A Replacement Bride

Chapter 372

"What do you mean?" Joaquin arched his brow and ambled toward the woman.

"Stop playing dumb." A speechless Katherine pursed her lips. "Why did you put on an act in front of Jayden today?"

Hearing that, Joaquin broke into laughter as a glint flashed across his eyes. His shoulders heaved as though he had just heard a funny joke.

For some reason, Katherine felt her face flushing as the man laughed. She snapped, "What are you laughing at? Why do you behave strangely today?"

Instead of answering her, Joaquin questioned, "Do you really have no idea why I behave this way?"

Taken aback, Katherine looked away and ignored him.

Joaquin approached her slowly and sat down beside her. His narrowed eyes glittered like the stars.

"Jayden obviously has an ulterior motive for approaching you. As your husband, there's no way I can put up with it."

That guy doesn't even hide his feelings for Kathy. How I wish I could just kill him!

A helpless Katherine cleared her throat and muttered, "There's nothing between us, so there's no need for you to be concerned."

"I know there's nothing between you two." Joaquin nodded and spoke impassively. "However, that doesn't mean I have to put up with him."

Realizing that they mustn't go on with the topic, Katherine fell silent and let the man be.

As they intended to head out and find out more about the current situation the next day, they decided to go to bed early that night.

When Joaquin got up in the middle of the night, he saw that Katherine was flushing and her lips were parted. Worried that she might feel thirsty, he decided to head downstairs with a cup.

at the landing, he realized that the lights in the dining hall were still on

Why

he was ready to continue walking down the stairs, the voice from the dining

was familiar, for it was Jayden's, and what he said shocked

to do anything in particular. Just follow them

to one of them? Does that mean that he's the one who has

once. He stepped back and hid behind the other

he didn't have another order. He remained silent for a long time as though he had hung up

heard. Following that, the lights in the dining hall

eyesight, so he got used to the darkness quickly. He turned around and headed upstairs stealthily. With years of training and

returning to the room, he closed the door lightly and leaned his ear

toward the other end of the corridor. Several

squinted and fell

when he was having a discussion with Katherine in the morning, he already became suspicious of Jayden. It never crossed his mind that his suspicion would be proven in such a

after they were forced to

hunted down and besieged in the alley, Jayden

a series of coincidences, which looked more like a plan that was well thought out in

Jayden was someone Katherine was familiar with, and they had a partnership in Fontan. In other words, he was quite

two points met the criteria for

had already had his eyes on Katherine back in their own country. That was why he was aware of Theodore's laboratory and told

to run after them. To make it easier for him to make a move, he pretended to hijack the plane and forced them to land in Fontan so that the mercenaries on land could do

a lot of twists and turns.

Jayden's identity, he supposedly wasn't able to hire any

they were not one of the four most prestigious families, after all. As such, they didn't

possibility was that Jayden still had an identity that was hidden from others, and