A Replacement Bride

Chapter 52

Keith felt a cool sensation on his face as soon as the ointment got into contact with his skin. There was a mild refreshing scent that was comfortable to him and the stinging pain he felt prior to this disappeared too.

"Kathy, this medication is great. I no longer feel the pain on my face. Where did you get this?"

He reapplied the medication to his face and excitedly lifted his head to look at Katherine.

She lifted her eyes to glance at him and noticed the swollen part on his face had dissipated significantly. He would very likely recover completely after applying the ointment a couple more times.

"Don't forget to apply it twice a day and just use it for three days," Katherine instructed him before starting to berate him for his past misdeeds. "Now, tell me exactly what happened while you were at Maze?"

Since she had already looked at the security footage, she already knew what happened and merely wanted to verify things from Keith's point of view. It was especially so for the events that occurred at the detention center.

There was not any security footage available over there, so Katherine had no way of finding out what her brother had to go through there. Moreover, Keith was skilled at martial arts in the first place, so he would not have ended up being beaten up so badly while he was detained. There must be something I don't know…

Keith's expression took a turn for the worse and he avoided Katherine's eyes unnaturally. He replied with a guilty look in his eyes, "I had to maintain my image, you know? Each time when I'm back, I would usually have to party with my friends at the bar, but I didn't expect that I would run into trouble this time."

"Hmm?" Katherine lifted her brows and continued to stare at him.

Keith felt as if his secrets were fully exposed in front of Katherine, so he lifted his hand to scratch his head and purposely acted dumb. "It's honestly nothing much. Several people attacked me at the same time in the detention center and I didn't know why they—"

"Keith, I'm not stupid. I can investigate it myself even if you're not honest with me. However, what I got is different from what you've mentioned. So, don't play dumb with me." Katherine was quite angry.

To her, she did not need Keith to help her with anything and all her hard efforts were to protect her family members from being bullied. However, she could not believe that she had actually failed to keep her brother safe under her watchful eyes.

As soon as she recalled the moment Keith lay unconscious in front of her, she took the blame upon herself, but even more so, she was filled with fury.

not the only one involved in this matter. There

investigated the illicit drugs found on Keith. It was a new type of drug that was highly harmful, and even a slight amount ingested would be grave to the human nervous system. It was considered to be an extensively banned substance in

but

strong suspicion that Keith must have offended someone while he was in Kyoland, so someone

You…" Keith lowered his head and did not dare to meet

"You've got five minutes to either tell me the truth on your own accord, or I'll talk to your supervisor. I promised Mom that I would

tell that Katherine was truly angry, so he dared not hide things from her. He confessed hastily, "Kathy, I'm fine. I'm well and alive right here in front of you, aren't I? That person comes from a very important family and he's influential in Kyoland; you're no match for him. I promise you that I'll watch out in the future and I won't let the same thing happen again. Just

stared coldly at Keith, but she did not utter a word to brush the matter

Tillmans." Finally, Keith gave in and lowered his head while

within him. He could not help thinking, If only I was skillful enough, then I would be able to protect myself. However, he failed to protect himself right now, so how was he able

slightly as she took note of the

but with Aberama's connections,

under her care would have to

the ointment in a safe place." Katherine stood up and flicked the hem of her shirt before turning around to leave with a

that she had arrived

act like a spoiled brat, then behave like one. You're an absolute failure if you keep this up." Katherine paused in her tracks and walked out of

expression. Kathy's right.

the room. "Uhm… Miss Cornell? Can I talk to you for a moment

Katherine recognized Ben and she knew that he worked for Joaquin, so she did not bother to interact

Katherine with a hurt look in his eyes. "Ah, you're breaking my heart. We

and glanced at

your surgical techniques are astounding. So, do