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Chapter 382 A Complete Falling-Out
"I don't want the lives of my close family and friends to get disrupted because of me, so I don't think I'm
wrong to hide my real identity from them," Katherine said, stressing each word icily. "You and I are
fundamentally different! LW Laboratory has never done anything immoral; all its research is done with
the purpose of improving human lives and providing better treatment to people. I can say with a clear
conscience that I've never done even one thing that gave me a guilty conscience from the moment I set
up LW Laboratory until now. But what about you, Jayden? Do you dare to say with a clear conscience
that you've never done anything that you feel guilty about?"
Jayden was instantly stumped by her question. Pressing his lips together, he looked terrifyingly sullen.
Katherine let out a sneer without sparing his feelings in the slightest. "Your Lab X only cares about
making profits. You don't give a damn about developing some harmful drug; as long as it can earn you
money and huge profits, you'll do it without blinking an eye. Can you count how many lives have been
destroyed by those reagents of yours? So, Jayden, don't mention you and me in the same breath.
You'd only made me sick to my stomach by doing this." She stopped playing nice with the man
altogether now that they were turning against each other.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere became extremely tense, and Jayden's face darkened more and more.
He looked as black as thunder. "Kathy…" He opened his mouth, trying to win Katherine over as he was
still unwilling to fall out with her completely.
Katherine wasn't some saint, though; she never showed mercy to those who had betrayed her. "Don't
call me that! It makes me feel like throwing up. Jayden, the drug research and development
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtreport that you stole from me two years ago didn't come in handy, right? Guess what? That report was
incomplete! The research into every reagent would always involve hundreds or even thousands of
hypotheses. Some of the data in that research and development report was faulty, so you didn't
manage to develop the final product even after stealing the report from me. Well, I guess that's the
reason why you started to have suspicions about my identity, am I right?" Her eyes were full of sarcasm
as she had contempt written all over her exquisite features. "You probably have long suspected that I'm
a member of the LW Laboratory. It's just that you had no idea what position I'm holding in the
laboratory, so you often made advances to me, making up all kinds of excuses to approach me just to
discover any clues about it. However, that incomplete research and development report made you think
that I'm just an insignificant nobody in the laboratory. Moreover, your men tracked Joaquin and me
down and thought we'd departed for Zoscistan, so you let your guard down, thinking that I'm not a
senior member of the laboratory, which was why you openly showed up here today. You never thought
you'd get outsmarted, but in the end, you gave yourself away."
Before coming here, she had thought that if Jayden really were the mastermind behind Lab X, then she
would blow her cover just as he got exposed for who he really was. On second thoughts, however, LW
Laboratory and Lab X were on bad terms in the first place. The two laboratories were enemies, so what
did it matter if she exposed her real identity? She and Jayden could no longer be friends, anyway.
Since they had become enemies, there was nothing wrong with them being through with each other.
Jayden's brows furrowed the moment he finished listening to her speech; his hands clenched into fists
by his sides, while blue veins stood out on the back of his hands. "Katherine, do you mean you're
gonna sever our friendship? Don't forget that I'm one of the few people who can help you in Kyoland as
a member of the Hall Family! What's wrong with us working together? We can make fortunes and live
in luxury together! Wouldn't that be good for both of us?" he said before shifting his gaze toward
Joaquin. Eyeing the man with hostility, he asked, "Joaquin, did you make mischief between Katherine
and me? What did you say to her?"
Joaquin couldn't help but find it amusing that Jayden still had the cheek to question him as if justice
were on his side. "Jayden, what makes you so confident to think that Kathy will forgive you and remain
friends with you after all the bad things you've done? You know why she turned up her nose at you?
Anyone sane would think it'd be strange for her to take a liking to someone like you. My Kathy is the
best woman in the world. Wouldn't it be a match of beauty and the beast if she really were to go out
with you?"
Jayden's temples instantly throbbed with rage at these words. "How dare you!" Grinding his teeth hard,
he rested his piercing gaze on Joaquin's face for a moment before turning to look at Katherine with a
complicated look in his eyes. A moment later, his eyes grew more and more ferocious as he stopped
concealing his selfish desires altogether. "Katherine, this is the last opportunity I'm giving you. Are you
gonna work with Lab X or not? Think about this again!"
Katherine let out a sneer at his words. "Are you threatening me right now?"
Joaquin's eyes darkened. "You can interpret it that way. The decision is up to you, but I can make it
clear to you that LW Laboratory will eventually be mine! Starting today, I want not only all the reagents
of your laboratory but also to have the whole laboratory at my disposal! If you're willing to work with me,
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI'll show you mercy, but if you're not willing to do so, Kathy, then don't blame me for being merciless to
you despite all the years of our friendship!"
His threats didn't induce the slightest fear or anxiety in Katherine. Instead, she felt like laughing. "You're
overestimating yourself, Jayden. Do you seriously think your Lab X can have its own way in Fontan?
Do you think LW Laboratory is definitely weaker than Lab X? You want to take control of my laboratory?
Show me what you've got, then!"
With the last pretense of cordiality gone between them, the atmosphere at the scene instantly became
volatile.
Just then, Joaquin reached out and held Katherine's wrist before dragging her behind him. Then, he
narrowed his eyes, which flickered menacingly. "Jayden, you're gonna have to walk over my dead body
if you want to touch Kathy!"
"Is that so?" Jayden smirked in ridicule without taking Joaquin's warning seriously. He said, "Joaquin, I
think you're the one who's overestimating yourself. Who the f*ck do you think you are?! You've got no
right to say this to me, whether in Hovington, Kyoland, or Fontan! Don't forget how you lost to me five
years ago. You've lost to me before and will always do!" He had never come to terms with Katherine's
marriage to Joaquin, which added fresh grievances to the past grudges he held against this guy. He
had wanted to raise his hand against Joaquin for a long time!
He thought Joaquin would fly into a rage at such words, but the look on the latter's face surprised him.
Instead of getting angry, the man had indifference written all over his dashingly handsome face,
whereas his lips curled into a nonchalant smile in an offensive manner, as if Jayden's taunts were
useless against him. "I've lost to you? Jayden, you seem to have forgotten how you fled with your tail
between your legs when I brought my men to Fontan to deal with your laboratory!"
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