A Replacement Bride

Chapter 190

"What a childish person." Katherine rolled her eyes before she threw the item to Joaquin and walked ahead.

Joaquin looked at her retreating figure before gazing at the item in his hand. When he was about to catch up with her, he saw her returning to snatch the item to throw it away. After that, she continued to walk ahead with a stoic expression, acting as if nothing had happened.

He raised his head in astonishment and noticed that the item that Katherine had randomly thrown was now at a high position on the marriage tree.

There was a sudden warmth flowing through his heart as he couldn't help but smile before he briskly caught up with her.

Katherine continued to walk ahead without a care for what had happened.

The scenery here was lovely with the birds chirping and fragrant flowers, leaving in its wake a faint scent that made people happy and relaxed.

"Can I meet the owner?" she asked Joaquin after walking for a while.

"Sure. He lives in this scenic place, but doesn't usually interact with visitors," he replied with a nod as he quickly glanced at Katherine. Then, he stretched his hand out to gently grab her hand.

She wanted to struggle, but she didn't know what she should think and dismissed her thoughts while allowing Joaquin to guide her.

Now that he had made the first move, he was secretly elated.

It felt like the current him was now back to his studying days when he had a crush on a girl for many years and later found the opportunity to hold hands with her. Such an action filled his heart with indescribable excitement and stimulation.

Both of them had walked slowly along the path that led to the mountains and soon arrived at the top.

There was a church at the top of the mountain. Due to its age, it had a strong aura of sandalwood and loads of historical memories.

were no priests around partly because there were no worshippers today, and there were

entered, Katherine looked up at the statute of

Joaquin took her to the house in the

because barely anyone would visit, but there was a wide range of medicinal herbs. She was shocked at the sight because it would have been impossible for those herbs to grow if they did not have a solid foundation. Since the person

home?" Joaquin called out as he stood at the door with Katherine and did not rush

that he respected the man

became more curious about the said person's

someone wearing a blue shirt coming out. He stood at a height of 185 cm and had a

him, she was slightly shocked because she somehow felt drawn toward the man

After exiting, he looked at Joaquin and nodded before he turned his attention to Katherine again. When he saw Katherine's face, he was

that she would hear him mentioning her mother's name

a response, he realized that he had been slightly rude and

him could never be the Elsie Olsen he remembered. Even if it was Elsie, she would be someone in her golden years because he was already in his forties whereas the girl in front of him looked like she was

being rude. Why don't you guys come in and have a seat?" The man quickly regained his composure and never brought up the topic of Elsie

followed

Katherine's hand and told her to walk behind the man while introducing the man's identity. "His last name is Grant. He is

familiar

same age as her and

she was thinking about it, Katherine had already arrived at the courtyard with Joaquin. There was a pavilion in the area with loads of peony; since it was the time for the flowers to blossom, it left visitors with

gestured an invitation to encourage Joaquin

garden table at the pavilion with chairs surrounding it and a garden accessory of a purple pot. It was obvious that

down while he turned around to boil water to prepare

as she watched Josiah's