A Replacement Bride

Chapter 67

"Whoa, is this a fight I'm seeing?" Aberama's eyes lit up upon seeing the commotion inside the elevator, and he bypassed Katherine to take a closer look.

Katherine rolled her eyes in response, speechless by the man's love for juicy gossip.

He might be a man, but he was more gossipy than a woman.

The young girl blushed upon seeing Aberama's good looks and hurriedly went up to him, hoping he could mediate the situation. "Please settle a debate for us, mister. This woman is nuts. We were just talking, and she suddenly threw herself at us. But now, this mister wants us to apologize. What kind of savageness is this?!"

"Hmm, you're right. It's not right of them to do so." Aberama wanted bigger drama.

"I know, right?! She's in the wrong!" The young girl found Aberama good-looking and reasonable, which was much better than the rude masked man.

"You liar! You maligned Joe! You guys called him ugly!" Beatrice argued with red-rimmed eyes while looking aggrievedly at Aberama. That gaze of hers was clearly one of ogling.

Meanwhile, Katherine quirked her lips as she stood to one side. What are they, children?! How can they be fighting over something so minor?!

"Hmm, you're right too." Aberama nodded thoughtfully and glanced at the young girl in front of him. "It is indeed wrong of you two to call people ugly behind their backs."

Having led astray just like that, the young girl reflexively retorted, "We didn't say it behind his back, did we?! We clearly said it in his presence…"

It was only then she realized what she had just said. Blushing with embarrassment, she looked at Aberama before shifting her gaze to Joaquin and finally said with unwilling resignation, "I'm sorry. It was wrong of us to talk about your looks in the first place. However, she can't assault for no reason either."

"I…" Beatrice looked toward Joaquin for aid, not knowing what to say.

At that, Joaquin shielded her and looked at the two young women with a quirked brow. "I condone her actions. You have a problem with that?"

"You're unbelievable! Let's go, Selina!" Livid, the young woman glared at Joaquin and took her friend away at once.

It wasn't until the free drama was over and the two young women had left that Katherine went to pull Aberama over. "Have you never considered applying for resident committee mediator since you like helping people so much?"

"I do, but they don't want me!" Aberama bemoaned, causing Katherine to snort in amusement before dragging the man into the elevator. Seeing that Joaquin and Beatrice were still in the car, she couldn't help but ask, "Are you two not stepping out?"

Joaquin wanted to leave, but seeing that Katherine had brought another man home, he stood grimly on the spot and looked at Katherine with a piercing gaze.

"No? I'll press on the floors, then." Katherine dismissed Joaquin's gaze and pressed the eighteenth floor.

"Your apartment's pretty sweet." Aberama leaned against the elevator and checked the car out before looking at Katherine with envy. "It was already sold out when I was planning to get it. How did you

manage to get it so quickly? From what I heard, only inside personnel of Soulin International can purchase Phase 1."

"Yeah," answered Katherine inattentively.

Soulin International's apartments sold pretty well. There was only one block for Phase 1, but the management here differed from the other phases. The entire building was protected by intelligent prevention and control software, thus making the security here much better.

It was evident that the two girls were no plain Janes if they could live here.

While Aberama was speaking, Joaquin took a subconscious glance at Katherine.

Catheryn noticed it and pursed her lips before pulling them into a smile, looking toward Katherine. "How come you have internal channels to get an apartment here, Miss Cornell? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it five years ago when Soulin International first sold its residencies? Just how old were you at that time?!"

Hearing so, Katherine took a lazy glance at the woman. "I was probably younger than you."

Beatrice choked in response, then retorted with unwilling resignation, "You must be so competent to have the ability to buy Soulin's residency, Miss Cornell."

The insinuation was so strong that even Aberama couldn't help taking a gander at Beatrice with a reflexive frown.

He knew well just how competent Katherine was, so he didn't think it'd be impossible for her to purchase a residency by Soulin International.

In fact, he even suspected that the company could actually be hers.

"Just because you're incompetent doesn't mean others are. You sound so jealous that even I can sense it from miles away," Aberama couldn't help gibbing after taking a gander at Beatrice.

Beatrice's countenance turned absolutely awful, and she clenched the hem of her shirt while explaining with a hint of grievance, "I-I was just asking out of curiosity. I don't mean to be disrespectful. Miss Cornell was just barely of legal age five years ago, wasn't she?"

At that, Katherine looked at the young woman with a quirked brow. "Are we even acquainted, miss? Don't invade a stranger's privacy, or people would think you're loco."

Katherine's words were so blunt that Beatrice's face paled, her eyes getting red. "I… I really don't mean anything else. Please don't get upset, Miss Cornell. I just… I… I was just asking."

Joaquin said nothing the whole time, only watching everything unfold, for Beatrice's words earlier made him uncomfortable.

It was exactly five years ago when the Cornells cast Katherine out and sent her to Fontan. If she really had the ability to buy a residency from Soulin back then, why would she want to endure the humiliation and leave Cechirus?

"That's enough," Joaquin interjected plainly when he saw Beatrice was on the verge of tears after a few simple retorts from Katherine.

Aberama clicked his tongue in amazement and couldn't help taking a few ganders at Joaquin, thinking the man looked familiar.

Just then, the elevator had brought them to the eighteenth floor. Katherine stepped out first, followed by Aberama, who stopped in his tracks mid-way to look over his shoulder at Beatrice. He pulled a smirk

and cautioned, "Miss, don't go around thinking others are as dumb as you are. I suggest you put your ideas elsewhere. You dare cause her trouble again, and I will make sure you pay for it."

With that, he chased after Katherine, not even bothering to take a look at Beatrice's ghastly countenance.

"Kathy, wait for me!" Aberama called out dramatically, dragging the end of his words, sounding somewhat cloy. NôvelDrama.Org exclusive content.

Katherine paused and looked over her shoulder to glare at him in response, but the man only chuckled frivolously before closing the door behind him.

Meanwhile, Joaquin clenched his fists unconsciously as he watched the door shut tight with an icy gaze.

Beatrice took the opportunity to speak up softly, sounding unintentional. "Joe, what do you suppose their relationship is? Why would that guy call Miss Cornell Kathy? Only people who are super close will do that, right?"

It would've been fine if Beatrice had said nothing, but now that she did, Joaquin's exasperation only burned wilder.

"It has nothing to do with me." He pressed the button to the first floor grimly, even regretting at one point that he just had to follow Katherine and the man up here to take a look.