him!

Watching Triston downing drink after drink, everyone in the room started to look concerned. Triston

became like this after Branden and his girlfriend display their affection for one another openly.

“Are the rumors true?

“Was Triston secretly in love with Branden all along, and his rebellious image a facade to hide this

forbidden inner longing?”

Those were the thoughts running through the onlookers. Everyone thought that they had stumbled onto

a big secret. Triston was oblivious to the speculation and the dramatic image he was creating

unwittingly. He continued to drown his sorrows in alcohol.

At the same time, in the car. Catherine was resting against the window when she suddenly heard a

faint vibration. Though the sound was barely audible, it resonated clearly within the quiet environment.

Paxton was the first to reach for the phone. After confirming the message, he turned to Branden.

Branden didn’t stop him from speaking. Paxton realized Branden didn’t intend to hide things from

Catherine, so Paxton explained the situation.

“Mr. Duncan, we’ve found a way to contact Simons. We offered 10 million dollars, but there was no

response.”

Branden’s face darkened. His voice was cold and low. He said, “Double the offer. If 10 million dollars

weren’t enough, he would give 20 million dollars. If 20 million dollars still weren’t enough, he would up it

to 100 million dollars.

There was nothing he couldn’t do. Catherine was sitting beside Branden and enjoying a lollipop that

Branden had insisted she take. She nearly choked on her saliva due to the unexpected turn of events.

Sensing her discomfort, Branden poured a glass of warm water and handed it to her. His voice was

infinitely gentle. “Are you okay?”

Catherine was too embarrassed to look at Branden. She waved her hand and replied softly, “I’m fine.”

Branden took the lollipop from her mouth and tossed it into the nearby trash bin. “You’ve had enough of

these.

Catherine had a low blood sugar problem. As such, Branden would insist that she eat some candy

every time she was with him. The candies he gave her were never too sweet, just within her tolerance

level.

More importantly, they made her feel comfortable after eating them. So, she had never refused. Every

time Branden handed her one, she would just suck on it.

It seemed like Branden misunderstood and thought she had choked on the candy. However, Catherine

hadn’t choked on the candy. She was shocked by Branden.

She realized that the idiot who offered her 10 million dollars yesterday to breach a firewall was none

other than the person sitting next to her, Branden.

In the hacker world, her code name was Simons. Yesterday, she received a message from the black

market. It was from a broker she had worked with before, one of the few who could locate her.

The broker told her that someone was offering 10 million dollars for her to join a team and breach a

firewall. The message also included a link. The ID was familiar, and she immediately recognized it as

her base.

Unable to hold back, she cursed at her computer in frustration. They are paying Catherine to breach

her base’s firewall and uncover her true identity. These people were idiots.

The only thing she hadn’t expected was that the person she had cursed at wasn’t someone else but

was sitting beside her.

Catherine wanted to ask Branden what he was thinking when he decided to attack her base’s firewall

out of the blue. However, she believed that if she asked, given Branden’s intelligence, he would figure

out everything.

In that case, she decided it was better not to ask. She didn’t want to reveal her identity so soon. If

Branden wanted to find out, she would leave him be.

If he did manage to find out about her identity, it would be a testament to his abilities. At the same time,

Johnathan was at the Swanns’. Johnathan wasted no time in finding Rachael. This beating he had just

endured wouldn’t go unnoticed.

“Mom, you have no idea how close I came to losing my life. Catherine, that jinx, was truly intent on

killing me. If I hadn’t begged her in front of everyone, you might not have a son right now,” Johnathan

complained.

Hearing her son’s lament, Rachael’s eyes turned red with empathy. She would close one eye to it if her

son were grumbling to her in his usual playful manner. But now, he was beaten up to a point where he

couldn’t even sit down properly.

Johnathan was Rachael’s lucky star and precious son. He was the apple of her eye that she couldn’t

bear to see get hurt. She couldn’t help but feel heartbroken.

Unable to hold back any longer, Rachael abandoned her usual elegant and refined image. She turned

her anger toward Korbin. “Did you see it?

Our son almost got killed by that jinx. How long are you going to keep tolerating this?”

Rachael exploded when there was no reaction from the latter. “Korbin, in the business world, everyone

fears you. They call you a strong man in the business arena. I never thought you were just a creep.

You didn’t even dare to stand up to a girl!” she shouted, disregarding all decorum.

At this moment, to Rachael, Catherine was no longer her daughter. She would not even be considered

as a stranger. In her eyes, Catherine was a jinx.

For Rachael, Catherine was the jinx set to plague her. Catherine was an enemy that had to be

eliminated.