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.

one involved in this matter. There is someone else

of drug that was highly harmful, and even a slight amount ingested would be grave to

she was in Fontan, but she did not expect that it would

had a strong suspicion that Keith must have offended someone while he

Honestly! You…" Keith lowered his head and

this point, her patience was running thin as she lifted a hand to look at the time before expressing coldly, "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 watch over you and keep you safe, but you've nearly lost your life. Keith, I'm warning

panicked as he could 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 trust me this

Keith, but she did

Finally, Keith gave in and lowered his head while revealing the mastermind who intended to seek his

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 to protect Katherine? This powerless feeling he felt devastated him and he looked down on

squinted slightly as she took note of the

being, but with Aberama's connections, it should not be an issue for

her care would have to be fully prepared to pay the price

rest here and keep the ointment in a safe place." Katherine stood up and flicked the hem of her shirt before turning

After noticing that she had arrived at the entrance,

If you're gonna act like a spoiled brat, then behave like one. You're an absolute failure if you

an unhappy expression. Kathy's right. I am useless and I seriously need to work harder

for Katherine's arrival when she finally walked out of the room. "Uhm… Miss Cornell? Can I talk to you for a

she knew that he worked for Joaquin, so

aback by her direct reply, Ben glanced at Katherine with a hurt look in his eyes. "Ah, you're breaking my heart. We met

brows and glanced at him with a

that your surgical techniques are astounding. So, do you have the