A Replacement Bride

Chapter 71

Katherine flipped through a file Theodore handed over after she entered the car. "Are all of these the latest data from the clinical trial? Why does this patient's reading have such a massive fluctuation? Did you guys encounter a problem?" she asked as her gaze landed on a patient's data.

Theodore leaned over to take a look before taking the file from Katherine. "This patient's situation is a little complicated. I'm afraid we'll only know the details after you've taken a look at him. He has been in a coma for a solid twenty years. During the early stages, his condition was pretty positive after taking our medicine. However, with time, his body seemed to have built up a tolerance for the medication and is now suddenly immune to it. The medication does nothing to him anymore."

"Is that so? I'll go and take a look after I get there." Katherine nodded thoughtfully, then asked for the file again. After scrutinizing the reports a few more times, she returned them to Theodore, who paused for a second while taking the file from her and said, "By the way, we have a newcomer in the institute. However, since she isn't working on your experimental medicine, I didn't tell you in advance."

"Your hires have nothing to do with me, so there's no need to tell me about it. It's fine even if they're involved in the experimental medication's research, as long as you're certain they're trustworthy and won't leak any information." Katherine took a strange gander at Theodore, wondering why he would suddenly tell her this.

At that, Theodore cleared his throat and explained, "It's sort of personal. The newcomer's my granddaughter, you see. She's my only granddaughter, so I tend to—"

Mid-speaking, the chauffeur suddenly screamed and turned the steering wheel in a panic, causing the car to ram onto the guardrail on the opposite.

Because of the car's impeccable shockproofing system, the airbag at the driver's seat deployed in time, causing the chauffeur to suffer only minor injuries.

Meanwhile, at the back, as neither Katherine nor Theodore had put their seatbelts on, they hurled forward, slamming themselves against the front seats due to the momentum from the intense collision. Fortunately, a Rolls-Royce car was reliable, and the two suffered no physical injuries.

However, Theodore held his chest with a pallid face, short of breath.

Startled, Katherine hurriedly helped the professor up.

"I-I'm fine… I'm fine…" Theodore spoke weakly with closed eyes and a ghastly pale face.

"Don't say anything. Where are your meds? Do you have it with you?" Katherine reached into the professor's pockets but didn't find any of his regular medication.

speak anymore, only heaving. Worse, his face was

pulled out three of the needles she normally had on her and

breathing finally eased, and his complexion

from you knows that Professor Muller is out today? Has his

gravely before shaking his head. "No, the professor decided to pick

mused in response

turned grim, for he had a

outsider would know of his whereabouts, but there was this one person

deliberately asked him before he headed out if he was

could be so wicked,

he closed his eyes and said

some scratches thanks to its near indestructibility. But because the brake suddenly

the professor was still

Phaeton drove past them but very quickly reversed and rolled a window down, revealing a familiar

"Miss Cornell, Professor Muller?"

he saw Katherine, but he nearly cussed

Muller?! They

know which one to ask first. As he looked at

woman, it still never occurred to him

of June. As it neared July, the temperature outside was

bothered by the scorching weather as neither the cold nor the heat ever bothered her. However, Theodore had just suffered an episode and was currently frail. His face had