A Replacement Bride

Chapter 36

After exiting the cafe, Katherine wore a baseball cap before getting on a cab to head to the Waldorf Garden in Northside.

It happened to be the 5.00PM rush hour when people were going in and out of the neighborhood. She stood on the street and waited patiently while looking at her wristwatch once in a while.

Right at 6.05PM, a frail old man wobbled out of the garden holding his grandson.

Katherine walked over after gazing at the little boy for a while.

"Hi, Mr. Torres. Care for a talk?" she asked directly and dropped the pretense.

Looking at the young lady before him, Richard waved his hands impatiently. "I'm busy. There's nothing much to talk about. Go back to where you came from."

"You haven't produced the formula for Celestial Beauty. Are you going to give up just like this, Mr. Torres?"

She looked at him head-on with no surprise because she knew that he would reject her. However, she had foreseen this and came up with a plan to countermeasure his reaction.

As expected, his facial expression changed upon hearing her words. His eyes widened as he looked at the young lady before him who had crossed the line. Then, he slowly drawled out, "You. Who is Darren Olsen to you?"

"He's my grandpa." Katherine knew she was successful after looking at his wavering expression.

had her hands on a few ancient formulas as she knew that Richard was the pioneer of the cosmeceutical industry in Cechirus. His skills were all for show, so as long as he was willing to return, people would go crazy over his products just based on his

talk." Richard stared at her

into the garden before they

was on the fifth floor, which was not considered a low-floor for an old man like Richard. He had overworked his body when he was younger. Since he was not young anymore, he suffered from osteoarthritis due to joint damage. So, walking up the stairs was torture for

noticed it while walking behind him, but did not

past the door so they had some privacy. Then, he

Despite being old, he was not a dotard. The Olsen Family was gone and Darren had passed away a few years back. He did not know much about what happened with Elsie, but he knew enough to understand

owned the formulas, she was just a young lady. So, he did not

you can resurface to help me, Mr. Torres." She was direct

if I did, what can you do? The market is being controlled by a few local and foreign corporations now. What do you think we can do to

their herbal beauty formula. There are also two local brands that are doing pretty well, marketing themselves with the secret to royal beauty, and one of them just so happens to be the Cornells. I'm not making empty and unrealistic promises. Since I've decided to join the cosmeceutical industry, I have the confidence to come out as the winner. Please don't reject me so quickly, Mr. Torres. I'll give you

confidently and then took out the

did not think that she would give him

my grandpa's best friend. You should know what he thinks. I really hope that you can help me. I don't want all of Grandpa's blood, sweat, and tears to fall into the hands of outsiders.

its weight on him. He was almost seventy years old. Did he still have the drive to resurface and join

Katherine headed to her company, which she

for the company right in the middle of the city. It

just returned to the office after settling some matters. So, she