All Her Secrets

Chapter 709 Team-Building Excursion

Catherine glanced expressionlessly at Marshall. “Professor Hartley, just tell me what you need.”

Marshall turned and handed a document to Catherine. “The Bide Cup, held every four years in Alton, is about to begin. As the highest institution in Eskana, Styre University naturally needs to participate. Due to the last project leak, our reputation was damaged. This competition is important for the school, and the higher-ups also attach great importance to it. Mr. Farrell is under a lot of pressure.”

Originally, Marshall wasn’t one to care about competition rankings. He valued experimental research projects. However, this competition held considerable weight in the industry. If the ranking in the competition is too low, it could affect Styre University’s global standing.

Ultan approached him to come up with a solution. As a teacher at Styre University, he didn’t want the school to lose face. And it was a fact that their team’s leak incident had brought a lot of negative publicity to Styre University.

Catherine understood Marshall’s meaning. She was not fond of participating in such competitions. For her, competitions were just a group of people playing a boring game.

However, since Marshall rarely made such requests, Catherine chose to agree. Joining a competition wasn’t too difficult; it would just take some effort.

Catherine stood up expressionlessly. Let me know when it’s time to depart.”

Sensing Catherine’s agreement, Marshall smiled. As Catherine was about to leave, he quickly stopped her. ” Wait!”

Catherine continued walking without turning her head. “Is there anything else?”

“I have the competition details here. Take a look. If you have time, I’ll go through the key points and analyze them with you,” said Marshall.

“No need,” Catherine said assertively, disappearing from Marshall’s office.

Looking at the empty office door, Marshall chuckled silently.

This student of his indeed had personality and talent, and for some reason, he was particularly fond of her temper. She was so likable.

Catherine had a consistently displeased

sensed the oppressive atmosphere and silently raised the partition between the front

gently rubbed it in his palm. “What’s

Catherine said

the lingering hostility in her demeanor indicated some impatience. “Then what’s

in the Bide Cup in Alton,” said

past, Catherine never used to share her unhappiness with anyone, even if something bothered her deep

to the Swanns, she noticed herself becoming more considerate in her actions. Now, she even started sharing her inner thoughts and emotions

dropped a hint, and Branden quickly pieced together the whole story. The last leak incident not only became known within Eskana’s internal research community but also spread worldwide, reaching several major research

research studios began self-inspections, scrutinizing the backgrounds of their research personnel from parents’ generation to grandparents’ generation.

research circle, he

incident, and this time, the higher-ups wouldn’t let the opportunity

research team was at the forefront of research projects throughout Styre University. Though Marshall’s team was competitive, there was no certainty of winning without Catherine. For them, Catherine was undoubtedly the ultimate

go? Then

as Catherine disliked something, he advised rejecting it all. No one could make Catherine do something she disliked, and no one could force

feel like making a trip to Alton.

Catherine’s irritation, Branden gently pinched her cheek. “Consider it a vacation, okay? How about I accompany you? After the competition, there should be a two-day break. Despite Alton’s notorious reputation, some places there have decent scenery. I’ll take you for

pursued his Ph.D. there. He spent five years in Alton and

breakthrough in her experimental projects. Although her experiments were

move on to the next stage. However, her impatience

going on a vacation to relax this morning, a fleeting thought crossed Catherine’s

her silence, Branden gently reached out and pulled her into his