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.

at Marshall in disbelief. "Marshall, I said those

had done to the university was irresponsible. It hurt Styre's reputation badly. As a professor at Styre, I have to

skeptically measured him with the eye, clearly not convinced. But Marshall's high-raised hand showed

yes. The proposal to expel Catherine

left the conference room, ignoring their curious gazes.

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for you." Paxton came to

stopped his work to look up

and did it." Paxton was shocked by the fact that Rylan went berserk and

gaze darted at Paxton and gave him goosebumps. "That's what you

Mr. 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

"Hi, Miss Miller, I'm busy

Paxton. Have you told Branden about my situation? When will he be available

inside repeatedly 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