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What was she doing? Cate felt like a fool.
Moreover, why did the woman in front of her hate her so much? She was her mother.
Matthew looked at Cate’s disoriented expression, and a pang of inexplicable guilt welled up in his heart. However, since Sheryl was there and Matthew was afraid of stimulating her, he could only say, “Mom, you’ve really misunderstood. I knew she was Cate from the start. I deliberately approached her to get some information.”
“It’s really not what you think it is.”
At that moment, Titus could only coax Sheryl as he did not want to continue the argument. He knew that if he said Cate was not bad of a person, everything would spiral out of control. “Sherry, don’t you know my feelings for you? She is so young that she can pass off as my daughter.
Matthew came along with me today. He was in the bathroom just now.”
“Really?” Sheryl still did not believe it. “If Matthew deliberately approached her to get information, then what is your reason for approaching her?
You’re obtaining information too?”
Titus’s face was red.
He had never felt so awkward and embarrassed for the last 4o years he had lived.
It was especially since Cate was standing at the side.
“Enough, stop interrogating them.” Cate laughed wryly. She even laughed until her eyes reddened. For the past few days, she felt just like an idiot. “Indeed, nothing is going on between Mr. Costner and me. I just thought his identity must be special after listening to Matthew’s tone and that he might be able to help Lyons Corporation. So, I begged him for help, but he flat-out refused.”
Titus glanced at Cate in astonishment upon hearing her words. She was clearly smiling, but she somehow made people pity her.
“May I ask if you’re Sheryl Cox?” Cate suddenly stared at the woman before her who was looking at her in disdain and asked softly.
Sheryl’s expression was cold. “That’s right. I’m Sheryl Cox. Don’t even think of getting close to me. If it’s possible, I don’t even want to have anything to do with you.”
Boom.
It was as if a hammer had hit Cate’s chest hard.
No matter how strong she was, she could not stop herself from crying.
From Sheryl’s tone, she sounded as if she knew Cate was her daughter. However, if it was possible, she would rather not have any ties with Cate nor want Cate, her daughter?
Was that what she meant?
“Alright, Madam Costner. It’s okay even if you don’t wish to know me. It may be presumptuous of me, but how did I offend you exactly?” Cate suppressed her sobbing and asked, “Why do you keep scheming to target Lyons Corporation? Even the Lyons Corporation’s hostile takeover is related to you, right? What grudges do I have with you?”
“Enough, Cate. Stop pretending.” The hatred in Sheryl’s eyes intensified. “You should know full well about what you have done. I’m warning you, stay away from Matthew and my husband. If not, not only you, but I’ll make the life of every single person around you a living hell.”
” I’m already in a living hell. ” Cate could not tolerate it anymore. She broke down and yelled, ” Never mind if you don’t want to acknowledge me, but why are you helping such an evil woman like Rosabella? I’m your biological daughter.”
Slap.
What replied was another slap from Sheryl.
“I think you’re addicted to acting. Do you really think you can fool everyone?”
After Sheryl spoke coldly, she yanked Matthew along with her and quickly left. Titus’s lips moved, but he then looked at Sheryl’s angry expression. As he was afraid a fight would break out again, he quickly followed after her.
In the cafe, people were surrounding Cate and pointing fingers at her.
Luckily, at that time, there were not many people in the cafe.
“Is she a mistress?”
“What mistress? Didn’t you see the person’s son was here too?”
“But why did that person slap her? It can’t be for no reason, right?”
Cate could not hear other people’s voices at all. Her face hurt, and her legs were in burning pain from getting scalded.
However, that pain could not compare to the pain in her heart.
Why did it turn out like that? Why did her biological mother hate her so much?
If she had known better, she would rather her mother died more than 20 years ago.
It was better than receiving hate and two slaps when she reunited with her mother.
“Pretty lady, this is… your bill.” A waiter stepped forward hesitantly with a sympathetic expression.
When the waiters saw two mixed-race guys walking toward Cate’s table, they were utterly envious. Those two guys were of the best quality. One of them was young, and the other one was mature and charismatic.
Unfortunately…
Sure enough, not just anyone could afford to have good-looking men.
“Give me the bill.” Cate paid the money. She took the elevator down in a daze.
After going down, she sat in the car. She still could not accept that reality at all. She just felt so upset that she wanted to cry. However, she could not call Shaun. She knew that his situation was definitely worse than hers.
Cate found it hard to tell Shaun that everything was caused by her biological mother.
It was too ridiculous.
Finally, she could not resist calling Joel. “Dad…” Once she spoke, she started sobbing.
Joel was startled. “Cate, what’s wrong? Are you worrying over Lyons Corporation’s matters? Don’ t overthink it. My logistics company is quite profitable. Worse comes to worst, I’ll provide for you in the future.”
“It’s not that… ” Listening to Joel’s concerned voice and comparing it to Sheryl’s cold, harsh words, Cate felt even more upset. “Dad, I just want to know… Is my mom… really that good of a person?”
She did not want to admit that the madwoman earlier was her mother.
Joel was stunned. He did not understand why Cate would suddenly ask that. “Cate, of course, your mom is a very good person.”
“Dad, she might have been good 2o years ago. But after 20 years, who knows what she has become? Maybe I’ve become a burden and a dead weight in her heart. Maybe she even desperately wants me to disappear. ” Cate lifted her lips sarcastically with tears in her eyes.
“Cate, what happened to you?” Joel’s heart tightened. “Did you… meet your mom?”
“Yes, I met her.”
Cate touched her face that was swollen from being slapped. She said softly, “She looked just like i n your photo. She’s maintained her looks very well and only looks like she’s in her 30s. She has a handsome rich husband and a dashing son. But she acted like a madwoman when she saw me, slapping me twice. She even splashed coffee at my face. She hates me and said I was putting up an act. She also said I wanted to seduce her husband and she didn’t want to have anything to do with me.”
Joel was stunned upon hearing that.
Although he had figured everything out in these few days and accepted the fact that Sheryl might have already remarried and had children, he still felt wistful and hurt.
However, that was nothing compared to what Sheryl did to Cate.
“Cate, are you mistaken? That’s impossible.”
There was no reason the Sheryl that Joel knew would do such a thing.
“I’m not mistaken. She knows about her relationship with me. She’s even helping Rosabella to go against me. Lyons Corporation being targeted and its hostile takeover is because Sheryl is helping Rosabella to manipulate everything behind the scenes.”
Cate wailed in deep agony, saying, ” I’d rather not have a mother at all. You said my mom was nice. I can imagine that. However, after she appeared, she shattered all my thoughts about having a mother.”
“Cate, don’t be like this. Calm down.”
Joel’s heart was in pain from listening to her. It was his first time seeing Cate losing control.
Actually, he understood the thoughts a child would have for their mother. “This is impossible. Rosabella treated you so badly. How could she help Rosabella and not you? Rosabella is just her niece at most.”
Cate was stunned. Joel’s words made her calm down a little.
Joel said, “Even if she doesn’t want to acknowledge you as her daughter and wants to erase her past, there’s no need for her to help her niece to target you, right? I heard you say before that Rosabella is cunning and has a lot of schemes. Is there possibly a misunderstanding?”
Cate was at a loss. Misunderstanding?
