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,

again as she kicked

graduate from middle school, so she’s no different from an illiterate person! There’s no way she knows

middle school, it meant that she had only graduated from elementary school! Everyone

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upset, but there was

she put on a calm demeanor and said nonchalantly, “I see that Ms. Hoffis is very headstrong.

it up, Ms. Hoffis. I’m

slim figure somehow looked sad and lonely as

grumble. “Nate, what

He remained silent and didn’t reply to

couldn’t she even understand a

Hoffis, Madam said a person of integrity would never accept charity handouts, which means something like a proud beggar would never take

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

She called me a beggar!” Sally cried in anguish as she began to sob on the bed.

at a

Azurium and Rhenium, especially the latter, which was so rare and hard to obtain that even money couldn’t buy it. He felt a massive headache coming.

his brows and said coldly, “Cole, watch her until she drinks the water.”

stood up and

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

her. If anything, he started walking a little faster than