A Replacement Bride

Chapter 197

"What is the matter with you, Jack? Why isn't anyone here yet? We are all waiting at the Blue Diamond. Also, is that punk Keith coming or not? You promised me that you would bring him here. Do you not want the project in Ewing?" Bentley's arrogant voice came from the other end of the call.

Hearing that, Katherine raised her eyebrows and looked at Jack, who was visibly embarrassed. Jack then huffed, "Who are you saying wants the Ewing project? Stop shooting your mouth! Keith and I both can't make it because we have something else to attend to. Let's do this some other day—"

"You better think this through, Jack," Bentley coldly interrupted before he finished his words with a threat. "If you reject me today, not only will you lose the project in Ewing, it will probably be tough for the Fosters to live another peaceful day in Hovington."

Jack's expression changed, and he hung up the phone without saying a word.

Katherine finally understood the reason Jack cooperated with Bentley by luring Keith to the Blue Diamond Club.

"Are the Adlers very influential in Hovington?" Katherine looked at Joaquin and asked for his opinion. She knew a lot about the Foster Family's situation, but she had never heard of the Adlers before.

"They are just so-so. They are a third-rate family that does not have a big business, but there is a member of the Alders who works in the municipal party committee. He has some influence that allows him to get certain projects that are not particularly important. So yes, they are somewhat influential in Hovington." Joaquin pondered for a moment as he tried to recall Bentley.

It was also thanks to Bentley being a scum who did scummy things and even joined in on the smuggling of F&D that Joaquin knew a little about the Alder Family, as Bentley was on Area Seven's

watch list.

"Ha, the system is in shambles now? He is doing whatever he wants just because he has some connections?" Katherine let out a sneer. She was just about to take out her phone to send a message to Savannah and have her handle the Alders when Joaquin spoke.

"The Alders is also connected to the abroad F&D group. Area Seven has been following after this line, and it is almost time for us to pull the net. Since they can't wait to get themselves killed, I will fulfill their wishes. You can cease action."

He threw her a glance after saying that.

Guilty, she quietly rubbed her nose.

After her real identity was known, it seemed like she barely had any secrets left she was keeping from Joaquin at this point.

Katherine was more than happy to let him protect her when he wanted to do so.

He then called Jeremy and instructed him to seal off the Alders, and even get rid of the person in the municipal party committee.

At the same time in the Cornell Family's villa, Rosemary was as pale as a sheet of paper as she fell to the ground looking unkempt. Beside her was a heavily injured Lisa.

Lisa's eyes were filled with fear as she looked at the group of men in black who suddenly barged into their home. She didn't have a clue about what was happening.

"W-Who are you? What are you trying to do?" Rosemary tugged at her collar and asked in a shaky voice.

The man looked down at her before bringing a foot up and stepped on her chest. The pain almost made her spit out a mouthful of blood.

Her face only got whiter at this point. Fear began to consume her as she looked at the man dressed in black.

"W-We can give you anything you want. Don't kill me. Please, don't kill me." She was finally scared.

She had been living a life that was worse than death these days.

Not only did the Cornells go bankrupt, the Levisays completely denied her relationship with Robert after he went insane.

She initially thought that she could threaten the Levisays with the baby in her belly, but she had miscarried for no reason. On top of that, she had had so many miscarriages that her doctor had told her that she would never get pregnant again.

Her life with Lisa these few months had been so unstable that she decided to return to the Cornells when she could no longer put up with it.

Rosemary would never have thought that she would come across these men as soon as she stepped into the house.

The man took out a cigarette and held its butt between his lips before he lowered his head and peered at Rosemary from the corner of his eyes. "Are you close with Katherine Cornell?"

Hearing that, she struggled to lick her dry and cracked lips. "S-She and I—"

"Don't even try to lie to me." He shut down any chances of her telling him a lie.

Not brave enough to try speaking nonsense, Rosemary gulped before she answered truthfully, "We don't have a good relationship. She is the daughter of my father's ex-wife. She did something shameful five years ago, and was kicked out of the family by my father before she returned to Fontan."

"You are an honest one, aren't you?" Seeing how obedient she was, the man removed his foot from her chest.

She felt relieved in that instant. As she sat up clutching her chest, her eyes shone and she suddenly offered, "Are you trying to go against Katherine? I have a way that she definitely will fall for."

"Oh?" With his interest piqued, the man now looked at Rosemary with a different gaze.

Rosemary looked excited as she blurted out, "I have something that she will be interested in."

"What is it?"

"The truth about her mother's death back then. I have a video file. Katherine will know what it is as soon as she sees it. You can show her the first half. After she sees it, she will definitely come to ask for the second half." Rosemary's tone was extremely determined.

Katherine had always cared about Elsie to the point where the former had been investigating Elsie's death all these years. Rosemary was sure that they could sway Katherine with that.

"Give it to me." Both the man's gaze and aura changed slightly.

Rosemary, however, didn't notice anything out of place. This was her last trump card she had kept hidden that would also be used to save her life in the future.

She naturally wouldn't be bringing something so important around with her.

And no matter how dumb she might be, she could tell that the man didn't have good intentions.

Even though she really wanted to use the person in front of her to kill Katherine, saving her own life was the most important thing to Rosemary.

And so, she only replied after mulling over it. "I can give it to you, but you have to let me go."

"Let you go?" With a half-smile on his face, the man now looked at her as if she had cracked a joke.

Rosemary wasn't afraid as she raised her chin and looked at the man. "My mother is still in your hands. I won't just leave her and escape on my own. I will go get you the video while my mother stays here. You can kill her if I dare run away. I definitely will not run away. Trust me on this."

The man started pondering after he heard her words. Thinking that he didn't have a better method to trick Katherine into coming out, he agreed, "Fine. I will go with you."

It was useless for them to hold Jorge captive since Katherine didn't seem to care at all.

And it wasn't like they could kidnap Keith, who was outside of Soulin International. This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Now was their only chance.

Katherine had something very important that they were determined to obtain.

After pulling Rosemary to her feet, the man walked out of the house with her.