The Abandoned Wife

Colby watched Lucian's actions intently, his breathing catching for a second.

Despite knowing that it wasn't the bottle of medicine from that day since he had personally replaced it with the bottle of distilled water, he still couldn't help breaking into a cold sweat.

He actually realized that someone had used that bottle of medicine! D*mn it! I didn't even notice that tiny detail!

"Dr. Galloway, I can add this in, right?"

Without warning, Lucian turned and looked at him.

Colby's pupils constricted. He dug his nails into his palms to force himself to remain calm. "Of course. It's only going to dilute the solution. Perhaps Mr. Damaris added it that day, but we didn't notice it." While saying that, he took a step back to make room for the man.

Inclining his head, Lucian walked over and occupied the freed space. Uncorking the bottle, he slowly poured the liquid inside into the flask.

falling into the bottle, it dissolved upon contact with water, blending with the colorless and odorless distilled water before mixing with

"All done."

corked the bottle back and moved away. "Let's observe for a while longer and see whether there's any unusual reaction. Maybe it was

off the feeling that something was amiss. Nonetheless, he steeled himself and returned to his place at the counter. His entire body tense, he stared

gas as that

gas in the flask before glancing at the distilled

placed the distilled water there. How could there be gas? Could it be that... someone switched the

hauntingly. "Does this bottle really contain distilled

around, Colby trained his gaze on Roxanne

eyes, he could see the reflection of himself that appeared all tense and

him, Lucian's scorching gaze bore into him as though wishing to see through

and took off without

Roxanne had witnessed that scene that she truly believed Colby

back to the events that day after learning the truth, she realized that the man was all too suspicious. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the (F)indNƟvᴇl.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access