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.

ever since his affair over two decades ago. The two of them had only kept up appearances

had felt that something was wrong with

had handed over power to

was the family business, after all. As chairman, Caleb couldn't just

aging. As for the insomnia, lack of appetite, and the pain that would come and go, he

planned to go in for a full-body checkup once things calmed down at work. But

was a big deal. Sophia immediately

of the tests came back quickly. But the blood work required fasting, and she had to wait until

a check-up at

Jordanville and couldn't come back right away, so Sophia

How the hell did that happen?" His

frowned, holding the phone tightly. "I don't know. He mostly eats at home, and we all eat the same food. Mom and I haven't had any issues it's only Caleb. I suspect

for a while before Ralph spoke

"Okay."

permission to return to Rivertown. I

had overheard her accusing Jacqueline. The moment she heard that,

your mouth! Jacqueline was just confused for a moment after being tricked by James. She's not a bad person. There's no way she would poison