Sonia pursed her pale lips and said, “I did fall down by myself, but I feel like things weren’t as simple as they looked.”

“Do you suspect something, baby?” Charles asked as he looked at her.

She nodded. “I fell because I stepped on something slippery as I came out from the stall. When I was on the floor, I smelled something fragrant, like body wash.”

“Why would there be body wash in front of your stall?” His eyes widened in astonishment.

“I have no clue either.”

Stroking his chin, he mused, “Could it be that someone dropped their body wash as they passed by and it spilled right on your doorstep, and you were unlucky enough to step in it?”

Narrowing her eyes, she answered, “Maybe, but the chances don’t sound too high.”

“Why do you say so?”

Tilting her head slightly at him, Sonia answered, “Because I didn’t hear the sound of anything falling while I was taking a bath.”

Which was to say someone stealthily and deliberately placed the body wash in front of her door.

Instantly, Charles stood up. “Then it has to be Tina. She and Toby are our only two enemies at this resort and since he couldn’t possibly enter the ladies’ room, that leaves only her.”

Sonia’s hand that was resting on the blanket clenched. “You’re right. When you called me last evening, she happened to be nearby. She must have heard me say that I was hitting the showers and followed me in.”

As Charles’ chest rose and fell dramatically with rage, he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, snarling, “What a poisonous snake that woman is! We have to make a police report. We must! We can’t let this go just like that!”

However, Sonia stopped him and she pointed out, “There’s no use. It’s not like there’s surveillance in the shower room. We have no way of proving that she planted the body wash. Even if tests revealed that the body wash on the floor is the kind she uses, she could lie and say she spilled it by accident. She wouldn’t be found guilty at all.”

Frowning tightly, he grumbled, “So, if this isn’t an option, what should we do?”

After a moment of thought, she proposed, “Unless we can get a recording of her admitting to deliberately harming me, all of our efforts will amount to nothing.”

“That won’t be easy.” With a sinister smile, he continued, “But I can have someone threaten her while wearing a wire. She’ll fall for it.”

but right as she was about

is it?” Charles grumbled as he went

he discovered Toby

Tina greeted with a slight

Charles’ face fell and he asked without ceremony, “What do

explained, “We’re looking

same as the previous evening,

a

a little weakly from inside the

at the couple in front of him and called back in a raised voice, “It’s Miss Gray and President Fuller. They say they’re looking for

silent for a few moments

then stepped aside, albeit a

and a nod before leading

his eyes, Charles shut the

pair of pajamas, Sonia was seated against the head of the bed and her head was

the sight of

Sonia smirked in amusement and asked, “Are

instantly tightened her grip

little strangely toward Sonia and pursed his lips before continuing in a cold and detached voice, “There’s nothing odd about asking how the injured are doing

was that he was asking out of politeness and not

loosened her grip on his arm and

could react, Charles stepped forward in a broad stride and blocked Tina’s view of her, miming a digging motion with his fingers and saying, “I’ll

lip.

he acted like

hid behind Toby, clinging to the hem of his suit jacket and

her behind his back, Toby held up the other in a ‘stop’ motion in front of Charles and glared coldly. “Don’t go

he had heard something funny, Charles snorted. “Since you’re being so kind as to warn me, I’ll give you some advice as well—you’d better watch your double standards. You only pay attention to what I’m doing to your fiancée and not what she is doing to Sonia. Given how blind you are, you might as

from the bed, Sonia couldn’t help

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