A Replacement Bride

Make a sacrifice voluntarily?

Katherine felt like there was a lump in her throat which made her extremely uncomfortable. She forced herself to calm down and tried to stay composed. She knew she couldn't rely on Vermillion Alliance anymore, and the only one she could count on was herself. She had to stay calm, or everything would be over.

At that moment, she regained her composure and coldly looked at the leader of the group. "What do you want?" she asked.

The man raised his eyebrows and signaled to his companion, who immediately understood and took out a bundle of rope and tape from behind and threw it in front of Katherine.

"First of all, you can't move. You must accept being tied up obediently," he said.

Looking at the rope on the ground, Katherine sneered, "Do you think I'm stupid? My daughter is still in your hands. If you tie me up, how do I know if you'll let my daughter go?"

The man shrugged it off. "I'll do as I say."

Katherine didn't back down. "You’re a person who kidnaps a young girl to blackmail someone, so why should I trust you?"

Then, she changed the subject and proposed a condition. "You let go of my daughter first, and you're not allowed to send anyone after her. I have to see her leave safely!"

Upon hearing this, the man chuckled. "Do you think you can have whatever you want? Do you think you can negotiate with me in your current situation? What reason do I have to trust you?"

Katherine's eyes were cold. "If we don't trust each other, then we can fight. But I think you might not be able to explain yourself to your boss when the time comes."

man off guard,

was right. In fact, she was just testing him. She knew Jayden only sent people to capture her and wouldn't allow anyone

people

daughter is my weakness and my bottom line. I can stay here and listen to you patiently because my daughter is still safe. But if you try to harm my daughter, I won't let you go. If chaos

finished speaking, the man's

brief silence, he finally compromised and signaled to the two strong men next to

Noah, then removed the tape from her mouth. Tears welled up in Noah's eyes as she

and stopped her. "Noah, don't come over! Listen to me. Leave this place, go as far away as possible, and

hold back her tears and shook her head. "Mom, I won't leave... I want to

remain stern, and she scolded Noah sharply. "Listen to

way and knew that she herself was a burden. If she stayed, her mother would still be at their captors' mercy. Only

had a clear understanding of the situation. She ran away without looking back and found

back in the abandoned building, Katherine had been keeping an eye on the direction of the door, and only when she was sure that Noah's silhouette had disappeared for a

We've kept our promise, so now it's

around and looked at the faces of everyone in the room before turning to the leader and smiling all of a sudden. "Why would Jayden find such

changed immediately at her words. "What do you mean?

you wanted with me once you released

that Katherine had only set a condition earlier