A Replacement Bride

Chapter 355

Chapter 354

Ignoring the sounds, Joaquin looked down at the man wailing in agony and he smirked condescendingly. "You won't let her go? Hah. Let's see how you are going to do that." After saying that, he slowly removed his feet and looked at Jeremy. "Don't make him dirty the W Co. floors. Drag him out and torture him alive." He said such merciless words calmly, causing everyone present to be terrified.

Nevertheless, Jeremy understood the command and did as told.

While being dragged away, Mason growled, "What are you doing to me?! Let me go!" He was initially enraged but later became terrified and begged for mercy. Even though he was dragged far away, his pleas resonated in their ears.

Katherine pursed her lips. Why would you do such a thing when you know the outcome?

After the fuss was over, Joaquin took her hand and left the scene. After the couple got into the car, he still radiated icy disdain. Then, he closed his eyes while seated in the driver's seat. He couldn't imagine what would happen if he had arrived a second later. Even though he knew she was skilled in self- defense, he could not stop his heart from clenching up in agony at the thought.

On the other hand, Katherine had fastened her seatbelt, but she noticed that Joaquin didn't start the car, and his side profile seemed rigid and resolute. It was evident that he was still upset about the incident earlier.

"Erm…" Recalling how serious his gaze was earlier when he noticed her injury, she blinked and explained softly, "I'm fine. It's only a light scratch. Mason wouldn't have been able to hurt me. Don't be upset anymore, okay? He isn't worthy of your anger."

Hearing how serious she was at comforting him, Joaquin batted his lashes and turned to look at her with a burning gaze. Parting his thin lips, he calmly said, "He isn't worthy of my emotions, but you are."

Taken aback by his statement, Katherine shuddered for no reason. Does this imply that he is not angry with Mason but concerned about me? With that thought, she could not look him in the eyes with her peach blossom eyes. Instead, she lowered her eyelids and replied with silence to avoid meeting his gaze.

Seeing that, he couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart. He didn't want to drive her to a corner, so he softened his tone. "Does it hurt?" His usually cold voice was filled with tenderness, making his deep voice particularly pleasant.

Suddenly, she felt a tingling sensation in her ears as if something had tickled her. After clearing her throat, she calmly shook her head. "No, it doesn't. It's only a thin cut."

Joaquin's gaze was fixed on the nearly invisible wound on Katherine's ear, and he said nothing. Only then did he start the car and drive off.

Shortly after the pair left, Jeremy dealt with Mason according to his superior's order in an alley two blocks away from W Co.

Then, Jeremy stood up, took the handkerchief his subordinate handed him, and slowly wiped the blood stained on his hands. "Did you say you won't let go of Katherine?" he snickered and tossed the handkerchief stained with blood to Mason before leaving with his men.

Later, a figure suddenly appeared and slowly walked against the light of the alley entrance. The silhouette was wearing a pair of valuable handmade leather shoes and stopped in front of Mason. Afterward, a meaningful voice sounded, "Do you want the Morans to survive?"

…

Half an hour later, Katherine and Joaquin returned to the hospital.

She instantly felt something ominous when she pushed the door, and when they entered the ward, she froze. Keith was lying unconsciously on the floor while the hospital bed was empty!

All of a sudden, Joaquin's expression turned stern. He first checked the bathroom while Katherine checked on her brother. Shaking him, she cried, "Wake up, Keith!" Even after several attempts to shake him awake, he showed no signs of regaining consciousness.

When Joaquin returned from the bathroom, his face had turned frosty. "Noah isn't inside."

Killing intent painted across her exquisite features. So, she scanned the ward with a knife-like gaze before letting it settle on the glass of water on the coffee table. Only half of the water was left in the glass. When Katherine smelled it, she couldn't sense anything out of the ordinary, so she took a sip.

Joaquin frowned and was about to stop her when she spat the water out and exclaimed, "The water was drugged!"

The drug was odorless and tasteless, so most ordinary people would not be able to detect it. However, she was knowledgeable about medicines and had excellent senses of smell and taste. As a result, she could pick up the subtle flavor in the water.

Immediately, she came to a conclusion. "Noah was taken away!"

Instantly, his face turned ice cold, and he gave off an intimidating aura as he pulled out his phone. He called Jeremy and ordered, "Find out whoever entered Noah's ward today!"

With a sullen face, she took out a silver needle and pierced several acupuncture points on Keith's body. After a while, he sat up as if awakened from a dream.

"Kathy! Joaquin!" He was a little dazed at first, but after a while, he realized what had happened. With an anxious expression, he exclaimed, "Noah was kidnapped!"

Katherine stared at him. "Tell me everything that happened."

After licking the corner of his lips, he recalled the incident earlier. "After you guys left in the morning, I had breakfast with Noah and brought her for her routine checkup. The results were positive, so we came back after a while. Later, I suddenly felt dizzy and drowsy. It was then that I realized I had been drugged, but the drug was so strong that I passed out before I could do anything. Before my mind totally blacked out, I noticed someone coming in. I reckon that they covered Noah's mouth and took her away. My consciousness was too weak at the time, so I wasn't able to stop them—" Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

Following that, he ruffled his hair in annoyance and apologized guiltily, "It's all my fault, Kathy. It's all my fault for not protecting Noah well—"

"There is no point in saying that now. Our priority is to find Noah." Katherine didn't blame him but asked, "Have you seen that person clearly?"

Keith tried his best to recall but shook his head eventually. "My mind was hazy, and I couldn't see anything clearly earlier. I didn't even know whether that person was a man or a woman—"

As he spoke, he seemed to have remembered something and suddenly raised his voice. "That person seemed to be wearing a white coat at that time! So, it must've been a doctor here!"

Hearing that, Katherine denied it with a gloomy face. "That might not be true. They could be an internal doctor, but they could also be an outsider who deliberately pretended to be a doctor to confuse the public and ease the mission."

"What should we do, then?" Keith inquired anxiously.

Clenching his teeth, Joaquin uttered in a low voice, "Let's check the surveillance camera first."

Soon, Matthew was alarmed by the incident and was sweating profusely from nervousness as he made his way to the control room. Katherine was a superior guest! Now that her daughter was taken from the hospital, wouldn't he be doomed?!