A Replacement Bride

Chapter 211

"Do you mind telling me what it's for? I'm actually in the middle of cooking here. I still haven't had lunch." Katherine looked composedly at Marcus, having not a sliver of fear toward her arrest, and the director couldn't help but be amazed by her composure and verve. However, the more she behaved so, the more he was certain the woman standing before him was no simple character.

Having been on the field for years, people would inevitably be intimidated by his deep hostility. In fact, there was a running joke in his neighborhood that his face could stop kids from crying.

Thus, it proved how scary Marcus looked. However, Katherine wasn't afraid of him at all.

Her gaze had been forthright since he entered the apartment. Hell, they had even looked each other in the eye, but she showed no signs of fear whatsoever. It was evident she wasn't surprised by his sudden visit.

Marcus turned grimmer by the second as he covertly signaled his men. Everyone held their guards up at once, fixing their gazes on Katherine, getting ready to shoot her down once she made any sudden movements.

Katherine caught their actions and felt super helpless.

She was a law-abiding citizen, for heaven's sake! She did nothing wrong, yet she was receiving such treatment.

Annoyed, she looked at Marcus and asked monotonously, "Is this really necessary, Mr. Town? I'm just a defenseless woman. Do you need to dispatch so many men to capture me?"

However, Marcus remained sterned as he looked icily at Katherine. "Not if you're just a simple defenseless woman. However, you are the infamous hacker, Night Owl. Am I right, Miss Cornell?"

"Night Owl? Are you sure I'm Night Owl?" Katherine looked at Marcus with a half-smile.

To that, Marcus snorted and said, "Why ask when you know the answer, Miss Cornell? We'll all have the answers we need after you come with us, no?"

"Are you sure you want me to go with you? It won't be so easy to make me leave once I go through your doors, though." Katherine made nothing of it and looked calmly at him.

"Let's not waste each other's time anymore. Come with us," Marcus said straightforwardly.

"Alright." Katherine stood up, removed the apron, and chucked it aside before finally turning to Keith. "Tell your brother-in-law when he comes over that I'm paying the Department of State a visit and tell Grandma to head to him if she wants to join us for a meal."

With thot, she heoded to the moin door grociously. "Whot is it, Mr. Town? Are you expecting me to usher you?" She turned ond looked ot Morcus when she found thot he hodn't moved.

Morcus, on the other hond, bore into Kotherine ond followed behind her, wonting to see whot other tricks she could come up with.

Just like thot, the group escorted Kotherine owoy from Soulin Internotionol to orrive ot the Deportment of Stote on hour loter.

Kotherine exited the vehicle ofter Morcus, ond she looked up ot the grond, towering building only to smirk before finolly following the director inside.

The Deportment of Stote wos highly guorded with ormed SWAT ogents guording eoch entronce. Anybody who went in could forget obout ever leoving unless they were escorted out, but Kotherine

mode nothing of it. In foct, she wos rother reloxed while she checked the ploce out os she wolked.

After bringing the young womon into on interrogotion room, Morcus turned grove ot once ond slommed his hond on the toble os he questioned, "Speok! Are you Night Owl or not?!"

"No." Kotherine leoned lozily bock ogoinst the choir, looking innocently ot the director.

"Still trying to be stubborn?! We've gotten occurote intel thot you ore Night Owl herself, ond we even troced the intel to your IP oddress. So, whot more do you hove to soy for yourself?!" snopped Morcus os she slommed his hond on the toble ogoin.

Kotherine couldn't help toking o gonder ot his hond in response, feeling bod for him.

Thot soid, she remoined looking innocently ot Morcus. "Someone's setting me up, Mr. Town. I know nothing."

However, Morcus didn't buy her oct ond continued to interrogote, "Are you the one who infiltroted Hovington's security system?"

To thot, Kotherine soid nothing but looked into the director's eyes with pursed lips.

"Speok! Whot is your motive?! Hove you returned from Fonton to steol our country's clossified informotion?"

It wos met with silence.

"Who ore your occomplices? Speok now or else!"

Still, she refused to speok.

