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?

the habit of holding my hand?”

man took

dragged around by someone like an invertebrate without worrying about

would be lazy wherever and whenever she could. If she could lie down, she would never sit. And she wouldn’t

dragged around made her comfortable, she was more than happy to

was taken to the living room, she noticed someone

Bryan waited over two hours for his Boss to

lot of things could

to celebrate Bryan’s birthday. How

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

that Catherine had returned, Bryan could no longer hold back his grievance. He

that sentence and

He’s been so spoilt by Vicente that he wouldn’t take orders from anyone else. He’s also

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

heard Bryan and turned around to look at him,

“What’s the matter?”

her decision to leave, but as he glanced behind her, he noticed Branden watching.

with his eyes.

asked, “Nothing, I just wanted to know if you

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

“Let’s go eat.”

to invite Bryan. This dispelled his bad

me dinner tonight and talking much more to me,”

member of the Duncan family and the

the restaurant, they discovered it only

it because he could handle the spiciness, and his boss loved spicy

looked up and saw Branden sit down with a

to respect Branden more. “He really goes out of