Chapter 1919

Ivy snapped back to reality, frustration bubbling up inside her as she marched over to confront her accuser.

As Ivy closed in, Leila began to dodge nervously, retreating until she stumbled and fell onto the floor with a thud. “Ms Dunhill, I… I didn’t mean to blurt it out… But with the Senior Mr. and Mrs. Howard in such a situation, I had no choice but to tell Balfour any suspicious details. I couldn’t hide it any longer.”

Ivy’s brow furrowed as she looked down at Leila sprawled on the ground. “What are you playing at, fabricating lies out of thin air?”

Leila’s eyes darted about, feigning an almost tearful fear, inching towards Balfour for protection.

Balfour’s gaze hardened as he addressed Ivy, “Tell me, why would you poison my grandparents?”

Hearing him speak so, Ivy realized he had chosen to believe Leila.

his

stranger.

who Balfour would trust.

might have

from the moment she decided to leave her family, she vowed never to suffer from unnecessary injustices again. No one was worth her bearing such grievances!

poisoning the elderly, yet I have a way to prove my innocence!”

etched on her face. “I brought my own pots for cooking breakfast today,

it, she wouldn’t know how to

implying?” Balfour’s cold

and I cooked alone, there shouldn’t be any fingerprints on it besides mine. If there is any, then I’m not the only suspect. Anyone who touched that pot could

clever, but I’m certainly no fool! If I wanted to harm someone, I wouldn’t poison the food I prepared myself. Only an idiot would sign their name to a crime like that. Unless

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