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Chapter 39
After a short moment of awkward silence, Katherine regained her composure. "Yes, I'm
almost done looking," she replied casually.
Hearing her words, Joaquin chuckled. Just as he was about to speak, the elevator door
opened and Katherine walked past him. Though before she could leave, he grabbed her
and pulled her back, causing her to stagger. Frowning at him, she saw that his jaw was
clenched and she couldn’t see his expression clearly as he was wearing a mask.
"What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied that I was only staring at you? Do you want me to do
something to you in the elevator?" she asked while raising an eyebrow as she leaned
closer to him.
At that moment, Joaquin felt as if his hand that was grabbing her arm was being burned.
He quickly released her and took two steps back simultaneously.
Seeing that she had gotten the reaction she wanted, she beamed at him. "Looks like you
are quite the innocent one. Well, I’ll be going then. See you next time."
As Joaquin released his grasp on her, she walked out of the elevator and waved at him
while grinning. When Joaquin saw her expression, his eyes darkened while looking at her
coldly.
Other than Beatrice, she is another person who can come close to me and not make me
disgusted, he thought.
Zoning out while staring at Katherine's figure, Joaquin walked out of the elevator after
some time. At that moment, Ben's call came. When Joaquin answered the call, he could
hear him crying before he could speak. "My order has been canceled! You heard me,
canceled! I might be the first person ever on the Red Web to get my order canceled!" he
cried.
"Canceled?" Joaquin couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
"Yes! Yesterday, G asked me for the address number and I sent your Soulin Apartment
address. Who knew that G would cancel my order and return my money?" Ben was
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Not knowing what to say, Joaquin was silent. He felt that this matter was unusual because
the Red Web had a rule where the task could not be canceled unless it couldn't be
completed or it was more challenging than expected. It was hard for Joaquin not to think
about it when Ben told him that he would be able to get the medicine in three days, but
his order was canceled earlier in the morning today.
It was even more suspicious as the order was canceled after Ben gave the person his
address.
Just as Joaquin was still in thought, Katherine had arrived by the front door and went
toward Northtride University by taking a cab.
After talking to Ben for a while, Joaquin hung up the phone and looked at the road in front
of him thoughtfully.
…
Northtride University was one of the top ten universities in Cechirus and almost in the top
fifties in the worldwide rank. So, it was counted as one of the top universities in this
country.
As the car stopped in front of the university, Katherine walked out of the car and looked at
the entrance of the enormous school. Only did she step inside the school after being silent
for a moment.
Naturally, she would catch the attention of others as she was low-profile and didn't look
like a student.
"Beatrice, what's the matter with you? You looked terrible today. Did you sleep well last
night?"
By the pathway with trees beside it, a few girls were walking together. One of the girls
wearing a white dress looked dejected; it was visible that she was low-spirited. Listening
to her friend's question, Beatrice managed to raise her head and look at her friend. As she
looked at her friend, she saw a figure out of the corner of her eye. With just one glance,
she couldn't help but shiver.
How can it be? Is that her? she thought.
With that thought, Beatrice pushed away the girl blocking her view to get a closer look.
When she saw the figure clearly, her eyes widened.
No way, it is her! Why is she here at Northtride University? Did she actually come back
and is in Hovington now? she thought in disbelief.
Beatrice suddenly panicked. Trying hard to suppress the emotions in her, she quickly
walked toward the figure and faked an incident by bumping into the other person's
shoulder.
"Ah!"
Katherine was walking by the road and feeling the school's atmosphere when someone
bumped into her. Looking at the girl who fell to the ground and scratched her own arm,
she couldn't help but frown. After hesitating for a moment, she still decided to reach out
and pulled the girl to her feet.
"Are you all right?" Looking at the girl's beautiful face, Katherine felt a strange sense of
familiarity.
Little did she know that when she was confused by how familiar Beatrice was, Beatrice
was eyeing her while clutching her dress tightly.
At this moment, Beatrice was sure that Katherine was the woman from last night as her
face was distinguishable; after all, she looked enchanting. So, she wouldn't have mistaken
her for another person!
Knowing that it was her, Beatrice felt slightly nervous. She swallowed hard and said, "I-I'm
fine. I'm sorry that I bumped you. Are you all right?"
Katherine breathed a sigh of relief when she noticed that Beatrice did not intend to scam
her. "I’m fine," she replied.
"Erm… Is there a reason why you are here? Do you need me to lead the way?" Beatrice
lowered her head as if she was shy. "I’m a postgraduate student of Northtride University
and my name is Beatrice Muller." Her tone was sincere.
Hearing her words, Katherine thought it might be a good idea to have someone lead the
way for her as she had never been here before. So, she didn't refuse Beatrice's help.
"Then, I'll be needing your help around here."
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Seeing that Katherine had accepted her help and seemed not to have recognized her,
Beatrice was relieved. Good, looks like she indeed didn’t know what happened that night.
It must be a coincidence for her to be here, she thought.
"Are you here to study?" It wasn't the season of college admission nor was the day when
commencing students flocked the campus. Plus, Katherine didn’t look like a college-going
person, but Beatrice still asked as she was trying to find a way to get Katherine to say why
she was here.
"No. I'm here to find someone," Katherine said as she shook her head.
Seeing that Katherine wasn't shunning her, Beatrice asked a few more questions and she
answered them one by one. Then, she was at ease after confirming that Katherine was
clueless and didn’t know who she was.
The place where Katherine wanted to head to was the Office of Academic Affairs. After
Beatrice had taken her there, she bid Katherine goodbye. Looking in the direction where
Beatrice left, Katherine felt a strange sense of familiarity.
Still unsure where the sense of familiarity was from, she retrieved her gaze and was going
to go up the stairs and find the person to take her stuff when she heard a familiar voice
filled with shock. "Katherine? What are you doing here?" the spokesperson said. She
looked where the voice came from and saw a few dolled-up girls standing not far away
from her. The person at the front of the group was her sister, Rosemary.
"Why do you care? This school ain't yours," Katherine replied coldly and ignored her as she
walked up the stairs.
Hearing her words, Rosemary was fuming.
"Who is she, Rosemary?" One of Rosemary’s friends couldn't help but ask her in a low
voice when she saw Katherine.
"She is my sister," Rosemary replied impatiently.
"Oh? I never knew that you have a sister." Her friend was surprised.
"That’s because my father kicked her out as she used to sleep around with men. After
that, she lived in Fontan for five years and didn't even graduate from junior high school. I
wonder why she is here in our school." Rosemary sighed, appearing to be devastated.
As her words fell, everyone's expression was weird.
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