A familiar figure suddenly appeared before him.
“Mr. Winters, what a coincidence.” Catherine had a broad smile as she approached. “I never thought I’d
run into you here in this playground.”
She bent down to greet the children. “Hello, children. I am Aunt Catherine. Do any of you remember
me?”
“I do!” Harold said first. “Last time when daddy was in the hospital, you came to visit him.”
“That‘s right.” Catherine petted Harold‘s head, then she looked toward Adina, held her hand out to her,
and said, “Ms. Daugherty, I‘m so glad to see you again.”
Adina gave Catherine a cold look. She still remembered that night very clearly.
If it were not for Catherine‘s meddling, Duke would have caught Earley.
At the thought of Earley, Adina wondered if the man had been caught yet or if he had vanished again.
While she was contemplating, she heard the man beside her huff impatiently, “What are you doing
here?”
“I heard this is the largest amusement park in Sea City, so I came to have some fun on my day off,”
Catherine said with a smile. “But it gets so boring being all by myself here, may I join you?”
As she spoke, her gaze landed on the man‘s face. Indiscernible emotions shone in her eyes. “What
happened at the bar was my fault, so today will be my treat to make up for it, alright?”
Adina did not say anything, but looked toward the man beside her.
She wanted to know what this man‘s other personality thought of Catherine
“Do as you like,” Earl drawled, “I doubt I would succeed in driving you away.”
Catherine stiffened, but she quickly composed herself and smiled again as she said, “Then I‘ll join you.
Melody, would you like Aunt Catherine to hold you?”
“No!” The little girl turned her body away and clutched Earl‘s neck. “I only want Daddy to hold me.”
Adina curved her lips in a mockery of a smile. “Ms. Catherine, are all foreigners so thick–skinned?”
It was not because she wanted to make Catherine look bad, but this was Catherine who defended
Earley … And he had tried to kidnap Melody
“Ms. Daugherty, I already apologized. What else do you want from me?” Catherine raised her chin. “Do
you want me to tie Earley up and deliver him to your doorstep?”
At the mention of this name, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward,
Earl‘s eyes took on a bloodthirsty edge. “Why would you mention that name? He‘s already dead.”
“Yes, he‘s already dead.” Catherine smirked. “Are you looking for a dead man, Ms. Daugherty?”
Adina stared at Catherine for a few seconds, then looked sideways at the man next to her.
Earley was dead? It seemed that only the two of them knew about this, like a secret that belonged to
just the two of them.
Right then, Adina had a feeling as though Catherine and her husband were in cahoots, and she was
the odd one out.
Not long ago, Duke had even told her to stay away from Catherine.
And she did. She had also told Mrs. Winters to do the same. So why was it that Duke and Catherine
seemed to have grown closer?
Suddenly, she recalled what the executive secretaries at Winters Corporation had said.
They mentioned that Duke had gotten together with a foreign lady. Was it Catherine?
The lipstick mark that was left on Duke‘s collar, was that Catherine‘s?
Adina‘s gaze fell on Catherine‘s lips. The cinnabar shade was similar to the lipstick mark.
She slowly opened her mouth and asked, “How did Earley die, can you tell me?”
Catherine shot Earl a look before she said, “I‘m not clear on the details, but what does it matter, he’s
dead. Earley Wynters no longer exists in this world.”
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