A Replacement Bride

Chapter 21

"Daddy, let's head in. On our way here, I heard Rosemary say that she could not come as she had something going on. We cannot let the Levisays wait for us, right?" Katherine sweetly said as she took Jorge's offered arm. They looked like a lovely father-daughter pair.

Jorge frowned upon hearing that, and he agreed with her as well.

When he saw that Lisa was still throwing a fit while the Levisay servants watched from the doorway, his face twisted with dissatisfaction. He cleared his throat and said to Lisa, "Enough, Lisa. Rose has something to do, so we shall not wait for her. Let us head inside. This is more important."

Naturally, Lisa was not happy to hear that. However, she did not dare to argue back. Thus, she had to suppress her rage. However, as she walked past them, she shot Katherine a menacing glare.

Katherine remained calm though as she happily walked into the Levisay Residence with her arm linked with Jorge's.

She was looking forward to meeting the fiancée she had yet to even see.

There were quite a few people gathered in the living room. When Jorge and the others walked through the door, dozens of faces instantly turned to look at them.

Even though Jorge was someone who had seen and met a lot of people, the sight still made his heart tremble and his stomach roll in anxiety.

Lisa immediately noticed the handsome young men in the room; all of them look like great, capable men. The sight made her hate Katherine even more for being in Rosemary's way.

"My dear in-laws, you're here. Come, sit," greeted Hera.

Hera was as friendly as ever. In fact, when she saw Katherine, she looked as if she had just seen her own daughter walk into the room.

The other people in the room all frowned at Katherine's gaudy outfit. Elizabeth Levisay's face was the most unpleasant as her face was scrunched up so hard that it was evident that she was not happy at all.

"You are so beautiful today, Katherine." Hera could not help but scoff when she saw the blinding shine of sequins on Katherine.

It was obvious that Katherine was not someone who was up to standard. After all, no proper lady would wear something so gaudy and vulgar that it resembled a dancer's outfit.

Still, she would be marrying Joaquin, so that put Hera into a good mood.

"This is Joaquin's father. He was unable to come along last time because of an urgent matter at work," Hera introduced as she led Katherine and her family to their seats. She then sat down beside a stern-faced middle-aged man and held his arm while smiling at Katherine.

at the man and said with a sweet smile, "Hello,

with manners. Hence, he was able to politely respond to

in the room as well. "This is Joaquin's grandmother. You can just

extremely unfriendly face. When she heard what Hera said, she let out a scoff. "Please, do not. I am afraid it

smiled even brighter than before. "Hello,

of her eye twitched. She was about to burst out

The woman looked to be around the age of 23 and

she smiled at Katherine and softly said to Elizabeth, "Grandma, she is Joaquin's fiancée after all. Be polite for

to frown but

the meek-looking woman. Although the woman had spoken up to defend Katherine,

situation

were a much more treacherous

to fool around with rich family politics, though. She

Joaquin? We are engaged with each other, right? I did not see him last time, but why do I not see him here in his home?" Katherine

so good at acting. The last

the Cornells had particularly taught her a few lessons as they were

coal would always be coal. No matter what, it could never turn into

Hera. "Oh, he had been brooding and depressed ever since that accident. He rarely speaks nowadays. If you wish to see him, you can

to her eyes as if to wipe

as she bluntly said, "Okay. I'll head upstairs

then got up and

the room went pale,

never be so rude! What Katherine did was

that Jorge became furious

Hence, the only thing he could do was smile apologetically. "Kathy has a rather straightforward personality. She likely wanted to have some

hearing that, but she did not expose the

though. The more he said,

bothered to deal with the tense situation downstairs. She then pushed

a faint scent of blood in the air, along with a