All Her Secrets

Inside a mountain villa on the remote outskirts of Casier, Paxton walked into the living room lightly with a food box. After placing
the food gently on the desk, he said, “Mr. Duncan, you haven’t eaten today. You should have some food now!”
Branden didn’t even have any food today because of Catherine’s matter. Having just finished a phone call, Branden was in a
good mood. After putting down his phone, he picked up the food Paxton brought, taking a bite every now and then.
During Branden’s mealtime, Paxton reported the most urgent matter at hand to him.
“Mr. Duncan, there is news from the hospital that the guy is currently experiencing massive bleeding in his abdominal cavity, with
almost all his ribs broken. He has fractured both leg bones and a comminuted fracture of his right arm. A certain amount of
accumulated blood in his brain must be cleared before we can know how much he can recover!”
Listening to Paxton’s report, Branden’s expression remained expressionless. His deep and dark gaze became increasingly
severe as he chewed the food in his mouth. He lowered his eyes. His body seemed to be permeated with a strong and terrifying
hostility.
Branden parted his thin lips lightly and said coldly, “Ask the hospital not to treat him for now but keep him alive and let him suffer
the pain for a week.” His voice was as gloomy and terrifying as if transmitted from hell.
Paxton, who received the response, trembled silently and thought to himself, “Not treat him and make him suffer the pain for a
week?”
Branden was so ruthless! That guy probably was having a life worse than death right now. If one offended Catherine or Branden,
one would better just kill himself directly.
After intercepting the news of Catherine’s accident, Paxton reported to Branden immediately. He didn’t expect Branden to pay so
much attention to it and personally brought someone to the scene.
However, when they arrived at the scene, they found that the location was far from what they had imagined. The car accident
had already happened when they arrived, and even the ambulance was on standby.
However, the injured person was not Catherine but the unlucky one preparing to take action against Catherine. That was a nifty
trick for Catherine to deal with that guy at his own game.
Paxton never expected that Catherine, who looked so slim and quiet, would be so ruthless in her actions. It was an amazing
move!

He felt that he would have to stay a little further away from Catherine in the future to not accidentally provoke her and cause
himself a more painful outcome than death. Catherine’s face looked calm, with a hint of dominance in her lazy posture.
On her stunning face, there was a mischievous and fierce expression in her beautiful eyes, which were as sharp as an eagle’s
eyes. She stared coldly at Adrien ahead.
Every time Adrien saw the girl, Catherine, he was a little surprised. She always exuded an aura that made him inscrutable.
Facing Catherine’s inquiry, Adrien laughed softly. “Hehe, it seems you didn’t keep the business card I left for you last time.”
Did it matter if she kept it or not?
Besides, Catherine didn’t feel like she needed Adrien’s help in any way. Catherine stared at him without saying anything. A fierce
look was hidden in her seemingly calm gaze, and even Adrien was a bit overwhelmed.
Initially, he didn’t receive an invitation, but Enzo called to discuss something and mentioned that Rachael and her family were
coming tonight.
When he heard that Catherine would also be there, he wanted to see the girl again and drove over immediately.
“Why are you standing outside? Not going inside?”
Adrien tried to lower his voice as much as possible. He was usually tough and managed to train in the army by shouting, so he
was afraid to scare Catherine. Catherine, the jinx, was repulsive in the eyes of others but a treasure in Adrien’s eyes.
Catherine put her hands in her pockets and lowered her eyes to give him a light glance. Her casual posture fully demonstrated
that she was not at all afraid of her Uncle Adrien, whom everyone feared in front of her.
“Get in there now!”
After saying that, Catherine took a step over Adrien and walked toward the room. Adrien lowered his head, curled his lips, and
smiled as he followed Catherine in.
The room was initially filled with laughter, but as soon as Catherine entered the door, there was an instant silence. Everyone’s
gaze fell on Catherine with curiosity, disdain, and even hatred... All kinds of gazes intertwined, forming a particularly strange
atmosphere in the room.
Only Audrey sat quietly in the corner, her eyes filled with worry as she looked at Catherine.

Adrien, who followed closely behind, stepped into the door, and his solid and loud voice echoed throughout the room. “Oh, why
are you quiet as soon as I come? Am I so terrifying? Did my arrival scare you?”
No one expected Adrien to appear suddenly. After he entered the army, he seldom returned to the Langs because of his busy
military duties.
Enzo and Donna would notify everyone with excitement every time he came back, but such a sudden appearance was extremely
rare.
Even Enzo and Donna looked surprised this time. Donna looked at him in surprise and asked, “Adrien, why did you suddenly
come back? Is there something wrong?”
A faint smile appeared on Adrien’s serious face, reducing his sense of authority. “Mom, isn’t this my own home? Do I have to ask
for permission when I come back?”
Donna didn’t know what to answer and looked a bit embarrassed. Fortunately, Adrien spoke up in time to ease Donna’s
embarrassment, “Mom, I’m joking with you. Why are you so serious? Dad called me this afternoon and said there was a family
gathering in the evening. It just so happens that I don’t have many things to do in Casier today, so I stopped by to see you and
gather with my brothers as well.”
Donna glanced sideways toward Enzo. After seeing him nod his head to confirm this, a smile immediately appeared on her face
as she looked kindly toward Adrien.
“You’re really a good boy. You even come back to see us when you’re busy with work. You must be tired, right? Come have a
seat and have dinner with us.”
After saying that, she asked the maid to add a set of dishware and pulled Adrien to sit beside her. Audrey pulled Catherine to sit
down. Just after Catherine sat down, Audrey talked to Catherine in a low voice.
“Kathy, you’re lucky to have met Uncle Adrien back today. Whenever he comes back, grandparents will have a friendly face to
anyone.”
Audrey’s words could be considered as she had already shown respect to Enzo and Donna. In fact, Enzo and Donna always
liked to pretend to be kind in front of Adrien to please him.

Upon hearing Audrey’s words, Catherine glanced in Adrien’s direction. Staying in the military for year-round training gave Adrien
a sense of dignity and justice.
Catherine always felt that there was something strange about Adrien. People like him were the least approachable. But
Catherine could feel clearly that Adrien intended to approach her.
As for the reason, Catherine would only know after checking.