A Replacement Bride

Chapter 78

As soon as Katherine left the Country House Restaurant, she received a call from Jorge. She lowered her head to look at the bunch of numbers which were glitching on her phone screen and picked it up after a long time.

"Kathy, Kathy. You have to help me this time. Please." Jorge's panicked voice came from the other side of the phone.

Someone had exposed the Cornell Group for tax evasion.

Throughout his years of doing business, Jorge had done many things under the table and had stepped on many lines he shouldn't have. He was lucky that no one investigated him for these things in the past. However, now that someone was investigating him, it would be the end of the Cornell Group if he didn't handle it properly.

"Don't panic, Dad. Tell me about it slowly. What happened?" With a deep gaze, she comforted Jorge while walking out.

"Y-You should come back home now. By the way, remember to bring Joaquin home too. Only he can help us. Remember, you must bring him!" he replied to her incoherently before hanging up the phone in a hurry.

Hearing that, she didn't know if this thing had anything to do with Joaquin. When she arrived at the junction, there was already a car waiting for her. As such, she lowered her head to open the car door and entered the car.

"Go to the Cornell Residence." While leaning against the seat, she still decided to send Joaquin a text after some thought.

After a while, the car stopped at the entrance of the Cornell Residence. There was a lot of rubbish hanging on the gate of the entrance, and there were a bunch of rotten leaves and rotten eggs on the floor. It looked like someone had come over and made a fuss.

After waiting for a moment at the entrance, only then did the gate open. As soon as she entered the residence area, Ethan Butler told her about the situation just now with a near-crying face. He said, "A bunch of people came in the morning and said that they were the family of the worker who experienced the accident on the construction site…"

Katherine nodded after hearing that. As soon as she entered the house, Jorge went over to her hastily. When he saw her, he looked behind her subconsciously, but sadly, Joaquin wasn't there.

His expression changed immediately and he asked Katherine with a darkened face, "Why did you come back alone? Where is Joaquin? Why didn't he come back with you? Didn't I tell you to keep a good relationship with him and that you must always please him? Now that our family is in trouble, why are you…"

"What happened, Dad? Is what Ethan said real? The worker on the construction site had an accident and you didn't give any compensation, but you beat his family when they came to ask you for money. Is that right?" Katherine went up to hold Jorge and cut his chatter off.

At this moment, Jorge's expression was disgruntled. When he heard her saying that, he explained anxiously, "Those people are insatiable! I've already paid them the work injury compensation, but they're still asking for more money! Don't believe the nonsense that you hear outside! Also, if Joaquin asks you about this, you need to say that we've already paid the compensation, and they are the ones who are being insatiable. Got it?"

When Katherine heard that, she raised her brows and looked at his furious expression, not knowing whether what he said was true or not.

"Also, someone was spilling dirt on the Cornell Group, defaming us for tax evasion! We're law-abiding, good citizens. How dare we do such a thing?" He was becoming more furious the more he talked about it. His saliva nearly spurted on her face.

"Kathy, you need to help me; only you can help me." After venting for a while, he grabbed Katherine's arm again.

She was the only one left in the Cornell Family now. Since the scandal was exposed, Rosemary hadn't come home for a few days already.

On top of that, Lisa was admitted to the mental hospital. Only when trouble came up did Jorge realize that the only person he could rely on at times like this was Katherine, whom he always despised and disliked in the first place.

"Don't worry, Dad. I won't let the Cornell Group go into bankruptcy." Katherin patted his hand and put on a smile.

At this moment, Joaquin had already arrived. Ethan was leading him into the house in front.

He was wearing a gold mask, giving out a cold aura. Although he was on a wheelchair and shouldn't have been of any threat, he still made people fear him.

Jorge swallowed his saliva and didn't even dare to look at Joaquin.

"Joaquin, you're here." Katherine put on a beaming smile and stood up to push his wheelchair.

When Joaquin heard her voice, he couldn't help but look at her, and the corners of his mouth twitched a little before he said, "Why are you looking for me?"

"Please help the Cornell Family." Katherine nodded and gave him a glance.

However, he pretended not to see it. When he saw Jorge looking at him with his face full of anticipation, he remained silent for a moment before saying, "The Cornell Family must push one person out to take this blame. Otherwise, this matter will never be solved. As for the scapegoat, you'll need to think about it yourself, Mr. Cornell."

"I…" Jorge was stunned for a moment and didn't react immediately.

Hearing that, Katherine was slightly surprised as well. Is Joaquin really helping Jorge?

"There's an auction later. Come with me." Joaquin didn't look at Jorge anymore, but was looking at Katherine instead.

In fact, she didn't want to stay in the Cornell Residence. When she saw Jorge immersed in his own thoughts, she went over and said some nice words to him. Since he had something in mind, he didn't bother her and just let her leave with Joaquin.

Shen then left the house together with Joaquin and entered the car.

With one hand propping her chin, Katherine turned to look at him and felt that the mask on his face was really an eyesore for her, making her unable to see his expression clearly. After being silent for a moment, only then did she ask her question, "Why did you help Jorge?"

"Who do you think he will push out to be this scapegoat?" he didn't answer her, but asked her in return as he looked at her.

Hearing that, she thought about it seriously for a moment. According to her understanding of Jorge, he was extremely selfish. Now that Joaquin told him there was a way, he would sacrifice anyone to keep the Cornell Group and to keep his own wealth.

There were only three people in the Cornell Family that he could use as scapegoats.

Rosemary was tied together with Robert now, so he definitely wouldn't touch her.

On the other hand, Katherine was Joaquin's people. Even though Joaquin was handicapped, Jorge wouldn't touch her at this moment.

As such, there was only Lisa left. At this thought, a smile tugged on Katherine's lips, and her smile was turning more and more mischievous. Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

When the car left the Cornell Residence, she didn't ask Joaquin whether going to the auction was real or not. Since she hadn't slept well yesterday, she was very tired now. As such, she leaned against the back of the seat and took a nap to restore her energy.

Seeing that she was asleep, Joaquin didn't talk anymore.

After an hour and a half, the car stopped at a manor. There were already many cars parked in the open-air parking lot. When Joaquin saw that Katherine was still asleep, he didn't wake her and just waited for her quietly beside her.

In fact, she was not asleep. She opened her eyes when she realized that the car was not moving forward anymore.

When she looked at the surroundings outside, she raised her brows in surprise.

She didn't know that the auction Joaquin was referring to was today's auction.

While she was still surprised, he had already pushed open the car door and got out of the car. After hesitating for a moment, she followed him out of the car too.