Chapter 48

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In just over an hour, Mabel appeared several times on the surveillance footage. By the third time, she seemed visibly flustered. If the labels of dilute sulfuric acid and concentrated sulfuric acid had indeed. been swapped, Mabel was undoubtedly the prime suspect.

Genevieve stopped the surveillance footage and instructed her assistant to notify Mabel to come to her office.

Upon hearing that Genevieve wanted to see her, Mabel immediately became nervous, glancing involuntarily at Lucia, who was sitting diagonally across from her.

However, Lucia didn’t even look her way, appearing calm and nonchalant as if nothing was amiss. Left with no choice, Mabel reluctantly followed Genevieve’s assistant to the office.

Just as she arrived at the door, her phone vibrated–it was a message from Lucia.

Lucia: [No matter what Genevieve asks, insist that you have nothing to do with it. You don’t know anything. If you dare to drag me into this, you know the consequences.]

Mabel replied with an “Okay“, and Lucia quickly unsent the message.

Mabel put her phone away and pushed open the door to the office.

without much of an

feigned confusion. “Genevieve, what

in and out of the lab and R&D department

prepare for an

you visit the reagent

Genevieve with disbelief. “Genevieve, are you suspecting me? I have no grudge

eyes, Genevieve calmly said, “I’m not suspecting you. I’m just planning to question everyone who was in the lab this morning.

sigh of relief. She had taken a gamble, banking on the absence of surveillance

the change in Mabel’s expression and continued calmly. “Although there’s no surveillance, Mr. Sumner’s team has arrived. They extracted several fingerprints from the labels of concentrated sulfuric acid and dilute sulfuric acid. They plan

we can basically rule out the possibility

stiffened. She had been too

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Chapter 48

gloves. If they checked fingerprints, she

Sumner’s people come to collect

come this afternoon, but don’t worry. Collecting fingerprints won’t take long. It won’t

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