All Her Secrets

At quarter past three, the plane landed on tat Oceanvile Airport.

Catherine finally woke up. She barely lifted the brim of her hat off her face when a cup of hot coffee appeared in front of her.

Branden's gentle voice sounded above her. He said, “Have a sip." Catherine drank half of the cup from his hand. Warmth spread through her entire stomach. Ever since she'd been with Branden, her stomach troubles vanished.

Just as she finished the coffee and got ready to rise, Branden had their luggage and was holding her hand to lead her off the plane.

They took the VIP lane to the parking lot, where the car Branden arranged awaited them.

a bite?" The Duncans owned many properties in Oceanvile. Branden knew Catherine didn't like staying in hotels. Before their arrival, he had arranged for a

Just as Catherine was about to enter, she heard Branden laugh resignedly behind her. He said, “Just letknow when you're done. Don't spend three full days locked up there." Branden condensed three days of work into one. He handled them at lightning speed and didn't even waste tto

didn't want to bring Catherine to Oceanvile without even having the chance to see her face-to-face. Catherine paused and raised an eyebrow as she looked back at him meaningfully. "What's this? Filing a complaint?" Branden chuckled in resignation." Let's call it a request instead. How about that, Miss Swann?" Catherine lifted her chin and

here!" His excitement was

didn't force you to hand over the experiment results immediately. Can't you take a couple more days to rest?" Rodge felt incredibly fortunate to

the pace

focused solely on experiments and seldom expressed other emotions. It was only before Catherine