All Her Secrets

Catherine casually picked up the phone and slipped on her headphones.

“Catherine, | got sfresh intel. You free to listen?” “Yeah,” Catherine grunted in response.

Ronin hadn't been hanging around Catherine much lately. Because Catherine had assigned him a task, and he went off to handle it.

Ever since they found out that the Breens had meddled with the Swann Corporation, they knew that trouble was on the horizon.

So Ronin took it upon himself to snoop around the Breens, and he finally unearthed sconfidential stuff.

“Catherine, fire up your computer!” Hearing Ronin’s words, Catherine powered up her laptop.

Soon, she received a file from Ronin. It was a medical diagnosis.

“Catherine, they're saying this diagnosis belongs to Shane. Seems like he’s sick.” Catherine scrutinized the report. Shane, that old fox, wouldn't just let his health report fall into anyone’s hands.

Even with Ronin’s intel, Catherine wasn’t jumping to conclusions. She scanned through and found nothing fishy, but she still felt suspicious and refrained from an immediate confirmation.

Unable to pinpoint any issues at the moment, Catherine ordered Ronin, Keep going.” “Got it!” Ronin’s tone grew serious. ” Catherine, | heard that the Breens know you're in Loxton. They're sending folks your way soon. We gotta be extra cautious!” x] Catherine remained composed. She replied with a chilly expression, “Let them come.” They could cif they wanted, but leaving wouldn't be their call.

Ronin understood Catherine's message. There was Loxton in Eskana, not the Breens’ place in Alton. The Breens wouldn't dare act recklessly here.

developing in Eskana, they’d amassed enough finance and power

wasn’t a long-term solution. They needed something to balance out the

any results from Rodge’s side yet?” “Just wrapped up phase one.” Catherine wasn't thrilled with the outcome. However, in this experiment,

this, his mood immediately

chip tech. Without these two crucial tools, how do we take on Shane?” To hold sway, they needed powerful

both hoped-for weapons still unperfected,

Ronin was anxious, Catherine remained composed as the

cwill come. Keep a close eye on Loxton and the Swann Corporation. Letknow the minute anything pops up.” She had her hands

worry, Catherine. I'll keep a

business sprawled globally, with quite a few companies in

their visits to inspect company affairs were part of the routine, but lately, their comings and goings had

movements, they couldn't evade the Duncans’ intelligence

Paxton received the news, he had scovert probing. Then he passed

said, “Mr. Duncan, the Breens’ folks seem unsettled lately.” Aidan, who didn’t appear for

accompanied Catherine to Loxton, Aidan returned overseas. Now,

Loxton aimed at collaborating with Branden. Having returned

he continued, “The Breens often send people periodically to work in Eskana, but this tit’s different. Shane's nephew, Edson, was sent. He spent a week in Casier and arrived in Loxton by plane last night. They opted for a commercial flight to keep things low-key.” Aidan chuckled softly and then said, ” Interesting! The most notorious playboy from the Breens took a commercial flight?” It wasn’t the airline that was

heard quite a bit about Edson’s extravagant

unconcerned about the playboy’s lavish lifestyle. He wanted to know Edson’s purpose