A Replacement Bride

Chapter 272

Chapter 272

Katherine never expected him to say that, and her expression looked a bit unnatural. Then, keeping a straight face, she darted a look at him from the corner of her eye with feigned indifference. "Sticking up for you? What are you talking about? Why would I care about you? I just hated to see them act snobbishly, that's all."

"Oh? Really?" Joaquin raised an eyebrow as amusement flickered in his good-looking eyes. "Are you sure… that you didn't do that for my sake?" he asked, slowly raising his tone of voice toward the end of his sentence.

Katherine continued to stubbornly deny it, saying, "Of course not. And besides, nobody asked you to insist on coming to Kyoland with me. Given your condition, you're supposed to rest and recuperate!" Obviously, she was rather dissatisfied that he had insisted on following her around despite his health condition. However, when it occurred to her that he had done all this for her sake, she felt indescribably warm and rather happy inside, so her feelings were somewhat mixed.

Joaquin's eyes flickered for an instant when he caught sight of this. The next second, though, his face assumed a different expression. Looking as if disappointed, he hung his head and fell silent.

Katherine had thought he'd say something and was waiting for him to speak. When she didn't hear anything from him after waiting for a long time, she couldn't help but turn to look at him in puzzlement, only to see him looking like this. Stunned, she felt at once speechless and helpless. After gently biting her lip for a moment, she had no choice but to feign a cough, clearing her throat before saying, "Okay, it did have something to do with you…" As she spoke of this, she seemed to feel quite embarrassed. Rubbing her petite, upturned nose with her hand, she muttered in a whisper, "How dare those men actually lay hands on you? Like hell I could put up with it…"

Hearing every word that she said, Joaquin was instantly blissed out; he smiled and raised his hand to stroke her hair. "That's more like it. Honesty is a virtue, so one's got to be honest."

Katherine was rendered speechless. Virtue, my *ss! What a sly fox you are! she thought to herself before attempting to leave.

Marcus hurried outside and blocked their path while panting heavily. "Miss Cornell!

me, I don't have to go out of my way to save

you because they were addled by illness. Please be the bigger person and forgive them this once!" he said. Then, he quickly explained, "I've called Mr. Fraser just now. He's conscious right now and

you just now because she was confused, so please don't take it to heart. My madam would like to ask you to go back and save her life; she even promised that you'll be rewarded handsomely if you can save the lives of

let out a snort of laughter as if she had heard some funny joke. "Reward me handsomely, eh? Does it seem to you that I'm short of that kind of money? Just tell your madam to use her brains. Such insincere words will only make people laugh their heads off," she said before slightly narrowing her eyes with a look of mockery. Then, she

from

forward unsteadily, surrounded by quite

this, Marcus immediately walked up to Patricia.

as arrogant as she had been a while ago, she staggered along like an old person until she was two steps away in front of Katherine before stopping. "Miss Cornell… Please forgive me for my insolence just now," she said, looking genuinely sincere as tears sparkled in her

in attitude, Katherine didn't show much emotion. Her expression still

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