A Replacement Bride

Chapter 294

When Eddie heard Katherine, he knitted his brows tightly together. "Do you know what he did? On what grounds are you protecting him?! Who are you?"

Katherine didn't answer, but she just looked at him with an icy expression and an intense gaze as she pondered.

At this moment, Mike suddenly spoke in shock, "M-Miss Cornell? You came!"

He thought that he was dreaming, so he rubbed his eyes as he shivered. When he saw the side profile of the man beside her from the corner of his eyes, he was even more shocked, and his body trembled.

"Are you…" He was already frail and dying, but an obvious shock could still be heard in his feeble voice. "Are you…"

When Joaquin heard that, he gave Mike a sidelong glance with a poker face and didn't say anything. Yet, this glance affirmed his guess about Joaquin's identity. Instantly, he used all the strength that he had left to sit up straight.

"It's really you, Colonel Levisay!" Instantly, he recognized Joaquin. With his eyes shining with admiration, he continued, "I didn't know I could meet you once again before I die."

He knew about Joaquin's prestigious identity. In those days, he had been on a mission with Joaquin, but something nearly went wrong halfway through the mission. Only with Joaquin's calmness in that situation could they continue the task successfully. After that, he grew a lot of respect for Joaquin, even though he was much older than him.

So, when he saw Joaquin, he was shocked and curious. "W-Why are you here, Colonel Levisay?"

Hearing that, Joaquin looked at him from the corner of his eyes and finally gave him some reaction. "Kathy is my wife. If she wants to come, I'll obviously follow her." In two sentences, he explained his relationship with Katherine and also explained that his arrival had nothing to do with Mike.

The moment Mike heard that, he was even more surprised. His eyes darted between Katherine and Joaquin. "Wife? Colonel Levisay, you and Miss Cornell…" he mumbled subconsciously without realizing the change in Eddie's expression.

Although Eddie wasn't sure about Joaquin's exact identity, from what he had heard, he knew Katherine's partner was no ordinary man. Mike respects him so much. He has a high status.

At this thought, he felt the urgency of the issue. It seems like things are going to turn difficult. After grinding his teeth, he suddenly shouted, "I don't care who you are, but this is a matter between Mike and me! It has nothing to do with you! You should leave now if you're sensible enough!"

When Katherine heard him, she suddenly laughed out loud. Then, she said in an icy tone with a mere smile tugged on her lips, "No matter how strong your grudge against Mike is, it's not a reason for you to kill. I don't care how much you hate him, but you can't lay your hands on him."

Instantly, Eddie's face darkened. "Why not? Also, why must I obey what you say?"

Although there was a casual smile on her face, no one knew its meaning. "Well, that's because I still need you. You will go to prison if you kill him now. How are you going to work for me if that happens?"

As soon as she said that, Eddie was even more confused, and he knitted his brows together even more tightly. "What are you yapping about? Why do you need me? What do you want to do?"

However, Katherine didn't explain explicitly. "Let's talk it out over coffee. Why don't we go somewhere else and I'll explain everything to you? "

Hearing that, Eddie scoffed, "Go somewhere else? Are you trying to buy time? Haha! I think there's no need for you to do that. I want Mike dead today! You should leave now if you don't want to be dragged into this! If you still insist on stopping me, I won't hold back either!"

Yet, Katherine was not afraid of his threat at all. On the contrary, it seemed like she found it entertaining. "Oh, yeah? What are you going to do if I insist on stopping you?"

When he noticed that no words were working for her and that Joaquin was standing beside her as a guardian, his gaze turned dark instantly.

At this moment, he was in a dilemma. Even when he wanted to leave, Katherine wouldn't let him go so easily, and he didn't want to lose this perfect chance to end Mike, but if he were to stay here, the two of them would definitely stop him.

Just as he was pondering the solution with a frown, Mike suddenly started coughing intensely. He lost his balance and was going to fall forward.

Seeing that, Joaquin turned around swiftly to hold him, but it was at this instance when a spark flashed in Eddie's eyes. He suddenly went forward and reached out his hand to slap Katherine in the face.

Luckily, Katherine reacted quickly, for she dodged his attack swiftly and turned around to fight him. Yet, there was something she didn't know. Eddie didn't want to kill her, but he was planning something else.

Just when she was going to capture him, she suddenly felt a needle poking into her shoulder, followed by very mild pain.

The minute a shadow of doubt flashed on her face, Joaquin turned around and pulled her behind him without saying a word. With a darkened face, he scoffed, "Ha…" His expression was so cold that it

made the temperature around him reach the freezing point. "Don't you dare!" His words were simple yet impactful.

Cruelness flashed in his eyes, and he strode forward to get closer to Eddie. Following that, he started attacking him, with every move hurting him.

Although Eddie wasn't bad at combat, it was still apparent that he was losing to Joaquin. And as he grew older, his moves became slower. He was defeated by Joaquin within three moves and was already kneeling.

At this moment, Katherine had already regained her senses and was staring coldly at the man on the ground with her beautiful eyes. "Do you want to kill Mike that badly, Eddie? You know very well that even if we didn't show up here today, you wouldn't be able to escape forever if you killed him."

Eddie spat a mouthful of blood and scoffed, "So what? Since I want to kill him, I didn't plan for things to end well for myself!"

As he said that, he squinted his eyes. "I'm just a dying person anyway. I don't have much time left. I can't die knowing I didn't get my revenge!"

Hearing that, Katherine frowned and addressed the question that was bothering her. "You keep saying that you want to kill Mike for your revenge, but what did he do to you?"

"Why should I tell you?! Who are you?!" Eddie scoffed. NôvelDrama.Org holds text © rights.

When Joaquin heard that, his chiseled face became even more fierce. He raised his leg and was going to kick Eddie.

However, Katherine quickly stopped him and shook her head before looking at Eddie. "I know that Mike has done some harm previously. Now that he's seriously ill, he has already received the punishment,

but it seems like the harm that he caused at that time has something to do with the Scott-Tutton Family, right? Or else, you won't take the risk of letting everyone in the Fraser Family catch the man-faced curse. Am I right?"