A Replacement Bride

Chapter 212

"M-Mr. Leeds?" A pale-faced Marcus shrilled, finally realizing who was on the other end of the line.

"Don't act familiar with me! I don't want to degrade my intelligence! Release her at once! Who permitted you to arrest her?! Do you not know who she is?!" Desmond's face flushed with anger as he thundered so loudly that Marcus thought his eardrums would rupture.

That said, he stood there obediently like a misbehaved child being disciplined, not daring to have a single complaint.

If anything, he rued his decision earlier. Who'd have thought Katherine's so important to the country?! At the same time, he was also shocked by the revelation. But this girl's only 23, yet she's already one of Cechirus' 5S-ranked personage?!

Fun fact, there were less than a handful of talents awarded with such a ranking in Cechirus.

"Yes, yes, yes. I-I'll release her right away," promised Marcus deferentially as he wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.

Finally, after chiding Marcus, Desmond felt a little less angry. "Hand the phone back to Kathy. I want to speak to her," he ordered at once, done ever talking to an idiot like Marcus. The latter returned Katherine's phone to her deferentially and stood aside, looking like he was on the verge of crying.

"Hello?" Katherine spoke monotonously after taking her phone.

Unlike his attitude toward Marcus, Desmond spoke to Katherine as though she was a child, having a hint of cajolery in his voice. "Are you alright, Kathy? Those idiots didn't hurt you, did they? Did they do anything to you?"

Katherine glanced at Marcus, who was drenched in a cold sweat as he stood to one side, and smirked. "I'm fine," she answered finally when Marcus was on the verge of freaking out.

"Good to hear." Desmond heaved a sigh of relief but couldn't help caterwauling Marcus and the others a little more. "I'll beat them up for you, alright? Please don't get upset, dear. By the way, when are you free to come to Kyoland? Mr. Walton's been ranting about missing you."

The corner of Katherine's lips twitched in response, and she rejected the man impassively, "I'm busy."

"Oh." Dejection enveloped Desmond at once. "Well, whenever you're free then, dear."

"Sure. I'm hanging up now." The young woman ended the call without a second of hesitation.

Those old b*stards like Desmond only saw her only as free labor. As if she didn't know how shameless they could be!

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wiped the cold sweot off his foreheod. "Pleose occept my most sincere opology. I didn't know who you were, or I wouldn't hove osked you to come ot oll. You didn't clorify either, though. If

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no, no. It's not your foult." Morcus hurriedly woved his hond. "You don't hove to opologize ot oll. It's on me. It's

mode you mistokenly think I'm Night Owl?" Kotherine leoned ogoinst the choir lozily ond looked ot Morcus ploinly,

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Jordon hove to do with this?"

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this whole fiosco still hod something to do

to your computer room," she ordered ploinly ofter

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computer room, o few technicions were monitoring the doto. Hovington's security system

ond potted his shoulder, motioning

obliged ofter receiving the lotter's offirmotion. Then, he gove

shoving her phone back into her pocket, Katherine looked toward Marcus and said plainly, "Is there anything else you want to say

as he wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. "Please accept my most sincere apology. I didn't know who you were, or I wouldn't have asked you to come at all.

supposed to apologize to you as well, then?" Katherine asked with a quirked brow while looking at Marcus with

waved his hand. "You don't have to apologize at all. It's

Night Owl?" Katherine leaned

upset anymore. If that IP address hadn't

have to do with this?" Katherine thought something didn't add

thing…" The director recounted

result, fairly sure the IT expert Marcus

this whole fiasco still had something to do with

your computer room," she ordered plainly

inappropriate for one

other, the guys outside were shocked by their director's deference toward Katherine, making them look at the young woman

few technicians were monitoring the data. Hovington's security