Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 52: When did you find out?

Elder Allen walked toward his study in silence leaving behind the chaotic sitting room.

It had been one long hectic day, a simple family reunion dinner ended with so many cases — not even a case of love but scheming and plotting, it is really tiring.

He sighed rubbing his temple, his head aching, as his walking stick rattled on the staircase.

In the sitting room, there is a shift in the atmosphere —Aaron reluctantly took Vera to the hospital for proper diagnosis and treatment.

The family members from the second branch left one after another. Desmond glared at Jessica coldly before he stormed out of the sitting room plunging the room into silence.

Jessica sighed in relief but then she felt Davis complicated gaze resting on her. His expression was calm and contemplative.

The heavy silence in the sitting room lingered, broken only by the distant voices s of departing family members. She could still feel the cold resentment in Desmond’s glare before he left. " It was expected but his frustration was only just beginning." She mused.

Ethan had gone to retrieve the cup she instructed him to keep for further investigation, leaving only the two of them in the dimly lit room. Davis leaned back in his wheelchair, his sharp eyes never leaving her face.

"When did you find out?" Davis queried, his tone slow and calm barely perceptible.

"Find out what?" Jessica asked her brow furrowing in confusion as she glanced at him lightly. He kept silent for a while as he adjusted uncomfortably on the chair, his fingers crossed.

"The drink been drugged?" He muttered, his tone helpless.

not discover the trick... He had always known that this trip may not end well but never in his wildest dream did he think of the

had never truly known her because the sweet innocent lady he dated for the past ten years cannot hurt a fly... why the

thought she was been petty when she bumped into Jessica’s shoulder but

changed?" What has transpired since his accident that he is not aware

between them was thick, but it

moment Vera personally handed me the orange juice," she admitted, her tone

have been suspecting her or possibly bearing a grudge?" he asked his eyes searching every expression her face

someone who had suffered a loss earlier, should I be thinking she is Mother Theresa.

grudge but Vera not knowing her limits.

of the drink then?" He queried seriously, it still baffles him, how she was able to manipulate

I never took a sip. I only acted

a sip?

might be tasteless and can easily dissolve in water so I have to use the sense of

again at her line of thinking because no one in his right thinking will use a drug that can emit

did. Though it was for seconds. The drug she used gives a faint undetectable aroma due to the acidic content

of lifting her cutlery. She became more wary when she proposed the toast but

used in the drink?"

orange found in an

incredulously, her nonchalant attitude when she talked about the drug made his suspicion grow concerning her

did you learn about drugs when you have only spent your life in the country side or have you by any chance been in a laboratory before?"