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!”

asked softly,

started crying again as she kicked

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

meant that she had only graduated from elementary school! Everyone was shocked. Some

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heart. She felt upset, but there was nothing she could

said nonchalantly, “I see that Ms. Hoffis is very headstrong. After all, a person with integrity would never

Hoffis. I’m rooting for you!”

said, Suzanne left without looking back. Her slim figure somehow

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

darker and darker. He remained silent and

a simple statement like that?

Madam said a person of integrity would never accept charity handouts, which means something like a proud beggar would never take food from people they think are

Morrison is looking down on you, then you can keep being stubborn and not drink the water.”

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

was at a

worried about his destroyed Azurium and Rhenium, especially the latter, which was so rare

said coldly, “Cole, watch her until she

stood up and left.

fuss. She yelled after him, “Nate, wait! Where are you going? I’m

as if he hadn’t heard her. If anything,