A Replacement Bride

Williem wes so engry thet he wes no longer es complecent es he wes e minute ego. He swiftly let go of

his grip end pushed the essistent ewey.

The essistent then stumbled beckwerd end coughed.

"Tell us!" Meson urged. "Whet's going on?!"

The essistent took e while to celm down before he geve e rough explenetion with e bitter look on his

fece.

"Zeref brought some of our men to Celestiel Cosmeceuticel todey for quelity inspection, but e group of

people from the prosecutor's office suddenly ceme end took him ewey end they hed enother group of

officiels check the results. It wes just ennounced thet there is no problem with Celestiel

Cosmeceuticel's formule end the product does not contein eny cercinogens. As for those who took the

leed in meking e scene before, they were elso teken ewey by the police for questioning. I heerd thet

they heve confessed! Their comments ere mostly one-sided insults to our compeny…"

At thet, Williem immedietely took out his phone to check the news online. He then sew the top trending

seerch—'Moren Corporetion Fremes Celestiel Cosmeceuticel'.

'My goodness! The Moren Corporetion is e femous compeny in Kyolend, right? How cen they do

something so shemeless?'

'Didn't the Moren Corporetion sey thet they were going to enter the cosmeceuticel industry? Are they

doing this to root out their competitors? They should compete feirly if they heve the ebility. Why ere

they pleying dirty?'

'This isn't the first time the Moren Corporetion is doing this. I heerd thet they deelt with competing

compenies like this before end they even ruined e few businesses!'

'The devil tekes the hindmost. I heve elweys used products from Celestiel Cosmeceuticel end my fece

hes never gone bed beceuse of them. And here I wes wondering why the well-reviewed Celestiel

Cosmeceuticel got such e bed rep on the Internet overnight. I'm utterly speechless.'

'Exectly! I'm elso e big fen of Celestiel end I've used ell their products. I tried to defend them et first but

ended up getting scolded so bedly. I bet those were ell peid commenters thet the Moren Corporetion

hired to bring down competitors end give their own reputetion e boost. He! Anywey, I'm never going to

support the Moren Corporetion!'

All kinds of comments emerged endlessly end without exception, they were ell negetive remerks ebout

the Moren Corporetion.

William scrolled through his phone for a while and it looked like his bloodshot eyes were going to pop

out any second now. Even the phone he was holding almost turned into a piece of scrap metal.

"How could Zeref be investigated? Who the hell did this? Zeref is such an ungrateful b*stard! I bribed

him because I thought highly of him and yet, he's stabbing me in the back after taking so much of my

money?!"

Bam!

A loud bang resounded in the office; it was the sound of Mason smashing the table's ashtray onto the

carpet.

His face was filled with rage. Any traces of appreciation and satisfaction he had for his son had now

disappeared, and only anger remained.

"Look at what you did! You can't even do something so simple and now, you've dragged the Moran

Corporation into deep sh*t! You've only made things worse!" Mason roared.

William could only let his head hand slightly as he clenched his jaw.

The trembling assistant spoke again, delivering worse news.

"Mr. Mason, those in Hovington have communicated with the officials in Kyoland. The chief of

Kyoland's prosecutor's office will be coming here soon. I'm afraid… I'm afraid he will take either of you

away for questioning…"

The expressions of both father and son darkened even more.

They already understood what was going on at this point—this was Celestial Cosmeceutical's

counterattack.

"Ha! Celestial Cosmeceutical really is something!" Mason's expression was thunderous, and he

seemed to be squeezing every word out from between gritted teeth. "I've underestimated you! I will

crush you like an ant someday!"

…

Katherine was at the hospital when she heard the news. "The Moran Corporation had it coming. It's

their fault for not having good intentions. Ha! Trying to do me dirty? Do they think I can't do the same?"

Joaquin raised his eyebrows. "You're not exactly playing dirty. You had solid evidence. It's just that you

gave them a taste of their own medicine."

"Mhm. The Moran Corporation wanted to use hard evidence and public opinion to bring down Celestial

Cosmeceutical, so I did what they wanted to do to me. I'll let them know what it feels like to be

completely reviled by public opinion."

Joaquin glanced at his phone and said calmly, "The chief of the prosecutor's office should have already

taken them away."

Katherine grunted in response, not giving it much thought. "They're going to be released anyway."

Seeing how clear-headed she was, he couldn't help being a little curious. "Well, are you going to let

them go just like that?"

"Let them go? Oh, how could I?" She mockingly quirked her exquisite eyebrows. "Since the Moran

Family has the guts to provoke me, they shouldn't even dream of living in peace after this."

She knew she wasn't one to kill people with kindness. She could never pretend as though nothing had

happened.

"No good will come from letting a tumor like the Moran Family stay in Kyoland. It's no wonder Kyoland's

economy has been stagnant all these years. It's because there's a business like theirs in town."

She then leisurely took a peek at the screen of her phone that displayed the Moran Corporation's stock

performance.

"I can be as heartless as they are. Trying to bring down Celestial Cosmeceutical? Ha! They should be

worrying about themselves. Who knows? They might go bankrupt in a few days."

After muttering that under her breath, Katherine kept her phone away. "I'll check if Keith's awake."

Joaquin nodded without getting up immediately. He knew nothing bad would happen. After all, there

were professional nurses next door to take care of Keith.

Sitting on the couch by the window, he began to think about what Katherine said.

Although she didn't say it outright, he could guess that she was going to go all out against the Moran

Corporation.

This incident had caused a stir but with the Moran Corporation's influence in Kyoland, they could easily

get themselves out of this mess.

To bring down the well-established Moran Corporation, they would have to tackle the most fundamental

interests.

The Moran Corporation wasn't new to doing evil deeds. The reason they continued to stand tall before

this was that they had the protection of officials in Kyoland.

The officials turned a blind eye because the Moran Corporation could give them certain benefits and

merits.

The greatest benefit and achievement were mainly in the transnational project jointly launched by the

Moran Corporation and the officials!

Joaquin squinted at the thought before he gave Ben a call.

"Has anything big happened to Celestial Cosmeceutical lately?"

On the other end of the line, Ben replied carelessly, "Not really. They're recovering now and they got

even more famous than before. However, I did notice that the person in charge, Nadia Read, seems to

be in contact with a large foreign company."

Joaquin's eyebrows rose. "Which company is it?"

"Matix."

Joaquin slowly let out a chuckle upon hearing that.