Chapter 350


    Chapter 350 Cedrick, standing in a distance, pursed his lips as he shot Catelyn an icy re. Worried that


    he would misunderstand the situation, Catelyn hastily stepped away from the man’s arms and smiled


    sheepishly.


    Cedrick strode toward them while Catelyn met him halfway. She had no idea why he did not reply to her


    message the day before, but she was willing to let it pass since he sent her lilies.


    To her bewilderment, he abruptly pulled her into his arms when they were half a meter away from one


    another. The sheer strength in the motion ced Catelyn in an illusion that her lungs were pressed


    together, and she struggled to catch her breath.


    Catelyn gazed up at Cedrick in shock, not knowing what possessed him. The next instant, Cedrick


    nced at the man standing across him casually and uttered jokingly, “Nine, I might just get angry if you


    keep staring at my woman like that.” David tore his eyes off Catelyn expressionlessly. “I haven’t had the


    chance to congratte you on finding a new girlfriend, cousin.” Among the main family branch of the


    Mason family, Cedrick was the only grandchild of the family’s elder, while the elder’s sister had nine


    grandchildren, with David being the youngest


    Everyone would address him as the Ninth Master.


    Cedrick and David were cousins and were both around theirte twenties. They rarely talked and even


    held grudges due to certain events in the past.


    When Catelyn heard Cedrick addressing the man ‘Nine’, she realized that the gentle-looking man before


    was the celebrated Ninth Master of the Mason family. She had heard tales of him


    forcing three industrial giants into selling their properties to the Mason family with ease over a single


    night. Since then, he was infamously known as Cedrick’s equal.


    “I’ll notify you when we get married.”


    David took a handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped the hand he used to hold the fish meal before


    responding casually, “I’m alright with it. I’m just concerned that Miss Maia rk would be upset.”


    “It’s not something you need to worry about.”


    “The lotus could hardly hold a candle to the beauty of a woman.” David tossed the stained handkerchief


    into the rubbish bin and smirked. “It’s a pleasure meeting you, Miss rk. I look forward to weing


    you into our family.”


    Even after David left, Catelyn was left baffled, wondering if thatst sentence was meant to be a


    compliment to her.


    Sensing the icy presence looming over her, she nced at the man standing next to her while he


    observed her with dark eyes.


    He tilted her chin up, applying slight force on the tips of his fingers. “What did Nine say to


    you?”


    “I slipped, and he helped steady me. We didn’t say anything to each other.” She tried to push


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    him away to escape the unpleasant feeling of having her chin held in ce.


    He simply reached down to grab her wrist and lowered his head to retrieve wet tissues from his bag,


    before proceeding to wipe every single finger on her hand that David had touched thoroughly. He was


    practically scrubbing her skin off as though she had touched something extremely filthy. Suddenly,


    Catelyn realized that David seemed to have touched her wrist when he was helping her up earlier. ‘Is


    that why Cedrick thinks my hand is dirty?” she thought. Rumor had it that Cedrick was not close to his


    cousin David, but judging from the circumstances, it seemed as though the two even resented one


    another. The back of her hand soon turned red and she jerked it away. “Alright, it’s clean now! I will just


    go wash my handster. My skin is going toe off if you keep going.”