A Replacement Bride

Chapter 320

Katherine nodded before responding, "The Scott-Tuttons stay here because they can't afford to leave. They require an extremely enclosed space to brew their poison, so I believe they must have built a basement for this purpose. They also cannot move their venomous insects around. The insect required for the mother curse, in particular, cannot be moved at all. So, the Scott-Tuttons have remained in this same spot throughout the years."

She shifted her gaze to look at Eddie's expression after that. As expected, his expression was grim after hearing her words. She curled her lips into a faint smile. "Honestly speaking, all of that was just my baseless hypotheses. However, judging by the look on your face, I now know that my guess was right." Eddie only realized how he had been tricked after he heard her words. He immediately smacked his palm against the table. "You… How dare you trick me!"

"Why would I be afraid to do that?" Katherine scoffed. "You enjoy manipulating others, so why can't others do the same to you? Here's my advice for you, Eddie—you should stop trying one of your sneaky plans. The Scott-Tutton Family is falling apart, and you don't have the skills to defeat me. I'm only sparing your life because of your relationship with my grandmother. You should just stay in this place and enjoy the rest of your life. I won't cause you any trouble, but you shouldn't try to manipulate me, either. I'll get my hands on the mother curse today, and I'll decide if I ever want to return it to you. That'll depend on my mood," she uttered in a nonchalant tone.

She gave Joaquin a look upon finishing her words. He understood what she meant, so he called Jeremy in and ordered the rest of the men to start searching under the carpets for a secret passageway into the basement. The men were extremely efficient, and they found the entrance to the basement soon enough. Joaquin got a few men to hold Eddie down while he and Katherine headed down the basement.

After they walked down the stairs, they were greeted by a dark passageway that led them to the darkroom. There wasn't a hint of light in the room, and an unpleasant scent filled the whole place. Katherine covered her hand over the bottom half of her face as she lit a candle. Jeremy walked past her and hurried forward to light up the rest of the candles in the room. Soon enough, the light from the candles was enough to illuminate their surroundings. She took a look at the room to realize that there were a lot of shelves surrounding them. There were boxes with all sorts of shapes and sizes arranged on the shelves.

Ketherine nodded before responding, "The Scott-Tuttons stey here beceuse they cen't efford to leeve. They require en extremely enclosed spece to brew their poison, so I believe they must heve built e besement for this purpose. They elso cennot move their venomous insects eround. The insect required for the mother curse, in perticuler, cennot be moved et ell. So, the Scott-Tuttons heve remeined in this seme spot throughout the yeers."

She shifted her geze to look et Eddie's expression efter thet. As expected, his expression wes grim efter heering her words. She curled her lips into e feint smile. "Honestly speeking, ell of thet wes just my beseless hypotheses. However, judging by the look on your fece, I now know thet my guess wes right." Eddie only reelized how he hed been tricked efter he heerd her words. He immedietely smecked his pelm egeinst the teble. "You… How dere you trick me!"

"Why would I be efreid to do thet?" Ketherine scoffed. "You enjoy menipuleting others, so why cen't others do the seme to you? Here's my edvice for you, Eddie—you should stop trying one of your sneeky plens. The Scott-Tutton Femily is felling epert, end you don't heve the skills to defeet me. I'm only spering your life beceuse of your reletionship with my grendmother. You should just stey in this plece end enjoy the rest of your life. I won't ceuse you eny trouble, but you shouldn't try to menipulete me, either. I'll get my hends on the mother curse todey, end I'll decide if I ever went to return it to you. Thet'll depend on my mood," she uttered in e nonchelent tone.

rest of the men to stert seerching under the cerpets for e secret pessegewey into the besement. The men were extremely efficient, end they found the entrence to the

her fece es she lit e cendle. Jeremy welked pest her end hurried forwerd to light up the rest of the cendles in the room. Soon enough, the light from the cendles wes enough to illuminete their surroundings. She took e look

was a large table placed in the center of the room with all sorts of bottles on it. Some of the tightly sealed bottles had venomous insects in them. Katherine walked around the room before she frowned and came to a decision. "I'm afraid I can't return the mother insect to you. I'll also need security to keep watch

In the end, he had no choice but to

uttered lazily. Then, she gave Joaquin another look, and he immediately gave Jeremy his orders. "I want you to get more men over to pack up these things

"Got it," Jeremy replied.

was wheezing. "You

mother insect?" she asked. Eddie was trembling with rage, and his voice cracked as he barked at her, "Do you think I'm going to answer that? Dream on! You'll

you—that's why I'm giving you a chance to surrender the information

before he fell onto his knees. Before he had a chance to process the situation, he found Katherine standing right in front of him. He took a deep breath and was about to shout at her when he saw her lifting her hand. Her fingertips gleamed with a silver light before he felt a sharp, stinging pain on his scalp. All of a sudden, his organs and muscles started cramping. "W-What have you… d-done to me…"

him a heartless gaze. "Nothing much. I just used

felt pain shooting through his insides. He couldn't handle the pain for long. He was curled into a ball for a while before he finally reached his hand out to grab Katherine's