A Replacement Bride

Chapter 126

"What?" Ben looked astounded. He subconsciously blurted, "That's impossible! I've…" Then, he thought of a certain possibility, and his face became more and more ghastly. "Don't tell me that something went wrong with the neurotoxin I used last time? Not only did it do nothing to cure his illness, but it caused him to lose his sense of pain completely? Mr. Levisay, I've told you to ask for Miss Cornell's help, but you wouldn't listen to me. Look at you now! W-Why didn't you tell me that you'd lost all sense of pain?"

Joaquin looked indifferent as though this was something trivial that needn't be cared about.

Katherine's countenance changed, and her gaze was somewhat frosty. "You administered that toxin to him?"

Sensing the sudden drop in temperature around him, Ben subconsciously lowered his head, but he dared not deny it under Katherine's stare. In the end, he had no choice but to brace himself and explain, "Mr. Levisay's nociceptive nerves are impaired, so his response to pain has always been slower than that of others. This is very dangerous since his job is very risky in the first place. I told him at first that I wasn't very confident of curing him, but he insisted that I do it. But I never thought—"

"You idiot!" Katherine snapped sternly before examining Joaquin from head to toe. As she did so, her face grew more and more sullen. In the end, she was so angry that she didn't even want to speak. "I still have something to deal with right now. You keep a close eye on him 24/7. If he dares to get out of bed or move around, inject him with a sedative and let him sleep!" she said to Ben while looking as black as thunder. Then, without taking another glance at Joaquin, she turned around and left.

After stepping out of Ben's clinic, Katherine calmed down a little. Only then did she start reflecting on her behavior just now. Why would I overreact like that just now? After basking in the sun for a while to clear her head slightly, she got into her car and left.

When her car drove into the Cornell Residence, Jorge and Lisa had calmed down. Each occupying a couch, they sat there while ignoring each other.

As soon as Katherine picked up her feet and entered, she sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the house.

Katherine enter the house, Lisa couldn't help

my home, Madam Sutton.

Group go bankrupt. Why are you still pretending now?" She hated to see Katherine acting so innocent. It was precisely thanks to this that she was fooled into thinking

reply, "I've set a trap for the Cornell Family? Look what you're saying, Madam Sutton. Did I arrange for the Cornell Family's construction team to do shoddy work and use substandard materials during construction? Or am I behind the Cornell Family's tax evasion? Would the Cornell Group have gone bankrupt if it'd never done these things? How

was rendered speechless for a moment. Indeed, these things had absolutely nothing to do with Katherine. The Cornell Group was having problems of its own in the first place; it was

look at Jorge. Seeing how angry he looked, she let out a sigh

with. I should've realized that Kathy isn't easy to deal with when Mrs. Leigh

when I came back today. Joaquin acquired the Cornell Group and gave it to me as a wedding gift. I'd just learned about this yesterday, and today I was forced to go to the company. It's all Madam Sutton's fault. She suddenly came over, picked on me, and humiliated me in public when I wasn't ready, so I…" Katherine said while

feet, she pointed at Katherine and swore, "Katherine, stop slinging mud at me!

Cornell Group today?" Katherine slowly cut her

looking at Katherine resentfully

again, "Did you humiliate me publicly right away without asking

tried to

the time, and the media was also present. I'm not the only person who heard and saw what you said and