When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 179 Nice Try With The Powder

“Who called this in?”

The officers glanced over the scene, brows knitting tightly.

“What happened to the woman on the ground?”

“Officer, this lady suddenly coughed up blood and collapsed. The woman beside her is her servant, yet instead of calling for an ambulance right away, she tried to frame me, claiming I poisoned her. That’s why I called the police–and an ambulance. I imagine it should be here any minute.”

Natalie spoke clearly and logically, beating Lucy to the punch.

At that moment, the ambulance pulled up with a wail of sirens.

Following protocol, they prioritized saving lives; Quincy was lifted onto a stretcher and rushed

away.

Chris hurried over to Natalie.

“Miss, what happened?”

“Nothing.”

Natalie’s tone was light, dismissive.

Some officers followed the ambulance to the hospital, while Lucy and Natalie were kept

behind.

The police pulled footage from the boutique’s cameras. The angle was perfect–Natalie had entered facing the lens directly, every movement captured with absolute clarity, down to the smallest detail.

From the moment she stepped inside to the moment Quincy spoke to her, there had always been a person’s distance between them.

for someone else, Natalie had instinctively shifted back,

Natalie nor Quincy could have done anything discreet; every

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plainly that there had

video,

had never considered the possibility of such a sharp

on guard from the very moment she walked

The thought chilled her.

are you?” Her

laugh. “You’re

eyes, the force in her bearing–this was nothing like

his voice edged with lethal intent. “Who gave you the courage to frame

Lucy’s legs nearly buckled.

whose miss are

རྟ་འ་ ེ་ཛི་ཧལ་

spare her a glance

officers. “Officer, I walked in here to buy

has to be you. Otherwise why would Madam,

suspect she’s

stuff Sharon had bought off

but brushed against clothing or skin, it left

on Natalie’s sleeve,

look at her sleeve! That’s definitely poison

thought she had found irrefutable proof, and pointed at

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“Fool.”

sneered, not even

officers exchanged glances; with a silent signal, one of them stepped

doing?

wrong person!”