All Her Secrets

Chapter 968 The Vote

After Catherine left, the conference room raged. Some smacked the table and asked Ultan for an explanation. Ultan grew impatient and stood up, glaring at them. "I'm willing to give up my position to whoever can find a substitute for Catherine. Go ahead and take it."

Everyone went silent at once. How could they find a substitute for a genius like Catherine in this country or even the world? Even Marshall had to admit Catherine's dominance in this experiment. As much as they wanted to, they couldn't argue with what Ultan said.

The silence was long and awkward until someone couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "So we just let it be? What about the reputation of Styre University? She's gonna ruin us!"

And another professor immediately echoed. "Mr. Farell, this is more complicated than it looks. We all know who Catherine's fiance is. The lab under the Duncan Corporation has the same experiment project, which has gone unnoticed for ages, but announces that it will display the results next month. Doesn't it say something?"

What he said was like a seed of suspicion. It sprouted in everyone's head, waiting to grow into a tree. And all of a sudden, there were all kinds of conjectures. The atmosphere was tense again.

Some even suspected Catherine had shared the data with the Duncan Corporation to upgrade her fiance's career, given that she had done it before.

The discussion became nasty. Ultan realized he had to put an end to this. So he proposed. "I think we should expel Catherine to save the university's reputation. Let's vote for this. Those in favor, raise your hands."

And someone raised his hand immediately. "I agree. His loud voice caught everyone's attention. To their surprise, it was Marshall. Catherine was his best and most cherished student. Yet he was the first one to agree to expel her. No one knew what he was thinking.

looked at Marshall in disbelief. "Marshall,

the university was irresponsible. It hurt Styre's

the eye, clearly not convinced. But

voted yes. The proposal to expel

lab," said Marshall. He left the conference room, ignoring their curious

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you." Paxton came to Branden with

to look up at

in person and did it." Paxton was

Selene. His cold gaze darted at Paxton

Duncan,"

about Catherine. But it turned out to be someone irrelevant. "Get out!" Paxtong rushed out without hesitation. Once he was out, he got a call from

phone in a grumpy voice. "Hi, Miss

you told Branden about my situation? When will he be available to visit

but remained expressionless on his face. "Miss Miller, I'm sorry, but Mr. Duncan is busy recently." And he hung up immediately, partly because she was the reason Branden