Chapter 67
Chapter 67
Catherine looked at that man coldly. Under her gaze, the man was somewhat scared, but he was unwilling to be frightened by a woman who had been in jail.
He tried his best to maintain his arrogance. “Didn’t I tell the truth? Anyone who had the information channels in this circle knew that you were put in jail because of killing Isabella Johnson.
“I asked your children not to learn from you. Did I do anything wrong? Do you want your children to become murderers like you and go to jail?”
Catherine would always not attack unless she was attacked. However, she would never allow anyone to hurt her children.
With a sneer on her pretty face, she said, “David Cornell, what are you doing now? You were refused by me back then, so you still hate me, don’t you? How dare you slander me in my children’s birthday banquet!”
Before she married Anderson, a lot of men in this circle were after her.
However, she remembered this man named David because he used to drug her. Fortunately, she was smart enough so he didn’t make it.
“Did I chase after you?” David stamped. “You vicious bitch! I’ll never fall in love with you.” Catherine chuckled. “I believe so many of us still remember what you’ve done back then.”
After she finished her words, some onlookers started discussing in low voice. “I remember that after he drugged Catherine back then, Catherine’s father kicked on his private part. He’s been married for so many years but he didn’t have a kid yet. I wonder if it’s because of that.”
Because of the children’s presence, their voices were kept low.
However, David looked upon this kind of thing very much. With a blushed face, he glared at Catherine fiercely, “You bitch!” “Miss Johnson, shall I throw him out?”
Hudson suddenly appeared next to Catherine from nowhere.
Catherine answered in a light tone, “Yes, please.”
She didn’t want to ruin the birthday banquet.
Casting an indifferent glance at all the onlookers, she said coldly, “Some people have heard something from nowhere and believed that they’ve known everything.
“I don’t want anyone to mention those crap and gossip in front of my children.”
“She’s nobody now, but why is she so arrogant? Does she truly think herself still the first daughter of the Johnson family?” Sienna mumbled in the crow, not convinced.
She had never liked Catherine when she had such charisma.
Catherine gazed at her. “Miss White, have you ever heard about a saying? When someone has lost everything, he or she wouldn’t be afraid of anything.”
Her gaze was cold and fierce, making Sienna recall the slaps on her that brought her the burning pain. Sienna shut up. If she would fight against Catherine openly, Sienna would always fail.
“Hey, Catherine, what are you talking about? We’ve all watched you grow up. You are not that kind of person. Since you were not in our circle in the past few years, there were such rumors.” Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.
“Please don’t mind what David Cornell has said.”
Since the onlookers were willing to mediate a dispute and David was already tossed out by Hudson, Catherine was willing to let go. With a smile, she said, “As a mother, my children mean everything to me.
Sorry for interrupting you all just now.”
She behaved gracefully and brightly. She even had a strong aura than she used to have years ago. All the onlookers had different thoughts. Caroline poked Sienna and asked in a low voice, “Wasn’t she truly in the jail? Didn’t the rumor say that she was put in there?”
Sienna giggled. She looked at Catherine, her eyes full of hatred. “She lied. She has been in jail. Back then, friends of Isabella Johnson personally witnessed her be arrested by the policemen.”
Caroline asked in confusion, “But why did she say that so affirmatively?” Sienna’s family was wealthier and more powerful, so she had more information channels and knew more.
“Thanks to Owen Torres, he kept contacting his network for her and appealed for three years. Later, the court announced that because of lack of evidence, she was released,” Sienna said with an evil intention, “I wonder if Owen Torres had his unique way of resolving problems.”
Caroline nodded in agreement.
Catherine didn’t know what they were talking about at her back. As long as they didn’t speak to her face, she wouldn’t care. However, if they discussed her in her presence, Catherine wouldn’t let go of them.
“Why are you here?” Madison had a wry smile.
Catherine answered calmly, “Madison, it’s my children’s birthday. As their mother, how can I be absent?” Sophia and Lincoln looked at Madison together.
The words that had reached Madison’s tongue had to be swallowed back.
Right then, a security guard walked over. Bending over, he whispered to Bentley’s ears.
Bentley pulled a long face immediately, looking at the people who had just entered the hall.
It was Johanna who accompanied Anderson to this birthday banquet.
When they walked over, a lot of people subconsciously looked over at Catherine.
Johanna released Anderson’s hand. With a smile, she trotted to Sophia and Lincoln, passing two gift boxes to them. “You both are so adorable. These are the birthday gifts I bought for you.”
Lincoln took a step back, refusing to accept it. Sophia also creased her face. “Bad woman! I don’t need your gift!” Johanna’s expression changed, looking quite embarrassed.
Catherine pulled her children behind and looked down at Johanna. “Thank you for your gifts, Miss Scott. But my children don’t need them.”
Johanna looked over at Anderson pitifully.
Anderson frowned. Gazing at Catherine, he said, “That’s Johanna’s wishes to the children. Has nobody taught you to be polite?” Since it was her children’s birthday banquet, Catherine didn’t want to become the clown for others to watch for fun, so she totally ignored Anderson.
It was a provocation in Anderson’s eyes. “Catherine Johnson…” he was about to scold her again.
“Shut up!” Bentley stopped him in a loud voice.
Anderson gaped at his grandfather. He asked in confusion, “Grandpa?”
Bentley ignored Anderson, casting a cold glance at Johanna’s face.
Anderson subconsciously stood in front of her.
Looking at the scene, Catherine curled up her lips. Back then, Bentley had never liked Isabella. She wondered how he was.
feeling when seeing Anderson with this woman who had the exactly same face as Isabella’s.
“It’s my grandchildren’s birthday today. Who dares to ruin this banquet, I wouldn’t let go of him or her.”
With the warning from Bentley, nobody dared to gossip anything. The procedure of the birthday banquet was carried out smoothly one after another.
“Miss Sophia and Mr. Lincoln, it’s time to make wishes.”
Lincoln took his sister’s hand and walked to the cake tower together. Sophia put her palms together and looked devout.
Lincoln stared at the cake without a blink.
“Mr. Lincoln, please make a wish,” a servant reminded him.
Lincoln shook his head to refuse. He didn’t believe such kind of thing. If the wishes helped, he didn’t need to part from his mother.
Lincoln behaved too maturely. Although some guests thought it was weird that he didn’t make a wish, nobody dared to force him. “Blow out the candles!”
After blowing out the candles, Sophia stomped excitedly. “Let’s eat the cake!”
“Sophia, my dear, what wish did you make just now?” someone asked her with a smile, seeing her so cute.
Sophia took over the cut cake from a servant and answered in a sweet voice, “I wished that my parents would be together.”
As soon as she answered, the person who asked her the question regretted it and covered his mouth.
Although the atmosphere around here was a bit weird, Sophia didn’t sense it at all. She handed a piece of cake to Anderson. “Daddy, please eat the birthday cake. It’s quite sweet!”
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