Lillian''s face immediately turned pale, as if she had been pped. "Mr. Montague..."


    But Raymond''s gaze didn''tnd on her; instead, it turned toward the others. "Take this as a warning."


    This was an opportunity for Lillian to offer no exnation.


    "Mr. Montague, I''m Carter''s girlfriend, and we have a good rtionshiptely, so can''t we..." Lillian begged for mercy.


    Raymond''s gaze became sharp, piercing through Lillian''s body, causing her to tense up. She immediately resented Selena once again.


    Raymond didn''t say much, he just hurriedly left, while John stayed behind and advised the other receptionists. "Spreading rumors will entail legal consequences." The receptionists nodded nervously.


    Then someone cautiously spoke up. "Why did Mr. Montague today finish work so early..."


    It''s not even noon yet, and it''s not like something a workaholic like him would do.


    Meanwhile, Raymond has already gotten on the car.


    John walked to the front to drive and nced at his expression through the rearview mirror, but didn''t say anything.


    They remained silent on the way, and the car finally stopped at Wolnd.


    Catherine now lives here, and when she saw him return, she breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought you had forgotten, everything is ready, let''s go."


    Raymond nced at the item she was holding, a bouquet of white chrysanthemums.


    Both Catherine and Raymond wore mncholic expressions, carrying heavy burdens.


    Once they got back in the car, it stopped at a cemetery in the outskirts.


    John waited downstairs and did not go up.


    Raymond and Catherine walked up, stopping in front of the tombstone on the mountaintop.


    Catherine ced the flowers on the tombstone and sighed.


    Raymond, on the other hand, had a cold expression as he looked at the ck and white photo that bore a resemnce to him.


    "Raymond, I did make a mistake back then, if only I could have another chance..." Catherine said softly.


    "Mom, the dead cannot be brought back to life. I just hope you won''t use the same methods you used on brother on me," Raymond interrupted her.


    Catherine''s face immediately turned embarrassed, and her trembling fingertips hung by her side. "If you both would just behave and listen, do you think I would go through all this trouble?"


    Raymond''s lips pursed coldly, and he ced the flowers he had brought on the tombstone. "I have something to attend to this afternoon, so I''ll leave first. I don''t think brother would want you to disturb him either." Catherine stood in ce, feeling a sudden chill.


    Finally, she couldn''t help but ask, "When did you and Selena divorce? She wasn''t worthy of you to begin with, and I heard the Fair family is on the verge of bankruptcy."


    Annoyance shed across Raymond''s eyebrows, and he quickened his pace.


    When they reached the bottom of the mountain, he directly got into the car that John had driven and left one here for Catherine.


    John knew that the CEO''s mood was always bad at this time of year.


    Raymond went to meet with Paul.


    Paul was sitting in the private room and pushed a ss of wine in front of him. "We still couldn''t find any information about your brother''s girlfriend. He protected her well, maybe they didn''t use her real name when they were together." Raymond had no interest in his older brother''s girlfriend and furrowed his brow. "What''s the point of investigating that?"


    "All the information about your brother inside has been erased. The mission he undertook back then was supposed to be confidential, and there are people overseas still looking for him."


    "He, maybe he did manage to bring something out sessfully at that time, so the people inside were so eager to protect him," Paul exined.


    Raymond remained silent, his eyshes lowered, his fingertips quietly swirling the red wine.


    Paul lightly clinked his ss with Raymond''s. "Did you have another unpleasant encounter with Auntie today?"


    Paul''s shirt was unbuttoned, and his gaze was sharp and lively. "She hasn''t changed all these years, always hoping that you and your brother can marry women that she approves of. It seems like she still cares about your father''s first love, unable to move on her whole life."


    Some women are doomed to be forever trapped in love affairs.


    "Raymond, when you agreed to Grandpa''s request back then, you probably wanted to resist Auntie as well. After all, she has long wanted to break you and Olivia apart. But instead, you ended up marrying someone worse than Olivia. During your absence in New York all these years, she must have taken her frustrations out on your wife," Paul said.N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    Raymond originally didn''t want to express any opinion on Paul''s words, but his forehead wrinkled when he heard him refer to his wife. "Don''t use that nickname to describe that woman."


    "If you despise her so much, does that mean Grandpa''s judgment was really that poor?" Paul asked, puzzled.


    Raymond rubbed his forehead with his hand, clearly showing his resistance on his face. "It''s a disaster."