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?

getting into the habit of holding my hand?”

the man took her hand without

like an invertebrate without worrying

would be lazy wherever and whenever 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 was more than happy

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

waited over two hours for his Boss to be

of things could happen in

Bryan’s birthday. How come Branden

Bryan could never stand a chance against him, so he couldn’t

returned, Bryan could no longer

sentence and how

to all of them?” Paxton thought. “Why is Bryan acting so differently? He’s been so spoilt by Vicente that he wouldn’t take orders from anyone else. He’s also going through puberty, which is a rebellious

except for the head of the Duncans, could discipline him. But now he’s behaving so well in front of Catherine Swann. Is Catherine the person who will have the entire Duncans at her command? Why would they both follow her every command

to look at him, her brows slightly

“What’s the matter?”

verge of confronting Catherine about her decision to leave, but as he glanced behind her, he noticed Branden watching. In that moment, Bryan

looked like he could kill with his eyes. Better

silence and asked, “Nothing, I just

attention to Bryan’s question if

“Let’s go eat.”

to invite Bryan. This dispelled his bad mood

dinner

completely ignored that he was a member of the Duncan family

the restaurant, they discovered

was fine with it because he could handle the spiciness, and his boss loved

Branden

he started to respect Branden more. “He really goes out of his way to impress