Chapter 59 Questioning Catherine's Plastic Surgery? Clara Must Be Crazy!
Alexander's voice still carried a hint of grievance.
Work at the Howard Group was busy, and he'd been practically on call as a personal driver for Catherine recently, which had caused a lot of work to pile up.
Now she wouldn't even spare him time for a meal. Was he really less attractive than Ethan!
"I want to see you, is that okay?"
His voice sounded so pitiful that Catherine's mouth twitched, and she had no choice but to agree.
"Alright, but I have something to do later."
"Send me the address, I'll come pick you up."
Catherine agreed and hung up the phone.
Charles looked up from a pile of documents and asked casually, "Was that Alexander?"
"Yes, he asked me to have dinner with him tonight."
Charles didn't say anything, but handed Catherine a bank card. The black and gold card was understated yet luxurious, with the Evergreen Bank logo particularly eye-catching.
"Why are you giving me money?"
"Dinners with the Windsor family always involve give and take. Even though Alexander is your fiancé, you need to maintain control, understand?"
Although Charles didn't really like seeing Catherine and Alexander alone together, since Catherine had already agreed, he wouldn't use other excuses to force her to stay.
"The Windsor family can afford to play and afford to lose. No matter how powerful the Howard family is, if we don't want to marry off our daughter, there's nothing they can do about it. Don't feel any pressure when you're with Alexander. If you don't like him anymore, just text me and I'll go to the Howard family right away to break off the engagement!"
Catherine was almost stunned!
Charles smiled a bit embarrassedly, gentle and generous.
"I've been doing high-end customer research lately, occupational hazard. Just keep it as our secret. Take the money, and if it's not enough, I'll transfer more to you."
"Thanks, Charles."
Harmony Enterprises, Chairman's Office
Saturn, wearing a custom Quinn Couture suit, stood before Catherine, reporting on recent work.
"Boss, Esme was taken away by Ethan and might leave the country. Should we notify the Windsor family?"
"No need."
With the Windsor family's sharp instincts, they'd soon discover what happened with Esme. It would be enough to feed them some information at the right time.
"We had already tracked Ethan's location, but then Shadow Syndicate intercepted it! They even said you should go ask their leader directly. Shadow Syndicate is so terrible, I think they're up to no good. You definitely shouldn't go!"
Catherine said helplessly, "I'm having dinner with Shadow Syndicate's leader tonight."
Saturn was shocked!
Saturn turned around and hugged Mars behind him, and they cried together, tears and snot everywhere.
"Our leader has such a spirit of self-sacrifice. She already has a fiancé, but for our organization's important matters, she's still sacrificing herself. What if Shadow Syndicate's leader is some kind of pervert?"
Mars smacked his head and corrected him, "Are you stupid!"
"If he's a pervert, wouldn't that be perfect for Catherine to control? With Catherine's face, what can't she do? Just don't tell your fiancé about this. I heard he just sent new equipment to the lab!"
Catherine was exasperated.
Sometimes facing these neurotic geniuses alone was quite trying.
"You two add two more experimental groups tonight. No sleeping until you finish."
The two cried even harder. What kind of heartless boss was this!
"Oliver has called me several times recently. I haven't answered and blocked him."
"Just ignore him."
Since the Smith family had already published a notice cutting ties with her, and decided to move Elodie's grave, once the old Smith family house was transferred, she would have nothing to do with the Smith family anymore!
At the office door, Clara stood nervously after carefully dolling herself up.
She had finally managed to find Harmony Enterprises' boss's phone number from Oliver's contacts. As long as Harmony Enterprises' boss took a liking to her, she could still debut!
Clara was very confident in her looks, but the security guard at the entrance just wouldn't let her through.
"Please let me in. I really have something very important to discuss with your boss. Please be flexible."
The security guard blocked the entrance, his face cold.
"You can call our boss directly. If he says it's okay, then you can go in."
Clara was about to die of anxiety!
It wasn't that she didn't want to call. The Harmony Enterprises boss simply wouldn't answer calls from strangers and had directly blocked her!
"I'm here to apply for a job. Once I join your company, I'll definitely become famous."
The security guard almost laughed, looking Clara up and down.
"Miss, what our company lacks least is good-looking people and confident people. Your looks aren't even good enough for our company!"
The security guard pointed to the large screen at the entrance showing rolling posters.
"Look, you'd at least need to look like Catherine to be considered a beauty!"
The Windsor family had bought all the mall's big screens to celebrate Catherine's birthday. Galactic Aurora Collective had also collectively changed to Catherine's birthday celebration posters. Looking at Catherine's face at work made them feel even more motivated today!
Catherine had been quite speechless when she first walked in, but Saturn said that Harmony Enterprises was an entertainment company anyway.
If Catherine hadn't stopped them, they would have wanted to put Catherine's poster on their newest satellite and send Catherine directly into space.
Clara never expected to be humiliated by Catherine's face even at Harmony Enterprises!
She bit her lip and said unwillingly, "She had plastic surgery! She didn't look like this before."
The office door opened. A pair of smooth, slender legs appeared, and thin high heels clicked against the floor like a waltz for a princess's entrance.
The young woman had an alluring yet refined face. Her eyes were like rippling autumn water—coldly distant yet full of tender emotion, with an ethereal quality that made people dare not profane her.
Seeing this face, Clara immediately covered her mouth.
She didn't hear what I just said, did she?
So what if she heard? Since childhood, she'd never stopped offending Catherine, and nothing had ever come of it!
Saturn stood behind Catherine, respectful and polite.
"Be careful, I'll see you to the door."
"Okay."
Clara saw Saturn and got excited, wanting to rush up and talk to Saturn right then, to get Saturn to agree to package and debut her.
The security guard didn't expect Clara to suddenly go crazy without warning. Saturn had quite serious germaphobia—if she touched him, he'd probably throw up on the spot!
"Miss, please watch your behavior!"
Clara was blocked and stamped her feet in anger. These damn security guards!
This was her only chance!
She couldn't just watch Catherine and Saturn walk out. In her anxiety, she shouted, "Catherine! Can't you help me?"
Catherine didn't stop walking, her thin heels clicking crisply on the marble floor.
Mars turned around and looked at the security guard with displeasure.
"Strengthen the company's security from now on. Don't let just any trash in!"
The security guard was about to hate Clara to death!
"Yes, yes, we understand! Miss, please leave immediately!"
Clara was still a bit dazed. That seemed to be Mars, the boss of Nexus Media, right? Why were they so respectful to Catherine?
Could it be that Harmony Enterprises and Nexus Media were actually Windsor family properties, and as Charles's kept mistress, Catherine was qualified to come in?
The more Clara thought about it, the more possible it seemed!
"How shameless, willingly degrading herself and selling her body. I never realized Catherine was so filthy. She's completely unworthy of being part of the Smith family!"
She watched Catherine get into another luxury car under Saturn and Mars's escort, feeling extremely jealous, wishing she could be the one sitting in that car.
After all, she'd come out without telling Oliver, so she'd have to take a taxi home by herself.