A Replacement Bride

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Chapter 270

Joaquin instantly frowned at these words while Katherine merely looked coldly at the woman from the

corner of her eye without so much as a change in her expression.

Marcus stepped forward at once. Looking at the woman in displeasure, he reproached sternly, "Watch

your mouth, Lexie! How can you call her a novice? She's the only person who can save the Frasers!"

After finishing his sentence, he shot her a contemptuous glare. "Also, you're nothing but a maid of the

Fraser Family. I didn't bother to argue with you since you always take good care of the Frasers, but

you'd better not forget who you are. Don't think you can do whatever you want now that the Frasers are

in trouble. It's not up to you to swagger around in this mansion like you're the master," he said,

immediately exposing Lexie for who she was.

Lexie's face darkened somewhat at the man's words. The Frasers had recently been afflicted with the

man-faced curse; so, as the only person unaffected by the outbreak, she had been taking care of the

Frasers these days. With all her employers bedridden, she lived much more comfortably in this

mansion despite being a petty maid. As her employers had to be quarantined in their respective

bedrooms, she was left with nothing to do. Not only that, she'd even make tea and coffee for herself

and enjoy lounging on the luxurious couch. As a result, she became more presumptuous and even

acted like the master of the house for a time. Now that Marcus had exposed her like that in front of

others, she felt embarrassed for quite a while.

Not wanting to waste time and not bothering to gauge Lexie's mood, Katherine asked in an impassive

voice, "Where are the patients?"

He answered at once, "They're all upstairs. Mr. Fraser hasn't returned here in the last couple of

months, so he probably wasn't infected. The only ones in the Fraser Residence are his daughter-in-law

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Patricia, his granddaughter Cyndi, and his grandson Myles." In other words, the only ones here were

Zak's wife, daughter, and son.

Katherine nodded before immediately going upstairs and checking on the three of them in turn. "This

woman's condition is the most urgent," she said, giving her judgment immediately. Pointing at the

shrunken-looking Patricia in bed, she continued, "She has to be treated first, or she may not be able to

make it and die here in no time."

Having complete faith in her medical prowess, Marcus instantly nodded at her words. "Alright. Do you

need my help with anything?"

She shook her head; her eyes flickered when she thought of the secret parchment scroll in her hand. "I

have only one request: Nobody will be allowed to enter the room while I'm treating her. Please get

these nurses out of the room."

Complying fully with her request, he quickly shot the nurses in the room a look. "Get out of here, you

all."

At this moment, however, Lexie popped up again, blocking the door and refusing to let the nurses

leave. At this sight, Marcus reproached in displeasure, "What the hell are you doing?"

"That's my line, Mr. Town! Ain't I the one supposed to ask that woman about this?" Lexie frowned while

raising her hand to point at Katherine in an apparent display of defiance. "It's not that I don't believe

you, Mr. Town. I trust your character, but I think you might've been fooled by this woman. Just look at

how young she is. What does she know? How could she possibly be that superbly skilled in medicine?

And now, she's demanding that everyone get out of the room. I think she's just a charlatan who knows

nothing and is pulling the wool over our eyes! She's only asking everyone else to get out to not give

herself away!"

Seeing as to how she had gone so far in her speech as to be simply unreasonable, Marcus was

infuriated. "What nonsense are you talking about?! Why would she come with me if she couldn't cure

diseases and save lives? What's more, even if she gets everyone else out of the room, won't she give

herself away even further if she fails to cure Mrs. Fraser of the curse?"

At this, Lexie immediately snorted with laughter like a know-it-all. "Isn't that simple? Nobody knows

anything about this man-faced curse, anyway, and there's no cure for it. All she has to do is stay in the

room for about an hour—perhaps playing some petty tricks while she's at it—then come out and say

that she's done everything she could, no? Ha! I've already seen through the trick she's got up her

sleeve!"

"Shut up!" He wished he could clap his hand over her mouth to silence her when he heard this. "What

do you know? You're just assuming everyone is as despicable as you are! Just step aside if you know

nothing!"

At this moment, Katherine, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shifted her gaze toward Lexie.

Her pretty face seemed to turn into frost as her cold, piercing gaze fell upon Lexie's face. "It's fine to

have no common sense, but if your brain is addled, you better seek treatment before it's too late.

Perhaps your brain can still be saved," she commented casually as if it was a joke, but it carried a

sarcastic undertone

The instant Lexie heard this, her face turned livid; she opened her mouth and was about to retort.

Just then, Patricia seemed to be awakened by the noise. Waking up in a daze, she weakly looked

around the room with a confused look. "What…" As soon as she spoke, her voice cracked terribly like

that of a person letting out their last cry in the final moments before their death. Perhaps because she'd

been in a lethargic state for too long, a large mouthful of air filled her dry throat when she suddenly

opened her mouth, causing her to choke and burst into coughing fits.

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At the sight of this, Lexie hurriedly stepped forward. Still, fearing that she might get infected, she could

only serve Patricia a glass of water while cautiously keeping her distance from the latter. "Please have

some water, madam," she said. Then, shooting a glance at Katherine from the corner of her eye, she

immediately began complaining. "Madam, you're not aware of this, but this woman might've killed you

had I not stopped her just now!" she said, deliberately describing the situation in a bad way.

When Patricia heard this, her hand trembled in fright, spilling water out of her glass onto the covers.

Marcus never expected Lexie to say that, and his face clouded in an instant. "What nonsense are you

talking about?"

Patricia turned her gaze toward Katherine, then turned to look at Marcus. The worry was written all

over her sickly face. "Mr. Town, w-what exactly is going on?"

At this moment, Joaquin took a step forward to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Katherine. Then, he

explained on her behalf, "Mrs. Fraser, my wife was invited here by Mr. Town to save the lives of your

family, but this maid of yours is very ungrateful. Not only does she show zero gratitude, but she slings

mud at my wife instead. Do the Frasers discipline their maids so loosely as to allow one of them to

point fingers and make irresponsible remarks at visitors and even willfully throw wild accusations

against someone who's about to save their lives?"

Patricia's eyes lit up when she heard that Katherine could relieve the Frasers from their misery, but her

brows furrowed at how young the lady looked. "May I know who the two of you are?"

Hearing her question, Marcus immediately attempted to introduce the couple.

However, Katherine spoke before he could. With a chilly expression, she cocked an eyebrow slightly

while looking down at the woman before her with a vague half-smile. "Does it matter that much who we

are? When you see a doctor to save your life, would you care about who the doctor is? Isn't it enough

to know they're a doctor?"

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