A Replacement Bride

Chapter 377
Too much of a coincidence? Katherine's frown deepened as everything that had happened during this period flashed in her mind.
In Hovington, she had already transfigured and shaken off those annoying flies that were tailing her, but she was still ambushed
outside of Theodore's laboratory. It was obvious that the other party was sure that she would be there. This must be the doing of
a person who knew her very well.
Other than that, Joaquin and she experienced a hijacking on their way to Zoscistan. Mercenaries were ambushing and going
after them after the plane was forced to land. In the end, Jayden saved them out of 'coincidence'. According to what Jayden said,
he was there by chance.
However, what if everything that had happened wasn't a coincidence or by chance? What if everything was secretly planned by
Jayden? If that were the case, everything would finally make sense!
Since he was behind it, it was made possible for the mercenaries to chase after them on the same night after they left his villa
and reached the hotel.
It seemed like all the dots were connected. Without extra verification, Katherine had already made her own judgment.
At this thought, she bit her lower lip, and her face turned disgruntled. She immediately turned around to rummage through her
clothes and luggage.
"What are you looking for?" asked Joaquin.
With a sullen voice and in a furious tone, she answered, "A tracker."
Hearing that, he put on a smile and took out a little black item that looked like a button from his pocket. "There's no need to look
for that. I took it out when you were in the shower."
When Katherine turned around and saw the tracker in his palm, rage flashed in her clear eyes.
Throughout all these years, although she had a cool personality and seldom got in touch with her friends in Kyoland, she had
always seen Jayden as her friend. This was the reason why she didn't suspect him even when so much coincidence happened.
She couldn't believe that it was really him!

"Why are you still keeping it? Throw it away now. Do you want to continue to let him track us?" She became hot-tempered
whenever the thought of being betrayed by her trusted friend came into her mind.
As Joaquin arched his eyebrows, he glanced at the mess on the ground before gradually turning around to look at her. "We
should leave this place first. Let's talk about it when we're safe."
Katherine just pressed her lips together and didn't say anything.
Without wasting much time, they changed their clothes and left the hotel.
"Where should we go now?" she asked him while they were standing at the entrance of the hotel.
After some thought, he asked, "Can we go to your LW Laboratory?"
She had no idea that he would ask her that, so she was a little surprised. "We can, but..." The tracker in his pocket suddenly
came into her mind. "You're keeping this tracker to let Jayden know where we are going, right? So, why should we go to the LW
Laboratory? There's a signal blocker there. The tracker will lose its signal once we get there. What do you have on your mind?"
Yet, a faint smile tugged on his lips as he said, "As long as we can go there. Let's go. We'll talk in the car."
"What car?" Her eyes flickered when she heard that. Initially, she wanted to ask Dylan to send someone to pick them up, but she
saw Joaquin walking to the right and opening the door of a car.
Of course, she was a little surprised. Her eyes were darting between the man and the car. "Is this..."
With his coal-black eyes shining even brighter that night, Joaquin gave her a smile in reply. "I have some connections in Fontan.
It's not a difficult task for me to get a car here. Hop in. We should go now."
Without saying anything, Katherine entered the car as he said, her eyes glimmering.
Almost immediately, the car started its journey in the dark.
The streetlights looked dim from inside the car. As Katherine was staring at the flashing street view outside the window, she
suddenly remembered something. "No wonder..."
Since there was finally an answer to her doubts, she couldn't help but mumble with a scornful expression.
"What is it?" While driving, Joaquin glanced at her.

When she turned around to look at the front, her expression was a little upset, and her voice sounded sulky as well. "I suddenly
remember the time when I was creating a special elixir, it was leaked somehow, but luckily, that elixir doesn't bring any harm. At
that time, I ran an investigation but didn't obtain any results in the end. And with other matters on hand, I stopped the
investigation. So, it was left unsettled. Come to think of it now, Jayden came by my house once when I put that report there, and
it disappeared after he left. I took him as my friend at that time, so I've never suspected him."
At this point, a smirk played on her lips, with an ironic essence around her brows. "I really can't believe that the person whom I
trust so much has already started plotting against me a long time ago."

As Joaquin was driving the car, he comforted her, saying, "Don't be upset because of those unworthy people and things."
"I don't feel upset; I just think it's ironic." In fact, she was telling the truth, for she wasn't upset at all. She was a person who would
embrace everything she faced, so she would never waste her energy being upset because of those unworthy people. However,
there was still some doubt left in her. "It seems like you have already known everything and knew that he would track us a long
time ago."
Hearing that, he arched his brows. "Yes, but not a long time ago. I only noticed that everything was too much of a coincidence
after he saved us. And that night, when I went downstairs to pour you water, I heard him talking on his phone in the dining room
by chance. The moment he mentioned mercenaries, I became certain that it was him."
When Katherine recalled his strange behavior these past two days, she suddenly understood everything. "Oh, so it's because
you found out about his identity. I thought you were..." She ended her sentence abruptly since she was embarrassed to say the
word 'jealous'.
However, even if she didn't say it explicitly, Joaquin could still guess it. As his beautiful hands were on the wheels, his long finger
was tapping on the wheel rhythmically. A mere smile could be seen from the corners of his eyes and brows. "It's not entirely
because I found out that he was the one behind it. Of course, there are some other reasons."
Suddenly, he paused and used the tip of his tongue to touch the roof of his mouth, expressing his annoyance. "His eyes were
like they were fixed on you. He just rubs me the wrong way. Do you think I can still be nice to him? I'm sorry, but I'm not that
tolerant."
When she heard that, her heart started beating faster. She looked down a little and mumbled, "He just pretended to fall for me
because he wanted to plot against me."
However, that was not what he thought. Although it was a fact that Jayden was plotting against Katherine, it wasn't true that he
didn't have feelings for her. Of course, Joaquin wasn't going to tell Katherine about this.

After clearing his throat, with a calm expression, he started talking about business, "Actually, I only know that he was the one
who sent the mercenaries. His identity is still uncertain. Do you have any ideas, Kathy?"