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?"

snorted again, clearly not bothered by that. "What else can I do? If they are so eager to sacrifice themselves,

she would never allow someone to walk all over her without a strategy to counter them. The Morans had

Co. back to our home country to focus

right now with several family-run businesses dominating different parts of the market, so it would be hard to shift their position. Besides, the other first- and second-tier enterprises are all intertwined. W Co. may be powerful and have a high standing overseas, but even that isn't

made this decision just to challenge

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

became happier and lowered his gaze

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 good opportunity. I didn't announce it earlier partly because I didn't have one, and now the Morans have solved that problem

talk to someone at a similar

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

one edge of the curtain, which allowed the dim light of the moon

hospital and they 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 quickly lowered

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

of her own, Joaquin smiled. "Since

to support and protect her no matter what

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