A Replacement Bride

Chapter 341

Katherine's mouth twitched as she said drily, "I will hit you if you dare remove your clothes."

Joaquin couldn't help but laugh softly. "Alright, alright. I'll stop teasing you."

He tidied himself up and buttoned his shirt before throwing his towel aside and approaching her. She eyed him cautiously and moved closer to the headboard. He laughed at that.

"Why are you so scared of me? I must have spooked you earlier."

As if recalling the memory, he pursed his lips, and his eyes sparkled as he murmured gently, "I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself."

She was speechless. Just shut up!

Seeing her flustered expression, he tactfully stopped himself and coughed twice before beginning to talk business. "The Morans were behind this, right?"

Katherine snorted and hugged her knees as she lay against the headboard. "Who else?"

He pondered silently before murmuring, "You exposed yourself already. Now that they know you are controlling W Co., they will never let you off so easily. What are you going to do next?"

else can I do? If they are so eager to

never allow someone to walk all over her without a strategy to counter them. The Morans had already stirred up

our home country to focus on developing the local market. It sounds easy but

first- and second-tier enterprises are all intertwined. W Co. may be powerful and have a high standing overseas, but even that isn't comparable to the local strongholds. It will be hard to get a share of the

this decision just to challenge

Besides, they aren't so important that they can manipulate my decisions." Katherine laughed and she looked slightly scornful as she muttered, "I've already come up with this earlier, but it was put on the back burner with the number of things I had to resolve. This is a perfect excuse for holding a press conference since I can kill two birds with one stone by proving my identity and carrying out my strategy. I want to develop the company locally from now on and am not planning to expand overseas. Moving our headquarters back to Hovington will make things easier to manage

He became happier and lowered his gaze

his reaction and her mouth twitched. Shifting her gaze away, she continued, "I know that the local businesses rooted within the market are strong and complicated, but it's not impossible for us to gain a foothold. We just need a

someone at a similar level of

of coldness flashed across them. "So, you are making

approached the window to lift one edge of the curtain, which allowed the dim light of the moon to spill into the room. However, she wasn't in the

looked like visitors or family members of the patients. They looked up from time to time, though it wasn't clear which room they were studying. A mocking smile appeared on Katherine's face and she

me, then they shouldn't blame me for taking drastic measures. If W Co. is to destroy the Morans, who already have a strong foundation in the Hovington market, on their first try, it would be easy to gain a foothold. Those connections will then fall into our hands. Two birds with

her own, Joaquin smiled. "Since you already made the decision, just

support and protect her no

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