A Replacement Bride

Chapter 60

"What? Is it too little?"

Facing their angry gazes and refusal to accept the credit card, Katherine inquired innocently.

At that moment, she seemed very sincere without any ulterior motives, yet it was these very words that landed the women in a very awkward position.

After entering the premises, Joaquin had been paying attention to where they stood, so he heard those women's comments as well.

Taking another look at how Katherine was acting, he knew that she was protecting and standing up for him.

He scoffed before pushing his wheelchair toward them and looked at the three women coldly. "Did you not understand my fiancé's words?"

"M-Mr. Levisay…"

Even though the three still managed to keep their composure in front of Katherine, they were instinctively scared when facing Joaquin.

After all, he had a very bad reputation in the past for being a cruel person with twisted tendencies. Now that he was disfigured and disabled, they feared that his mind might have only become more psychopathic.

They then hurriedly took the credit card from Katherine and were about to leave when the man added, "Remove your clothes."

"Kathy, Joaquin, no matter what, it's Dad's birthday today. Could you, for my sake…"

Just as the situation was getting heated, Rosemary walked over with Robert. Seeing how it was almost about to explode, she quickly tried to interfere and mediate.

"Your words don't mean anything to me." Joaquin looked at her nonchalantly before looking at his brother.

This made Rosemary's face go pale.

Robert then spoke in a gentle manner, "Joaquin, why make it so hard on these ladies? It would stain your reputation if word got out too."

"Why, you say? Because I can." Joaquin sat lazily on his wheelchair and nodded with arrogance, which matched the twisted desires of a man that came off disfigured and disabled from a recent car accident.

Katherine, who looked at him silently, found that it was such a waste of talent for the man to not pursue acting.

"What happened? Why is everyone crowding around here?"

Jorge and Hera came in while chatting along happily. Seeing how their children were all gathered here, they came over out of curiosity.

"Madam Levisay, my sister doesn't really know proper etiquette, so please don't get angry. She did not do this on purpose."

Hearing this, Rosemary quickly went up and grabbed onto Hera's hand while explaining on behalf of Katherine.

This made Katherine reveal a slight smirk and looked at Hera innocently. "Mom, you've come at the right time. I just happened to twist my ankle and spilled the wine on them, but I've already reimbursed them by paying them a million and buying their dresses. Did I do anything wrong by wanting them to take the dresses off since they're my property now?"

While saying all this, she became teary-eyed, looking at if she was wronged.

Feeling the corner of her mouth twitch, Hera glanced at the three angry women then at Katherine again. By now, a lot of attention was placed on them, so she knew that she could not just help the outsiders.

While silently cursing Katherine for a knack to cause trouble, she still maintained a smile on the surface. "Yup, Kathy is right. Since she forked money for it, it should belong to her now. So, it's up to her to deal with this however she sees fit. Now that you three accepted the money, take off your clothes and give it to her.

The trio felt their faces go red, as the tables had turned on them. At that moment, the card in their hands was like a hard slap that made them dizzy.

"Kathy, just let this go. They are all women. It would be very inappropriate to force them to undress in front of the guests," Rosemary suggested.

Understanding what she was trying to hint at, Katherine thought about it and decided to concede for the sake of Rosemary's pride, so she nodded. "Since my sister pleaded on you people's behalf, go upstairs and get changed."

Finally, the trio went upstairs shamefully to change.

"Madam Levisay, please don't blame my sister for this. She lost her mother at a young age, so nobody was there to discipline her. That's why she can be so rude and persistent. She's still a kind person at

heart, though." Rosemary sighed and looked at Katherine before whispering into Hera's ear, seemingly standing up for her.

Yet, being the sly old fox that Hera was, how could she not know what Rosemary was trying to achieve? She simply did not care enough to expose her tricks.

"Thank you for standing up for me, Future Mrs. Levisay."

As Hera and Jorge walked away, the crowd dispersed with Joaquin looking at Katherine in a mocking undertone.

Smiling brightly, she walked up to him and blinked before speaking in a serious tone, "If you really want to show your gratitude, then repay me the money for the dresses. It's a million. I'm poor."

Joaquin's mouth twitched.

"I'll give you the money when I have it." He could sense how close Katherine's face was and almost felt her breath. Although he stayed emotionless, one could see that the tips of his ears were turning red.

"Tsk, tsk. The young master of the Levisays is so poor that he doesn't even have a million. How pitiful," Katherine lamented.

"Yes. Since I'm disabled now, I can't really work," Joaquin replied straightforwardly and went along with her.

The answer took her by surprise as she looked at how serious Joaquin was. He doesn't look like he's joking.

Rolling her eyes, she stated, "Whatever. I'm hungry, so I'm going to eat now."

Katherine then left Joaquin alone before excusing herself in a hurry.

Looking at her silhouette, Joaquin gradually smirked without realizing that he was smiling.

The banquet officially commenced at 8.00PM as the host began his speech onstage while the crowd gathered along with glass wine in their hands.

Jorge, who was wearing a custom black suit, was smiling and stood by the side. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

It was then Katherine purposely bumped into Rosemary lightly before walking away nonchalantly.

Hesitating for a split second, Rosemary decided to go after her.

"Are you looking for me, Katherine?"

The two entered the bathroom. After Katherine looked outside to make sure nobody was near them, she spoke in an unfriendly tone, "Do you think you can become Mrs. Levisay by doing this? Rosemary, aren't you being too naive?" Katherine looked at her, thinking that without Lisa to strategize, she was truly dumb.

As expected, Katherine's words instantly changed Rosemary's expression before she asked in a low tone, "What do you want? Do you have a plan to make me into Robert's wife? Katherine, you just drove my mother insane, and now you want to deceive me? I won't believe you."

"It's up to you whether you wanna believe me or not. There's only one chance, Rosemary, and it's the perfect opportunity. I can guarantee that Robert will have to marry you, unless he wants to forfeit the right to inherit the family. If you don't believe me, you can leave right now."

Katherine remained calm as if she could not care less.

Her expression made Rosemary hesitate as she looked at the outstanding man in the crowd not far away. Due to her absence, a lot of women had already thrown themselves at him.

Not only did she want to get married to Robert, she also wanted to be the madam of the Levisays.

Although she knew that Katherine might have ulterior motives, how could she not accept as long as she could achieve her goals?

When I become the madam of the Levisays, there'll be plenty of chances to get rid of Katherine anyway!

"Okay. Tell me, then. What do I need to do?"

After giving it some thought, Rosemary agreed in the end.

Smiling, Katherine approached her and slotted a little pouch into her hand. "It's easy. Just make it so that it's a done deal. It's Dad's birthday today. With so many influential people from around town, if you do the deed with Robert, then his only choice is to marry you."