All Her Secrets

Edson watched as Catherine turned and approached him step by step, a confident smile on his face. He had already assumed a stance, ready to face Catherine. "Cassie..." Just as he uttered the first word of the next sentence, Catherine acted with lightning speed. She threw a punch, landing it squarely on Edson's jaw. The force was too strong, causing Edson to tilt backward.

Catherine followed up with another punch to Edson's abdomen, then delivered a fierce kick.

Edson fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string, completely unable to get up.

After dealing with him, Catherine brushed off the dust from her hands, wearing a disdainful expression as she prepared to leave.

She had warned others not to bother her, yet speople just didn't learn.

As she turned around, Catherine saw Branden standing not far away. She stopped in her tracks, standing still and watching Branden approach step by step.

"Going to eat?" Catherine neither refused nor showed impatience,

the spot where Edson had fallen. He walked proudly with Catherine. As they passed by the fallen Edson, Branden nonchalantly stepped over

agonized Edson couldn't help but let out a startling

quietly asked Catherine, "Did you hear a pig squeal?" Catherine nodded in agreement. "Yeah. That pig is really annoying." "Yeah. Let's not bother with the annoyance. Let's go eat." Branden led Catherine away,

hospital, having just

fractures that needed repairing, and Catherine's punch had dislocated his jaw, knocking

for another week. Edson, of course, couldn't afford to stay in the

discharged. He knew Catherine wouldn't be persuaded now. The only thing he could do was

relationships. Edson believed that, in the end, he