All Her Secrets

The food in the restaurant was pretty good. Catherine had quite a meal that night. Erick saw Catherine setting down her fork to take a drink, and he seized the chance to strike up a conversation.

"Catherine, what brings you to Oceanvile?" he asked.

Catherine didn't hold back. She told him Rodge needed help, hence her rush to Oceanvile.

After Erick heard that, he said with disappointment, "Catherine, I thought I might have a chance to show you around Oceanvile for a couple of days, but it looks like you don't have the time.

Catherine nodded in agreement and replied calmly, "Indeed. There's hardly any time. I need to get back to Loxton soon." Erick then brought up sinternal company matters to Catherine.

"Catherine, I stumbled upon something. Sold factions within the company have been in contact with the Breens. They seem to have intentions to support the old associates of the Winfreds, but their exact motives are still unclear," he said.

During Xavier's tenure, several key positions at the Winfred Group were held by members of the Winfreds family.

Since Erick took over, there have been significant changes in personnel through replacements or reassignments at important positions.

However, people from the Winfreds family were spread throughout the Winfred Group in various departments. Removing them wouldn't be easy unless the Winfred Group was overturned.

Those people seemed calm and compliant on the surface as if they were aligning themselves with Erick. But they were constantly scheming behind the scenes, intending to pull Erick from the top position and reclaim the Winfreds' assets.

Catherine had been immersed in the lab lately. She didn't intervene much apart from dealing with Atticus once. As for Edson, she hadn't paid attention to him during this period.

It was surprising to hear that the Breens had their fingers in the Winfred Group.

Erick had been channeling funds from the Winfred Group to the Arbotte Laboratory for research purposes.

that sparked their interest in the Winfred Group. Catherine scoffed disdainfully. She remarked with a

words, Erick frowned. He had thought the Winfreds were seeking help to regain their assets, so he

big deal to him. His purpose

significantly since their target was Catherine. If they dared to touch Catherine, they'd becErick's greatest

act against these people, but now he decided to clear these obstacles

witharound." Catherine glanced appreciatively at Erick. During this period, she had seen Erick's rapid growth, which was beyond what

and it seemed Shane couldn't sit still any longer. As they discussed back and forth,

gently and said softly, "You've cstraight from the plane to the lab. You've had a tiring day. How about going back to rest?" "Alright. Let's go." Catherine

her. He stood up

with his arm around Catherine. He was exceptionally handsand glanced

no need to see us off," Branden said with a smug expression. Despite feeling uneasy, Erick maintained his smile and watched Branden and

while, they got into the

Branden urged her to rest against him, and obediently, she leaned into his embrace and closed

to sleep, Branden adjusted the car's

silence his phone so avoid disturbing

the call before it even had a

off his phone and

and swiftly putting down his phone with a peculiar expression. It raised Carlo's suspicions. "Paxton, what's up? Did Mr. Branden not take the call?" "Yeah." Paxton nodded

and asked with a mischievous smile, "You didn't happen to disturb Mr. Branden and Miss Swann having a good time, did you?" They knew Branden had gone with Catherine to Oceanvile. Since there were matters to

what you say, or I'll have your hide." After being reprimanded

answer the call?" Earlier, Edson launched a fierce attack. He rallied several families to short-sell and corner the Duncan

previous methods and wanted to defeat the Duncan Corporation

the greatest danger to the Duncan Corporation and held no