All Her Secrets by Chestnut
Chapter 813 by Chestnut

Chapter 813 Ronin’s Betrayal

Ronin burst out laughing. “Why should I hate you?”

The masked man choked off by Ronin’s question. Ronin’s reaction was completely beyond his expectations.

After reacting, he looked at Ronin with a shocked expression. “I kidnapped you, imprisoned you, and then tortured you to make you confess. Shouldn’t you hate me? You should be eager to kill me right away, shouldn’t you?”

Ronin looked up and his cold gaze fell on the masked man. He said in a voice neither low nor loud, and no emotions could be seen from him, “Do you have any grudges against me?”

The masked man didn’t know why Ronin suddenly asked that but he shook his head subconsciously.

He suddenly felt for a moment that Ronin’s gaze was the same as when Catherine looked at him on the rooftop that day. Perhaps it was because Ronin grew up with Catherine, and they had some similarities in some aspects.

“So that’s it!” Ronin laughed softly. You have no grudge against me. The only reason you’re doing this to me is because you have to do what your higher-ups ask you to do. I don’t know if you’re doing it for money or what, but your ultimate goal is to stay alive right?”

The masked man couldn’t refute that. He did kidnap Ronin because of orders from his high-ups.

He was chosen to be a man of sacrifice to serve the man in the black robe. As long as he betrayed the man in the black robe, all that awaited him was death.

He had no choice but to follow orders.

Though the masked man didn’t want to admit it, he still nodded.

Ronin shrugged. “So, if I want to hate someone, I should hate the people behind you. Why should I hate you? No one can explain clearly who is good and who is bad. I once did too many things against my will to stay alive too. My experience makes me not hate you.”

Ronin’s expression was a bit sentimental. He recalled his early childhood, which was a dark time in his life.

What he was going through now was nothing compared to what he had suffered before.

“It can be said that without Catherine, I wouldn’t be what I am today.”

Hearing Ronin’s gratitude toward Catherine, the masked man only found it ironic.

Although he knew he shouldn’t be sarcastic to Ronin at this time, he still couldn’t help but taunt, “Since you’re so grateful to Catherine, why are you betraying her now? Aren’t you contradicting yourself?”

“Am I?” Ronin looked up and asked the masked man, “If I don’t cooperate with you, you will kill me, won’t you?”

The masked man didn’t answer Ronin, but the look in his eyes already gave Ronin the answer.

For the organization that the masked man was a part of, people who had no use for them would surely be killed by them.

If they really couldn’t replace value in Ronin, they would kill Ronin at the first opportunity.

“Haha!” Ronin sneered coldly, with a particularly disdainful expression. “I survived with great difficulty. For me, my life is the most precious. After Catherine saved me, she only told me one thing. She told me to just keep my life whenever and wherever I am. Am I not following Catherine’s advice and listening to her?”

These words were both satirical and true. It was the most authentic human nature.

This was why the masked man believed Ronin would betray Catherine. The masked man knew how dark human nature could be.

He didn’t want to say anything more and just turned away. Ronin didn’t mind. As soon as the masked man left, Ronin leaned back to sit where he was and continued to lie down and rest.

He took it as a vacation to get some rest for a few days.

It had been a long time since he had been able to just rest and do nothing.

He didn’t think much of it. He just continued to get some rest.

Catherine had been living in the dormitory for the past few days. Amelia and the others initially only speculated that Catherine and Branden had a fight, but now they could basically confirm that they did have a fight.

Catherine didn’t show any abnormality. She went to the lab every day when she was supposed to, had meals when she was supposed to, and there was no change in her mood.

But Amelia and Isabella were still a bit worried. Isabella asked Amelia to inquire about Catherine’s situation.

Amelia searched for Ronin for a long time without getting in touch with him and couldn’t help but feel a little strange. “Super Catherine, is Ronin busy with something lately?”

Catherine put down the literature in her hand and looked sideways toward Amelia. “Are you looking for him?”

Amelia nodded slightly. “He promised to do me a favor earlier. But I haven’t been able to replace him for the past few days, and I don’t know what’s going on with him.”

“He’s got something going on and has left Loxton for a few days. He’ll be back after a while.”

After listening to Catherine’s explanation, Amelia finally understood why she couldn’t contact Ronin.

Ronin hadn’t been around since Catherine and Branden had their fight. He was usually the one who cared about Catherine the most, so Amelia had always found it strange.

It turned out that he had something to do and left Loxton. No wonder he didn’t show up. Amelia was disappointed that she couldn’t replace out anything from Ronin.

With no way to replace out the reason for their fight, Amelia thought about making Catherine happy. “Super Catherine, why don’t we go to the party together tonight?”

Catherine frowned slightly. She never loved to participate in all kinds of parties. Amelia was well aware of that, so they usually didn’t ask Catherine to participate with them when there were parties.

Since Catherine didn’t answer, Amelia started to convince her, “Super Catherine, this is not a normal party. You can also think of it as an academic seminar. It’s a party between our lab building and the next university’s lab building. Let’s just make friends with them. Let’s go together!”

Catherine was about to refuse when Isabella, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, “Catherine, let’s go together!”

When Catherine was still somewhat surprised at how Isabella could say this, she saw Isabella reach out and push the black glasses on her face.

Isabella said a bit shyly, “I’ll go too, but I’m a bit scared. Could you please participate with us?”

Isabella, like Catherine, usually spent her free time in the library and never participated in social gatherings like this.

With Amelia’s persuasion and Isabella’s expectant gaze, Catherine finally agreed.

Seeing Catherine agree, Amelia jumped up and down with joy. “That’s great. Super Catherine is willing to participate. She will absolutely amaze the whole audience.”

Looking at Amelia who was full of joy, Catherine smiled lightly and continued to read the literature.

The party was at five o’clock in the evening, and Amelia and Isabella had been preparing since three o’clock.

Originally, they were going to dress Catherine up as well, but Catherine declined.

It was already good enough that she agreed to attend, so Amelia didn’t dare to ask too much. She started to dress Isabella up.

An hour later…

Thud, thud, thud. Amelia suddenly shouted, “Super Catherine, look.”

Upon hearing this, Catherine looked up.

Isabella, who usually dressed plainly, was currently wearing a pink dress, and the black-framed glasses on her face had been removed and replaced with clear contact lenses. The light makeup made her look even more charming, shedding her nerdiness and adding more of a girlish, youthful flavor to her face. She was very eye-catching.

“You look so beautiful!” Catherine complimented.

Hearing Catherine’s compliment, Amelia raised her eyebrows proudly at Isabella. “See? Am I right? You look beautiful when you dress up like this.”

Isabella was a bit shy, but she couldn’t help but look toward the mirror.

Amelia helped Isabella put on her makeup just now and was now prepared to dress herself up. “You guys wait for me. I’ll be quick. We’ll be leaving soon.”