Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 858: Asher Was Drugged

When Marie heard those words, her body stiffened, and she swayed on her feet, nearly fainting from anger. Tina, ever composed, swiftly placed a calming pill into her mother's mouth, steadying her.

Tina's expression hardened, her cold, unrelenting gaze locked onto Stephanie, exuding a quiet yet menacing authority. Beside her, Jared's sharp eyes swept over Stephanie, his icy contempt palpable in the room. Stephanie, clutching Asher's leg as if it were her lifeline, trembled violently before finally letting go, her hands shaking.

Her gaze shifted downward as she bit her lower lip. "No matter what you say, Uncle Asher took advantage of me. That's a fact. You can beat me, kill me, do whatever you want, but it won't change the truth!" Her voice wavered, but her words were resolute. "He's the one who wronged me!"

Her fingers clutched the hem of her dress so tightly her knuckles turned white. Though she outwardly played the victim, her mind churned with darker, more calculating thoughts: Marie should have some pride. She'll divorce him after this. Then, I'll be Mrs. Asher Farrell. The family will be mine.

No more slumming it under someone else's roof. I'll live in luxury, a queen in my own palace.

Tina's cold stare lingered on Stephanie, her sharp eyes scanning the young woman's delicate, tear-streaked face. Stephanie, sensing Tina's hostility, assumed she was preparing to attack her again. But Tina turned back toward Asher, her voice steady and firm.

"Dad," she asked, "do you know where Stephanie's room is?"

Asher, who had been silent and visibly shaken, finally spoke, his tone resolute despite his pale complexion. "No. I don't know where her room is," he said firmly. "I've never been there. I'm busy at the company most of the time, and Marie handles the household. I've never had any reason to ask."

Marie, still seething with barely restrained fury, refused to meet Asher's gaze, but she nodded grimly. She didn't want to believe her husband was capable of such betrayal. This wasn't the man she married. Years ago, he had resisted Sonia's relentless attempts to seduce him. So why would he fall for someone like Stephanie now? It didn't add up.

Women like Stephanie-delicate, scheming, always playing the innocent flower-were everywhere in their social circle. If Asher had been inclined toward such women, he would have acted on it years ago.

with her doubts, Marie couldn't ignore the possibility. If Asher had truly done what Stephanie claimed, there would

the silent exchange, curled her lips into a faint smirk. One question and he

is? He was in my room. In broad daylight, no less. Everyone saw it! He was lying next to me, naked. And let's not forget the bloodstains on the bed-undeniable evidence!"

stopped, her shadow fell over the disheveled woman still kneeling on the ground.

she raised her foot and brought it down on Stephanie's back,

sickening crack of a snapping bone echoed in the room. Stephanie let out a blood-curdling scream, her body convulsing as she collapsed to the floor. Her chin scraped against the cold tile, and her fingers clawed desperately at the

coldly. "And yet you talk so much

yet terrifying. "Are you in such a hurry for me to uncover

I'll sue you! Y-You've gone too far! I'm the victim

panicked, and for the

took a step toward her, his

pleas dying in her throat. Asher, standing like a statue, appeared conflicted, his face pale and his fists clenched. Every time Stephanie called out to him, his expression

back, her heel grinding against the floor one last

from Stephanie's. Her lips curled into a cold smile. "Nice manicure," she murmured, her tone

respond, Tina reached for a nearby knife. The blade gleamed as she moved it swiftly, slicing off one of Stephanie's nails

first, but when the blood began to drip, the pain hit her like a

beside her, narrowed his eyes. His voice was low and dangerous. "That's... an aphrodisiac?" Marie

any aphrodisiac. It's a slow-acting one. At first, it sedates the victim, clouding their mind. Then it takes full