"Kotherine Cornell! Give up resisting! We olreody hove severol leods toword your crimes. You won't be oble to deny them! All you con do now is odmit them, ond we'll consider giving you o lenient

punishment! Answer our questions honestly, ond you will be releosed sooner!"

With that, she headed to the main door graciously. "What is it, Mr. Town? Are you expecting me to usher you?" She turned and looked at Marcus when she found that he hadn't moved.

Marcus, on the other hand, bore into Katherine and followed behind her, wanting to see what other tricks she could come up with. This content belongs to Nô/velDra/ma.Org .

Just like that, the group escorted Katherine away from Soulin International to arrive at the Department of State an hour later.

Katherine exited the vehicle after Marcus, and she looked up at the grand, towering building only to smirk before finally following the director inside.

The Department of State was highly guarded with armed SWAT agents guarding each entrance. Anybody who went in could forget about ever leaving unless they were escorted out, but Katherine made nothing of it. In fact, she was rather relaxed while she checked the place out as she walked.

After bringing the young woman into an interrogation room, Marcus turned grave at once and slammed his hand on the table as he questioned, "Speak! Are you Night Owl or not?!"

"No." Katherine leaned lazily back against the chair, looking innocently at the director.

"Still trying to be stubborn?! We've gotten accurate intel that you are Night Owl herself, and we even traced the intel to your IP address. So, what more do you have to say for yourself?!" snapped Marcus as she slammed his hand on the table again.

Katherine couldn't help taking a gander at his hand in response, feeling bad for him.

That said, she remained looking innocently at Marcus. "Someone's setting me up, Mr. Town. I know nothing."

However, Marcus didn't buy her act and continued to interrogate, "Are you the one who infiltrated Hovington's security system?"

To that, Katherine said nothing but looked into the director's eyes with pursed lips.

"Speak! What is your motive?! Have you returned from Fontan to steal our country's classified information?"

It was met with silence.

"Who are your accomplices? Speak now or else!"

Still, she refused to speak.

"Katherine Cornell! Give up resisting! We already have several leads toward your crimes. You won't be able to deny them! All you can do now is admit them, and we'll consider giving you a lenient punishment! Answer our questions honestly, and you will be released sooner!"

The woman remained silent.

"Katherine Cornell! Are you going to confess or not?!" Marcus was wholly infuriated now.

Having been a director of the Department of State for years, he had seen all sorts of spies but never one like Katherine. She behaved as though the Department of State was her backyard, looking all relaxed. No matter what he asked, she would speak of nothing but only looked at him like he was an idiot, which infuriated him.

"Are you done?" Katherine asked plainly as she looked at the infuriated man.

"Are you going to confess or not?! We're still playing nice with you here, Cornell. Don't make us use particular forces on you!" Marcus felt nothing but anger right then as he thought he looked like a clown

when Katherine behaved so nonchalantly.

"I'd suggest asking around before deciding if you want to use your particular forces on me," advised the young woman after a yawn.

"Ask around? So, you do have an accomplice! And he's a high-ranking officer? Who is he? Where is he at now?!" peppered the director as his eyes lit up.

Katherine failed to hold back and snorted a burst of laughter, for she found Marcus super interesting. I swear this guy doesn't speak Cechirusian.

With that, she pulled her phone out and dialed a number before chucking it right at Marcus. "Why don't you ask him yourself?"

Though skeptical, Marcus put the phone by his ear.

The busy tone rang three times before a deep, vigorous voice came at the other end of the line. "Hey, Kathy. What's up?"

Though Marcus thought the callee sounded somewhat familiar, he still pulled a straight face and interrogated the latter when he thought of Katherine's alias. "Who are you, and who are you to Katherine Cornell?! What classified Cechirusian information do you want to steal?! Come clean. We've already pin-pointed your location!"

The callee staggered for a moment. It was obvious he was somewhat stumped, probably unable to process what had just happened for a moment. However, by the time he came to himself, he condemned angrily, "Marcus Town! Do you have a death wish?! How dare you take Kathy into Department of State custody! Do you not know who she is?! Let me tell you; she's our country's 5S- ranked personage! Release her at once, or I will use your head for soccer!"