Chapter 8


    Catherine took the contract and took a look at it. A trace of a smile shed across her charming eyes.


    N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    Her father was genuinely nice to her. One could tell at a nce that Korbin had set this contract


    overnight. Every condition was outrageously bossy.


    If Catherine signed the contract, not only would the Swann Corporation no longer be hers to manage,


    Korbin would even get to control every word and action of Catherine.


    Seeing how Catherine flipped through the contract page by page, Korbin’s patience wore thin.


    He didn’t think that Catherine could understand the conditions. He heard that she didn’t even go to


    school in the countryside.


    “That’s enough, Catherine. You don’t have to read so hard into it. Sign now, and I will give you 100


    thousand dors every month as your allowance. You will live a carefree life at the Swanns’ residence.


    You don’t have to go back to the countryside anymore!”


    100 thousand dors every month?


    Oh, that was indeed a lot of money for most people.


    But would she really give up the right to manage tens of billions worth of wealth and be restrained just


    for an allowance of 100 thousand dors per month? Did Korbin think she was stupid?


    She put the contract back on the table, and an evil smile appeared on her lips as she turned her gaze


    slowly on Korbin.


    Her lips parted slightly as she spat out a word coldly.


    “No!”


    Korbin was so mad that his face turned green. His two brows were knitted together. And he almost


    pounded the table angrily.


    “You…”


    However, Korbin was already in middle age and had spent many years in the business world. Despite


    being angry, Korbin was able to contain his anger.


    Korbin forced himself to calm down and spoke to Catherine as peacefully as possible. In his eyes,


    Catherine would only yield to soft approaches.


    “Catherine, I’m doing this for your own good. The Swann Corporation is the work of your grandfather


    for his whole life. It can’t be wasted!”


    Catherine took a piece of paper that had been neatly folded out from her pocket.


    She unfolded it slowly andid it out in front of Korbin.


    Korbin took a look at it and almost fainted from anger. On the paper, the words “Law of Session”


    were printed clearly on the top.


    As Korbin finished reading thew, Catherine even exined it to them.


    “I am of age now. I have the right to inherit and manage my wealth. I don’t need a guardian, nor do I


    need to authorize somebody else to manage my wealth for me.”


    Korbin’s face had darkened. Catherine had caught him off guard. Korbin did not expect Catherine to


    have even checked the Law of Session.


    Wasn’t Korbin told that Catherine didn’t even attend high school? How could she be so bright?


    Before Korbin could lose his temper, Rachael spoke up first.


    She was not as calm as Korbin was. Seeing how Catherine had failed to see their “act of kindness,”


    Rachael pounded the table and pointed her finger at Catherine as she scolded her angrily.


    “It would be too kind to call you ungrateful. The Swanns have raised you to this age. Is this how you


    repay us? You are truly a jinx. You are no good. If you sign this, we’re still a family. If you refuse to see


    sense, don’t me us for abandoning you!”


    Johnathan echoed his mother’s words on the side loudly, “That’s right. If you don’t sign, we’ll kick you


    out!”


    Catherine’s eyes swept past Rachael slowly. She had seen Rachael’s files.


    Rachael’s maiden name was Rachel Lang. She did note from a noble family but married Korbin for


    her stunning good looks.


    After giving birth to four children and steadying her position as Mrs. Swanns, Rachael became the wife


    of one of the wealthiest families in Casier.


    However, as a mother highly praised by all outside the family, Rachael was fixing Catherine with a


    disdainful look as if she was looking at her enemy. It was such a joke.


    A jinx?


    It had been so long since someone had mentioned this in front of Catherine. Catherine could vaguely


    remember that someone had scolded her and called her this when she was younger, saying that the


    birth of a jinx like her had brought disasters to the Swanns.


    What happened to the person that had scolded her?


    She couldn’t remember clearly. It seemed that the person had gone mad!


    Since then, nobody dared to call Catherine that in her face anymore.