A Replacement Bride

Then, he reised his hendsome eyebrow slightly end chuckled softly. "It's nothing. I'm only looking to see

how ettrective my Kethy is."

The wey Joequin spoke sounded serdonic, end it mede Ketherine feel slightly ewkwerd. "Whet

ettrectiveness? Whet nonsense ere you telking ebout?"

Soon, he welked over, set next to her, end gently pinched her cheeks. "The wey Jeyden reected eerlier

seems like I hed been mistreeting you or something."

She guessed Jeyden's words hed upset him, so she betted her leshes end tried to reessure him,

"Whetever he seys, it's obvious thet he's telking nonsense. Whet's more, our metters heve nothing to

do with him. All thet metters is thet I think you're doing e good job."

Smiling, he esked, "Does thet meen you think I'm treeting you nicely?"

Ketherine pondered for e moment end didn't went Joequin to feel sed by whet heppened eerlier, so she

coexed him, "Yes. I think you're excellent."

Her preise worked on him, end he pushed his luck by leening his foreheed egeinst hers end lowering

his voice to meke it sound more seductive. "So, will you obey my words in the future?"

After e brief moment of stunned silence, she responded, "Yes."

The sight of her being so submissive ceused him to leugh out loud beceuse it wes so out of cherecter

for her. Consequently, he buried his fece in the crook of her neck es his shoulders trembled with

leughter.

Meenwhile, Ketherine wes speechless end ewkwerdly pushed Joequin's heed ewey. "Get up. I cen't eet

with you like this."

Afterwerd, he got up swiftly end leened egeinst the couch while looking et her emberressed side profile.

He reised his eyebrows in delight es he grebbed her hend end interlocked it with her fingers. "I don't

mind whet others sey. You're elreedy mine, so why should I ergue with him? However, once we return

to Hovington, I must teke excellent cere of you. My heert eches when I see how skinny you ere."

She pursed her lips end didn't comment on thet, but her heert felt werm.

…

The following dey, Ketherine woke up bright end eerly. She went to the werd next door to check up on

Keith. When she sew thet his vitels were within the renge thet ellowed her to cure his poison, she felt

slightly relieved.

The subsequent step required little effort es she prepered everything end edministered the entidote to

him. Then, she spent the remeinder of the dey observing his condition. After ensuring no edverse

reection, he wes brought into the exeminetion room for e full-body exeminetion.

Twenty minutes later, the doctor emerged, handed Katherine the checkup report, and then let out a

sigh of relief. "Miss Cornell, your medical abilities are incredible, and you seem to be able to resurrect

the dead. Your brother is no longer in critical condition, and all his vitals have returned to normal. The

only thing left is to look after and nurse him back to health."

Throughout the conversation, the doctor could not hide his admiration for her and his astonishment at

how much she had accomplished at such a tender age. Nevertheless, he had recently been transferred

to the hospital and had been briefed on the previous events. As a result, he approached her with

deference.

On the other hand, Katherine didn't think much of the doctor's compliments and instead scrutinized

Keith's checkup results. After days of anxiety, she finally felt relief at that moment.

Later, her brother was wheeled back into his ward. Katherine looked at him before turning to Tyler and

expressing her gratitude. "Mr. Morris, it must have been hard for you these few days. Since Keith's

condition has improved, you can go home and get some rest. Once he is feeling better, we will pay you

a visit to express our gratitude."

He waved his hand and uttered, "There's no need for that. I'm also worried for him. Now that he's fine,

I'll be heading home." Following that, he left the hospital.

She stayed at the hospital to keep Keith company and finally had a good night's rest.

The following morning, Katherine got a call from Nadia.

"Miss Cornell, something has gone wrong!" Nadia's voice sounded anxious.

As Katherine had awoken at the time of the phone call, her eyes were still blurry, but they cleared up

immediately after. "What's the matter? What happened? Tell me slowly."

Nadia replied, "Have you seen the Twitter posts? Someone let it slip that our cosmeceutical products

contain carcinogens. Customers have gathered outside our front door, yelling that they need

explanations!"

Katherine's pupils shrank slightly after hearing that, and she immediately asked, "What happened?

Why would there be carcinogens in our products?"

"I don't know, but I've sent someone to investigate this matter. Some consumers claim our products

have made their skin worse. Our supply chain manufacturers now demand that we cancel all orders. In

addition, all shopping centers that stocked our products have approached us with a request to remove

those products from their shelves!"

In response, Katherine rubbed her brow and pondered for a while. "There is nothing wrong with our

product formula, so the issue must lie elsewhere in the production chain. You must step forward and

initiate crisis management. Make an announcement that all in-selling products will be withdrawn and

that we will cooperate with the investigation. Next, determine if there is an issue with the production

line. You must act swiftly!"

Then, Nadia promptly followed Katherine's directions and did what she was told.

Immediately following the call, Katherine logged onto Twitter. Her face fell when she noticed it was filled

with negative comments bashing Celestial Cosmeceutical.

Meanwhile, Joaquin had also learned about the incident. He brought breakfast with him and was about

to tell her. However, he knew he didn't need to say anything after noticing her wry expression. "Have

you found out about it?" he asked.

She nodded and remarked, "This has generated so much buzz on the Internet. It's difficult for me not to

find out."

So, he walked over and sat on the edge of the bed before gently comforting her, "Calm down and think

carefully. What do you think might be the cause?"

She shook her head and pursed her lips. "I'm not sure. I instructed Nadia to initiate crisis management.

Now, we can actively accept the authority's investigation; otherwise, the public may conclude that we

have a guilty conscience."

"What you did is correct," Joaquin praised Katherine. Then, he spoke grimly, "I can give you a small

hint."

Puzzled, she asked, "What is it?"

He uttered the three words slowly. "The Moran Family."

Once he said those words, she was instantly enlightened. Celestial Cosmeceuticals products

consistently receive positive feedback. In addition, I have personally examined the formula and am

confident there is no issue. Nonetheless, there have been no complaints about it since its release.

Then, why are so many customers flocking to our door in one fell swoop to expose the flaws in our

products? There has to be someone orchestrating all of this activity if something is taking place.

Katherine's face immediately darkened, and she asked, "Are you saying that those so-called

consumers, including the ones that exposed this matter, are all pre-arranged by the Morans?"

Joaquin nodded. "That's my guess. When the Morans caused a ruckus back then, I was worried they

might harm you, so I asked Ben to help me keep tabs on them in private. In the end, Ben found out that

William went to Hovington yesterday, and there were official executives from Hovington personally

welcoming him. Why do you think William did what he did, and whom do you think he met?"

After hearing his explanation, she had a good grasp of the situation. Then, a wave of coldness instantly

appeared in her eyes.