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

didn’t like how the man took her hand

by someone like an invertebrate without worrying

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 would do anything to

dragged around made her comfortable, she was more

was taken to the living room, she noticed someone

long been over. Bryan waited over two hours for his Boss to be led

lot of things could

birthday. How come Branden took her

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

returned, Bryan could no longer hold back his grievance.

in that sentence and how Bryan called Catherine “Boss” almost

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

Duncans, could discipline him. But now he’s behaving so well in front of Catherine Swann. Is Catherine the person

turned around to look at him, her brows

“What’s the matter?”

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

he could kill with his

head in silence and asked, “Nothing, I just wanted to know if you slept

answered dismissively. She wouldn’t have even paid attention to Bryan’s

“Let’s go eat.”

Bryan. This dispelled his

treats me so well. She’s even buying me dinner tonight

had completely ignored that he was a member of the Duncan family and the host

they discovered it only offered

because he could handle the

and saw Branden sit down with a

to respect Branden more. “He really goes out of