Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 818:

“Took you long enough,” he said, a glass vial with a swirling silver liquid pinched between his fingers.

“Get him!” one of the men barked.

But Verruckt just waved the vial with a mocking flourish. “You can come closer if you want, but I suggest you think twice. If Josh’s precious drug hits the floor, how will you explain that mess?”

The men’s eyes widened in shock. Their leader swallowed nervously. “Let’s talk this out, Mr. Shaw. No need for violence.”

Verruckt sneered. “Oh really? Then prove it.”

Begrudgingly, the leader gestured for his men to lower their weapons. “We can negotiate. Just put the vial down.”

I

leader fought to keep his cool.

vial’s contents, Josh had insisted it

break that, and you won’t walk out of here alive. You get

yet Verruckt ignored it, leisurely twirling the vial. “Want it?

then, a woman’s irate voice echoed from outside. “What are

fuming, her gown marred by streaks of dust. She

his stomach knot with anxiety. “Miss Smith, this isn’t a place for you,”

seething. “I came anyway! Did my father send

freely. His silence

Mr. Smith.

did little to obscure the truth. To Fiona, his words rang as an admission of guilt.