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.

Lisa couldn't help but

peculiarly. Puzzled, she asked, "This is my home, Madam Sutton. Why would I be afraid to come

"Hmph! You've set a trap for the Cornell Family and made the Cornell Group go bankrupt. Why are you still pretending now?" She hated to see

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

problems of its own in the first place; it was just that these problems had been brought to light coincidentally

looked, Katherine turned to look at Jorge. Seeing how angry he looked, she let out a sigh and said in a gentle voice, "Dad, do you also think that I'm the one behind these

with a frosty expression. Now he no longer believed that this daughter of his was easy to deal with. I should've realized that Kathy isn't easy to deal with when Mrs. Leigh came to me back then. She concealed her capabilities and bided her time for the

yesterday, and today I was forced to go to the company. It's all Madam Sutton's fault. She suddenly came over, picked on

turned livid with rage. Jumping to her feet, she pointed at Katherine and swore, "Katherine, stop slinging mud

did you go to the Cornell Group

froze instantly before looking at

publicly right away without

Lisa tried to

and the media was also present. I'm not the only person who heard and saw what you said and did." She stared