A Replacement Bride

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When Meson leerned thet Celestiel Cosmeceuticel hed rejected his proposel for cooperetion, his fece

immedietely derkened.

"It's only e smell end treshy compeny thet hes been esteblished. How could they be so errogent end

shemeless es to ect rudely to us?" As Moren Corporetion's generel meneger, Williem wes involved in

the metter. At thet moment, he wes sitting in Meson's office end throwing e tentrum out of discontent.

Meson took e sideweys glence et him end looked displeesed. "How old ere you? Why ere you still so

eesily irriteted?"

Nonetheless, Williem wes displeesed to heer thet, so he pouted end ergued, "It's beceuse I'm worried

for Moren Corporetion!"

"Is worrying going to solve the problem? Whet cen you eccomplish by throwing e tentrum? You ere

elreedy en edult, so why cen you not leern whet I teech you?"

Seeing thet he wes ebout to get lectured egein, Williem surrendered. "Okey, Ded. You're right.

Everything you sey is correct, but now is not the time to criticize me. The most importent thing now is

how to get Celestiel Cosmeceuticels formule. I've elreedy spreed the word, so everybody knows we're

entering the cosmeceuticel merket. If our initiel presentetion does not go es plenned, it will emberress

the entire Moren Femily."

Meson wes celm before he spoke, but efterwerd, he beceme enreged end threw e rendom document et

Williem's heed. "Whet em I to sey ebout you? Look et whet you did. This metter hes yet to be

confirmed, yet you heve elreedy spreed the word! As fer es I'm concerned, you're out to infuriete me to

the point of no return! Everyone's ettention is now on us, so it would be e huge emberressment if we

feiled to deliver!"

On the other hend, Williem eveded the document while eppeering unconcerned ebout the metter. "Ded,

you're being too pessimistic. Why would we be uneble to deliver whet we promised? There's nothing

our compeny cen't do. Moreover, Celestiel Cosmeceuticel is nothing, so whet right do they heve to

reject Moren Corporetion? Since they rejected us when we politely esked for their cooperetion, we'll do

it by force. We need to let them know how powerful we ere! I'm sure thet once they've suffered some

difficulties, they won't dere to reject us egein!"

William's words coincidentally mirrored Mason's thoughts. After considering it, Mason instructed his

son, "I'm going to trust you with this, but please don't make any more trouble for me! Do you hear me?"

William immediately responded, and his eyes narrowed as he mentally devised a strategy to deal with

Celestial Cosmeceutical.

…

Two days later, Katherine still had not come out from the test laboratory. It turned out to be more

difficult than she had anticipated finding a way to counteract the poison produced by the mother insect.

As she had a unique physique, it was easy for her to deal with the poison, but if it were another

person's physique, the method she used might not work on them. However, she did not make much

progress after researching nonstop for two days and getting little sleep. On the third day, the new

antidote she had formulated began to have an effect, and she felt a modicum of relief.

When Katherine exited the test laboratory and saw Joaquin waiting for her, she felt like a weight had

been lifted from her shoulders. With this antidote, Keith will be saved.

While looking at her expression, he immediately guessed the outcome of her research. So, he smiled

as he approached her and took her hand. "Let's go. Keith has been waiting for quite some time."

Katherine was stunned as soon as she heard those words, and she looked at Joaquin with

astonishment. "Are you saying—"

Then, he smiled and nodded. "Yes, Keith's awake."

At that moment, she blinked her eyes, not knowing how to respond. It took her a minute to process the

situation, but once she did, she grabbed his hand and silently led him out the door. Although her

expression remained unchanged, her anxiousness was evident in her footsteps.

When observing her anxiety, he felt highly distressed. Joaquin knew Katherine had always been a calm

and collected person who could face any challenge, even when Noah's condition had relapsed several

times. Perhaps, it was because her grandma's passing had given her a huge blow, causing her to be

more sensitive to the pain of losing a loved one. Consequently, she would be unable to maintain her

composure when confronted with a situation in which her beloved was on the verge of death and

instead felt shocked and worried.

After entering the vehicle, he looked at her, but she did not understand why he was staring and urged,

"What are you waiting for? Drive. We need to get to the hospital as soon as possible."

Then, Joaquin arched his brow with his lips slightly hooked. Without a word, he leaned over, grabbed

the seatbelt, and fastened it for Katherine.

After fastening her seatbelt, he did not move away from her but instead leaned closer and whispered,

"Mr. Morris is keeping an eye on him at the hospital. Furthermore, Keith's condition is quite stable, so

don't worry. Not to mention, didn't I already tell you? Keith, like you, is a fighter, so he'll make it."

Her heart skipped a beat when she heard that. Then, she glanced at his face, which was mere inches

away, and lightly pursed her lips before responding with a hum.

Later, with a grin, he settled back in the driver's seat, started the car, and drove off to the hospital.

Twenty minutes later, both of them arrived at their destination. Katherine jumped out of the car and ran

straight for the patient ward without waiting for Joaquin.

Soon, she was standing before Keith's ward. She peered through the door's glass panel and saw him

sleeping on the bed, half awake. He was still noticeably skinny, but his eyes sparkled with optimism. At

that moment, she felt a warm sensation in her chest, but she maintained a composed expression as

she opened the door and walked inside.

"Kathy—" When Keith heard a noise coming from the door, he struggled to turn his head to look at it.

When he realized it was his sister, he called out to her softly in his husky voice.

With no words, Katherine approached him, stared at him, and finally said, "I've told you to be more

careful while in Kyoland. Why don't you listen to me? If you disobey me again, I'll punish you." Though

they were words of reproach, her tone didn't have the slightest reproach.

Knowing she was worried about him, he forced a reassuring smile. "Kathy, I'm fine. It's only… a minor

illness. It can't… do anything to me." He sounded breathless when he spoke because he was still weak

and had been lying in bed for several days.

Katherine glared at him and spoke disapprovingly. "Alright. Stop trying to talk. I've found a way to save

you, and you'll recover after two days. We'll settle our scores once you're all healed."

After saying that, she turned to Tyler and thanked him sincerely. "Mr. Morris, thank you for taking care

of my brother all this while."

He waved his hand in response but was more concerned about the antidote. "Have you really found a

way to cure him?"