A Replacement Bride

"Are you so eager to go home and see your daddy? When are you so dependent on him?"

Noah smiled shyly at that question, and her eyes were squinted into little crescents. "I miss Daddy a lot and depend on you too, Mom. I love you and Daddy the most. I want our family to be together."

Katherine's heart was warmed by the little girl's words. Back at the Cornells, she had never experienced the warmth and love of being part of a complete family. After what she had been through, she didn't want her daughter to go through the same thing. Immediately, she hooked her lips into a gentle smile. "Okay. We'll wait until Mr. Blatt comes back. Once he returns and everything turns out well, we can go home."

"That's great." The little girl beamed and nodded.

After some time, David returned, but he did not appear happy and emanated a gloomy aura.

"How was it?" When Katherine saw him, she had a bad premonition.

He poured himself a cup of water and drank it in one go as if he were trying to put out the fire inside him. However, when David started speaking, he couldn't suppress his anger and frowned. "I thought of this matter too simply! Emmanuel Gray isn't an ordinary person. He's truly ruthless! He even put Corey under house arrest!"

Katherine was shocked to hear that and asked, "House arrest? What happened?"

"When I got there, I didn't see anyone besides Emmanuel. So, I told him I wanted to check on Corey, but Emmanuel refused, claiming that Corey had recovered and was resting. Ultimately, I had a hunch that something wasn't right, so I had someone look into it. Then, I discovered Emmanuel had placed Corey under house arrest after bringing him home. Moreover, he had also placed Corey's mother under house arrest. It's like he's afraid she would let Corey escape or something. How could someone like that call himself a father? That is completely insane!"

could poison his own son couldn't be an ordinary person, so it's reasonable that he would do something like putting them under house arrest. Moreover, now that he and Corey had gotten into a dispute, keeping Corey locked up at home is the best way to keep him under

wouldn't let Corey spend the rest of his life in that room, would he?" David gritted his teeth as his

and thought about it. Soon, she understood why this was happening. "Don't fret. I don't think Emmanuel would keep him locked up forever. This might be temporary, and Corey would

hearing that.

Corporation's turnaround, and that someone might not be whom you'd expect. That person supporting the company might want to make Emmanuel a henchman, so Corey might have considered this possibility and gone home to confront Emmanuel. Perhaps, Corey found out something, or he might not have discovered the whole truth, but no matter which it is,

Why would he go through so much just to save a company that is about to go bankrupt? Even the other three noble families were

she quickly replied, "To

what she meant. "Are you saying someone wants to use the

point, the Grays and I have a grudge, and I am why Gray Corporation has fallen to the point of almost getting bankrupt. I suppose

Grays when they faced the crisis. It might also be because the person in the back wanted to use Emmanuel to deal with the other three noble families. No one was sure, but Katherine's intuition told her it might be the first

to do now? Do you have any clue about

head in response. "I have

for the others… Since revealing her identity as W Co.'s president, she had unwittingly amassed many enemies, making

dark and we're out in the open, the situation isn't looking

David pursed his lips. "What

be guarding against me, so