A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 120

As they all stared at Mr. Barlow, Elijah got sick of the silence in the study and asked, "Father, what is this meeting about?"

"I was told Rome gave us two rules to follow, not to offend him or Catherine." Mr. Barlow said with a straight face.

A look of annoyance crossed Anthony's face as he mumbled, "Yes,"

"Well, if that's the case, then it seems like Catherine is the only one keeping us away from total destruction." Mr. Barlow mumbled with a hint of worry in his eyes.

Taking in a deep breath, Madam Rosey sighed and worriedly uttered, "What are we going to do? This family has done and said so much to Rome. Do you really think Catherine can save us from his wrath?"

"If Rome really wanted to ruin our family, he could have done that within a blink of an eye," Edward boldly said.

Narrowing his eyes at his uncle, Charles frowned and coldly uttered, "He did ruin our family!"

"Right, he has brought nothing but chaos since he arrived in this house!" Richard mumbled, clutching his fist.

"Both of you need to shut up!" Mr. Barlow lashed out.

Then he frowned and said, "The fact that he could have caused this much damage to us without even trying to ruin us, imagine what he could do if he did want to!"

The study grew quiet for a while, and after a few minutes had gone by in silence, Mr. Barlow said, "The only key to this family's success now is Catherine."

"What are you saying?" William asked.

At that moment, there was a knock on the door, and Mr. Barlow shouted, "Come in!"

Within a split second, the door opened and the family lawyer walked into the study.

"It's good that you are here, Mr. Quincy. Please have a seat. Catherine is not back home yet." Mr. Barlow said.

Although the family knew why Mr. Quincy were there, except for Mr. Barlow, Edward, his wife, and Madam Rosey, the others couldn't help but frown at the idea that Catherine was about to have it all.

The moment Mr. Quincy took his seat on the couch, the door suddenly opened, and Catherine walked into the room followed by Rome.

Seeing the stiff expression on both their faces, Catherine's mother whispered to her husband, "I don't think their talk went well."

"So it seems," Edward mumbled, feeling a bit worried.

Even though he noticed the tension between Catherine and Rome, Mr. Barlow jumped to his feet and happily said, "You both are back. That's great. Now that you are here, Catherine, we can start the paperwork."

"I won't be signing the documents," Catherine mumbled with a straight face.

A look of fear clouded Mr. Barlow's eyes, and he eyed Rome for a moment before gazing at his granddaughter, "Why?"

"I just don't feel like I've earned it, so you can give it to any of the others. I'm withdrawing myself from the inheritance list." Catherine said without looking at Rome, even though he was staring at her.

Feeling desperate and afraid, Mr. Barlow hastily uttered, "I had a heart attack today!"

His remark shocked everybody, and they were curious about what he was going to say next, except for Rome.

Staring at the old man, he faintly smirked with calmness in his eyes.

"What? Are you okay, grandfather?" Catherine asked, suddenly feeling worried instead of angry.

"No, I'm getting old, dear, and my health is degrading. That's why I am resigning from the company." Mr. Barlow pitifully said, knowing that turning everything over to Catherine was the only way to safe his family reputation and wealth.

"What..."

"I need you to take over my position as the Chairwoman of DreamTeam and oversee our family possessions."

Anger spiked in Elijah's eyes, and a sense of rage coursed through William while a feeling of pure hate consumed Anthony, and yet none of them spoke.

"You must be kidding me," Chloe whispered beneath her breath.