Chapter 235
Branden pulled Catherine’s hand and ced it inside his pocket with the excuse that her hand was too
cold.
Triston and the others could not bear to witness the scene any longer. They came here for vacation, not
to see someone show off love. Therefore, Triston spoke up fearlessly. “Mr. Duncan, since we have
nothing better to do, how about a game?”
They were ying billiards. Catherine and Branden were standing nearby. Their aura was so strong that
the yers could hardly concentrate on their game. Branden raised his eyebrows.
“Are you sure?”
Triston grinned, knowing that he was literally courting humiliation.
“If Branden is joining the game, how could I have a chance to beat him? I’ll just bepletely
dominated,” thought he. Just as Triston was hesitating, Loraine appeared again. She walked up to him
with a beaming smile on her face.
“Mr. Lambert, since you know you’re no match for Mr. Duncan, why don’t I y with you instead?”
Triston’s heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, “Uh oh, this isn’t good.” Even though Loraine
was a beauty, Triston couldn’t be tempted easily by good looks. On Loraine’s pretty face, her bright eyes
flickered slightly as she put on a charming and alluring smile.
“Mr. Lambert. It looks like you are unwilling to y a game with me. Are you afraid that defeating a girl
like me would not be honorable?”
“Defeating Loraine?” said Triston inwardly.
He knew that he might not have the ability to win over Loraine. Everyone knew that Loraine had yed
billiards since childhood and was once the snooker champion in Casier.
If it were not for her affluent family, she would probably be pursuing a career as a professional and
performing on the world’srgest stages at present.
Although Triston yed quite well, he couldn’tpare to professional yers. Just as he was about to
refuse, to his surprise, Loraine beat him to it and spoke up first.
She turned her head and fixed her gaze upon Catherine. Although there was a smile on her face, her
eyes were as cold as ice.
“Miss Swann, since we all have some free time, why don’t we y a game?”
Branden furrowed his brows, his deep- set eyes lowered. A touch of displeasure flickered across his
face. Loraine noticed Branden’s aura was too strong, and she didn’t dare to make eye contact with him.
However, she harbored great discontent in her heart toward Branden’s excessive care for Catherine.
“Is he protecting her so well that he wouldn’t even let her lose a game?” said she inwardly. Her face
darkened slightly. With an unpleasant expression, she spoke.” Miss Swann, if you refuse to ept the
offer, forget about it.
“Reluctant as she look, would she be willing to give it up? I don’t believe it. “Now, she might say forget
about it, but tomorrow she will go around telling everyone how cocky and disdainful I am.
“Does she really think I couldn’t see through her shabby tactics?
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“Although I do not care at all about what others say about me, why do I have to allow this woman to
nder me?
“I refuse!” said Catherine inwardly. With her chin raised toward Loraine, Catherine asked, “Would you like
to have a game?”
Loraine pursed her lips, a slight smile escaping the corners of her mouth. ” Why not? What a rare
opportunity. However, I have been ying billiards for quite some time. How about I give you a handicap
of three balls and let you make the first shot?
“If necessary, would you like me to give you a chance to start over again?”
Ronin was left dumbfounded.
“Oh my, this woman is too arrogant and presumptuous.
“This is not showing mercy. It’s clearly a humiliation. “And to top it off, it was a humiliation in front of
everyone. Seriously, it’s just too much.
“Can’t believe she dares to disrespect our boss like this. I’ll have to teach this woman a lesson,” said
Ronin inwardly.
As Ronin was about to move forward, his coat was pulled by Grayson from behind. Grayson pulled on
Ronin’s clothes and whispered softly in his ear, saying, ” Don’t be impulsive!”
Rushing forward at this moment had no help in avenging Catherine. Instead, this was the perfect
opportunity for the other party to nder Catherine. Furthermore, Grayson firmly believed that Catherine
would win. Not only Ronin and Grayson, but the others also felt Loraine’s words were too much.
“Although Loraine’s billiards skills are quite good, she’s being a bit too arrogant by saying this.
“Is it really fitting for a yer of almost professional level to humiliate others?” thought they. Upon hearing
Loraine’s arrogant remarks, Catherine remainedposed and unaffected, showing a nonchnt
expression that carried a hint of disdain.
“No need for that. Since we’re going to y, let’s get started!”
It was precisely this expression that annoyed Loraine the most. It made her feel deeply humiliated as if
Catherinepletely looked down on her.
Loraine held back her anger and put on a generous smile. “Miss Swann, since you said so, let’s put
friendship first. Since it’s a game, why not make it a little interesting?
“If I lose, I will give you 10% of the shares of Holiday Mansion. How about that?” Grayson’s partner
wanted to butter up Loraine and boost Holiday Mansion’s profile. So, he gave Loraine 10% of the shares
as a gift.
The construction cost of Holiday Mansion was several million dors. Its current market value was
definitely over a billion dors. The 10% of shares represented millions of capital. Loraine really was of
incredible generosity.
This was clearly a provocation. Catherine had just returned to the Swanns, and the entire Swanns was
under the control of Korbin Swann. How could she afford to gamble against Loraine?
Everyone felt nervous for Catherine silently while despising Loraine’s tricks. Branden nced over at
Paxton beside him. Paxton reached into his pocket, preparing to take out some capital for Catherine to
bet against Loraine.
To everyone’s surprise, Catherine casually waved her hand and pointed to Grayson beside her, saying,
“If I lose, Grayson will forsake his share of Holiday Mansion and give you his shares!”
Grayson owned 30% of the shares, three times as much as Loraine’s. Loraine’s face turned unpleasant.
She could hardly maintain herposure any longer.
“Catherine doesn’t have many fundamental abilities but is good at talking big.
“Does she intend to humiliate me with the 30% shares?
“Ridiculous!” said Loraine inwardly.
She forced an awkward smile, revealing a hideous expression. “Miss Swann, don’t you need to ask
Peerless Grayson’s opinion first?”
After Loraine finished speaking, Grayson spoke up. “Miss Sanford, there’s no need to worry about it.
Boss owns all of my assets. You can consider me her employee.”
“Peerless Grayson, the top star of the entertainment industry, actually behaved so humbly in the
presence of such a disaster as Catherine.
“Is he out of his mind?
“Has Catherine cursed him and taken away his consciousness?” said Loraine inwardly. She was
extremely jealous. Although she looked down upon Grayson, a mere actor, the thought of him being so
respectful toward the disaster-causing Catherine made her ufortable.
“Why is it that every man revolves around her?
“What’s so great about a disaster like her?” thought she.
Loraine didn’t n on making things too difficult for Catherine at first, but her anger was on fire at this
moment, and she had to give Catherine a serious lesson to make sure Catherine would conduct herself
and embarrass her in front of everyone.
“Since that’s the case, let’s get started!
” she said.