All Her Secrets

Paxton returned to the living room, followed by a sturdy man who looked somewhat overbearing and seemed to be tough to deal
with. The man shot a glance at everyone with a cold face.
When his gaze crossed Catherine, his eyes glinted. His eyes lit up instantly as if a flash of bright light went through the clouded
sky.
“Catherine!”
Catherine looked at him with narrowed eyes and beckoned him to the empty seat aside. “Take a seat!”
Withal sat down as he was told and then settled his excited gaze on Catherine.
“Catherine, you’ve been away for three weeks. Now, you’re finally back.
“You know what, I’ve really had enough of Ronin. He didn’t dare to contact you, so he kept pushing me. He called me every day,
asking me when you would come back.”
Catherine couldn’t be bothered to respond to Withal’s chattering. Withal babbled for a while and noticed that Catherine didn’t
give any response at all. So, he shut his mouth and kept quiet.
Catherine was good-tempered, but if she flared up, she would be rather terrifying. So, he just stopped talking.
“Catherine, you’ve just come back. You must be tired, right? I’ll leave you to take some rest!”
As soon as Withal stopped talking, a servant came to report the arrival of a visitor. Paxton looked at Withal and raised his brows
at the latter.
Withal immediately replied, “Don’t look at me. It has nothing to do with me. I came here alone. I didn’t even tell Ronin about this.”
Afraid that Ronin might immediately ask for leave and come to Oceanvile after knowing Catherine had come back, Withal didn’t
dare to tell him about it.
With suspicion, Paxton got out of the living room. A few minutes later, Paxton led the visitor to the living room. This visitor was
also here to meet Catherine. It was Erick. With his arms around Catherine’s shoulders, Branden cast a casual glance at Paxton.
Paxton felt so frightened that he shivered all over. He wasn’t sure whether he had leaked the news about Catherine. Why did
everyone know their whereabouts?

It might be Catherine who informed Withal about her return. Could it be that Catherine also informed Erick?
Since he entered the house, Erick had fixed his eyes on Catherine.
Seeing that Catherine looked so tired, he couldn’t help feeling that he had come at a bad time.
He was so eager to meet Catherine. He hadn’t seen her for three weeks, so he really missed her.
Erick didn’t even dare to lift his head. He was afraid that he might go bananas on the spot when he saw Catherine leaning
against another man’s chest lazily.
“Catherine, I’ll come by tomorrow!”
Catherine felt exhausted indeed, but she didn’t want to be disturbed for a second time.
She supported herself by pressing her hand against Branden’s thigh, sat straight up leisurely, and then looked at Erick.
“No need. Just say it if there’s anything!
As Catherine stood up, Paxton immediately looked at Branden. After receiving Branden’s hint, he respectfully came to Catherine.
“Miss Swann, I will take you to the study upstairs.”
Catherine was fine with that. Since they would talk business, it was better to go to a quiet place.
Paxton pushed open the door to the study. Catherine went inside. Paxton said to Catherine, “Miss Swann, this chair is Mr.
Branden’s spot!”
After he said that, Catherine just sat on the chair. Instantly, Catherine knitted her brows and complained coldly, “It’s so hard!”
Paxton hastened to explain, “Miss Swann, we came back so suddenly that we forgot to change it. Mr. Branden usually sits on
hard chairs...” Only when Catherine was around would Branden sit on a soft chair.
He didn’t dare to finish his words, afraid that he would be reproached by Branden again. Branden was the only heir of the
Duncans appointed by Karl.
However, Branden didn’t grow up amidst care and love. Because he had to bear the burden of the Duncans, he had to suffer a
lot more than others.

Since he was three years old, he had to learn to sit properly and maintain his demeanor as the heir of the Duncans.
When he was eight years old, he followed Karl to join senior meetings in the Duncan Corporation. Comfort and softness were left
for those who needed to be protected. As the powerful protector, Branden didn’t have the right to sit on a soft cushion.
As Catherine didn’t mean to continue talking, Paxton hurriedly excused himself. After Paxton left, Erick brought the cushion over
here from aside and put it in front of Catherine.
“Catherine, you may put this on the chair.”
Catherine leaned against the chair lazily and rejected Erick without lifting her eyes.
“No need!”
Erick’s hand holding the cushion stiffened. He didn’t dare to take further action.
After being silent for a few seconds, Erick collected himself and started reporting to Catherine.
“Catherine, now the Winfreds’ assets are all under my name. Xavier is stuck in the senior citizens’ home and can’t get out
anymore. Jeremy is no longer a threat either. As for the shares of the Winfreds that belong to the Swanns, I’ve transferred them
to you!”
Erick reported his work as a responsible employee.
He pointed out the highlights of his work and left out all the details.
He didn’t tell Catherine how much effort he had made to utterly crush the Winfreds, especially Xavier the crafty scoundrel.
Erick had been hunted down over the past three weeks.
Things didn’t come to an end until he completely destroyed Xavier and seized the assets of the Winfreds.
Originally, he could have taken a rest and focused on disposing of the Winfreds’ assets.
Yet, he didn’t do that. Instead, he came to confront Korbin.
If Xavier was deemed a crafty old fox, Korbin would be like a fierce tiger.

He had been exhausted. So, it would take him courage and a lot of effort to deal with Korbin.
Luckily, Erick won and seized all the assets transferred away by Korbin.
Slightly squinting, Catherine looked Erick up and down.
Erick was as fierce as a wolf indeed. When he grew up a bit, he would show his sharp fangs and the target chosen by him
couldn’t escape then.
Catherine knew that Erick must have been through a lot. She arranged for Withal to keep an eye on Erick’s actions and yet didn’t
offer him any help.
It was Erick’s own effort that made him what he was today.
Erick took out the document and put it in front of Catherine.
“Catherine, this is the agreement on equity transference. As long as you sign it, the Winfred Group will be yours.”
Catherine could just take the assets without caring about the rest. He would help her deal with everything.
It was Catherine who gave him a second life. He could give his everything to her. It turned out that Erick was here to bring her
money. Catherine couldn’t be bothered to hold a pen. She rejected Erick indifferently.
“Just keep it!”
Korbin must have been in great trouble after what Erick had done. Catherine decided to meet her father when she was back in
Casier tomorrow.
Since Catherine refused to sign the agreement, Erick didn’t insist then.
As long as the Winfred Group was under his name, it would be like being under Catherine’s name. He would help Catherine deal
with everything. And Catherine could just sit back waiting for profits.