A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 18

“What's going on?” Madam Rosey mumbled, gazing in Carmen and Rome's direction.

Then she stared at her husband, and he seemed concerned as he watched his granddaughter, chatting happily with four of the biggest chairmen in the business circle.

“What do you think they are talking about?” Elijah asked with a frown.

“We wouldn't know until we meet them. Let's go.” Mr. Barlow said, sitting his wine glass on the table.

Excitement was the only emotion Catherine felt as she gazed at the chairmen's lively faces, knowing that her potential was getting the spotlight it's deserved.

Over the past years, she had struggled so many times to showcase her talent, yet she kept messing up for unknown reasons.

However, now that she stood in the midst of the top-notches in the business world, she was sure that her past mistakes weren't due to her fault.

“Bill, Elon, Francis, Benjamin, what could my granddaughter be saying to have you all so attentive.” Mr. Barlow asked as he approached the group.

“Oh, we are running through some of her ideas for our projects,” Benjamin mumbled without looking at him.

“All four projects?”

“Yes. She got all four contracts. Such an excellent talent she has.”

Numerous events happened tonight that left members of the Barlow family in dismay but none of those events shocked them like, hearing that Catherine got four multimillion-dollar contracts within a matter of a day.

“You say what?” Elijah asked, gazing wide-eyed at Benjamin, but all he got was a dull stare as an answer.

Staring at the four chairmen in disbelief, William frowned and said, “That's impossible. Catherine is just a child. How can you guys trust her with such valuable projects?”

“Because she earned it, unlike your son who tried to pitch a boring proposal to me,” Bill said, glaring at him.

At that moment, William's gaze met with Charlies' darting eyes, and he scowled, knowing that his son just messed up big time.

Rage was what Mr. Balow felt while staring at his grandson, but he kept a calm expression as he focused his attention on the chairmen.

“So, what I'm hearing is that ‘DreamTeam Serviceable’ got all four accounts?” Mr. Barlow asked with a hint of uncertainty in his tone.

“Yes, all thanks to your granddaughter's amazing business abilities,” Elon said, smiling at Catherine.

Unable to continue listening to people praise his cousin, Charles walked away and joined Chloe, Jeff, and Richard.

“How does it feel stealing something that doesn't belong to you?” Jeff asked, scowling at his cousin.

“Safe those words for Catherine,” Charles mumbled, standing next to Richard.

“What do you mean?”

“She miraculously got all four accounts.”

“Huh?”

“Well, not miraculously. She pitched the perfect proposals and ended up wowing all four Chairmen into giving her the contracts.”

It grew quiet between the cousins for a moment. Then Richard stared at the others and said, “This is what we all fear to happen. There's no denying that Catherine is the most talented among us, that's why we gang up to take her down.”