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.

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

It was suitable for a tiny-sized girl to sleep on, not a man of tall build like

on the floor. "That's not

you wish." She casually waved her hands at what he

from the cabinet

it on the floor, and immediately lay down on it. She was taken aback to see him doing all of this with such ease, and she asked,

times, I didn't even have a blanket and had to lie flat on the

that, Katherine went silent and did

person in the same room made her feel

at the ceiling. One was on the bed and the other on the floor, but

while, Joaquin said softly, "I

she couldn't understand his sudden

because, after some thought, she realized

could only purse her lips and

his lips and

absolute silence for the entire

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

Joaquin, who had a vigilant expression, and she then took a step back and asked, "Did I

regained his composure when he heard her voice and realized he was in

you. I sleep lightly as I'm used

idea what to say next. "Clean up, then. I'm going

the pleasantries, she

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