Chapter 432
Morwen was exasperated and red–faced. She could only get into the car and leave Royal Bay angrily.
That’s too much! I just wanted to make use of the opportunity to get Hank to name me as Richard’s new wife, and get married while he’s still in a coma
By the time he wakes up, whether he likes it or not, there’s no way for him to change the fact that we’re married. How could it be that they have the antidote to the poison? This is absolutely humiliating! Damn it!
Morwen clenched her fists so tightly that her fingers turned white. She felt that someone kept ruining her plans in the dark
After throwing Morwen out, Royal Bay regained its peace. Garry turned around and returned to the villa. He looked at Sidney who was drinking water as if nothing had happened and asked directly. “Tell me the truth. How’s Mr. Hampton doing?”
Hank was easy to deceive because he didn’t care that much about his son. That was why he left when he heard that it was nothing serious. He didn’t even look back.
To Hank, as long as Richard didn’t die, the Hampton family would not be in chaos. However, Garry was different. He had sensed that something was wrong when Sidney told the first lie, but he chose to restrain himself from asking.
Sidney’s hand that was holding the glass paused. He hesitated for a bit. He knew that he couldn’t hide it from Garry. He sighed and said, “The antidote was indeed effective, but Mr. Hampton’s wound is too serious. There’s only so much I can do.”
There’s only so much you can do? Aren’t you the country’s Asclepius? Aren’t you able to save anyone who’s still breathing? And now you’re telling me there’s nothing you can do?” Gerry panicked.
He felt like crying as he couldn’t accept what Sidney had just said. “Go and treat him now! Why are you giving up before doing your best?”
“Calm down, will you?” Sidney rubbed the space between his eyebrows with his thumb. He knows that there’s no more poison in Richard’s body, all thanks to the pills Tiffany left.
The pills were very precious. Other than being able to cure a plethora of illnesses, it could also strengthen one’s heart. That was why in spite of the deep stab wound in the chest, Richard managed to survive.
Even so, the dagger that pierced his heart had been tampered with. It wasn’t that Sidney didn’t save him, but Richard had fallen into a deep sleep. No one but himself can pull him back to consciousness.
“We can only wait.” Sidney lifted his head and said in a serious tone, “Mr. Hampton isn’t a weakling, so let’s just wait. He’s going to wake up soon.”
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Good deeds do not make the headlines, but scandals spread like wildfire. In just a few hours, this engagement party, which was highly anticipated and watched, ended with shocking news.
All the news was about how Tiffany stabbed Richard with her own hands, causing him serious injury and being in a coma. Richard was sent to the hospital urgently, and his condition was still unknown.
Rumors were flying and Tiffany became the woman who was criticized and hated by millions.
“Hey, I heard that Miss Kelley, who stabbed Mr. Hampton, agreed to Mr. Hampton’s proposal because she wanted his assets! I also heard that all the assets under Mr. Hampton’s name have been transferred to her!”
“Tsk. She cheated Mr. Hampton of such a huge fortune and turned her back on him. What a nasty woman!”
“Exactly! I also heard that she stabbed Mr. Hampton because he found out about her secret affair! She did it to protect her lover.”
“What? I really couldn’t tell.”
All kinds of rumors continued to spread. In just a few hours, Tiffiny was cursed by millions of people!
The other guests at the hotel had left. They also thought that Tiffany was a scourge and that nothing good would happen to anyone who got close to her. They used that as the explanation as to why Richard’s engagement party was ruined.
The guests even believed that she was a seductress, and to be in the limelight, she deliberately disfigured Melody’s face. They justified their hatred toward Tiffany by defining her as a vicious woman.
All the guests walked away in disdain and commented, “Look, she’s hiding now and doesn’t dare to come out.”
“That’s right. What she did there was assault, and the punishment for that is pretty serious. We should arrest her and put her in jail.”
“Sigh, I wonder how Charlie Kelley raised his daughter. I heard that she’s not his biological daughter, right?”
“Yeah. I don’t know what Charlie Kelley is thinking. He even kicked his biological daughter out for such a sinister and vicious adopted daughter. What a stupid man.”
As the guests walked out of the hotel, two people were looking for Tiffany.
Abbie was so exhausted after looking around the entire hotel. She was so tired that her head was covered in sweat. Then she called Zoe and asked, “How’s it?”
“She’s not here either.” Zoe was so worried that she was about to cry. “How did it become like this? No matter what those people say, I don’t believe Tiffany would do such a thing!”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“I know. I don’t believe it either.” Abbie sat on the stairs without any care for her image. She was very tired and was panting heavily.
When the bloody incident happened, Abbie and Zoe were still patiently waiting for the engagement party to begin. Unexpectedly, news about Tiffany stabbing Richard and causing him to be seriously injured and unconscious was suddenly announced.
After that, the entire place was in chaos, and Tiffany was nowhere to be found. Abbie and Zoe were worried about her. That was why they were looking for her relentlessly.
Abbie stood up and said over the phone, “Let’s continue our search. Since Tiffany hasn’t left the hotel, we’ll definitely find her!”
“Okay.” Zoe nodded heavily.
Meanwhile, in a hotel room, Tiffany had been sitting lifelessly on the cold floor for a long time. Light shone in through the window and landed on her face.
However, her eyes did not move, as if she didn’t feel it. After taking a few breaths, she finally moved her limbs and tried to get up. However, the wounds on her leg caused by the dagger in her hand started to bleed.
There were a total of seventeen strokes, all of which she had inflicted upon herself. She was going through intense resistance against her hypnotized consciousness, and that was her way of holding to the last bit of her own consciousness.
Fortunately, she succeeded. Tiffany moved her hands and made a few movements. The feeling of being controlled had disappeared. She could finally do as she wanted.
Tiffany had learned something from Felix. She had been reading ancient books about hypnosis for the longest time but she couldn’t fully understand it. This time, she finally got the essence of hypnosis.
If anyone wanted to hypnotize her in the future, she could even counter–hypnotize them.
‘I wonder how Richard’s doing. I stabbed him… Tiffany’s face turned pale. Ignoring her bleeding wound, she suddenly got up from the ground. At that very moment, the room door opened, and Abbie and Zoe rushed in.
The moment the two of them saw Tiffany, they heaved a sigh of relief. Seeing that she was in a sorry state and had countless slashes on her body, they immediately panicked. “All these injuries! What happened?”
Tiffany only shook her head in response. “I’m fine.” She then asked urgently, “Where’s Richard? How is he? Is he alright?”
“I don’t know. We were busy looking for you. We only know that he was sent back to Royal Bay. With Sidney around, he should be fine.” Zoe’s heart ached as she held Tiffany. She quavered as she spoke. “Tiffany, you made us worried to death!”
“I’m sorry.” As Tiffany spoke, she was about to walk out. “I’ll tell you the whole story later. I’m going to Royal Bay to take a look now.” Tiffany couldn’t be at ease without knowing how Richard was doing.
However, after she had just taken a step, she tripped and fell to the ground. She reached out and touched the item that was in her way. It was a chair.
Tiffany asked, “Where’s the switch? Why didn’t you turn on the lights when you came in?”
Hearing this, Zoe and Abbie looked at each other and their expressions changed.