A Replacement Bride

Chapter 37

Canmore Road was located in the heart of Hovington's city business district. Hence, there was very dense traffic.

Katherine's place happened to be in the quietest part of this busy district as it was a high-end residential area with a tight security system. As such, outsiders could not enter easily, making the place peaceful.

As she got nearer, she saw a person lying on the ground. It was an old person in a gray cardigan, but it seemed like they were barely breathing while being curled up on the ground.

"Are you alright?" she asked probingly, but did not get a response.

Lifting her head, she looked around to search for security cameras and felt assured that she would not be blamed if anything happened to that person.

The temperature in Hovington during June was sweltering to the point where the ground was hot enough to fry eggs.

With a newfound resolve, she went forward to prop the old person up and was shocked when she saw a familiar face. It was Joaquin's grandma, Elizabeth.

At that moment, the old lady's eyes were tightly shut while her face and lips were as pale as a sheet. She had a shallow breath; it was as if she was going to stop breathing in the next second.

Katherine only allowed herself to be surprised for a moment before she grabbed onto the old lady's wrist to feel her pulse. She felt around for a while and realized that Elizabeth was suffering from a sudden cardiac arrest.

Elizabeth had been unconscious for some time and it was probably due to some sort of shock. If Katherine had arrived any later, the old lady was a lost cause.

After confirming the cause, Katherine did not dare delay anymore and fumbled for her needle pouch. She took out three silver needles before unbuttoning the old lady's shirt and puncturing her quickly with the silver needles.

The end of the needles trembled slightly as she slowly twisted the needles and pushed them further in. Then, she took a white porcelain bottle and tipped out a mahogany pill before stuffing it into Elizabeth's mouth. She patted her on the back so that Elizabeth would swallow the pill.

After doing all that, Katherine carried her up from the ground.

…

"Cough. Cough…"

opened her eyes after coughing for a while. She saw white walls and the smell of alcohol signaled to her that she

I'm not dead?

a girl

it look like a halo was surrounding

finally recognized the young girl before her. She was her grandson's fiancé, the lacking daughter of the Cornell Family,

now the pleasure

be you?" Elizabeth humphed. She had quite the loud voice despite being old. It seemed like

returned to Elizabeth's face and she seemed to be in good shape since she had the energy to

It's me," she replied casually as she pressed the bell at the

not plan on getting on Elizabeth's good side either. Since her marriage to Joaquin was only a stopgap, they would part ways

at her attitude, Elizabeth was even more dissatisfied with her. She sure is a muddy

two nurses rushed in. Since there was not much for Katherine to

gave Elizabeth a thorough check before looking at her in amazement. "You're

might not have been so lucky even if I was sent here in time. You don't need to stand

When you were sent in, someone had already performed first aid on you and your vitals were all normal. The lady that sent you in said you

did you say?" She could not

she was not saved by the doctor, but by Katherine, the lacking girl from the Cornell Family? How is that possible? How could someone of

not find it in herself to believe this and thought that the reason she was

on her plate during her return and did not have the time to butter up

she

in her tracks and wanted to massage her temples. What