All Her Secrets



Chapter 951 Just A Friend

Originally acting all high and mighty toward Catherine, Selene suddenly changed her expression and looked completely innocent.

Miss Swann, if you have any issues with me, just come for me. I can tell you straight up. There's nothing between me and Branden. We have no other feelings at all. You really don't need to put on a show here on purpose with Mr. Melton. It will only hurt Branden's feelings, you know?"

Watching her enthusiastic acting, Catherine wanted to give her a round of applause.

'Her acting is not bad. Compared to the previous few, Selene's acting can be considered pretty decent,' she said inwardly.

"What's going on?" Came the old and steady voice, instantly capturing everyone's attention. Selene immediately looked up, her eyes showing a mixture of excitement and frustration as if she was feeling really suppressed. "Mr. Karl...

If Catherine hadn't seen the smug smile at the corner of Selene's mouth, she really would have been fooled.

Karl slowly approached, and instinctively, the crowd separated into two paths, making way

for him.

Before Karl could even get closer, Selene took the initiative to greet him and stood by his side, speaking with much humility.

"Karl, this is Catherine. You should know her, right?" This might sound simple, but actually, it was quite tricky

Branden had long announced that Catherine was his fiancée. Selene was just trying to make people think that she was closer to Karl and Karl didin't even know Catherine.

Anyone who didn't know better might think Selene was the one Karl chose to be Brander's future wife.

Karl glanced over and happened to see Rylan standing next to Catherine, his brow furrowing instantly.

This scene was seen by Selene. She knew how strict the rules were in the Duncans. How could such an influential family allow her to embarrass herself in public? Especially when Catherine was openly seen with another man while Branden was away.

There was no way Karl would ever agree to something that embarrassed the Duncans like this.

She wanted to see how Catherine would get out of this dilemma. "Mr. Karl, beside Miss Swann is Mr. Rylan, a young talent with considerable assets. It is said that he has a close relationship with Miss Swann."

When Karl heard Selene's words, he looked even more unpleasant.

He spoke up before Selene could continue to stir things up. "Catherine, are you close with this dude?"

Karl actually asked personally, which meant he was really angry. Selene couldn't wait to see what would happen next. She wanted to see how Catherine would end up.

If Catherine dared to lie, she would definitely be the first to expose Catherine.

To everyone's disappointment, Catherine said, "Friends."

Even though she stood before Karl, Catherine wasn't very welcoming. Instead, she was even somewhat indifferent.

Selene was over the moon; she figured Catherine hadn't won over Karl's heart and just stopped trying to please him.

'Doesn't she know that doing this will just make Karl hate her more and more? Who does she think she is? It's really ridiculous,' said Selene inwardly.

After hearing Catherine's response, Karl looked toward Rylan with disgust in his eyes.

Rylan naturally noticed it. He didn't want Catherine to get hurt.

He reached out to grab Catherine, but before his hand even touched her arm, a black figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere to whack him away.

Karl was swinging his cane fast; then he straight-up smacked Rylan's arm. "Kid, even if you're friends, you gotta know when to draw the line. There are some people you just can't mess with!"

This cold, hard truth was definitely the biggest wake-up call for Rylan.

Karl used to be a big shot in Eskana. Even Rylan's grandfather would show him respect when seeing him.

After getting a whack, Rylan could only grit his teeth and bear it.

After Karl issued a warning to Rylan, everyone thought that he would then turn his attention to Catherine. However, Karl surprised everyone by changing his attitude completely.

He looked at Catherine with love written all over his face and a rare smile in his eyes. Catherine, he's just a friend, probably just a regular friend, right?"

Catherine didn't know what Karl meant, so she just nodded honestly.

Karl was over the moon, saying, "Since he's just an ordinary friend, then this dinner is not necessary. How about you have a meal with me instead? I'm getting old and hardly ever get to visit Loxton. The brat isn't home. If you're not keeping me company, I'll be all alone..."

'Is that still the imposing and famous Mr. Karl from the Duncans, with a pout and a tilted head? He's totally just an old man who's past his prime but still likes to act cute! thought Selene.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Standing on the side, Selene was dumbfounded because she had never seen Karl like this before.

Rylan was calm as a cucumber, not surprised at all.

In his opinion, as long as one knew Catherine, one would know how awesome she was.

If Karl really knew Catherine, there was no reason he wouldn't like her.

Some people just thought too highly of themselves and refused to understand the truth of the matter.

Catherine tumed her head to take a glance at Rylan when she heard the words.

Rylan decided to back off when he saw that Catherine had already agreed to have dinner with Karl. Catherine just turned to look at him as a formality.

He didn't have to embarrass himself and might as well be more generous about it." Catherine, Mr. Karl is right. He rarely comes to Loxton. Let's make plans to meet up again."

When Karl heard Rylan's words, his face showed a hint of happiness, and he thought Rylan was somewhat decent.

"Catherine, since your friend has made the decision. Let's go. This place just opened today. The boss has some connection with me. Let's go try it out." With that, Karl personally led Catherine away

He didn't even look at Selene the whole time. Not until they left did she realize what was going on.

All the people around her were looking at her with mocking looks, even tinged with pity and sympathy.

Rylan stared at her coldly, his smile filled with sarcasm.

Selene was so pissed. She never expected Karl to be this good to Catherine, even seeming to suck up to her.

'That Rylan guy not only did not help but laughed at me. How despicable!" she cursed inwardly.

Selene looked up with a cold gaze.