All Her Secrets

Catherine woke up starving. When she opened her eyes, it was already dark outside. The room was quiet. But Catherine sensed another person’s presence. She had acute senses, and they had never been wrong. In the darkness, a deep magnetic voice spoke up.

“You’re awake?” Catherine answered with an unusually good temper. “Mmhm.”

“Flick.” The lights in the room were turned on. Perhaps it was because Catherine had just woken up. The man didn’t turn the lights up too bright. There was a strange comfort in the dim lighting. Catherine’s bad temper after waking up was somehow alleviated by it.

“Do you want to eat first or talk?” The man gave her two choices. Catherine didn’t want to guess what the man wanted to talk about. She didn’t like thinking about things when she didn’t have to. This allowed her mind to rest properly and focus on more important things when needed.

“Say your piece,” Catherine said indifferently. She had made her choice. With his gaze fixed on her, the man chuckled. “Let’s talk about what’s happening at the Swann Corporation. It’s been almost two weeks. Apart from firing a financial manager, you haven’t made a move at all. Now you only have two and a half months left. Is that enough time for you?

Catherine rose from the bed slowly. As she stood upright, her elongated legs accentuated her graceful presence.

She turned her head towards Branden and flashed a mischievous smile. Her infectious grin had the power to captivate anyone in the world.

“You investigated me?”

“Well,” Branden said with a faint smile, his expression calm. “The person I chose never loses.”

The person he chose?

Catherine raised an eyebrow and looked at Branden. She looked proud and untamed with that grin on her face.

Although Catherine was often seen as arrogant, many people felt she had earned the right to be confident, as if her success was expected.

“Relax, I never lose.”

Before Branden could respond, Catherine interrupted unapologetically, “I’m hungry.” She said the three words in such a cold way, but they made the man’s heart warm up. But this man had been known to be cold and ruthless.

“Your body is still growing. Of course, you’ll feel hungry easily. I have told the kitchen to prepare dinner. Let’s go eat.”

Without giving Catherine a chance to respond, the man took her hand and led her toward the kitchen.

Catherine furrowed her brows. Her calm expression was now tainted with a hint of displeasure.

“What is he doing?

he getting into the habit of holding my hand?”

like how the man

around by someone like an invertebrate without

she could. If she could lie down, she would never sit. And she wouldn’t stand up at all if she could sit down. She would do anything to make herself

made her comfortable, she was more than happy

was taken to the living room, she noticed someone who seemed to have gone through a

had long been over. Bryan waited over two hours for his Boss to be led down from upstairs

lot of things could happen

birthday. How come Branden

stand a

could no longer

and how Bryan

He’s been so spoilt by Vicente that he wouldn’t

of Catherine Swann. Is Catherine the person who will

and turned around to

“What’s the matter?”

decision to leave, but as he glanced behind her, he noticed Branden watching. In that moment, Bryan chose to

he could kill with his

could only shake his head in silence and asked, “Nothing, I just wanted

alright,” Catherine answered dismissively. She wouldn’t have even paid attention to Bryan’s question if she hadn’t sensed

“Let’s go eat.”

took the initiative to invite Bryan. This

dinner tonight and talking much

had completely ignored that he was a member of

they arrived at the restaurant, they discovered it only offered spicy

with it because he could handle the spiciness, and

up and saw Branden sit down

Branden more. “He really goes out of his way to impress Catherine. He’ll be