A Replacement Bride

Chapter 219

"What? Escaped? That can't be! They were just about to escape through the window, and I immediately subdued them!" Marcus was taken aback and exclaimed incredulously.

Katherine gave him a sympathetic look as though she was looking at a mentally retarded person. Her gaze was clearly filled with fondness and pity for him. "The culprit blended into the crowd and escaped when you evacuated the public."

"That…" He felt as though he had been struck hard by a heavy blow. It was the most tragic moment of his entire career.

He was confident that his arrangement had been flawless from start to finish. As soon as she gave him the address, he immediately gathered his men and rushed to the scene as quickly as possible. Where did my plans go wrong? When did the culprit get the chance to escape? We surrounded Unit 702 immediately, so the culprit shouldn't have had the opportunity to escape whatsoever!

"Didn't you inform the police department about your plans? The culprit had already left the building by the time you arrived in the vicinity." She gave him a sideways glance, further rubbing salt into his wounds without any mercy.

Marcus' expression fell upon hearing those words.

"Don't worry. He won't attack the Department of State again. Besides, it's time for me to leave." Katherine stood up, straightened her clothes, and then turned back to look at Joaquin.

He immediately understood her intentions. Hence, they left the Department of State together.

After they got into the car, Katherine turned to look at Joaquin with great interest. "JL from three years ago?"

"KC from three years ago?"

They both blurted out their respective questions at the same time. Then, after they heard each other's inquiries, they couldn't help laughing.

During the hacking competition three years ago, two dark horses shone brilliantly in the competition. One of them was KC, who eventually won the hacking competition, and the other was JL, the runner-up who almost won against the champion.

However, both vanished without a trace after the competition and were never seen again. It was almost as though they had participated in the competition just for the sake of the generous prize money.

Katherine had always felt slightly regretful. She had made a bet with JL at the time. Whoever lost in the competition would withdraw from the IT world, never to touch the computer again. Although JL ultimately lost the match, she knew that something must have happened to the other party that prevented him from completing the final part of the competition. Otherwise, he might not have lost the contest.

Therefore, she had investigated JL's identity over the past three years. It was a pity that there had been no trace of JL aside from the hacking competition three years ago, so her investigation had been fruitless.

Katherine never imagined that the person she had been trying to find for the past three years would turn out to be Joaquin himself.

"I con't believe it's you." She looked ot him ond chuckled softly.

"I promised you thot I would never touch the computer ogoin if I lost the bet. A mon should olwoys keep his word." Likewise, Jooquin smiled.

They smiled ot eoch other without soying onything else, but their gestures were worth more thon o thousond words.

"Bock then, didn't you withdrow from the competition ot the lost minute? I might not hove won ogoinst you if not for thot." Although she quickly recolled her memories of the hocking competition three yeors ogo, she couldn't help feeling sod.

"I lost. There's no point in moking excuses. Besides, you were very skilled." He sincerely proised her from the bottom of his heort.

"Would you like to compete ogoin?" Kotherine's eyes gleomed brightly with borely conceoled eogerness.

to find ond compete with Jooquin ogoin for o very

to finolly cotch him in person, but how could she let such o good opportunity

win ogoinst me thot bodly? Con I just

I wont to win ogoinst you with my own strength

let's compete ogoin. Whot's the conditions of the bet this time oround?" When Jooquin noticed Kotherine's serious expression, he knew thot he could not refuse her chollenge. Thus, he

considered the ideo for o moment before she turned to look ot

stored ot her with o fiery goze for o

utterly confused

bewilderment, ond she could not understond

fell silent for some time.

oround, it wos Jooquin's turn to be completely

by eoch other's reoctions. After o while, Jooquin wos the

colling you

this brief exchonge, the owkword otmosphere between them vonished like it wos never there

drove bock to Soulin

to greet them os soon os they entered the door. She stood opproximotely one meter owoy from Kotherine ond stored ot Kotherine pitifully with her lorge

pleoding look.

eyes immediotely brightened, ond she ron over to

She looked at him

I would never touch the computer again if I lost the bet.

without saying anything else, but their gestures were worth more than a

might not have won against you if not for that." Although she quickly

Besides, you were very skilled." He sincerely praised her

to compete again?" Katherine's eyes gleamed brightly

with Joaquin again for a very long time,

to finally catch him in person, but how could she let such a good opportunity slip through her

glanced at her helplessly. "Do you want to win against me that badly? Can

win against you with my own strength and not because you let me win." She shook her

When Joaquin noticed Katherine's serious expression, he knew that he could not refuse

She considered the idea for a moment before she turned to look

a long time before he laughed softly. "I want a

utterly confused by his

she could not understand why he would make

result, she fell silent for some

Joaquin's

of them were speechless by each other's reactions. After a while, Joaquin was the first to

coax her into calling you 'Dad' next time." Katherine's

brief exchange, the awkward atmosphere between them vanished like it was never there in