A Replacement Bride

Chapter 116

"Oh?" Joaquin looked at Katherine curiously, but she did not have the intention to explain to him. She yawned before pushing him to the car, which was parked outside.

The driver was waiting at the side to carry Joaquin into the car. Katherine was deep in thought as she looked at him and only entered after both of them got in. "Now that Robert and the Levisay Family are already in this situation, you don't really have to pretend to be a cripple anymore. So, why are you keeping the act up?" she asked.

"Do you really think that there's no hope for Robert?" he answered her question with a question as he smirked.

Hearing that, she touched her chin while she thought about his question. Since she had crippled Robert, it was unlikely for him to make a comeback, unless Joaquin's father had another capable illegitimate child who was competent enough to inherit the Levisay Family business.

"I don't know." She shrugged her shoulders after giving it some thought, but soon decided that she should not waste her time on it.

Seeing her expression made him smile. He did not realize that he could now interact with her casually and smile whenever he spoke to her.

The episode at the Cornell Family did not take up too much of their time and both of them headed straight to the Levisay Residence right after that. Elizabeth was hosting a banquet at her house and all of the Levisays members were present, which made the whole place lively. As they stepped into the house, they could hear laughter and voices of people chatting. Noticing Joaquin, most of them had wry expressions on their face as they stared at his legs.

"Joaquin, why are you late?" one of them asked jokingly while ignoring Katherine, who was pushing him into the house. It sounded like they were gloating over his disability.

Katherine glanced over at the person who spoke. He was in his early forties, with thin lips and eyes that were slanted upwards. From the looks of it, he seemed to be a difficult person. She merely took a brief glance at him before looking away as she had to maintain her simpleton facade in front of everyone.

Elizabeth, who was sitting among the crowd. "Grandma,"

and ignored him as she whispered to someone sitting beside her. It was obvious that she was snubbing him on

is now old, she might be experiencing hearing loss, so you should speak louder for her to hear you." Katherine could not stand how rude Elizabeth was since she was the one who called and asked them over for dinner. Yet, now that they were here, she was not

Cornell Family who had the same revolting behavior as Elizabeth. Back when she was still around, both she

the room could clearly hear what Katherine said since she spoke loudly.

I think Kathy is right." Elizabeth almost snapped at him

pretend to not notice Joaquin anymore. "You're here? Just

there. Tonight, the Levisay Residence was crowded

it your Grandma's birthday?" She was holding a delicately wrapped gift box and could not help but ask as she looked at

have no idea," he replied nonchalantly as if he had nothing to

him with sympathy as she realized that his status in the Levisay Family did not seem to be much better than hers in the Cornell Family. In fact, he might have it worse. Looking at Elizabeth's attitude, it did not seem like she only treated him that way because

up and walked toward the door. A group of people followed behind her as they

that is based in Kyoland?" Katherine

could smell her faint scent and her hot breath on his ears. It was ticklish, which made him want to avoid it subconsciously, but he did not resist