A Replacement Bride

Chapter 405 Exhausted

When Katherine came out of the lab, Howard was already waiting outside. "You must be exhausted. Want to have breakfast? We can have breakfast together. It's been a while since we met, yet we've never had the chance to have a meal together. Let's do it today," he said genuinely, his eyes flaring with delight. It felt like he was looking at something he loved.

It had been a few days since Katherine had any rest, and she didn't look too good. Her lips were pale. "No," she refused right away. "I have something to do. Maybe next time."

Howard was smart enough to know it wasn't the right time to press on further, so he nodded. "Yes, of course. I'll get a driver to take you home. Where are you staying?"

Katherine looked at her phone. Joaquin's here. She coolly declined, "No need. Someone's here to pick me up."

She tucked the reagent into her bag and left. Seeing that his attempt to get closer to her had failed again, Howard gave up and sent her all the way to the research center's entrance to see her off.

Joaquin looked in the rearview mirror. Howard was but a speck now, and Joaquin teased, "He really likes you. It seems like he thinks of you as his invaluable treasure."

Katherine leaned on the back of her seat and shrugged the tease off. "He'd love to have a bit of my fruit of labor. Of course, he's nice to me."

Joaquin was a little worried seeing her so exhausted. So, he changed the subject. "You must be tired. Take a nap. We'll be home soon," he said gently, his eyes filled with concern.

still closed, and she shook her head. "No. I'll just rest my eyes. I haven't

best for the past few days. It feels

and looked

"I do. But you know how complex his situation is. Even

she kept quiet for a moment. When she spoke again, there was an iciness in her tone. "But I guess he's not the only cruel man around. My father is the same. I wonder how he's doing now." She brought

soon, Emmanuel will share his fate. Now, you have to rest. I thought you said you wanted to rest your eyes. It will take some time to get home, so you should get some rest. I'll tell you once we

rested her head against the car

to Silver Gardens, and David had been waiting by the entrance for a while. Once the car had stopped, he opened up the passenger seat door. "How did it

at him. "That's why I came back." As she spoke, she went into the villa.

big strides. He was nervous. "Not too good. He's getting weaker and puking up more meds. He puked up half at first, but now he's puking

residual poison in his body attacking his innards. But as long as he lives,

David, and they entered Corey's room. Joaquin followed closely. Corey was lying on the bed, looking worse than he was before Katherine left. He was so pale that his blood vessels were almost visible. His lips were parched and cracking, and