A Replacement Bride

Chapter 175

The person who was blocking the doorway to prevent Katherine and Tiara from escaping naturally heard the commotion outside the door and quickly moved away.

Then, everyone saw the two men at the door.

The older one looked like he was in his early 60s, but he was full of energy, showing no sign of his old age. His skin was dark, probably due to being under the sun year-round. At this time, his face was gloomy as he stood at the door. This was enough to make everyone in the room feel suffocated.

Beside the old man was a young man in his early twenties, with dark eyebrows and a stunning face. His hands were in his pockets as he stood there lazily, unceremonious and lackadaisical.

However, his temperament was on par with the old man standing next to him. As a matter of fact, he seemed to be domineering over Charles.

"Grandpa! Grandpa, save me! I don't know what this b*tch did to me. I'm in so much pain!" Ryder suddenly wailed when he saw Charles at the door.

This made Katherine turn over to look at him coldly. Her gaze was as sharp as a knife, and it immediately shut Ryder up in shock.

But at the same time, he felt aggrieved. When had he suffered such humiliation?

Ryder did not dare to offend her even if Joaquin wasn't here. This woman was simply a lunatic.

"What happened here?" Now that Charles had shown up here, it seemed to him that things weren't as simple as what Ryder had told him.

Joaquin scanned the room coldly, and his gaze finally landed on the two young women sitting at the side, making him squint slightly.

He recognized Tiara. Katherine was probably here because of Tiara.

When Tiara saw him, grievance took over as she got up and ran toward him, almost throwing herself into his arm.

However, he stretched out his hand to block her head with a cold face so she couldn't come any closer.

This immediately made her eyes turn red-rimmed. "Joe, I was almost molested, and you're still treating me like this? Do you still have any sense of humanity in you?"

"Who allowed you to come to such a place?" Joaquin looked at her coldly.

Katherine wasn't someone who enjoyed a crowd. Seeing that the place was billowing with smoke, she couldn't possibly like it here. Hence, it was a 90% chance that this was Tiara's idea.

Tiara pursed her lips, feeling wronged. "I-I was just curious. They told me there was a good show here tonight, so I came to watch."

"And?"

"Joe, Ryder is such a jerk! He actually spiked my drink and wanted to take advantage of Katherine and me! Thankfully, Katherine saw through him. Who would've thought that he would suddenly lose it and threaten us just because he said that his grandfather is the bureau chief of Hovington's Department of Defense? He said that he would have his grandfather come and deal with us! You have to stand up for us! He even grabbed me just now. It still hurts!" Just as she stretched out her arm and was about to show him the bruise, she remembered it had already subsided.

Then, she quietly withdrew her arm embarrassedly and looked at Joaquin, her eyes filled with innocence and grievance.

Hearing this, the corner of his mouth twitched faintly. He turned to look at Charles and spoke, "Chief Fanning, I never knew you allowed your grandson to abuse your name and bully others like this. My sister is the apple of my grandfather's eyes. Even if the Fosters aren't as powerful as the Fannings, we're still not an easy target."

Charles' face immediately darkened when he heard this and quickly explained, "Colonel Levisay, there's some misunderstanding here. I had no idea what happened here. This b*stard called me and lied to me, saying that he was getting beaten to death. You are also aware that I only have one daughter, and this is her only son. So naturally, I was afraid that something might happen to him. I would've never shown up today if I knew what he did!"

Charles had never felt so embarrassed, especially in front of Joaquin.

Everyone in the field knew about his outstanding achievements in war. Although this man was not even 30 years old, he had made significant contributions. His merits were comparable to those of the founding fathers.

Ryder really had the courage of a lion that he even had the nerve to pick on Tiara!

Before Charles was done venting, he saw Joaquin walking toward the young woman who was still sitting on the chair.

Charles' eyes began to twitch, and a nasty hunch bubbled in him.

As he wasn't invited to attend Joaquin and Katherine's wedding, nor did he pay attention to the press, Charles naturally did not know the relationship between the two.

At this moment, seeing Joaquin walking over to her, Charles felt slightly uneasily in his heart.

"Are you okay?" Joaquin asked as he lowered his head to look at Katherine calmly.

She smiled at him, then put on a frightened face as she spoke aggrievedly, "I'm not. I was scared to death, Joaquin! I was so scared that he would lay his finger on Tiara and me. But, he also said that he'd deal with us!"

When Joaquin saw the look on her face, the corner of his mouth began to twitch out of anger.

On the other side, Ryder was furious to hear this and retorted, "Do you have no shame? I didn't touch you at all! It's you who made the first move!"

"What kind of nonsense are you saying? You brought so many people to block the door. You didn't allow Tiara and me to leave and even publicly humiliated us. Finally, we had no choice but to call for help." Katherine looked at Ryder innocently and plunged herself into Joaquin's arms with a look of fear on her face.

This made Joaquin's heart pound as he felt his body temperature rise.

He took this opportunity to hug her and stared at Ryder coldly.

At this moment, Ryder was about to burst into tears.

He didn't even do anything! Katherine even beat him. She even stabbed him with needles; it was so painful that he almost died!

Just a moment ago, she looked like she was invincible. So why did she suddenly become weak and helpless as soon as Joaquin showed up?

Tiara was stunned for a moment before she quickly followed suit. "That's right! Katherine and I were scared to death! Boohoo! Joe, you have to stand up for us! Who cares if he hurt me, but can you accept that he tried to hurt your wife?"

Charles, who was standing by the door, felt his heart race.

Sure enough, this was the worst-case scenario.

Ryder really didn't know when to stop!

Charles stomped into the room and toward Ryder.

Ryder thought Charles was here to stand up for him and hurriedly shouted, "Grandpa, they're bullying me! They're all ganging up on me! Quick—"

Slap! Before Ryder could finish his sentence, Charles raised his hand and slapped Ryder across the face fiercely.

This wholly stunned Ryder. Half of his face was burning with pain, and two of his teeth were knocked out.

He held his face and stared at Charles in disbelief.

As the only grandson of the Fannings, Charles had always spoiled him. Nevertheless, this was the first time that Ryder was beaten by Charles.

"Grandpa?" Ryder stuttered as he held his face, still looking at Charles.

"You b*stard! Spawn of the devil! What have I been teaching you? Did I teach you to be a bully?! I'll break your legs today! Then, I'll see how you have the guts to continue tyrannizing people that way!" Charles bellowed. He picked up the chair next to him and slammed it down onto Ryder's legs.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

"Ah—"