His Unveiled Passion

Chapter 353

"Poisoned?" Sophia was stunned and couldn't believe what she was hearing.

The doctor rattled off a bunch of medical terms she didn't quite understand. Then he explained it again in layman's terms, and it finally clicked.

Caleb had been poisoned with a chronic toxin that was colorless and tasteless when dissolved in water. Small doses didn't cause any obvious symptoms, but prolonged ingestion would slowly damage his internal organs and eventually become fatal.

While Tessa was still in critical condition, Caleb had been rushed into the ER as well.

The hospital issued a critical condition notice. After Sophia signed it, she stood there in a daze.

Pieces started falling into place in her mind. She remembered how Caleb had been losing a lot of hair lately. She'd noticed it, of course.

But she didn't think much of it and just assumed it was age catching up to him. A lot of men around that age start going bald, some even ending up with those classic horseshoe patterns.

Then there was his dwindling appetite and the dark circles deepening under his eyes. He looked more drained as the days went by, hollowed out, even.

She had noticed it all but just didn't care.

his affair over two decades ago. The two of them had only kept up appearances over the years, and there was

that something was wrong

over

after all. As chairman, Caleb couldn't just ignore

chalked up the hair loss to aging. As for the insomnia, lack of appetite, and the pain that would come and go, he figured

once things calmed down at work. But his body gave

big deal. Sophia immediately called

confirmed, Sophia also went in for a check-up herself. Some of the tests came back quickly. But the blood work required

scheduled a

and couldn't come back right away,

did that happen?" His voice

we all eat the same food. Mom and I haven't had any issues it's only Caleb.

other end of the line for a while before Ralph spoke again. "Call the police,"

"Okay."

to return to Rivertown. I

overheard her accusing Jacqueline. The moment she

being tricked by James. She's not a bad person. There's no way she would poison Caleb. No matter what,