A Replacement Bride

Katherine could not help but admire him and had to admit that though he looked indecent,

he was still pretty handsome when fighting.

After taking care of the few punks, Joaquin strode toward Katherine.

The two men who had been guarding Katherine had long scrambled away.

Standing in front of Katherine against the light, Joaquin seemed to be showing a half-smile

while his voice was clear and indifferent, "You took advantage of me, so we're even now."

Katherine was stunned for a while before realizing that he was talking about the time he

helped her out with the hotel incident.

"Sure. We're even now. Goodbye" said Katherine unenthusiastically while sighing in her

heart, feeling a little regretful that the show ended so soon, but she did not want to be

entangled with Joaquin anymore, so she turned around and left.

"Oh, how ruthless," Joaquin dropped a sentence faintly and fished out a cigarette box out

of his pocket. Shoving a cigarette into his mouth, he watched Katherine leave.

The daughter of the Cornells was indeed interesting.

While thinking of that, his phone in his pocket rang.

After glancing at the caller ID, he pursed his lips and went silent. After a while, he

answered the call.

…

As soon as Katherine arrived at the hotel, Theodore called.

She answered the phone, put it on loudspeaker, and poured herself a glass of warm water.

"Went to Cornell Residence today?" Theodore's voice sounded deep, and his tone seemed

displeased.

"Yeah."

"What a waste of time!" the old man cursed with displeasure. "Will you come here

tomorrow? The project is going to succeed. Once it succeeds, it's going to be a huge

accomplishment. I mean, why would you go to Cornell Residence and get involved in their

matters? I heard that you're getting married to a cripple, is that true?"

"There are matters that need to be settled," replied Katherine in a nonchalant tone.

Theodore went silent for a moment, sighed, and judged the Cornells for being blind. Why

would they abandon a daughter with such a bright future and spoil the mistress'

daughter?

"Are you still coming tomorrow?" Theodore knew that Katherine did not like mentioning

the Cornells, so he decided not to pester her anymore.

"Sure, come and pick me up tomorrow morning."

After having a long nightmare, Katherine noticed that cold sweat had drenched her

pajamas when she woke up.

She got up, took a shower, and pinched her brows tightly.

After the incident five years ago, she kept having nightmares, but for a long time after

that, she stopped having them. It had been almost three years without them.

However, after returning this time, she started having them again. How strange.

Theodore's car arrived at the door of the hotel at 9.00AM.

When the manager of the hotel saw the domineering license plate, he was quite

frightened, thinking that some big shot was coming.

However, he merely parked the car at the door and did not intend to come in, which made

the hotel staff tremble with fear.

When Katherine took the elevator and came to the lobby, she saw the visible black car

and the domineering license plate with six zeros.

After shaking her head helplessly, Katherine stepped out and opened the car door.

"What's wrong with the research?" Katherine sat in the car and asked indifferently, fiddling

with a coin in her hand.

"The previous experiment with mice has been fine, but our recent clinical trial used on

humans suddenly experienced a stress response, and his condition isn't very well. Now,

the patient's vital signs are about to disappear, which means that our medicine and the

research have been a failure." Speaking of the issue, Theodore's expression turned serious

and his tone was also very solemn.

Katherine frowned upon hearing that. Logically speaking, such a problem should not arise.

They drove all the way to the research institute, but Katherine still could not figure out any

possible reason.

After arriving at the research institute, Theodore led Katherine into the door, causing many

researchers to look at each other.

"Who was that woman just now?"

"She looks young. Could she be a new researcher?"

"Who are you kidding?! Do you think just anyone can come in here? I think she might be a

relative of Theodore."

"Mr. Muller seems to respect her very much. I don't think she's just a nobody."

…

Katherine might not be aware of the rumors outside, but she had followed Theodore into

the lab. The moment she saw the patient on the bed, her face twisted.

"Apart from you, who else has been in contact with this patient? Gather all of them here."

Katherine had already taken out the needle pack and started to save the patient.

If she had come later, the patient might have been dead.

However, it was not a problem with the experimental drug but the patient's own body

condition. He was suffering from something serious.

Seeing Katherine's solemn expression, Theodore hurriedly ordered his assistant to gather

the researchers who had been in contact with the patient.

Including Theodore and his assistant, there were five people in total, who were two women

in their late twenties, and a man in his early thirties, who wore glasses.

All of them were confused and could not figure out why they were called, but when they

saw Katherine performing her treatment on the patient, all of them got angry.

After treating the patient with some needles, the patient started sweating. The patient's

vital signs were initially about to deteriorate, and his heartbeat was almost nonexistent,

but at this time, it gradually began to stabilize.

Katherine grabbed his wrist and checked his pulse. After making sure that there was

nothing wrong, she breathed a sigh of relief, put away the silver needle, and turned to

look at the researchers in front of her.

"Which one of you injected cephalosporin into the patient's body?" Katherine's voice was

cold, carrying a hint of coercion.