A Replacement Bride

Chapter 134
After Lily looked at the wedding dress Katherine was wearing, she hid the disdain in her eyes before she offered kindly, "Miss
Cornell, is this the dress you will be wearing at your wedding? I heard that you and Joaquin got engaged in a haste. Did you not
have time to get a customized dress? I happen to have a dress in the store. Would you like to try it on? Just treat it as a wedding
gift from me to you and Joaquin."
"I wouldn't want to trouble you." Katherine tugged at the wedding dress on her body.
"Not at all. Deanna, take out the dress I ordered and give it to Miss Cornell. I think she will look good in it." Lily didn't give
Katherine the chance to refuse before she called the store clerk over.
Deanna then ran over. As soon as she heard Lily's words, she subconsciously glanced at Katherine with disdainful eyes, but still
she obediently went to get the dress Lily mentioned.
"Please head over here to try on the dress, Miss Cornell." Deanna huffed. Her disrespect for Katherine was written all over her
face.
Katherine only peeked at her before she turned to look at Lily. "It is alright. I am not used to wearing someone else's clothes.
This dress I have on now is fine."
"Miss Cornell, you don't have to be so reserved or feel shy with me. I have a very good relationship with Joaquin. It is only
natural I do something for him since he is getting married. This dress is a small token of my sincerity. I will be upset if you refuse
me." Lily looked at Katherine with a hurt expression on her face. The former looked like she would cry if Katherine were to reject
her.
Katherine felt the corners of her mouth twitch. She thought it was ridiculous how they had to kick up a fuss even though she was
only trying on a dress. At this point, she was really starting to regret her decision to marry Joaquin.
There were too many oddballs around Joaquin. As if Beatrice wasn't enough, there was now Lily as well. Katherine wouldn't
even be surprised if more women popped out of nowhere in the future.
Just the thought alone gave her an immense headache.
"No—" She was about to reject Lily when Ben came out while pushing Joaquin, who was donning a smoky gray suit. It was
particularly difficult to not be overshadowed in suits of this color. However, Joaquin looked extremely noble in it—it was as if the

suit was made just for him.
Lily's attention was taken away just like that. She stared so keenly at the man until she even forgot to continue ridiculing
Katherine.
It went on for a long minute before she subconsciously muttered, "Joaquin, you—"
"Why haven't you changed?" he complained with a frown when he saw that Katherine was still wearing the same dress he saw
her in earlier. His gaze was on her the whole time, and he spared not one glance at Lily.
Seeing this, Lily quickly explained, "Joaquin, Miss Cornell kept saying no when I told her to try on the dress I ordered before. Just
what is she being so polite for? Aren't you and I too close for her to hold back? What is mine is also yours. I—"
Without waiting for her to finish, Joaquin calmly interrupted, "I don't think you and I are that close."
An embarrassed Lily looked as though she was being strangled in that instant. Her face became flushed and even though her
mouth was open, she couldn't utter a word standing there.
Katherine almost let a laugh slip as she mused about how Joaquin was still his same old straightforward self.
"Why didn't you try on a new dress? Do you not like the wedding dress I made for you?" His eyes returned to Katherine again.
"I haven't had time to try it on," Katherine replied smoothly, ignoring the sour look of Lily's face.
Lily felt uncomfortable, and it was as if she had swallowed a fly. She smiled awkwardly before asking Joaquin, "Joaquin, did you
make the wedding dress yourself?"
He continued to ignore her and not answer her. "Hurry up and try it on then," he muttered. "We can go home earlier once you are
done."
She was filled with hatred at that point. She had a good relationship with him before, but for some reason, it all changed after she
went abroad to develop her career.
She refused to believe that Joaquin truly liked Katherine.
To Lily, Katherine being a Fontanian meant that she had poor hygiene. Furthermore, she was neither educated nor capable and
had no right to stand beside Joaquin either.

Keeping her emotions at bay, Lily turned to look at Joaquin and grumbled, "Joaquin, we haven't seen each other in such a long
time. Why are you so indifferent to me? We—"
Mid-sentence, the man finally lifted his chin to look at her.
Lily hurriedly puffed out her chest to leave the best impression on him, but just as she straightened her back, she heard his voice
that was cold and without a hint of warmth. "Miss, it is very rude to keep interrupting someone else when they are talking. Has
your family not taught you basic etiquette?"
Her face instantly turned pale when she heard this. Wobbling, she looked at him and began, "Joaquin, I—"
"We are not close and I don't want to talk to you. Please get out of the way. You are blocking my view," he deadpanned, his eyes
still emotionless as he looked at her.
Lily might be deceiving herself into believing that they were close, but anyone could see that Joaquin absolutely did not miss her
one bit.
As hurt as she was, she was more upset about the inequality.
Even if he lost his status as the heir of the Levisay Family, he was still someone other men couldn't compete with. It was
precisely because Lily knew how capable Joaquin was that she was unwilling to let him go.
Katherine had already been brought away by the store manager to try on the dress. She only walked out of the dressing room
with a blank expression on her face as she walked out holding the skirt half an hour later.
It was a smokey gray wedding dress with a deep V neckline and a large cutout on the back that perfectly hugged her figure. The
fluffy fishtail-shaped skirt behind her gave her a dignified look.
Katherine had just walked out of the fitting room, but seconds was all it took for her to catch everyone's eyes. No one could look
away from her.
She was simply dazzling.
The dress looked like it was made for her and her alone. Other than her, no one else in this world could make the dress look so
good.
Even Joaquin looked faintly surprised when he saw her step out.

In her high-heeled shoes, Katherine impassively strutted in front of him. "You made this?" she asked casually.
"Do you like it?" From the look on her face, she didn't seem like she liked it a lot.
She pursed her lips and drawled, "It's okay."
"Just throw it away after the wedding if you don't like it. It is not something valuable anyway," he casually suggested.
Unlike the nonchalant couple, Lily, who was standing aside, was about to jump and explode from jealousy. "Joaquin, don't you
know your designs' current market price? Just a drawing alone is worth over 10 million! If this wedding dress of yours is put up
for auction, you can even sell it for 100 million! You—”
"Was I talking to you?" The moment Joaquin coldly glanced at her, it made her shut her mouth even though she was reluctant.
Lily's jealousy-filled eyes, however, were now shooting daggers at Katherine.