“That’s not true!”Eleanor shook her head violently.“That’s absolutely not true! Mr. Officer, I beg you—please don’t make things up. All of those assets belong to me. Everything I invested—every single cent—was mine!”Eleanor continued to deny it.“You’re free to say that,” the officer replied calmly. “But take a look at this.”He raised a single sheet of paper—an official petition Theodore had submitted to a judge during a court hearing twenty-eight years ago.Back then, Theodore had appeared to concede when he agreed to grant young Catherine half of his assets.But the old man was far from foolish.He had submitted a condition to the judge:the assets he transferred would belong entirely to Catherine and could never, under any circumstances, be transferred, reassigned, or renamed to anyone else.The judge had approved it.“You might believe that all of those assets and funds became yours because Mrs. Harrington agreed to hand them over to you.”And that part was true.A year after

“Do you truly regret what you’ve done?” Catherine asked.“I can’t convince you any further.”Eleanor slowly turned her body to face Catherine.“But I can tell you this—I finally understand what true regret feels like today. You don’t need to say anything or offer me your forgiveness. This is entirely my fault, and I only want to take responsibility by accepting my punishment.”She then gave a subtle wink toward Elizabeth.Catching the signal, Elizabeth—who had been standing in shock, not knowing what to do—immediately understood her role.“Cath, I also deeply regret what I did to you. Please forgive me.”Elizabeth suddenly dropped to the floor and reached for Catherine’s legs, just like her mother had done.But Catherine stopped her. “There’s no need.”Her words weren’t harsh—but they carried no sympathy either.Hearing that, Elizabeth realized she needed to put in a bit more effort.“I know my words hurt you, and I won’t deny that,” Elizabeth said. “But I said those things because I

“Ma’am, we’ve finished installing additional security devices along the fences and increased the number of CCTV cameras. There should be almost no vulnerable spots in this place left unmonitored.”A bodyguard bowed politely to Catherine after giving his report.A short while earlier, following the officer’s instructions, he had immediately left Palm Coast Resort to escort Catherine back to the Hayes mansion, which had now returned to its original name—the Harrington mansion.“Yes, that’s good,” Catherine replied, nodding faintly while keeping her eyes on the phone in her hand.“Excuse me, ma’am, regarding them, what would you like me to do?”He gestured respectfully toward the two bodyguards loyal to Eleanor who had earlier shouted at Catherine.Not only were they Eleanor’s right-hand men, they had also often carried out dirty work for her.“Keep them out of my sight,” Catherine said. “I don’t want to see their faces again.”She no longer wanted to see anyone connected to Eleanor in t

Meanwhile, as soon as they left the Mercon area, Martin didn’t slow down at all even as he entered the highway.Vrooom!The blue BMW was pushed to its limit at 220 km/h, overtaking cars one by one, sometimes even swerving out of its lane.“Martin, watch out!”Creeeeak!The harsh sound of brakes screeching filled the air as a large truck from the opposite direction had to stop abruptly, startled by the BMW suddenly appearing in its lane. When the truck driver thought a collision was unavoidable because the distance between the vehicles was barely an inch, the BMW skillfully dodged it.Vroom!But that wasn’t the last time Martin left his lane. This time he jerked the steering wheel hard and cut across four lanes at once.Creeeek!Creeeeak!Creaaaak!The piercing chorus of braking noises echoed at the intersection as cars were forced to stop to avoid crashing into one another after Martin cut through and disrupted their lanes.“Hey! Are you crazy? Do you want to die?!”The drivers shoute

“That’s going to feel absolutely amazing. Come here. And let’s have some fun together.”Grinning widely, the fat man never once took his eyes off Valentina’s chest.“Huh!”Valentina shook her head, her expression visibly disturbed.“Hey, trash can. Get that ugly face of yours out of my sight and get lost. Otherwise, I’ll gouge your eyes out.”“Woohoo! Looks like the little doll is angry. That’s adorable.”Instead of fear or intimidation, the fat man burst out laughing.Valentina’s expression looked irresistibly cute in his eyes.“Come here, sweetheart. Come on.”He dropped the clubs from both hands and made a beckoning gesture.“Do whatever you want to me. I’ll gladly take it.”That attitude only made Valentina feel even more disgusted.“Bastard!”She could no longer restrain herself as she clenched her fists.“Come here, my dear. Hehehe.”Seeing Valentina stride toward him, the fat man grinned even wider. His eyes didn’t blink as they swept over her body from head to toe—again and ag