Chapter 384 Catherine Gains a Little Follower

Chapter 384 Catherine Gains a Little Follower

"Isn't Ms. Windsor a shareholder at Quinn Couture?"

Emma took a big bite of spaghetti.

After spending the whole afternoon pretending to be a good girl next to her mom and Aurora, her face was about to freeze from smiling.

"I remember, Ms. Windsor gave me a Quinn Couture dress for my birthday. Mr. Miller delivered it personally on Ms. Windsor's request."

A dress that Simon personally delivered, and a custom Quinn Couture piece at that.

That really gave Emma face.

Thinking about that moment, Emma got excited!

Philip looked shocked.

"What? Catherine is a shareholder at Quinn Couture?!"

Catherine nodded calmly, "Yes, she is."

Quinn Couture only had a few shareholders. If you actually looked into the ownership structure, you'd find that Catherine held eighty percent, with the rest held by people from Galactic Aurora Collective.

Charles caught on immediately.

"Last time when Quinn Couture came to negotiate a contract with the Windsor Group, saying they'd give the mall an extra thirty percent profit share—was that your doing?"

"Yes, since the family buys my clothes at Quinn Couture anyway, it's fine to give the mall a rebate."

Come to think of it, the money Quinn Couture made this year all went to either the Windsors or the Howards.

Every time she thought about how the family's money ended up in her own pocket, Catherine felt quite embarrassed.

Quinn Couture's revenue far outpaced the entire luxury floor, yet they were still willing to give the mall profit sharing. Charles had found it strange at the time.

Turns out it was all Catherine's arrangement!

"I see."

Charles's face showed a relieved and affectionate smile. He picked up his phone and called his secretary!

"Handle this when you get to work tomorrow—waive Quinn Couture's store fees from now on, and the Windsor Group won't take their profit share either."

"Yes, Mr. Windsor!"

Charles looked at Catherine, who was about to stop him, and said gently and graciously, "How could we take money from my own sister? Since it's your business, I'm relieved!"

Quinn Couture's business performance was there for all to see.

At least it proved that Catherine hadn't had such a hard time in the past!

Philip still couldn't quite believe it!

"Catherine, why didn't you say Quinn Couture was yours earlier? I've been giving you so many Quinn Couture clothes—how embarrassing!"

As a shareholder at Quinn Couture, Catherine must have known what clothes were in the store!

Philip covered his face in pain.

Catherine comforted him, "It's okay, Philip. I really liked them."

This was true—the simplest thing about the clothes she designed was that she liked them herself!

Aurora touched Catherine's face tenderly.

"Catherine is so amazing! You must have suffered a lot, right? How did you and Emma meet?"

Emma was several years older than Catherine, yet she spoke of Catherine with such respect!

Aurora was quite curious.

Emma propped her chin on her hand and smiled. "Ms. Windsor's grandmother used to run a breakfast shop. I didn't have money back then, so I'd just eat the cheapest sandwich every day."

The Kate family's approach to raising children was famously harsh in their circle!

Even at middle school and high school age, they wouldn't give more money, leaving the kids to fend for themselves.

Oliver refused to pay child support for Catherine and always cut her living expenses. Elodie wanted Catherine to eat better.

So she just opened a small breakfast shop herself.

Emma would pass by every day with her backpack, to buy only the cheapest sandwich, which she'd make last all day.

"Until one day when I found meat in my sandwich. I thought grandma had made a mistake, and I was secretly happy about it!"

That same day, Emma was cornered in a dark alley by a group of people.

Back then, Ingrid, another daughter of the Kate family, had many followers.

Sewer water poured over Emma's head, and those people burst out laughing.

"Hahaha! And you want to compete with Ms. Kate for the inheritance? Look at what you are!"

Ingrid grabbed Emma's chin and mocked, "Tell me, would the Kate family keep someone who ate shit as their heir?"

Emma's heart went cold.

Just then, a cool voice came from the bathroom entrance.

"What are you doing? Bullying?"

This school was the best one in the area, but no one would mess with the Kate family, and even the teachers turned a blind eye!

"Mind your business!"

Catherine's gaze fell on Emma, soaked through, and she said calmly, "Do you also think I'm being nosy?"

"...It's you. You should go. They're not good people—they'll hurt you!"

Young Catherine shook her head gently. "I'm only asking, do you need help?"

Emma's eyes lit up for a second, then quickly dimmed.

"You can't do anything to them..."

"Do you need it?"

Meeting Catherine's calm but determined gaze, Emma nodded as if possessed!

In that instant, she actually felt that this thin girl was trustworthy, that she could save her!

And that decision truly did save Emma.

The Kate family members' mocking voices turned into screams!

Stepping on Ingrid's head and pressing it to the ground in intimate contact with the sewage, Catherine remained perfectly calm.

"Want to do anything else? She seemed like she wanted to push you into the toilet just now."

"No need! This is enough! Did you... come looking for me?"

Catherine nodded.

"Yes, my grandmother asked me to find you and come home for dinner."

Home? Dinner?

"Let's go. My grandmother knows you don't have money for food. You can't get full on just one sandwich a day. She won't charge you—as payment, just help clean the shop."

Only then did Emma realize that the sandwich with meat that morning wasn't a coincidence!

Elodie had already noticed she didn't have money for food and did it on purpose!

Emma burst into tears.

Wearing Catherine's jacket as she walked out of the bathroom, Emma looked back at Ingrid, whose face was full of fury and anger.

She caught up with Catherine. "Can you teach me?"

"What do you want to learn?"

"The moves you just used to hit them! I want to learn! I want to protect myself!"

Catherine stopped and said casually, "Just to protect yourself?"

Emma paused, then clenched her fists!

"I want to prove that I'm the strongest!"

Catherine laughed softly and turned to leave.

"If you're not afraid of hard work, follow me and learn."

Remembering those times, Emma felt quite emotional!

"From then on, I followed Ms. Windsor. Without grandma and Ms. Windsor, I might have starved to death. How would I be here now?"

"Ms. Windsor also taught me that I was born to be a mountain, not a stream. To stand on the shoulders of giants and look down on mediocre cowards!"

Aurora felt somewhat moved!

Philip's expression changed as he looked at Emma.

"You had it pretty rough too, but meeting Catherine was your good luck."

Emma raised an eyebrow and teased, "You're feeling sorry for me now? How about marrying me then?"

"You're crazy!"

"Is that all the vocabulary Mr. Windsor has for insults? What a disgrace to the profession."

Watching them bicker, Aurora said helplessly that they were quite the pair, " Emma, just stay at home. Treat it like your own place!"

Philip and Emma said in unison, "That won't do!"