A Replacement Bride

Chapter 21

"Daddy, let's head in. On our way here, I heard Rosemary say that she could not come as she had something going on. We cannot let the Levisays wait for us, right?" Katherine sweetly said as she took Jorge's offered arm. They looked like a lovely father-daughter pair.

Jorge frowned upon hearing that, and he agreed with her as well.

When he saw that Lisa was still throwing a fit while the Levisay servants watched from the doorway, his face twisted with dissatisfaction. He cleared his throat and said to Lisa, "Enough, Lisa. Rose has something to do, so we shall not wait for her. Let us head inside. This is more important."

Naturally, Lisa was not happy to hear that. However, she did not dare to argue back. Thus, she had to suppress her rage. However, as she walked past them, she shot Katherine a menacing glare.

Katherine remained calm though as she happily walked into the Levisay Residence with her arm linked with Jorge's.

She was looking forward to meeting the fiancée she had yet to even see.

There were quite a few people gathered in the living room. When Jorge and the others walked through the door, dozens of faces instantly turned to look at them.

Even though Jorge was someone who had seen and met a lot of people, the sight still made his heart tremble and his stomach roll in anxiety.

Lisa immediately noticed the handsome young men in the room; all of them look like great, capable men. The sight made her hate Katherine even more for being in Rosemary's way.

"My dear in-laws, you're here. Come, sit," greeted Hera.

Hera was as friendly as ever. In fact, when she saw Katherine, she looked as if she had just seen her own daughter walk into the room.

The other people in the room all frowned at Katherine's gaudy outfit. Elizabeth Levisay's face was the most unpleasant as her face was scrunched up so hard that it was evident that she was not happy at all.

"You are so beautiful today, Katherine." Hera could not help but scoff when she saw the blinding shine of sequins on Katherine.

It was obvious that Katherine was not someone who was up to standard. After all, no proper lady would wear something so gaudy and vulgar that it resembled a dancer's outfit.

Still, she would be marrying Joaquin, so that put Hera into a good mood.

"This is Joaquin's father. He was unable to come along last time because of an urgent matter at work," Hera introduced as she led Katherine and her family to their seats. She then sat down beside a stern-faced middle-aged man and held his arm while smiling at Katherine.

the man and said

was raised with manners. Hence, he was able to politely respond to Katherine without

as well. "This is Joaquin's grandmother.

she let out a scoff.

smiled even brighter

that the corner of her eye twitched. She was about to burst out in fury when the person sitting beside her stopped

noticed the young woman seated beside Elizabeth. The woman looked to be around the age of 23 and was dressed in a pure white

and softly said to Elizabeth, "Grandma, she is Joaquin's fiancée after all. Be polite for his sake. Think of how upset he would be when he

continued to frown but kept quiet

Although the woman had spoken up to defend Katherine, it felt like she was making a

smirked, finding the situation more interesting

the Levisays were a much more treacherous

family politics, though.

with each other, right? I did not see him last time, but why do

to be so good at acting. The last time they met,

like the Cornells had particularly taught her a few lessons as

coal would always be coal. No matter what, it could never turn into a diamond. Hence,

upstairs," replied Hera. "Oh, he had been brooding and depressed ever since that accident. He rarely speaks nowadays. If you wish to see him, you can head up to

to her eyes as if to wipe

lips twitched as she bluntly said, "Okay. I'll head upstairs to

got up and

room went pale, especially

of a good family would never be so rude! What Katherine did was

that

the only thing he could

after hearing that, but she did not expose the lie for

The more he said, the more he emphasized

to deal with the tense situation downstairs.

a faint scent of blood in the