Chapter 281
Inside a mountain vi on the remote outskirts of Casier, Paxton walked into the living room lightly with a
food box. After cing the food gently on the desk, he said, “Mr. Duncan, you haven’t eaten today. You
should have some food now!”
Branden didn’t even have any food today because of Catherine’s matter. Having just finished a phone
call, Branden was in a good mood. After putting down his phone, he picked up the food Paxton brought,
taking a bite every now and then.
During Branden’s mealtime, Paxton reported the most urgent matter at hand to him.
“Mr. Duncan, there is news from the hospital that the guy is currently experiencing massive bleeding in
his abdominal cavity, with almost all his ribs broken. He has fractured both leg bones and aminuted
fracture of his right arm. A certain amount of umted blood in his brain must be cleared before we
can know how much he can recover!”
Listening to Paxton’s report, Branden’s expression remained expressionless. His deep and dark gaze
became increasingly severe as he chewed the food in his mouth. He lowered his eyes. His body seemed
to be permeated with a strong and terrifying hostility.
Branden parted his thin lips lightly and said coldly, “Ask the hospital not to treat him for now but keep him
alive and let him suffer the pain for a week.” His voice was as gloomy and terrifying as if transmitted from
hell.
Paxton, who received the response, trembled silently and thought to himself, “Not treat him and make
him suffer the pain for a week?”
Branden was so ruthless! That guy probably was having a life worse than death right now. If one
offended Catherine or Branden, one would better just kill himself directly.
After intercepting the news of Catherine’s ident, Paxton reported to Branden immediately. He didn’t
expect Branden to pay so much attention to it and personally brought someone to the scene.
However, when they arrived at the scene, they found that the location was far from what they had
imagined. The car ident had already happened when they arrived, and even the ambnce was on
standby.
However, the injured person was not Catherine but the unlucky one preparing to take action against
Catherine. That was a nifty trick for Catherine to deal with that guy at his own game.
Paxton never expected that Catherine, who looked so slim and quiet, would be so ruthless in her actions.
It was an amazing move!
He felt that he would have to stay a little further away from Catherine in the future to not identally
provoke her and cause himself a more painful oue than death. Catherine’s face looked calm, with a
hint of dominance in herzy posture.
On her stunning face, there was a mischievous and fierce expression in her beautiful eyes, which were
as sharp as an eagle’s eyes. She stared coldly at Adrien ahead.
Every time Adrien saw the girl, Catherine, he was a little surprised. She always exuded an aura that
made him inscrutable.
Facing Catherine’s inquiry, Adrienughed softly. “Hehe, it seems you didn’t keep the business card I left
for youst time.”
Did it matter if she kept it or not?
Besides, Catherine didn’t feel like she needed Adrien’s help in any way. Catherine stared at him without
saying anything. A fierce look was hidden in her seemingly calm gaze, and even Adrien was a bit
overwhelmed.
Initially, he didn’t receive an invitation, but Enzo called to discuss something and mentioned that Rachael
and her family wereing tonight.
When he heard that Catherine would also be there, he wanted to see the girl again and drove over
immediately.
“Why are you standing outside? Not going inside?”
Adrien tried to lower his voice as much as possible. He was usually tough and managed to train in the
army by shouting, so he was afraid to scare Catherine. Catherine, the jinx, was repulsive in the eyes of
others but a treasure in Adrien’s eyes.
Catherine put her hands in her pockets and lowered her eyes to give him a light nce. Her casual
posture fully demonstrated that she was not at all afraid of her Uncle Adrien, whom everyone feared in
front of her.
“Get in there now!”
After saying that, Catherine took a step over Adrien and walked toward the room. Adrien lowered his
head, curled his lips, and smiled as he followed Catherine in.
The room was initially filled withughter, but as soon as Catherine entered the door, there was an
instant silence. Everyone’s gaze fell on Catherine with curiosity, disdain, and even hatred… All kinds of
gazes intertwined, forming a particrly strange atmosphere in the room.
Only Audrey sat quietly in the corner, her eyes filled with worry as she looked at Catherine.
Adrien, who followed closely behind, stepped into the door, and his solid and loud voice echoed
throughout the room. “Oh, why are you quiet as soon as Ie? Am I so terrifying? Did my arrival scare
you?”
No one expected Adrien to appear suddenly. After he entered the army, he seldom returned to the Langs
because of his busy military duties.
Enzo and Donna would notify everyone with excitement every time he came back, but such a sudden
appearance was extremely rare.
Even Enzo and Donna looked surprised this time. Donna looked at him in surprise and asked, “Adrien,
why did you suddenlye back? Is there something wrong?”
A faint smile appeared on Adrien’s serious face, reducing his sense of authority. “Mom, isn’t this my own
home? Do I have to ask for permission when Ie back?”
Donna didn’t know what to answer and looked a bit embarrassed. Fortunately, Adrien spoke up in time to
ease Donna’s embarrassment, “Mom, I’m joking with you. Why are you so serious? Dad called me this
afternoon and said there was a family gathering in the evening. It just so happens that I don’t have many
things to do in Casier today, so I stopped by to see you and gather with my brothers as well.”
Donna nced sideways toward Enzo. After seeing him nod his head to confirm this, a smile
immediately appeared on her face as she looked kindly toward Adrien.
“You’re really a good boy. You evene back to see us when you’re busy with work. You must be tired,
right? Come have a seat and have dinner with us.”
After saying that, she asked the maid to add a set of dishware and pulled Adrien to sit beside her. Audrey
pulled Catherine to sit down. Just after Catherine sat down, Audrey talked to Catherine in a low voice.
“Kathy, you’re lucky to have met Uncle Adrien back today. Whenever hees back, grandparents will
have a friendly face to anyone.”
Audrey’s words could be considered as she had already shown respect to Enzo and Donna. In fact,
Enzo and Donna always liked to pretend to be kind in front of Adrien to please him.
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Upon hearing Audrey’s words, Catherine nced in Adrien’s direction. Staying in the military for year-
round training gave Adrien a sense of dignity and justice.
Catherine always felt that there was something strange about Adrien. People like him were the least
approachable. But Catherine could feel clearly that Adrien intended to approach her.
As for the reason, Catherine would only know after checking.