Chapter 200


    "Say that again." Katherine looked at Jorge with no emotion on her face, and her icy voice came out


    from her slightly parted thin lips.


    However, Jorge seemed rather relieved as he looked back at Katherine, his smile bing more and


    more unrestrained and disturbed. "Katherine, you are not my biological daughter. I knew from the


    beginning that your mother was already pregnant with you when she married me. Do you think that the


    daughter of a rich man would marry a pauper like me if it wasn''t because I could ept something like


    that?"


    Katherine didn''t speak, and only looked at him calmly while she listened to him continue.


    Jorge''s eyes had a hint of tenderness as he began to reminisce. "Your mother was young and


    beautiful, and she came from a good family. Even though the Olsen Family had just arrived in


    Hovington, they were already one of the wealthiest families in the city. Your grandparents are


    respectectable figures, so of course I had no reason to reject them. It was your mother who said that


    you will be able to have a proper name, and she would split half of the Olsen Family''s wealth with me if


    I were to marry her. I took her up on it then. I thought that we would at least respect each other after the


    marriage even if we can''t live together like a married couple. She respected me alright. Not only did


    she never look me in the eye once, she didn''t have any feelings for me at all. But it didn''t matter as long


    as I had the money. I founded the Cornell Group with the money she gave me. I hoped that she could


    help me, but she hated the sight of me, and she even mocked and belittled me. I hate her! I hate her


    ruthless indifference, and I hate her even more for using and deceiving me. The one thing that was the


    most uneptable for me was that she gave birth to ''my'' son after marriage even though she had


    never let me touch her once. Haha! Isn''t that the most humiliating thing a man can go through? I know


    that you hate me. You think that I have failed you and your mother, and that I killed her, but you are


    really ming the wrong person. Your mother was already seriously injured when Lisa found her. I


    admit that we didn''t try to save her, but you can''t say that we were the ones who caused her death. She


    had already offended someone else. I think the most likely person to kill her should be someone from


    your father''s side of the family."


    Jorge could hardly keep his eyes open after he finished speaking. As he struggled to stay awake, he


    looked at the ceiling above his head, and it felt as if he had returned to that sunny afternoon.


    That was the first time he saw Elsie. From then on, he believed in love at first sight, and believed that


    someone really can make a mistake of a lifetime at a nce.


    "Shut up! Shut the hell up! Stop talking!" After hearing his words, Beatrice seemed to have lost her


    mind as she violently stomped on him.


    Seeing this made Katherine squint.


    It was true that she despised Jorge, but it was a whole other issue to watch him die in front of her.


    Regardless of whether he was telling the truth or not, he didn''t deserve to go this way.


    He and Lisa were the only ones who knew the truth behind the Olsens'' grudge and Elsie''s death.


    "Beatrice, did I say you can kill him?" Katherine''s pretty face was cold as she stalked toward Beatrice.


    When Beatrice saw Katherine approaching her, a frightened expression immediately reced the


    angry one the former had a second ago. "Don''te here! Katherine, I don''t care if you are his


    biological daughter. Your reputation will definitely take a hit as long as the news of you not helping


    someone who is dying in front of you goes out. Just trying to me again. I will kill him!"


    Beatrice had to admit that she was instinctively afraid of Katherine. Katherine didn''t need to do


    anything, but her calm attitude was enough to scare Beatrice.


    Beatrice nervously looked at Katherine who was approaching, and her voice began to shake with


    agitation.


    "Scared?" Katherine curled the corners of her lips.


    "W-Who''s scared? I am telling you—" Beatrice puffed out her chest and began sternly, only to be cut off


    by Katherine mid-sentence.


    "Your legs will bepletely useless in three months tops. If I am not wrong, it has been about three


    months since you healed, yeah? Is the pain in your legs starting to get unbearable now?"


    Beatrice''s face immediately fell as she gawked at Katherine in disbelief. "Y-You are making this up! I—"


    "Did I get it wrong? Fine, then," Katherine nonchntly cut her off. At that point, she was slowly closing


    in on Beatrice.


    Beatrice waspletely devastated. Even though she had her hands on Jorge and she thought that


    she had Katherine''s weakness, she still couldn''t do a thing to Katherine.


    Katherine, who was standing in front of her, was on an entirely different level than she was.


    "Why are you so infuriating, Katherine?" Beatrice pulled the corners of her mouth. "Why? You are


    obviously inferior to me in everything. I am the only daughter of the famous Muller Family, and my


    grandfather loves me very much. I have been outstanding in terms of character and academics since I


    was a child. I was always one of the best in every aspect. Why am I below you in the end? My


    grandfather treats you with importance to the point of cutting ties with me because of you. Joaquin


    disregards what I have done for him because he likes you. Why? Why?!"


    As Beatrice howled, she squatted down and broke down in tears.


    This is too unfair!


    Katherine had reached Beatrice now. "Why don''t you ask them?" she asked, her gaze lowered to look


    at Jorge.


    His injuries weren''t light, but his most serious condition was the excessive blood loss. Also, he wasn''t in


    good health in the first ce. After two days of torture, his breathing had be shallow, and he might


    die any time now.


    Sighing, Katherine reached out to pull him up against her.


    As Beatrice watched her movements, she let out a scornfulugh. "Why are you saving him?


    Katherine, don''t you hate him? Wouldn''t it be best if he died? He killed your mother."


    Katherine paused and looked at the woman. "Of course he has to be punished byw for doing


    something wrong. I have no right to punish him myself. And you, you will also be punished by thew


    formitting crime.”


    "Haha! You''re ridiculous, Katherine! Thew? Punishment? The dead remain dead. So what if he is to


    be imprisoned? Can a dead persone back to life? Do you think Joaquin will be okay with it if I kill


    you today and was given a 20-year prison sentence?" Beatrice suddenly startedughing with tears still


    streaming down her face.


    Katherine only pursed her lips and looked at her quietly.


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    Beatrice sat up slowly and looked at her before she continued, "I know that there is no saving for my


    legs. You are right. I am in a lot of pain. It hurts so much I am half-dead! But I want to live. If you don''t


    give me this chance to live, we will die together instead. I have already had explosives nted in this


    building, and the timer is on. The bombs will go off in less than a minute. We will all die together then.


    Of course, you can leave Jorge behind, but everything here has been broadcasted live on SharkTube.


    Even if you survive, everyone will chastise you for leaving him behind and running away alone. Haha!


    Make your choice, Katherine Cornell. Are you going to stay behind and die with me, or escape by


    yourself?"