A Replacement Bride

pulling a few strings was all he needed to do to get away with it. Furthermore, since the water in

Kyoland was always polluted, Mike had nothing to worry about when he covered his tracks, not to

mention the Fraser Family's power and influence back in the day!"

Katherine squinted and shifted her gaze to Mike, only to see him keeping his head down with a pale

face. At the same time, his forehead was covered in sweat, indicating that he was likely guilty of what

he did back then. A few moments later, he smiled bitterly and murmured, "Y-Yeah, it was all my fault. I

deserve what's coming to me…"

"Haha. What do you think is going to change by admitting your mistakes now?" Eddie fixed his

bloodshot eyes on Mike as if he was trying to drill a hole through his chest. "Do you think those people

who lost their innocent lives back then could just come back to life because of that?"

At that moment, Joaquin noticed something worth asking after hearing Eddie's words. "So, what does

that have to do with you?" he asked coldly.

As soon as Eddie heard that, his forehead was covered in veins so obvious that he looked like an

angry beast. "My little boy was among the innocent people who lost their lives, and you asked what that

has to do with me?! You have no idea how much I wish I could just skin this man alive and drink his

blood! I pray for him to go to hell, where he will rot for eternity!"

It was then that Katherine finally understood why Eddie had gone into hiding over the years and why he

attacked Mike at the Fraser Residence. "So, the reason you've been trying to hurt the Frasers is that

you realized they were responsible for that matter, right?" she asked.

Eddie smashed the glass onto the ground without denying Katherine's accusation. "You're right! It was

me who hired someone to put the man-faced curse on the Frasers so that they suffered from its effects.

In fact, the five senior officials, who also suffered from this incident, were the ones that protected Mike

despite the crime he committed back then. They covered his tracks for him, which was the reason that

made me take the opportunity to put the curse on them when they gathered together. Haha! It was a

sight for sore eyes to see them suffering from a fate worse than death, but guess what? Karma didn't

do me justice when some spoilsport decided to step in and rescue those idiots. Besides, whoever was

behind that even invented an antidote and thwarted my plan!"

After hearing Eddie's story, Katherine blinked in silence, pondering what else to find out. Just when she

was about to ask her questions a few moments later, she suddenly felt dizzy and fatigued. As strange

as the feeling was, it was also accompanied by unbearable pain like all her organs were intertwined

together. In that instant, she knitted her eyebrows, sensing something wrong just when she was about

to run a quick diagnosis on herself, only to realize she couldn't even lift her hand. The moment she

tried to move, she immediately collapsed onto the ground, completely succumbing to the pain that

made her feel as if all her organs were out of place.

When Joaquin saw that, he quickly crouched down to get a hold of her. "Are you alright, Katherine?

What's wrong?" he asked with a hoarse voice, his face turning pale.

She was covered in a cold sweat, clenching her jaw in pain while shaking her head. "I don't know…"

Although she didn't run a diagnosis on herself, she could tell from the strange feeling she had that she

must have been poisoned, yet the poison was one she had never seen before. The next second, she

gritted her teeth and glared at Eddie, questioning, "W-What did you do to me?"

Joaquin radiated a chilly aura when he heard that from Katherine, whereupon he immediately shifted

his attention to Eddie. At the same time, Eddie stood up unconcernedly with a sinister smile on his

face. "You're smart indeed. It took you sooner than I thought to figure out it was me."

Joaquin's eyes were filled with rage, his face written with anger like a demon that was crawling out of

hell to wreak havoc. "What! Have! You! Done?!" He gritted his teeth and demanded an answer from

Eddie as if he was about to kill the man standing before him anytime.

However, Eddie only smiled in an unconcerned manner. "Oh, you don't scare me, Mr. Levisay. I'm the

one who decides whether the woman you love is going to live or die now, so you'd better watch your

tone when you're talking to me." At the same time, the man produced a little vial from his pocket and

flashed it right in front of his eyes. "The poison in Miss Cornell's body is my latest creation, extracted

from the man-faced curse and refined to be better. It's about ten thousand times more lethal than the

man-faced curse I spread out earlier. Therefore, the only way for her to get rid of the poison and

survive is to take my antidote pill, or she is going to suffer from excruciating pain as her organs start to

fail one by one from the poison attack until she dies a painful death. So, what do you think, Mr.

Levisay?"

After hearing Eddie's sinister intention, Joaquin was taken over by his anger, his eyes turning red like a

beast. In the meantime, Katherine was overwhelmed by agony as she began to shiver uncontrollably

from head to toe. However, she clung to her will and restrained herself from crying in pain, staring at

Eddie hatefully. Jeez! I can't believe I fell for an evil scheme of someone like this man! He must have

intentionally told us the story to buy himself some time for his poison to kick in.

In the meantime, Mike was also stunned by what he saw. "Eddie Scott-Tutton!" The man added while

panting, "I-I don't care how much you hate me, but why are you hurting these innocent people? Since

I'm the one you want, just direct your anger at me!"

"Shut your mouth up! You, of all the people here, do not get to say that!" Eddie snarled at Mike like a

madman. "When you took my son's life back then, did you ever spare a thought for him? He was also

innocent!"