A Replacement Bride

Chapter 200

"Say that again." Katherine looked at Jorge with no emotion on her face, and her icy voice came out from her slightly parted thin lips.

However, Jorge seemed rather relieved as he looked back at Katherine, his smile becoming more and more unrestrained and disturbed. "Katherine, you are not my biological daughter. I knew from the beginning that your mother was already pregnant with you when she married me. Do you think that the daughter of a rich man would marry a pauper like me if it wasn't because I could accept something like that?"

Katherine didn't speak, and only looked at him calmly while she listened to him continue.

Jorge's eyes had a hint of tenderness as he began to reminisce. "Your mother was young and beautiful, and she came from a good family. Even though the Olsen Family had just arrived in Hovington, they were already one of the wealthiest families in the city. Your grandparents are respectectable figures, so of course I had no reason to reject them. It was your mother who said that you will be able to have a proper name, and she would split half of the Olsen Family's wealth with me if I were to marry her. I took her up on it then. I thought that we would at least respect each other after the marriage even if we can't live together like a married couple. She respected me alright. Not only did she never look me in the eye once, she didn't have any feelings for me at all. But it didn't matter as long as I had the money. I founded the Cornell Group with the money she gave me. I hoped that she could help me, but she hated the sight of me, and she even mocked and belittled me. I hate her! I hate her ruthless indifference, and I hate her even more for using and deceiving me. The one thing that was the most unacceptable for me was that she gave birth to 'my' son after marriage even though she had never let me touch her once. Haha! Isn't that the most humiliating thing a man can go through? I know that you hate me. You think that I have failed you and your mother, and that I killed her, but you are

really blaming the wrong person. Your mother was already seriously injured when Lisa found her. I admit that we didn't try to save her, but you can't say that we were the ones who caused her death. She had already offended someone else. I think the most likely person to kill her should be someone from your father's side of the family."

Jorge could hardly keep his eyes open after he finished speaking. As he struggled to stay awake, he looked at the ceiling above his head, and it felt as if he had returned to that sunny afternoon.

That was the first time he saw Elsie. From then on, he believed in love at first sight, and believed that someone really can make a mistake of a lifetime at a glance.

"Shut up! Shut the hell up! Stop talking!" After hearing his words, Beatrice seemed to have lost her mind as she violently stomped on him.

Seeing this made Katherine squint.

It was true that she despised Jorge, but it was a whole other issue to watch him die in front of her.

Regardless of whether he was telling the truth or not, he didn't deserve to go this way.

He and Lisa were the only ones who knew the truth behind the Olsens' grudge and Elsie's death.

"Beatrice, did I say you can kill him?" Katherine's pretty face was cold as she stalked toward Beatrice.

When Beatrice saw Katherine approaching her, a frightened expression immediately replaced the angry one the former had a second ago. "Don't come here! Katherine, I don't care if you are his biological daughter. Your reputation will definitely take a hit as long as the news of you not helping someone who is dying in front of you goes out. Just try coming to me again. I will kill him!"

Beatrice had to admit that she was instinctively afraid of Katherine. Katherine didn't need to do anything, but her calm attitude was enough to scare Beatrice.

Beatrice nervously looked at Katherine who was approaching, and her voice began to shake with agitation.

"Scared?" Katherine curled the corners of her lips.

"W-Who's scared? I am telling you—" Beatrice puffed out her chest and began sternly, only to be cut off by Katherine mid-sentence.

"Your legs will be completely useless in three months tops. If I am not wrong, it has been about three months since you healed, yeah? Is the pain in your legs starting to get unbearable now?"

Beatrice's face immediately fell as she gawked at Katherine in disbelief. "Y-You are making this up! I—"

"Did I get it wrong? Fine, then," Katherine nonchalantly cut her off. At that point, she was slowly closing in on Beatrice.

Beatrice was completely devastated. Even though she had her hands on Jorge and she thought that she had Katherine's weakness, she still couldn't do a thing to Katherine.

Katherine, who was standing in front of her, was on an entirely different level than she was.

"Why are you so infuriating, Katherine?" Beatrice pulled the corners of her mouth. "Why? You are obviously inferior to me in everything. I am the only daughter of the famous Muller Family, and my grandfather loves me very much. I have been outstanding in terms of character and academics since I was a child. I was always one of the best in every aspect. Why am I below you in the end? My grandfather treats you with importance to the point of cutting ties with me because of you. Joaquin disregards what I have done for him because he likes you. Why? Why?!"

As Beatrice howled, she squatted down and broke down in tears.

This is too unfair!

Katherine had reached Beatrice now. "Why don't you ask them?" she asked, her gaze lowered to look at Jorge.

His injuries weren't light, but his most serious condition was the excessive blood loss. Also, he wasn't in good health in the first place. After two days of torture, his breathing had become shallow, and he might die any time now.

Sighing, Katherine reached out to pull him up against her.

As Beatrice watched her movements, she let out a scornful laugh. "Why are you saving him? Katherine, don't you hate him? Wouldn't it be best if he died? He killed your mother."

Katherine paused and looked at the woman. "Of course he has to be punished by law for doing something wrong. I have no right to punish him myself. And you, you will also be punished by the law for committing crime.”

"Haha! You're ridiculous, Katherine! The law? Punishment? The dead remain dead. So what if he is to be imprisoned? Can a dead person come back to life? Do you think Joaquin will be okay with it if I kill you today and was given a 20-year prison sentence?" Beatrice suddenly started laughing with tears still streaming down her face. Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

Katherine only pursed her lips and looked at her quietly.

Beatrice sat up slowly and looked at her before she continued, "I know that there is no saving for my legs. You are right. I am in a lot of pain. It hurts so much I am half-dead! But I want to live. If you don't give me this chance to live, we will die together instead. I have already had explosives planted in this building, and the timer is on. The bombs will go off in less than a minute. We will all die together then. Of course, you can leave Jorge behind, but everything here has been broadcasted live on SharkTube.

Even if you survive, everyone will chastise you for leaving him behind and running away alone. Haha! Make your choice, Katherine Cornell. Are you going to stay behind and die with me, or escape by yourself?"