A Replacement Bride

Chapter 178

"The Miller Residence?" Katherine frowned. As she had little knowledge about the social influence circles in Cechirus, she looked at Joaquin with a puzzled expression.

"Thanks. We got it." Joaquin, on the other hand, was looking rather awful. He simply thanked Selina without explaining much to Katherine.

He only reached out and dragged Katherine out of the elevator with him as soon as the elevator reached the first floor.

Selina followed behind them and came out of the elevator as well. Coincidentally, her friend called, and she answered. Then, she walked out while on the phone.

Meanwhile, Joaquin was already in the car with Katherine.

"Where exactly is the Miller Residence? And what sort of an influential family is living there?" Katherine asked Joaquin with a cold face.

Seeing that Katherine had an unpleasant expression on her face, Joaquin knew she was furious. Therefore, he briefly explained the history and situation of the Miller Family. "The Miller Family didn't originally develop their businesses and influences here in Hovington. Their main power is in Kyoland, and the primary hub for their business development is focused in the region of Swania, not in Cechirus. Not only that, they even had someone build a Miller Residence in every first-tier city in Cechirus, which serves as an accommodation for members of the Miller Family. Since your Grandma and Noah have been taken to the Miller Residence, it simply means that the Miller Family must be the mastermind behind this matter."

After listening to Joaquin's brief explanation, Katherine raised her eyebrow and asked, "Are they highly influential?"

"Considered so. They're the hegemon in the region of Swania," Joaquin answered truthfully.

"I see," Katherine replied in short. Then, she turned on her phone, searched for Savannah's contact in her WhatsApp, and sent her a message. 'This is about the Miller Family in Kyoland. I want all their abroad influences and companies to be destroyed and go bankrupt. You have one hour to get the job done.'

After Savannah received the message, she replied to Katherine with a big question mark.

Too bad for her, Katherine didn't seem to have any intention of replying to her at all.

"F*ck! Who the hell angered Miss Cornell?! Also, what sort of background does this Miller Family have?!" Savannah couldn't help but vent. After that, she immediately ordered someone to search for information about the Miller Family.

Moments later, Savannah received all the information regarding the Miller Family and was shocked when she read up on them.

The Miller Family's power was intertwined with other families, and the entire family could be regarded as a top-tier influential family in Cechirus.

The social influence of the Miller Family began 300 years ago with a profound background and has since developed to this day, acquiring a tremendous amount of wealth.

Then, approximately 30 years ago, the Miller Family began gradually moving and focusing their businesses abroad. Presently, they had no other businesses in Cechirus except for some factories and mines.

As for abroad, especially in the region of Swania, it wouldn't be an understatement to say that the Miller Family had an entire business empire. Their family alone had dominated 80% of the entire Swanian region economy.

Fifteen minutes had passed since Savannah obtained detailed information about the Miller Family. Then, as she could feel the urgency behind her orders, she immediately rushed to the public relations department with the information and placed it before her colleague, Nathan Woodrow. "Nat! Make arrangements at once, for we need to start attacking all the business operations under the Miller Family now. Miss Cornell wants us to wipe out all their abroad businesses within an hour and make them go bankrupt.

Glancing at the Miller Family's information, Nathan rolled his eyes before saying, "Has Miss Cornell lost her mind? We will have to pay a hefty price if we want to make the Miller Family go bankrupt within an hour."

"Just hurry up and do it! Why do you have so many complaints? Does Miss Cornell look like she's someone who cares about money?" Savannah reprimanded angrily as she glared at him.

Nathan thought about Savannah's words for a moment. She's right. Miss Cornell honestly doesn't care about the hundreds of billions of assets. As he thought of that, he stopped complaining. Without delay, he distributed each and every task to the people under him and ordered them to start carrying out their duties.

Nathan had a large number of financial personnel under him, and most of them were loyal to Katherine, for they had received her favor in the past.

Although they didn't understand why Katherine wanted to attack the Miller Family, they had no problem with her order about wanting to make the Miller Family go bankrupt within an hour, either.

Just like that, the orders were sent out, and the tasks were carried out orderly. The Miller Family didn't notice anything weird at first. However, after ten minutes, they finally realized something was wrong.

At the same time, Katherine and Joaquin's car had also arrived at the Miller Residence gate.

The residence gate was closed, and no one came to open it for them, even after Joaquin's car had pulled over at the gate for five minutes.

At this juncture, Katherine had utterly lost her patience as she was worried sick about Jennifer and Noah's safety. Hence, with a cold demeanor, she said, "Knock the gate down and break in!"

Upon hearing that, Joaquin glanced at her. He knew that the disappearance of Jennifer and Noah for Katherine was equivalent to someone tap dancing on her limits.

Without hesitation, he immediately stepped on the accelerator, directly knocked down the massive iron gate in front, and drove into the Miller Residence at an incredible speed.

Meanwhile, in the Miller Residence, a feminine-looking man sat leisurely on the couch in the living room, and in front of him stood Jennifer and a pale-faced Noah.

Even though both had some injuries on their bodies, they weren't too severe.

Jennifer looked at the man in front of her with a cold demeanor and asked, "What exactly are you trying to do?"

"Well, it isn't something serious. Mrs. Olsen, I heard that you're Mr. Olsen's widow. So, I figure you must possess everything he left behind after his passing. So, I'll send someone to take you two home as long as you hand over the things," said the man rather politely as he looked at Jennifer with a smile.

In an instant, Jennifer's face turned solemn. "I don't know what you're talking about."

When the man heard Jennifer's reply, his smile became increasingly brighter before he threatened her by saying, "You don't know? It's easy if you don't know. I'm not a very patient person. So if you don't tell me, I'll cut off your granddaughter's fingers one by one. One minute of silence equals one finger getting cut off. And if I have cut all ten of her fingers, I'll proceed to cut off her toes. I'll move on to the ears and nose once we're out of toes. But I'm just not sure how long she can endure the pain. So what do you say, Mrs. Olsen?"

Jennifer's facial expression abruptly changed when she heard the man's words and kept Noah behind her. "You dare?"

"Do your thing," the man ordered with a wave of his hand.

In a swift, someone stepped forward and pulled Noah away from Jennifer.

Jennifer wanted to protect Noah. Yet, due to her age, she was no match for the group of young and strong bodyguards. As a result, she was directly pushed to the ground and sustained some injuries on her body. Content is © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

"Noah!" Jennifer shouted, anxiously watching as Noah was getting dragged away.

Noah's face was ghastly pale, and she was shivering from head to toe in fear. Even so, she kept her mouth shut and simply looked at Jennifer with teary eyes despite looking terrified.

Meanwhile, the person, who took Noah away, violently pressed her onto the coffee table. Then, he picked up a fruit knife and positioned it on her index finger, making it clear that he would cut off Noah's finger without hesitation as long as the man sitting on the couch gave his order.

"Don't hurt her!" Jennifer roared furiously, her eyes reddened with anger.

The smile on the man's face subsided. He slowly sat up straight and looked at Jennifer. "Mrs. Olsen, I'm not trying to make things difficult for you. I just want what I want. I don't really care much about your life and hers. Also, I know your granddaughter is very capable. Speaking of which, she probably will be here soon. Hence, I have no time to waste with you here. Give me the things I want, and I'll let you two go. This is a pretty fair deal, isn't it?"

As Jennifer regarded the pale-faced Noah, she felt her heart twist so much like it had been stabbed ruthlessly by a sharp blade.

The man finally lost his patience when he saw that Jennifer refused to cooperate. Thus, he ordered mercilessly, all the while looking at her, "Cut off the child's finger! I ought to see how long you can keep your mouth shut."