A Replacement Bride

Chapter 143

"Grandma?" Katherine had always been keeping an eye on Jennifer. She was severely hypoglycemic and had to have three meals regularly. At this point, it was more than two hours after lunch time and she was suffering with her pallid face.

Jennifer clutched her chest in discomfort as her face was turned even paler. As such, she leaned her body against Katherine with no other choice.

Scanning around, Katherine saw an empty chair and stretched out her foot to edge the chair forward in order to seat Jennifer down.

As Sophia examined her worsened state, she hurriedly served the congee up. "Are you suffering from low blood sugar? You can have candy first. Then, you can eat the congee."

"Thank you." Katherine gratefully took the candy Sophia gave. Then, she peeled off the candy wrapper and stuffed it into Jennifer's mouth.

Thanks to the sugar, Jennifer looked better but still rather pale.

Therefore, Katherine took the congee handed over by Sophia and fed Jennifer with a spoon in small bites.

"Who allowed you to give them food? Stop eating!" Emily watched Sophia give the congee to Katherine, so she angrily came forward and knocked the congee in Katherine's hand to the floor.

Since Katherine was taken aback by the sudden swipe, the congee spilled onto the ground as the bowl shattered.

She frowned and slowly stood up while looking at Emily with a cold gaze. "Do you know that it's shameful to waste food?"

"We would rather feed the food in our restaurant to dogs than to you guys!" Emily looked at Katherine arrogantly.

Hearing that, Katherine dangerously narrowed her eyes as she looked at Emily and felt a surging urge to do something with her arm.

Before she could make a move, Sophia burst out and slapped Emily in the face. "If you have a problem with me, come at me! Do you know that a bowl of congee can be a lifesaver for an elder with low blood sugar? Who are you to knock it over? Even if it's from the restaurant, I'll just pay for it! Emily, you've really gone too far!"

Katherine looked at Sophia in surprise as her reaction was unexpectedly nuclear.

Emily was also surprised by the blow as she covered her face and did not regain her senses for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Joaquin had only come back out by then as he looked at the mess all over the floor and Emily, whose face was half red and swollen. Then, he frowned.

Jennifer piped up aggrievedly, "This woman is evil. She tried to get me killed."

As soon as he heard that, Joaquin's cold, sharp, and knife-like gaze fell on Emily.

Emily shuddered but did not lose her momentum. "Stop talking nonsense! You conspired to steal from the restaurant and I was just stopping you! So many people were watching you stealing!"

"Hey, why are you getting upset about my stock? Who do you think you are? Are you my future daughter-in-law who will be managing the restaurant for me?" Just as Emily was pleading her case, a

man wearing a pink-shirt strolled through the door.

The man had flip-flops on his feet while wearing fancy pants with pink shorts that made him look flamboyant.

However, his expression was sharp without the slightest gentleness.

"Who are you, then?" Emily gave the man entering the door a vicious glare.

The man coldly smiled as he put his hands in his pockets while looking at Emily with interest. "You don't even know who I am, huh? Where is the manager of your branch?"

"Who do you think you are? You can't just meet the manager. Someone like you doesn't have the right to meet him!" Emily scolded angrily.

"Tsk, what kind of crappy restaurant is this? What a horrible service. Mr. Levisay, send me some new staff after this. These employees are useless. Look, they are not obedient and don't recognize me, their boss. Hmph." The man was exasperated by Emily's words and looked sadly at Joaquin before cracking a joke.

However, Joaquin merely rolled his eyes at the man. "I have no time for you."

"Tsk, tsk. How ruthless," the man complained as he glanced at Katherine, who was beside Joaquin.

In the meantime, Michael finally stumbled out from inside, and his nose was bruised and swollen, obviously having just been beaten up.

When he came out and saw the young man at the entrance, his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground instantly. "Mr. Vasquez, w-why are you here?"

Austin Vasquez glanced at Michael. "Are you the manager of this store?"

"Y-Yes." Michael silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Didn't you read the employee handbook during the induction training? Don't you know the company's rules? Don't you know what a Peony Gold Card means? Why are you driving my guests out? Do you have a death wish?" Austin gave Michael a vicious kick in the chest to send Michael several meters away.

After being punted into the distance, Michael felt a pain in his chest and could not speak for a long time as he was rendered dumbfounded.

"Find a new manager for this restaurant." Austin immediately dealt with Michael.

"Hey, young man. I think this girl is fine. Why don't you let her be the manager of this restaurant?" Jennifer sized up Sophia before beckoning to introduce her to Austin.

Austin froze and followed Jennifer's gaze to look at Sophia. His expression suddenly changed when he saw her face clearly as he jumped to Sophia and glared. "It's you!"

Sophia gave him an expressionless stare. "You've mistaken me for someone else." Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

"How do you know I've mistaken you for someone else? It's not like you know who I recognize." Soon, Austin grabbed Sophia's wrist and stared at her with a burning gaze.

She struggled for a while albeit failing to break free. So, she cursed embarrassedly, "L-Let go of me! This is a public space. I don't know you, but you're grabbing my hand. Y-You are a hooligan!"

"I'm a hooligan? Don't you know what you've done? Now, you're calling me a rascal. You're coming back with me now!" Austin did not give Sophia a chance to argue and took her away.

After a few steps, he remembered Joaquin and turned back. "Mr. Levisay, I will talk to you soon. However, I have to attend to more important matters, so I'll take my leave. I will treat you to dinner one day. By the way, this restaurant will be given to you as an apology. You can do whatever you like to the staff; I will have no objection."

Dropping those words, Austin grabbed Sophia and left with quick steps.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I-I am blind to stars. I was wrong; I shouldn't have spilled your congee. Please give me a chance. Please, don't fire me. I beg you." Emily was stunned. Only after Austin left did she snap back to reality. Then, she hurriedly lunged over and knelt before Katherine while slapping herself twice.

Raising her brows, Katherine gave Emily a stern look and sneered in her heart.

This person is not bad at acting pragmatically. However, it's a pity that she didn't use it correctly.

"Grandma has low blood sugar. Get her something to eat first. Then, we'll leave after eating." Katherine ignored Emily and just looked at Joaquin.

He nodded and called a server over to give a few orders. Then, he led Katherine into the Peony Pavilion again.