A Replacement Bride

Chapter 417

Chapter 416 Imprisonment

Emmanuel shot up and roared, "You think you get to question what I do? As long as I am alive, you can never be the leader of this house!"

Sharon noticed the commotion. Worried about her son, she quickly came in and tried to de-escalate the situation. "What are you two doing? Corey had just come home after so long. Can you stop yelling at him? He needs to heal."

Emmanuel sneered, "I'm not trying to yell at him. He should've stayed in his room if he wanted to heal, not come here and tell me what to do."

Since she couldn't convince Emmanuel to stand down, she turned to her son. "Let's go, son. You need to rest. You've given me a proper scare, you know. Quick, go back to your room. Don't make your father mad."

Corey didn't move. He kept staring at Emmanuel. "I don't care whom you want to hurt, but if you try to do anything to Kathy, I will stop you." He then turned to leave.

"What are you doing?!" Emmanuel asked.

Corey didn't answer. He merely kept walking away. A hint of fury clouded Emmanuel's eyes, and he called for his guards. "Stop him and take him to his room! Do not let him leave without my permission, or I'll break your legs!"

His bodyguards quickly approached the study and surrounded Corey. Apologetically, one of them said, "Master Corey, please go back to your room."

Corey turned around and looked at Emmanuel coldly. "Why? Are you trying to imprison me?"

"Why? Can't I? I am your father. I can do whatever I want." He shot his bodyguards a look. "Take him away and confiscate all his communicating devices. Do not let him contact anyone."

Corey's eyes went red with rage. He gnashed his teeth and looked at Emmanuel coldly like he was his nemesis. However, he was too weak to fight these bodyguards, so he was taken back to his room. He could do nothing but watch as they took his phone and computer away with a tense look. Even though he had no idea who Emmanuel's benefactor was, he was sure they would attack Katherine. Katherine… The thought of Katherine made him sit down. He hung his head low and buried it in his arms.

…

When David came back and didn't see Corey, he panicked. "How low can they go? They took him back after what they did to him?"

Katherine had already calmed down by then. Coolly, she said, "They're family, after all. Emmanuel probably thinks he can still use Corey."

A worried David frowned and paced around the living room. "What should we do now? Just watch him go back to that hell of a home?"

Katherine looked at her phone. "I've sent someone to stake the Gray Residence out. I don't think Emmanuel's going to hurt him. Corey needs to rest and heal up. Hope he won't be subjected to any more torture."

David still thought they couldn't just wait around. "My family is friends with the Grays. I'll check on him."

Katherine knew he was worried about his friend, but she said, "You can't see him even if you go."

Confused, David asked, "Why?"

"Corey must have had a falling out with Emmanuel. The fact he took Corey back meant he won't let him go that easily. He'll have Corey under tight security, and they're going to refuse your meeting him. I don't know what kind of excuse they'll use, but they will stop you."

David's frown deepened. "The Grays are too much."

Katherine snickered. "Too much? He poisoned his own son. Keeping him imprisoned is the best Corey could hope for."

Still, David was worried. "I need to make a trip anyway. At least find out what their deal is."

Katherine wouldn't stop him. "Sure. Your family is friends with them. They won't hurt or do anything to you."

David left after a while. Thereafter, Katherine had dinner with Noah and put her to sleep before she called Joaquin.

Not long after, Joaquin picked his phone up. With a tired voice, he said, "Kathy."

Katherine felt her heart melt a little, and then worry came. "What's wrong? Are you down with a cold?" Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

Joaquin massaged his forehead. "No. I'm just busy."

Still worried, she asked, "Have you seen your family? What happened?"

The mention of the Levisays made Joaquin put his hand down. A smirk curled his lips as he replied, "Yes, and just as we suspected, it was a trap."

Katherine frowned. "What kind of excuse did they come up with this time?"

"Doesn't matter. Their goal wasn't to split my shares up. Their goal is W Co."

Katherine froze for a moment before realizing what was going on. "They're holding your shares hostage and asking you to establish a partnership between W Co. and Levisay Group?"

Joaquin snickered. "Yep, and a permanent one at that. Since they can't convince you or me to do that, they came up with this plan. They said I haven't made any contributions to the company and they won't reward someone who hasn't done anything to help out the company."

Joaquin's shares were his, but as the highest executive of the company, John can always pull some trick and take the shares back.

Katherine never thought she would bring so much trouble to Joaquin just because she told everyone she was W Co.'s boss, and it made her feel a bit guilty. "Um…" She wanted to say something, but Joaquin stopped her.

"I can handle this. Don't worry. The more they want to use W Co. to raise themselves to a higher level, the more I won't let them. If they're going to hold us hostage, then I don't have to hold back anymore."