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.

definitely not the only one involved in this

attempted murder. Furthermore, Katherine had investigated the illicit drugs found on Keith. It was a new type of drug that was highly harmful,

encountered this substance initially when she was in Fontan, but she did not expect that it would appear

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

I-I'm fine. Honestly! You…" Keith lowered his head and did not

on your own accord, or I'll talk to your supervisor. I promised Mom that I

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

pursed her lips and stared coldly at Keith, but she

and lowered his head while revealing the mastermind who intended to seek

enough, then I would be able to protect myself. However, he failed to protect himself right now,

huh? Katherine squinted slightly as

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

would have to be fully prepared to pay the price in that

place." Katherine stood up and flicked the hem of

her with doe eyes. After noticing that she had arrived at the entrance, he finally spoke up,

failure if you keep this up." Katherine paused in

he clutched his chest with an unhappy expression. Kathy's right. I am useless and I seriously need to work harder and grow

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

recognized Ben and she knew that he worked for Joaquin, so she did not bother to interact much with him, let alone

Katherine with a hurt look in

and glanced at him with a perplexed

I noticed that your surgical