A Replacement Bride

"Pass the stuff to me. I still have other things to take care of, and I don't have time to wait

here," Katherine said as she knocked on the table's surface.

"Oh. Okay." When Christopher was knocked out of his reverie, he immediately opened the

safe under his desk and retrieved a folder to pass to her.

After she opened it and took a few glances, she furrowed, and her expression darkened.

"Thank you," Katherine said, then lowered her head and prepared to leave.

"By the way, Miss Cornell, Mr. Muller called and invited you to work as an assistant

professor in Northtride if you're interested. He could provide you some assistance if you

need it," Christopher recalled suddenly when Katherine was about to leave.

However, she had already left, not knowing if she heard him.

She was in a bad mood.

Her grandfather, Darren, was a member of the honorary board of Northtride University

and owned 16% of the shares at the time. Back then, Elsie gave all the Olsens' assets to

Jorge after falling in love with him. This enraged Darren so much that he suffered a stroke

and spent several years paralyzed. At the end, when Elsie was murdered, he died as well.

Before Katherine returned to the country, she requested Theodore to help with the

investigation. She had first believed that Northtride's shares might be kept, but Jorge had

already stolen everything belonging to the Olsens.

Her face darkened once again. As soon as she went downstairs, she saw Rosemary and

her friend guarding downstairs.

"Katherine, what are you doing here at Northtride? What are you holding in your hand?"

Rosemary glanced at the folder in her hand and subconsciously reached out to snatch it.

She didn't feel like dealing with Rosemary due to her bad mood, but Rosemary couldn't tell

and was foolish enough to mess with Katherine at this time.

"Did your mom not educate you to not be a nosy person?" Katherine's gaze was

nonchalant. All of a sudden, she reached out her right hand to grab Rosemary's arm.

When her tears of pain were about to fall, she screamed, "Katherine, what are you doing?

Let go! You sc*mbag. How dare you harm me! I'm going to inform Dad and he won't let

you off from this for sure! Let go now, Katherine!"

"Why? Don't you want to continue to act tough? Are you used to living with the Levisays,

Rosemary?" Katherine sneered and pushed her away forcefully.

She fell to the ground and looked forlorn.

Katherine's unexpected acts caught Rosemary's friend off guard as well. Not to mention,

Katherine showed no mercy and pushed her with such amazing force!

"Katherine! You better not be complacent! The Levisays will be mine one day! I have

already met Robert Levisay, the second young master. He likes me a lot and is very

satisfied with me too! Let me tell you that I will soon marry him and become the official

mistress of the Levisays. You wait! Until then, I will make you beg for death!"

Rosemary was so mad that she spoke irrationally.

Immediately after the words came out, she covered her mouth and looked at Katherine in

shock.

The corners of Katherine's lips curled up as she lifted the phone that was recording their

conversation. "What a nice declaration. I will keep this safe and when I have the

opportunity, I will surely play it to your chosen fiance, Robert. We'll see if he will still marry

you and appoint you as the mistress of the Levisays by then."

After finishing her sentence, she walked away, ignoring Rosemary, who had turned pale.

She looked at Katherine's departing silhouette. Her eyes widened and she grabbed her

friend's arm tightly with a horrified expression. "S-She is not a human. She's a monster. I

couldn't control the words that came out of my mouth! She is not a human! She is a

monster!"

"Are you overthinking, Rose?" Her friend was worried as she looked at Rosemary losing her

marbles.

Then, she shoved her friend aside. "I want to return. I want to tell my parents about this.

Katherine is too scary. I'm sure she is a devil returning to get her revenge! She is definitely

not a human!"

After saying that, she fled.

Katherine left Northtride and rode a cab to the Olsens' former residence.

Everything that belonged to them was taken away by Jorge when they were overthrown,

and this included their former home.

The house was bought five years ago and had remained vacant until now.

As Katherine stood at the entrance and observed the familiar house in front of her,

memories began flooding in.

She squeezed her fingertips together and took a deep breath to calm down her racing

heart.

"Grandpa. Mom. Do not worry, I'll soon make Jorge lose everything. I'll make him pay for

what he did to the both of you in the past… and this day won't be too far away," Katherine

murmured and it was followed by a cold smirk.

The Olsens' old house had been vacant for a long time, so it was overgrown with weeds.

Unfortunately, the owner never indicated that he would sell it. Though Katherine often

requested someone to get in touch with the owner, there was no reply.

After standing at the door for a while, she left to attend to her own business.

She went to a coffee shop in the center of Hovington. Just as she placed a foot in the shop,

she felt a fierce gaze in her direction.

She halted and looked over in that direction to find a man sitting not far away, staring at

her with fierce eyes and a cup of coffee in his hand.

Isn't that my dear fiancé, Joaquin Levisay?

Just how unlucky can I get? Why is he everywhere I go?