Chapter 354


    Chapter 354


    “You’re allowed to smoke, but I’m not?” teased Catelyn as she then put out the cigarette, tossing it into


    the trash can.


    Cedrick pulled her into his arms once again, and together, they walked toward theater room no.6, looking


    like a couple in their honeymoon phase. “Smoking is a man’s prerogative,” replied Cedrick. “Do you know


    how many toxins are in a cigarette stick? Nicotine, tar—there are more than three thousand different


    types of harmful substances, and more than thirty of them could cause cancer. There were even studies


    and experiments that showed that the amount of nicotine in one stick of cigarette is enough to kill a


    mouse.”


    Catelyn listened to him as he exined how harmful cigarettes were, “If you’re aware of it, why do you


    smoke?” she shot back.


    Cedrick looked at her and said, “Because I’m a man, and you…are a woman.”


    They finished watching the musical, and Cedrick had nothing else nned afterward as it was not


    appropriate for Janice to stay out for too long.


    Hence, they decided to dine in a vegetarian restaurant.


    Before they left, a staff member ran toward them from behind and called out to Catelyn. “Are you Miss


    Catelyn?” The staff member looked at Catelyn nervously, “Yes, I am,” Catelyn responded, confused. “The


    Ninth Master had ordered for me to pass this to you before he left.” He took out a pendant with a red


    string and pointed at the fish pond behind them. “He said you dropped this earlier and to please take


    care of your belongings.”


    Catelyn saw the pendant and felt her pocket…realizing it was empty.


    The pendant was given to her by Cedrick for good luck, she was supposed to give it back to him the next


    day, yet she had almost lost it.


    When Janice saw the pendant, her eyes widened in shock.


    She looked at both Cedrick and Catelyn before taking a deep breath, almost as if she was repressing


    something.


    “Thank you.”


    Catelyn did not dare to look at Cedrick’s expression just yet, she thanked the staff member and took the


    pendant from his hands.


    Cedrick snatched the pendant from her and shot her an incredulous stare. “Do you just leave the things I


    give you around?”.


    The tenderness in his gaze was nowhere to be found; bone-chilling harshness darkened his eyes.


    Catelyn felt a chill down her spine. “I didn’t mean to! I probably dropped it when I almost


    slipped earlier. I’m sorry, I’ll clean it…”


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    “There’s no need!”


    Cedrick refused to listen to her exnation as he took out a tissue paper and wiped the pendant with


    care as if he was taking care of a precious national treasure. “What’s the point when it’s evident you don’t


    appreciate it?”


    Catelyn’s mouth gaped open, but she decided to not say anything.


    She had already decided to flee the country with Miles, so she did not have to exin herself.


    Cedrick wiped at the pendant gently and tenderly. He looked like he was waiting for a response of sorts,


    but there was nothing.


    Infuriated, he removed the red string off of the pendant and tossed it into the trash can along with the


    tissue paper before he started walking without looking back.


    Janice did not follow him immediately, however. She looked at Catelyn with mixed emotions in her eyes


    and said, “Do you know what that pendant is to Cedrick?” Catelyn shook her head.


    “That pendant was the only thing my sister had left for Cedrick, and he was only able to take over the


    Mason family because of it. I didn’t expect him to give something so precious to you, and worse, for you


    to drop it…”