A Replacement Bride

Chapter 238

Chapter 238

Grimness enveloped Joaquin's face as he looked at the unfamiliar room after regaining consciousness, for he instinctively assumed he had been held captive. But the idea was quickly dismissed as he noticed his wounds had been treated.

Even if the enemy kept him alive after capturing him, they wouldn't be nice enough to treat him either.

So, who saved me?

He relaxed his brows and scanned the room with a deadpan face before getting out of bed.

For someone mysophobic, Joaquin naturally couldn't stand the tattered shirt he was wearing. So, he changed into the bathrobe, left inside the bathroom, and headed out.

As he came to an unfamiliar corridor, he hesitated for a second before walking toward the stairs, and that was when he heard the familiar voice.

At that, his tense nerves relaxed, and his apprehensive heart finally eased.

Fate was truly wondrous. Even when he was on the other side of the world, he would still run into her somehow.

Delight filled him up as the thought came to him, and he descended the stairs with a smile, only to stop in his tracks the next second. His inchoate joy, too, vanished, replaced by hostility.

Jayden Hall? What's he doing here? Huh… You can never get rid of this hound, can you?!

Right then, graveness enveloped his piercing gaze as he pulled a malicious grin.

Alright, since you've come asking for humiliation, I shall take this chance to lay my claim for once.

At that, he glanced at the bathrobe he was wearing, and a hint of mischief enveloped his handsome face.

the belt and exposed a small part

his hair before finally descending the stairs, calling out

she mused, Dude… you've just woken up. What the heck are you up to? Can't you just

are

thoughts before replying, "You're

stairs and stood next to her, looking into her eyes. "I feel better than just good. Why didn't you tell me before coming down? I

in

How am I supposed to tell you

it came to her, and redness laced

Can't you talk like

mind, Joaquin quirked his brow as a hint of amusement flashed across his

you blame me when it's you who asked such a suggestive question? I can't miss such

their gazes, Jayden was looking less than jovial. Or, more specifically, he had been looking grim from the second Joaquin showed

Katherine bring him along? Just what is their relationship? Why is he everywhere? And what

at the two with furrowed brows and cleared his throat, interrupting the couple's oblivious

though he had just discovered they had a visitor. "Aren't you the guy who went to Hovington looking for Kathy? What are you doing

as she knew all too well that this

and said, "The name's

Joaquin raised his brows and nodded knowingly.

he didn't extend

either. Both men's animosity for each other was

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