Chapter 238


    Grimness enveloped Joaquin''s face as he looked at the unfamiliar room after regaining consciousness,


    for he instinctively assumed he had been held captive. But the idea was quickly dismissed as he


    noticed his wounds had been treated.


    Even if the enemy kept him alive after capturing him, they wouldn''t be nice enough to treat him either.


    So, who saved me?


    He rxed his brows and scanned the room with a deadpan face before getting out of bed.


    For someone mysophobic, Joaquin naturally couldn''t stand the tattered shirt he was wearing. So, he


    changed into the bathrobe, left inside the bathroom, and headed out.


    As he came to an unfamiliar corridor, he hesitated for a second before walking toward the stairs, and


    that was when he heard the familiar voice.


    N?velDrama.Org holds ? this.


    At that, his tense nerves rxed, and his apprehensive heart finally eased.


    Fate was truly wondrous. Even when he was on the other side of the world, he would still run into her


    somehow.


    Delight filled him up as the thought came to him, and he descended the stairs with a smile, only to stop


    in his tracks the next second. His inchoate joy, too, vanished, reced by hostility.


    Jayden Hall? What''s he doing here? Huh… You can never get rid of this hound, can you?!


    Right then, graveness enveloped his piercing gaze as he pulled a malicious grin.


    Alright, since you''vee asking for humiliation, I shall take this chance toy my im for once.


    At that, he nced at the bathrobe he was wearing, and a hint of mischief enveloped his handsome


    face.


    The next second, he loosened the belt and exposed a small part of his toned chest while covering up in


    injuries perfectly.


    Followingly, he ruffled his hair before finally descending the stairs, calling out to Katherine listlessly and


    tenderly.


    Just like that, Katherine looked up only to be rendered stumped by what she was seeing, blinking as


    she mused, Dude… you''ve just woken up. What the heck are you up to? Can''t you just walk down the


    stairs like a normal person?! Why are you acting so sexily? It''s like… like… we had—


    Stop! Hold it! What are you thinking, Katherine Cornell?!


    She gulped and hurriedly halted her inchoate, dirty thoughts before replying, "You''re awake. How are


    you feeling? Good?"


    Joaquin quirked a brow as he strode down the stairs and stood next to her, looking into her eyes. "I feel


    better than just good. Why didn''t you tell me beforeing down? I was looking for you everywhere."


    He spoke so casually that Katherine didn''t think in that direction at first, only thinking he sounded weird.


    You were out cold. How am I supposed to tell you I''m down here? By shaking you awake?


    But gradually, it came to her, and rednessced her cheeks as she red usingly at him.


    Dude, what the heck?! Can''t you talk like a normal person for once?!


    As though he could read her mind, Joaquin quirked his brow as a hint of amusement shed across his


    gaze at her while remaining an innocent front.


    Can you me me when it''s you who asked such a suggestive question? I can''t miss such a good


    chance, now, can I?


    While the couple conversed through their gazes, Jayden was looking less than jovial. Or, more


    specifically, he had been looking grim from the second Joaquin showed up.


    Howe this guy''s here too?! Did Katherine bring him along? Just what is their rtionship? Why is


    he everywhere? And what he just said… wasn''t too pleasant.


    Jayden fixed his gaze at the two with furrowed brows and cleared his throat, interrupting the couple''s


    oblivious state.


    Hearing the foreign noise, Joaquin looked up and reacted with surprise as though he had just


    discovered they had a visitor. "Aren''t you the guy who went to Hovington looking for Kathy? What are


    you doing here? Do you have some business with Kathy again?"


    Katherine, on the other hand, couldn''t help feeling speechless as she knew all too well that this man


    was ying dumb.


    Exasperated, Jayden pursed his lips and said, "The name''s Jayden, Jayden Hall."


    "Oh." Joaquin raised his brows and nodded knowingly. "A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Hall."


    ''A pleasure'', he said, but he didn''t extend his hand for a handshake either.


    Jayden, too, obviously had no intentions of shaking Joaquin''s hand either. Both men''s animosity for


    each other was evident, and Katherine couldn''t help feeling troubled.


    "What are you doing in Kathy''s home, then, Mr. Levisay? I remember you left in a hurry thest time we


    met." Jayden made the first attack, asking monotonously.


    Joaquin smirked in response. He had been waiting for the man to ask the million-dor question all day.


    "I had an emergency to get to, so I couldn''t introduce myself properly then. But who''d have thought


    we''d meet here, Mr. Hall? What a coincidence."


    At that, confidence—but really, loftiness—shed across his eyes as he revealed, "Looks like Kathy


    hasn''t had the chance to tell you yet. I''m her husband."


    The news came like such a bolt from the blue that it fried Jayden crisp.


    "H-Husband?"


    He nced shockingly at Joaquin before shifting his gaze to Kathy, seemingly waiting for her to say


    something.


    The reveal caught Katherine off guard too, and her gaze at Joaquin was one of astounded.


    Of course, she knew he did it on purpose. She''d be an idiot if she didn''t know he wasying his im


    as her husband. That said, his intense possessiveness still caught her a little off guard.


    At the same time, an inexplicablyplicated emotion brushed past her, reeling her in bewilderment.


    Then, she looked toward Jayden when she felt his gaze. After some consideration, she admitted it,


    believing there was no reason for her to hide this. "Yeah, he''s my husband."


    Jayden''s face nched as a result, and his gaze was filled with none but incredulity. "You… You''re


    married?! When? Why didn''t you say anything?"


    "A little while ago. It was quite rushed, so we didn''t announce it to others."


    At that, Joaquin added with a smile. "Yeah, Kathy and I were engaged since we were kids, and since


    she''s back, our families decided to settle the marriage, but because of some things, we couldn''t throw a


    party. But no matter…"


    He riveted his gaze on Katherine. "I''ll give you a grand wedding one day. I promise you that."