A Billionaire In Disguise

Chapter 109

At seven o'clock the next morning, Catherine and Rome came downstairs, and the moment, they

walked into the dining room, Madam Rosey rushed over to her granddaughter and hugged her

affectionately.

After letting Catherine go, she smiled brightly and said, "Thank you, dear."

Feeling shocked, Catherine stared at her grandfather, and when he smiled at her, she felt even more

confused.

"No news about the event that took place at yesterday's conference has been published. It's like

nothing happened." Mr. Barlow said as he stood from his seat.

Then he approached Catherine, showed her his phone screen, and said, "But apparently, a reporter

spotted you, Rome, and Mr. Ford leaving Skyhigh restaurant together. A photo of you guys was taken,

and now, it's all every media is reporting on."

"The amazing last granddaughter of the Barlow family is spreading her wings in the business world,

and she was spotted along with her husband, leaving Skyhigh restaurant with Mr. Ford, the big gun in

the business circle." Catherine read as she stared at the first paragraph of the article.

At first, Rome was confused since he didn't know Mr. Ford had a plan of his own. Then he faintly

smiled and thought, 'Thank you, Father.'

The grinned on Mr. Barlow's face slowly faded, and he sighed with remorse in his eyes.

"I can't believe it has been you all along," Mr. Barlow said, smiling at Catherine.

But out of confusion, she mumbled, "Uh?"

"What do you say about taking your uncle's place at the company and becoming second to me?"

"What?"

"I want you to take Elijah's seat on the board."

At that moment, Anthony and William walked into the room along with Jeff, Richard, and Charles.

"At last, it all worked in favor for you just as I suspected!" Jeff coldly said as he rested his back against

the wall and crossed his right leg over the other.

Then when everyone gazed at him, he sighed and said, "Don't you see that she has been playing all of Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

us all along, and we all willingly participated in her game!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Mr. Barlow lashed out.

"Your granddaughter is the devil that has been raining down hell on all of us!"

"Catherine has done nothing wrong!"

"Tell me, who is still standing after we all have fallen?"

Even though he was considering Jeff's words, Mr. Barlow shouted, "Catherine is succeeding because

her hands are not dirty like you all!"

"Right, our hands have been dirty from the very start, but we didn't fall like ants as we are doing now!

Doesn't no one find it strange that she's the only one gaining from our failure!" Jeff said, withdrawing

from the wall.

Pulling his brows together into a frown, Edward narrowed his eyes at Jeff.

But ignoring the look his uncle give him, he walked further into the living room and boldly intoned,

"First, she ascends to Charles position, and…"

"Charles tried to sabotage my hard work and frame me! I didn't get to that position on my own.

Grandfather was the one who put me there! I did nothing wrong!" Catherine straightforwardly uttered.

If it was in the past, she would have felt hesitant to defend herself, but after her little talk with Rome the

morning before, she realized that she deserved to be where she was at in life.

"And why I got promoted to your position, that's because your ill action scared your clients away from

you, and they wanted to sign with me!" Catherine continued with a straight face.

"They could have gone to anybody else, but they chose you! Why!" Jeff angrily intoned, standing his

ground.

"Why not me! As you said, they could have chosen anybody, and if they decided on me, I don't see the

problem in it!"

"Haha, you have an answer for everything, don't you!"

Frowning, Jeff smirked and said, "I wondered if your closeness with Mr. Ford is the reason Chloe got

cut of the family inheritance listing."

"What?" Catherine asked, raising a brow.

"If you could make Mr. Ford bury such a huge news, it's not hard for you to damage Chloe's name to

him and have him hate her, so you can get rid of one less competitor."

"That's crazy! I would never do something like that!"

Sneering, Jeff furrowed his brows and firmly said, "Says the one who is closed to a powerful person

that recently declared to all of us that there's nothing he wouldn't do for you if you asked him!"

Frowning, Rome realized at Jeff was actually onto something that could cause problems for Catherine.

But he didn't utter a word since he wanted to see where the conversation was heading.

Speechless from her cousin's absurd assumptions, Catherine blankly stared at him, unable to wrap her

head around how wide his imagination was becoming.

"Catherine, don't act innocent. You are just as dirty as all of us, and just because you keep your

skeletons well hidden in your closet, that doesn't mean you are a saint." Jeff coldly intoned, feeling

satisfied with his conclusion.

At first, his words didn't get to Catherine because she knew it wasn't true. But when she saw how her

grandfather and grandmother looked at her, she knew that they were considering Jeff's word and that

broke her heart.

"Your plans to get all four of us eliminated out of the inheritance list has cost our family a lot!" Jeff coldly

said. "You have damaged this family reputation more than any of us has done!"

"Did she tell you to burn your grandfather's warehouse or your father to embezzled the company

money? You two are full-grown men who acted oyn your own free will." Rome suddenly said, staring

directly at Jeff.

Then he scowled and said, "Chloe, Elijah, William, Anthony, Charles, and you all made up your bed, so

laid on it, and stop blaming my wife for your failures."

After keeping his silence throughout the conversation, Mr. Barlow finally said, "I will host a board

meeting tomorrow, and the board member will be the one to decide between Catherine and Richard

who's competent for Elijah's position."

Swaying his attention to William and Anthony, he frowned and said, "We could do it today, but I have to

find reputable people for my two dishonorable sons' position on the board."

The fact that their father had removed them from among the board members was enraging them.

But William and Anthony felt even more furious that they couldn't do anything about it because they

have fallen to the bottom with no chance and hope of getting back to the top again.

Staring at Catherine, Mr. Barlow gently said, "I hope you don't take this differently. I just want to give

your cousin a fair chance as you."

"Of course," Catherine said, striving to stay calm even though she was mad that they were accusing

her of something she had no idea about.

After glancing at her grandfather, she walked out of the dining room, and without any hesitation, Rome

followed her.

Within a matter of seconds, the others started leaving the dining room, and Richard and Jeff were the

last people in the room.

As he was about to walk past his brother, Jeff grabbed his arm and whispered, "You have been given a

second chance. What are you going to do with it?"

"Should I be doing something?" Richard mumbled, realizing that his response was dumb, and yet he

meant it because he was confused.

"Yes, you should. There is no way you are going to beat Catherine fairly."

"Then what should I do?"