A Replacement Bride

Chapter 168

Katherine was taken aback for a moment. "What nonsense are you talking about?" she asked, rolling her eyes at him.

However, Joaquin remained solemnly looking at her. Just when he was about to speak again, his phone rang and interrupted the conversation.

He furrowed his brows as he looked at who the caller was. Seeing that it was Jeremy who called, he gloomily answered, "Anything?"

"Mr. Levisay, a large number of outsiders entered Hovington today. They were all in the upper echelons of the Hunters' List. More than a hundred Hunters have entered Hovington for the past month and the top of them was Lagros, who is at twenty-first place. Mr. Levisay, what do you think draws them to Hovington? This time, there were so many of them that the FBI was alerted. They are currently sending someone to Cechirus," Jeremy grumbled while explaining the situation to Joaquin.

Hearing that, Joaquin looked thoughtfully at Katherine and did not say anything.

After receiving no response from Joaquin, Jeremy couldn't help but mutter, "What should we do? The new Colonel Carter is unconcerned about this and has even told us to stop watching them and let them roam freely in Hovington."

"Okay. I got it." Joaquin ended the call right away.

Then, he looked solemnly at Katherine and said, "A group of Hunters came to Hovington recently. I believe they came for your grandma."

"What?" Katherine frowned and looked at him.

"Your grandma's identity is highly confidential; it is classified as the highest-level of confidential information in Cechirus. I can't tell you who she is, but what I can say for sure is that she carries a vital set of information with her that is highly sought after by many people both inside and outside the country. As long as she carries it, even those in the top ten on the Hunters' List will kill her for it. She is in a dangerous situation." Joaquin assumed Katherine didn't realize how serious the situation was and explained it to her seriously.

"So? What are you trying to say?" She wasn't shocked by his words.

"I need to stay at your house to protect her all day, in case something happens," Joaquin replied righteously.

Katherine pursed her lips when she heard that. The man could really make up such a high-sounding excuse just to stay at her place.

you. If you want to stay here, you can only take the couch." She shook her head with a

was suitable for a tiny-sized girl to sleep on, not a man of

before fixing his gaze on

waved her hands at what he

she took a clean blanket from the cabinet and

to see him doing all of this with such ease, and she asked, "Do you sleep on the floor all the time? Why are you

when I'm on a mission. Many times, I didn't even have a blanket and had to lie flat on the floor itself. You don't need to be concerned about me. Rest

that, Katherine went silent and did not

in the same

One was on the bed and the other on the floor, but neither spoke.

while, Joaquin said softly, "I wasn't kidding

reflexively because she couldn't understand his sudden

regretted her question because, after some thought, she

purse

He, too, pursed his lips and did not

was absolute silence

morning, Katherine woke up early. Joaquin immediately jumped up from the floor when he heard noises, and it

at Joaquin, who had a vigilant expression, and she then

voice and realized he was in her room, not out in the wilderness

stiffened body immediately relaxed. "It's not you. I sleep lightly as I'm used to being on missions outside," he

nodded in response and had no idea what to say next. "Clean up, then. I'm

she

was in the midst of preparing breakfast, she suddenly recalled that she had not cleaned herself up