Chapter: 673

She watched Theodore recover consciousness and instinctively hid the medication, not knowing why.

Learning that Ariana had refrained from giving Theodore the medicine, Horace breathed a sigh of relief. He elucidated, “The boss indeed faces certain health challenges, but they are manageable as long as he refrains from taking that medicine.”

Ariana regarded Horace skeptically, her gaze probing the mixed emotions etched on his face. As thoughts of Theodore’s peculiar condition during his sickness swirled in her mind, an unpleasant suspicion took hold. Her countenance darkened, and she scrutinized Horace intently, testing his resolve. “Tell me, is your boss engaged in drug use, by chance?”

“No, no, absolutely not!” Horace hastened to defend Theodore, even raising three fingers as if taking a solemn oath. “While the boss may possess peculiar temperaments, he never indulges in any illegal substances. I can vouch for that.”

A wave of relief washed over Ariana as she let out a breath. She seized the moment to push Horace further, her tone unyielding, “Then, what precisely is this?”

of the boss’s past entanglements, private matters that

would yield no additional information. She acknowledged that he was merely Theodore’s subordinate, burdened by

a heavy

He had been uncertain how to navigate Ariana’s relentless inquiries, and now he felt a

have discovered this truth. I have endeavored

certainty that Theodore was not meant to have

this medicine tastes like?” she inquired, studying the unlabeled

a bitter aftertaste,” Horace

the bottle, replacing them with vitamins from

this to him. Tell him it was found in the ward. And don’t say that I discovered the bottle,” she instructed. After a brief

her cunning plan and felt reassured by its plausibility. Given that Theodore always swallowed his

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