The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 22 None Would Get Away

‘Soon enough, you will meet your doom,’ Nora thought.

Harriet took the chicken soup and discreetly inserted a silver needle into it while Nora wasn’t paying attention.

Once the needle was immersed in the soup, its color began to fade, confirming that the soup had indeed been poisoned.

Harriet put away the silver needle and gulped down the soup.

Nora smiled contentedly and counted the time in her mind.

Once Harriet fainted, she would take her to the back door, where the people arranged by Bessie were waiting to take Harriet to the Happy Harpers.

However, nothing happened as twenty seconds had passed.

Nora wondered if the drug was fake when Harriet spat out the soup and wrinkled her nose.

“This soup tastes awful. I don’t like it.”

“Are you messing with me?”

Nora angrily walked over and raised her hand to slap Harriet.

But Harriet grabbed her wrist.

I am.” She sneered, her voice cold and cruel.

her eyes

and mockery were something she had

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felt a sharp pain behind her

her toe to

a sack and put Nora in it. Avoiding the servants in the house,

door.

been waiting there.

paced back

“Mrs. Munoz, the ship is about to

hour. If we don’t leave now, we’ll

go and hurry

go and

thud

thought someone had discovered her plan.

in front of her, with a

hurried towards the sack, assuming

understand why Nora had taken the trouble of

in a sack.

didn’t think much about it or notice a slim figure standing at the corner. Harriet watched her every

silver needle

acupoint.