Catherine Opened Up
Juan gazed at the docile and obedient-looking Catherine and sighed. Women are born actors; given a
chance, they will make a success of it on stage“Catherine, you are brilliant. You’ve not only slandered
him but also kept the money. Or should I say, the woman directing all these behind the scenes is
ingenious?”
At the mention of the woman, Catherine became alert, but she looked at Juan nonchalantly and said,
“Mr. Juan, I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
“You don’t? Where were you last night?” Juan did not beat around the bush as his sly eyes looked
fixedly at her.
Catherine’s eyes gave a glimmer of guilt as she replied in a stunned voice, “Mr. Juan, I did not go
anywhere last night.”
“Is that so? I know you went to a cafe to meet a woman. Do you want me to tell you which cafe and the
woman in question?”
Catherine’s heart skipped a beat as she clutched at her dress. Did Mr. Juan follow me last night? I’d
taken the trouble to disguise myself, and yet he saw through it.
Feeling nervous, she raised her eyes to peek at Juan and debated whether to come clean to him.
Just then, Juan asked again, “Catherine, I’m very curious to know the woman who’s behind this. What
is she like, and what’s her grudge against Andrew?”
Catherine glanced at him and remained silent.
Juan recalled a recent incident when his parents were looking for a spy within the company who was
leaking company secrets. Kyle and he had found some clues that someone had indeed been passing
on information to the Synder Group.
Could it be the two of them? Besides framing Muir Group, how are these two ladies related to Synder
Group?
Catherine raised her eyes timidly to look at the increasingly gloomy Juan. “Mr. Juan, since you seem to
know all about it, I’ll be honest with you. The set-up for Andrew was planned by a woman. We were
wrong to have implicated the Seet family, and we deserve to be punished for it.”
“So you are admitting it now? Then, please tell me the background of this lady and why she wanted to
frame Andrew.”
Catherine hesitated for a moment before blurting out angrily, “Mr. Juan, Andrew deserves what had
happened to him. He thought he could use his wealth and power to treat people in a despicable and
insulting manner. Not only did he seize someone’s treasured item unscrupulously, he even tried to
force the person into a relationship with him. He thought money could buy everything and that the
power of the Muir family, with the backing of the Seet family, entitled him to everything. Such a person
needs to be taught a lesson!”
“Is the Seet family backing him up?”
“That’s right. He is Patrick’s adopted son, and as everyone knows, his sister, Sheila, is married to
Davin. He has been showing off and telling everyone that the Muirs and Seets are one family. He
repeated it so often that it is generally believed that the Seet family is backing him. In Y city, no one will
step on the toes of these two families, so no one will dare voice against whatever unsavory things he
did.”
Juan was astounded to hear this fierce outburst from the timid-looking Catherine. Could it be that
Andrew has used the name of the Seet family and done something outrageous?
“I won’t go into other matters just yet, but please tell me about the grudge between Andrew, you, and
the lady behind the scenes.”
After a moment of silence, Catherine said, “Mr. Juan, Sally is the lady who is in this with me. Andrew
coveted a family heirloom belonging to Sally and finally laid his hands on it through unscrupulous
means. He also tried repeatedly to force Sally to be his girlfriend. Sally only thought of this plan
because she was backed into a corner. Since he’s always boasting of his connection with the Seet and
Muir family, we made use of it to bring him down. There you have it. You can punish me in any way you
choose.”
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