All Her Secrets

Even after a late-night street barbecue session, Catherine couldn't resist getting up early to head to the lab.

If she hadn't received an unexpected message about Audrey's mishap, she would've arrived even earlier, straight from the dorm to the lab.

Once inside the lab, Catherine immediately delved into her work.

To ensure she had a quiet work environment, Marshall cleared out his own exclusive lab space for Catherine.

In the research building, this was a treatment usually reserved for esteemed professors.

When professors from other departments got wind of this, they sought out Marshall and claimed he was breaking the rules. Once a precedent was set, it made things difficult for everyone else.

However, Marshall just chuckled and even teased them, saying, "If you had a gem like mine, you'd offer not just a lab but even your last penny." Those folks thought it was against the rules, but their arguments fell flat against Marshall's words because Catherine's capabilities spoke volumes. It left them envious and resigned.

After working all morning, Catherine finally emerged from the lab. Right at mealtime, Branden messaged her and reminded her to eat on time.

If she didn't respond or eat as scheduled, Branden would probably show up at the lab with a food container in hand.

"Ciaran, did you need me?" "It's not me." Ciaran pointed behind him and looked flustered. “Mr. Farrell is here and has been waiting for you for a long time!" "Why didn't you callthen, Ciaran?" Ciaran looked embarrassed. "You know the instruction of the professor." Marshall had made it clear that no one was to disturb Catherine during her experiments, or they'd face consequences for violating lab rules. Given

didn't know how to argue

was understandable. She wasn't unreasonable and she

find Mr.

to three hours before finally meeting Catherine. "Catherine, seeing you is harder than catching Professor Hartley! "Sorry,

dwell on it. He was more worried that if he counted things up

is inviting an economics expert for a seminar this afternoon. I hope you can attend." As a student from the EIE department, she was asked to

financial bigwig from Euphosean,”

"Okay. Got it," she replied and turned to

sigh of relief. It was the first the'd felt so

in the meeting room of the economics department, which caused a small stir among those present. Whispers buzzed around

from the EIE department?" "Yeah. Her face is stunning. You won't find another like hers." "She's from the EIE department, right? What's she doing in the forum of our economics department?" "Who knows? Maybe she's got shidden connection to the big shots." "Keep it down. I heard she's got spowerful backing." Many recognized Catherine. Isadora's incident had caused a sensation not just at Styre University but across the entire

that

was all false, the fact that they were

noticed the commotion, turned his head, and spotted her. He waved at Catherine enthusiastically and called out, "Come! With Ultan's gesture, Catherine, who was already the center of attention, instantly drew the eyes of

walked to the front row and sat