Chapter 12

She stormed forward and grabbed Bailey by the arm before forcefully yanking the latter out of Artemis' embrace.

Upon feeling the extra weight and warmth on his chest being lifted off all of a sudden, Artemis felt a sense of mild discomfort. Subconsciously, he drew his brows together.

The swift change in his expression was noticed by Rhonda.

Artemis really is starting to catch feelings for her. No. I can't let this continue. Otherwise, I'll really lose everything.

With her grip still firmly on Bailey's arm, Felicity pulled Bailey aside and glared at her. “So you're the eldest daughter of the Jefferson family? The one that got kicked out? Ugh, look at you. You look just like a vixen. Why don't you look at yourself in the mirror? What makes you think you're good enough to get close to my son and grandson?”

Feeling the dull ache on her arm, Bailey was getting increasingly impatient. A glint of annoyance flashed across her eyes. “You're absolutely right, Mrs. Luther. Every person in the Luther family is a precious, expensive purebred poodle. Thus, you should really take good care of your two dogs,” Bailey mocked. Every word she spoke was laced with sarcasm and disdain.

At her words, Artemis fell silent, in awe that she could tear someone down without a single swear word.

“You—” Enraged, Felicity flung Bailey's arm away from herself forcefully as she heaved violently. From the way she was huffing, it was evident that Felicity was livid.

“Stubborn, as expected. Well, let's see if you can still act so arrogantly in jail!”

Jail?

Bailey narrowed her eyes. The truth of the matter has yet to be revealed, but they're already accusing me of being the culprit. Did they plan to throw me into jail for eternity?

Bailey shifted her gaze to Artemis before raising an eyebrow. “Do you also think I was the one who poisoned them, Mr. Luther?”

In response, Artemis peered at her calmly. “The police will unmask the culprit behind the poisoning the moment they start investigating,” he stated casually.

Bailey's mouth snapped shut.

Hah! Guess I won't be able to clear my name anymore.

After all, the children had gotten poisoned in her condominium. It was no surprise that she would be the prime suspect.

Bailey had gone silent with no intention of

can remain composed even when something so huge is happening. Both she and Rhonda are daughters of the Jefferson family, so how are they so different? If Rhonda was a tenth of the

Ding!

A young man in a white coat exited through the

sight of the

did

how's

rub his forehead before answering in a tired tone, “That was some strong poison. If they were sent in here ten minutes later, both of the kids would have been gone. I have performed gastric lavage on both children and given them antidotes. Their

a wave of relief to everyone in the room, except

comfort herself as she sighed in relief. “It's just a false alarm. False alarm,” she mumbled. “One is bound

that, she strode into the emergency

standing unmoving for

spoke. “Justin, follow me to the study. I have something to

“Okay.”

left alone in the

she stared at the “Emergency Room” spelled out in big red bold letters as her fists tightened. Her sharp nails pierced through

think that you're off the hook just

smirked, well aware that she was Maxton's legal guardian. The mere fact that Maxton was poisoned was enough to send Bailey

Bailey's eyes reddened as she looked at her

complexion was proof of the scary episode that had happened a moment ago. If it weren't for Justin's impressive medical

balled

mental note to avenge her son one day, certain

a while, Bailey stood silently by the bedside before eventually bending down to pick

started to make her way to the door, Rhonda entered the

you going, Bailey? The matter of the poisoning has yet to be settled. Are you planning to leave just like

she snarled. “Shouldn't you know who the true culprit is?

crocodile tears began to form in her eyes. “What do you mean by that, Bailey? Max has been living in your condominium for a few days. I didn't even see him during that period. Now that something

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