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“Who would want to behave like you, pervert?” Suzie scoffed.
Lucas then mocked, “Grandma said the Lyons family is going to collapse soon, yet you guys are in the mood to make out?”
Shaun replied indifferently, “But you guys are in the mood to watch us?”
Suzie asked weakly, “I just want to know if I’ll still get to eat sweets after the Lyons family collapses.”
Everyone was at a loss for words. What a foodie she was.
Lucas rolled his eyes at her. “Don’t worry. Even if the Lyons family collapses, I’ ll start a business and make a lot of money for you so that you won’t have to think about anything else other than spending money.”
“That’s great, ” Suzie said as she lifted her chubby and cute face.
At the sight of the scene, Cate and Shaun could not help but burst into laughter even though they were slightly stressed just now.
How nice it was to be a kid. Life was so carefree.
In fact, everyone was born as a kid. The responsibilities just became more and more after that…
All of a sudden, Cate and Shaun became much more optimistic.
“Come on. Let’s get in and sleep.” Shaun directly put Suzie on his shoulder. Suzie moved her fists around forcefully.
Nevertheless, Shaun did not get mad. On the contrary, he was quite pleased.
Cate looked at them with gentle eyes.
Previously, she felt as though a boulder was sitting on her chest. However, she felt much better now.
Although she would be meeting Matthew’s father tomorrow, she was now a lot more relaxed.
Anyhow, she had tried her best. If she failed, she would just resign herself to it.
She did not tell Shaun about this matter as she was afraid that he would be jealous. Another reason was that Shaun’s enormous ego would definitely stop her from begging someone else.
The next day at noon, Cate drove to the foreign bank that Matthew told her.
After taking a number, she waited at the hall for a long time before she caught sight of a group of leaders surrounding a tall, sturdy man as they walked out. The man was dressed in a black suit, and he looked like the mature version of Matthew. With a pair of blue eyes and prominent mixed-race features, he looked extremely grim. She could tell that he was undoubtedly a handsome man whom many young women were obsessed with when he was younger.
Nevertheless, he had a powerful presence. Cate had seen many influential figures, but no one had made her feel so intimidated like Matthew’s father.
Of course, such a person was very alert. Hence, it was certainly not easy to approach him.
Having said that, she had to give it a try.
She watched those executives escort Matthew’s father out of the bank, where a Bentley drove to the entrance. Even its windows were made of bulletproof glass.
Cate gnashed her teeth, mustered her courage, and walked up to him. “President Costner.” Titus, who was about to get into the car, suddenly heard the pleasant voice of a woman.
Titus thought it was a senior manager from the bank. Hence, he turned his head around, only to find himself shocked. He froze for a few seconds.
The woman, who was walking out of the bank, looked like she was in her twenties. She was wearing a bright yellow knitted top with an A-line maxi skirt. She exuded a clean, elegant aura. Her long milky- brown hair was tied in a ponytail, and her figure was perfect. What was more breathtaking was her face.
Titus had seen a lot of beautiful women in his whole life. However, only one could make his heart throb, and it was Sheryl. Sheryl used to be pretty in a wild manner.
The young woman in front of him made him, in a daze, recall the old Sheryl.
They looked very alike. Those lips. That nose.
Although their eyes were not similar, the gleam in Cate’s eyes looked exactly like Sheryl’s in the past.
He even felt as if time was distorted and that he had traveled back more than 20 years ago to meet Sheryl.
When the senior managers at the side saw Titus’s expression, they thought he was mesmerized by Cate’s beauty. As such, they immediately opened a path.
The senior managers were shocked as they sized up Cate too. This young woman, who had suddenly appeared, was too beautiful. Could this beautiful woman have some ambiguous relationship with that mysterious big boss?
Cate did not notice the gazes of the senior managers. Instead, she took the opportunity and walked over boldly. “Hello, President Costner. I’m Matthew’s friend. Can I have a few words with you in private?”
Titus quickly came back to his senses.
After the reserved and wise Titus furrowed his brows, he swept a glance across the senior managers.
“President Costner, we’ll head up first.” Those senior managers got the message and left.
Titus rested one hand on the car’s door and the other hand in his pocket. His body was as fit as a global top male model. However, his azure eyes had a bottomless, dark gleam in them, and his presence made people feel intimidated even without him speaking.
Cate did feel very nervous, so much that back started breaking out a cold sweat. “Excuse me, President Costner. It may be quite intrusive to disturb you all of a sudden, but let me introduce myself. I’m Cate Cox. I’m here today on behalf of Lyons Corporation…”
“Cate Cox…”
A hint of astonishment flashed deep in Titus’s eyes.
The person in front of him was the wicked, evil woman that Rosabella spoke of; she was Sheryl’s evil niece.
No wonder… she looked so similar to Sheryl.
They said that nieces looked like their aunts, and Cate did look more similar to Sheryl compared to Rosabella.
Moreover, he could see that Cate was different from Rosabella. Her pretty face was natural. She was such a young, stunning beauty. It was no surprise why his silly son would put in a few good words for her some time back.
Matthew even brought Cate to Titus.
It seemed like she did not only have the looks, but she was manipulative as well.
“What’s your relationship with Matthew?” Titus cut her off coldly right away.
Cate explained, “We’re friends.”
“Friends?” Titus sneered. “Sorry to be frank, but I don’t believe you would treat him just as a friend. If not, why would you appear before me?”
Cate was taken aback. That was when she knew that he had misunderstood. She felt slightly awkward, but she still said it anyway. “I didn’t know his identity when I got to know him. I just treat him as a brother. I’m already married, and I have children.”
In fact, Titus already had those things investigated early on. However, he did not expect she would be so truthful, so he was stunned for a few seconds. “
Miss Cox, I heard that in Australia, there’s no pure friendship between men and women, not to mention such a childish, poor lie like treating someone as a brother. Frankly speaking, frequent interaction between brothers or sisters without blood ties is the start of an ambiguous relationship.”
Cate was shocked. They were not at the main topic yet, and Titus had already made it look like she was scheming to approach his son for money.
Did all wealthy people have the common illness of nitpicking?
“It differs according to the person. Indeed, many people are like that. However, I can’t possibly have no males friends because I’m a woman, right? Does President Costner have no female friends at all?” Cate could not help but retort.
It felt like the conversation could not go on.
However, Cate had some admiration for that kind of man.
“President Costner, if you insist on thinking that I have an ambiguous relationship with Matthew, I think I’m not the only one whom you’re humiliating. You’re humiliating your son and looking down on your son too.”
Cate reacted quickly and retorted, “Although this is my first time meeting you, President Costner, I can see that you’re a very wise and calm person. A son who was brought up by a successful person like you must be very clever and restrained. He shouldn’t be someone who’s easily seduced by beauty or be in an ambiguous situation with someone whom he knows is married and with children.”
A hint of amusement flashed across Titus’ deep- set, handsome face.
This woman made him think of the old Sheryl again. She was eloquent and just as sharp.
If he insisted that Cate had seduced Matthew, he would be indirectly admitting Matthew’s intelligence and character.
“You have a sharp mouth, but… I’ve seen a lot of women like you.” Titus was not surprised.
“That’s for sure. If you were only in your twenties, you might think I’m slightly special because I dared to set a trap in front of you. However, at your mature age, I guess the number of women who have used this method to approach you isn’t on the lesser side.”
Cate smiled respectfully and said, “But I don’t care. I didn’t come here to make you remember me. I just think maybe there’ll be benefits to reap if we talk for a while.”
