The Wrong Woman

Chapter 11

Had something gone wrong with his background check on her after all?

Joe was the only one who responded in delight at the thought of discovering an expert in that matter. He asked Suzanne, “Mrs. Morrison, were you a chemistry major?”

Suzanne’s eyes were filled with emotion. However, her mind had gone completely blank. She shook her head and said softly, “I’ve forgotten everything.”

“Forgotten everything?” A look of pity came over Joe’s face at once. “Then, how did you know about Azurium and Rhenium? And you even know the antidote to the poisonous gas too!”

Suzanne thought about it for a while. Then, she said matter–of–factly, “It’s like knowing that you must use salt when cooking and bait when fishing. It’s common knowledge.”

The fact that Suzanne called all of that “common knowledge” was enough to send Joe to his

knees in awe.

A small distance away, Lucas and Cole returned with some of their subordinates and fed the poisoned staff some alkaline water.

A few moments later, they stopped throwing up, and the pain in their abdomens also ceased. Although some of them still felt quite dizzy, it was still evident that the antidote had worked

like a miracle.

Cole brought the alkaline water over to Nathan and gave it to him politely. He said, “General Morrison, this water is quite effective. Please give it to Ms. Hoffis.”

Sally gritted her teeth. She was furious that Suzanne had stolen the show despite the incident that had just happened. “I won’t drink it!”

He asked softly, “Why

she kicked up a

Suzanne didn’t even graduate from middle school, so she’s no different from an illiterate person!

that she had only graduated from elementary school! Everyone was shocked. Some of them even looked at

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throb in her heart. She felt upset, but there was nothing she

Hoffis is very headstrong. After

Ms. Hoffis. I’m rooting for you!”

back. Her slim figure somehow looked sad and lonely as she

grumble. “Nate, what was Suzanne trying to say?”

darker and darker. He remained silent and didn’t reply to Sally.

even understand a simple statement

handouts, which means something like a proud beggar

is looking down on you, then you can keep

of me! She called me a beggar!” Sally cried in anguish as she

a loss for words.

more worried about his destroyed Azurium and Rhenium, especially the latter, which was so rare and hard to obtain that even money couldn’t buy it. He felt a

massaged the spot between his brows and said coldly, “Cole, watch her until she drinks the

stood up

She yelled after him, “Nate, wait! Where are you going? I’m feeling really bad! You can’t leave me here alone like

kept on walking as if he hadn’t heard her. If anything, he started