Chapter 509 Mysterious Background
Franklin was incredibly astonished to hear about Catherine’s background. He frowned looking at Baron as he asked quizzically, “Were you mistaken?
“I heard she is just a young woman and barely a grown-up. How could she be capable of this?”
Baron shook his head firmly. “Mr. Facer, regarding this, I’m absolutely sure. Even though the commander’s face was covered, I recognized those eyes. We worked together for 7 days. The commander has an unusually powerful aura, so I can still remember it!”
Franklin did not suspect Baron’s background at all. After all, his father had picked the man, so he trusted Baron.
Also, Baron had quite a reputation in the mercenary trade, and his words could be trusted.
“Then, do you know more about her background?”
The Swanns’ granddaughter had become the highest authority in a mercenary team. Even though neither things had anything to do with each other on the surface, they were the same thing. This was genuinely mind- boggling.
“I’m not sure either, but one thing I know for sure. The commander is not merely a member of the family!”
Just that family alone was not enough to pull this off.
As for the rest, he could not say more. He was simply hired by the Facers, so he had no intention of using his life to show his loyalty.
The Duncans alone were hard enough to handle. If Catherine had a background as powerful as the Duncans, the Facers could not afford to offend her.
No wonder Franklin’s father wanted to quietly move on. After giving it some thought, he decided to do the same.
“Sigh. In that case, let’s just let things slide, huh? We can always take care of them when the right opportunity arises!”
Inside the study, no one knew that someone was listening to their conversation.
Jada was standing outside the study. Hearing her father’s decision, she was so angry that she wanted to explode.
Let things slide, huh?
How could they?
Who did the Swanns think they were?
She would never let Catherine off for this.
Halfway through the banquet, Catherine was so tired that she wanted to sleep.
The people at the banquet were still very excited about the opportunity to expand their network. She looked quite different from them.
The Duncans from Casier were a powerful family globally, let alone in Loxton.
Usually, it was a luxury to even see Branden. Now that he had finally appeared at a banquet, everyone wanted to talk to him and befriend him.
However, Mr. Duncan was holding Catherine the entire time, with a cold and distant expression on his face.
He was such an intimidating man. Who would dare to approach him?
Did it look like anyone had a death wish?
Karl walked around the banquet before he slowly came back.
He could already see his grandson’s threatening looks. If he did not come back soon, his grandson might lose his temper.
When he got to Branden, Karl pretended to only just notice Branden’s impatience and said, “Cassie looks tired. Why don’t we head back first? I’ve already chatted with my friends.”
After hearing what Karl said, Branden could not even be bothered to be polite. He held Catherine and left openly.
His actions left all eyes turning to him.
Sure, men could dote on their women, but this was to an excessive degree.
Moreover, with Branden’s status and identity, he was one in a million. A moment ago, people were judging Catherine for using Branden to climb the social ladder. But now, they were overwhelmed by envy.
It was not an easy task to gain the favor of Branden to begin with.
Catherine was doted on not only by Branden but also by his grandfather, Karl. This made everyone extremely jealous of her.
Seeing Branden walk off, the surrounding people finally dared to gossip softly.
“That girl from the Swanns is so lucky. Just look at the way Branden dotes on her. He simply adores her, right?”
“Vicente was the smart one. Haven’t you heard? They were engaged as young children. Branden is such a catch!”
“Sigh. They were engaged as kids. If the Facers and the Duncans are going to enter a political marriage, then what about Miss Facer?”
The person talking did not get along with the Facers. Now that someone was mocking Jada, she could not resist chiming in, “Hmph. Who knows? Everyone thought the Facers would combine powers with the Duncans and move up the ladder. From the looks of it, it was just wishful thinking!”
As Jada went down the stairs, she happened to hear the conversation.
The expression on her face became increasingly stiff. She clenched the hands hanging by the sides of her body as tightly as she could. Otherwise, she might have thrown a temper publicly.
She had never suffered so much embarrassment in all her life.
Because of Catherine, she had shockingly embarrassed herself in front of all of the high society in Loxton. How could she take it lying down?
Her grandfather and father had already told her to let it slide, but she would never let this happen to herself.
Catherine, huh?
Just wait. She would definitely seek revenge for this. After coming back to Casier from Loxton, the results happened to be due for release.
Catherine did not feel like checking her results, but the homeroom teacher, Miss Joyce, called her to come to the school.
Catherine dragged her exhausted self back to school. It had been a long time since she had seen the class.
Catherine was not the only person called to come to school. Some other students were also there.
Ronin, Bryan, and Liana were all there!
Seeing Catherine, Ronin could no longer control his emotions and lunged at her excitedly.
“Catherine, you went away for so long. I missed you so badly!”
Catherine reached her hand out to stroke his head before she replied, ” Good boy!”
It did not take much. Just two words alone were enough to make up for everything.
Seeing Catherine’s exhaustion, Ronin hurriedly pulled over a chair and let her sit down. He knew that Catherine had gone to Scorpion Island to train some mercenaries.
Those people must have been incredibly intimidating. Catherine must have lost a lot of sleep this time around.
She was going through puberty, so losing sleep was not good for her growing body. She should take the opportunity to relax a little now!
When Liana saw Catherine appearing, she frowned hard.
Liana roughly knew the reason they were called to school. Their school was one of the best in Casier and ranked well nationally.
Each year, after the SATs were over, representatives from the top colleges would visit to select a batch of students ahead of time.
She felt that she was probably here today for just that. She must be here to see the representatives from the various colleges and get offered a place first.
However, she did not expect to see Catherine here.
What gave Catherine the right to show her face?
A smug look flashed across Liana’s eyes as she smiled looking at Catherine.
“Catherine, did you come with Ronin or Bryan today? Without either of them, you probably have no right to enter and see things like this, right?”
Liana’s voice was rather loud. Even though Catherine was very sleepy, she heard every word clearly.
She frowned, tilted her head towards Liana, and looked at her coldly. She was clearly annoyed.
“Do you have to talk so much?”
