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.

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

that? Why

he didn't read too much into it. Just as he was ready to continue walking down the stairs, the voice

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

There's no need to do anything in particular.

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

the shocking secret inadvertently, Joaquin turned gloomy at once. He stepped back and hid behind the other side of the corner as he listened attentively to the voice from the dining

He remained silent for

cup being placed on the table was heard. Following that, the lights in the dining hall were turned off, and the sounds of

he got used to the darkness quickly. He turned around and headed upstairs stealthily. With

the door lightly

of the corridor. Several minutes later, the sound of a door

the darkness, Joaquin squinted and fell into

fact, when he was having a discussion with Katherine in the morning, he already became suspicious of Jayden. It never

would it be so coincidental that right after they were forced to land in

and

which looked more like a plan that was well thought out in

they had a partnership in Fontan. In other words, he was quite powerful in

two points met the criteria for the

Jayden had already had his eyes on Katherine back in their own country. That

them to land in Fontan so that the mercenaries on land could do their job. They pretended to hunt them down, and Jayden put up an act of saving them at the most critical moment.

a lot of twists and turns. He's such a cunning

he supposedly wasn't able

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

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