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.

things might have spiraled out of control if she did not discover the trick... He had always known that this trip may not end well but never in his wildest dream did he

her because the sweet innocent lady he dated for the past ten years cannot hurt a

when she bumped into

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

tension between them was thick, but

suspicions the moment Vera personally handed me

or possibly bearing a grudge?" he asked his eyes searching every

noticed she was too eager, too friendly for someone who had suffered a loss earlier, should I be thinking she is Mother Theresa. And then, when I suggested switching drinks, she hesitated a little. That confirmed it." She

not knowing her limits. She picked the

then?" He queried

took a sip. I

a

used might be tasteless and can easily dissolve in water so I have

mean smelled the drink?" He felt his memory refreshed again at her line of thinking because no one in his right thinking will use a drug that can emit

The drug she used gives a faint undetectable aroma due to the acidic content of the orange", She

became wary of Vera she was even scared of lifting her cutlery. She became more wary when she proposed the toast but she didn’t expect the gods to help her out that Vera used an orange juice. Should it be another fruit, she doubt if she will be able to go

the drink?" He queried with a faint

anything other than orange found in an orange is a foreign body and should have found its way into the drink either planned or unplanned— but I choose to believe

attitude when she talked about the drug made

spent your life in the country side or have you by any