Chapter 224
Grace walked into the kitchen, opened the fridge, and casually picked out a few ingredients before getting to work.
But her mind kept drifting to Ed’s situation. Distracted, she accidentally sliced her finger.
Though it was a small cut, it still bled quite a bit.
She forced herself to focus, finished cooking the rest, and then took out the bottle. With a discreet shake, she added two pills into the food.
What she didn’t know was that the kitchen door was custom-made. From the inside, nothing outside could be seen-but from the outside, it was nearly transparent. Every move she made was perfectly visible.
Grace carried the dishes to the table and smiled at him.
“Mr. Henderson, come eat,” she said.
Ethan closed the file in his hand slowly and maneuvered his wheelchair over.
Grace set the dishes for him and ladled a bowl of soup.
Ethan didn’t take it. His eyes lingered on the soup, unmoving. After a few seconds, he lowered his gaze.
“I hurt my hand. Feed me,” he requested.
Grace glanced at his hand. Wasn’t he just holding a pen moments ago?
But she didn’t dare voice her question. She scooped up some soup with a spoon and brought it to his lips.
Ethan looked up and gave her a quick glance.
Grace smiled awkwardly. “Drink up. I’m a good cook, you know?”
He stared at her deeply for a moment, then lowered his head and drank the entire spoonful.
“Tastes good.”
Grace let out a breath. “I’m glad you like it.”
After finishing the bowl, she was about to end the ongoing call in her pocket-Levi
had been eavesdropping the whole time. He was probably satisfied by now.
She had planned to come clean to Ethan once the call was over, but all of a sudden, he slumped over.
Grace almost had a heart attack. She jumped up from her seat. “Mr. Henderson!”
From the phone, Levi burst into laughter. “Grace, you’re so naive. Did you really think I’d use some slow-acting poison? Heh, that drug kills instantly with just one drop. You’re so dead!”
Grace immediately ended the call.
Back in the car earlier, she had already replaced the pills in the bottle. She would never have actually poisoned Ethan. She wasn’t that stupid, after all.
She’d only been putting on a show because she knew she was being monitored.
She quickly rushed to Ethan’s side. With no time to waste, she pried his mouth open and began CPR.
It was just regular vitamins! Why did he pass out?
Sweat dripped down her forehead. She continued for ten full minutes before he finally woke up, barely conscious.
Grace let out a shaky breath and said with reddened eyes, “Mr. Henderson, please don’t scare me like that.”
He raised a hand to rub his forehead, muttering weakly, “I haven’t eaten all day. Maybe it’s low blood sugar.”
Grace was furious. Gritting her teeth, she stood there shaking for
time with a flushed face, no someet
knowing what to say.
On the other hand, Ethan’s expression remained unnervingly calm. It was as if nothing had happened.
He even touched the corner of his mouth and asked flatly, “What were you just doing?”
Grace, who had been furious just a moment ago, immediately felt extremely awkward.
“You passed out, so I gave you CPR,” she explained.
His expression immediately turned strangely unreadable as he scanned her from head to toe.
Grace suddenly remembered-this
man hated physical contact with women. She quickly raised her hand to swear. “I didn’t mean to! I was panicking. Please believe me!”
Ethan then turned away coldly. “Get out. I don’t want to see you.”
He looked utterly disgusted, as if she had violated him. Grace felt her body go cold.
He had already misunderstood her once back in the private lounge with that client, and now this? No amount of explaining would be able to clear her name now.
She opened her mouth, struggling to speak. Eventually, she forced out a line. “I have a boyfriend. I obviously don’t have feelings for you, Mr. Henderson.” “Who’s seen your boyfriend? How do we even know he exists?” Ethan retorted. Grace froze. Her thoughts immediately went to Ed, who might still be suffering in Levi’s hands, and she fell silent.
She wanted to explain everything, but at this exact moment, Ethan’s disgust for her was still high.
After taking a deep breath, she reminded herself that Levi thought Ethan was dead, so he would definitely make a move soon.
And once Ethan addressed this matter with Levi, that guy wouldn’t have long to live.
She would tail Levi for now and try to find where Ed was being held.
Grace turned and headed for the door, changed shoes, and left without another word.
Ethan watched her hurried retreat, then raised a finger to gently tap the lush green plant in front of him.
From the corner, Tim finally walked out. He hesitated, then said, “Mr. Henderson, wasn’t that a bit too much?”
It felt like he was toying with her-like he was playing with a monkey.
Ethan paused and lowered his gaze. “You think I went too far?”
Tim merely felt that Ethan’s sense of amusement was a little twisted, and it was not quite befitting of his image.
Ethan knew Grace had switched the pills, but he still went and faked a collapse, scaring her half to death.
He continued to gently poke at the plant before him and said calmly, “But this is the real me.”
After her memory loss, she became so easy to fool and fun to play with.
In the past, she would’ve seen right through them in a beat.
He really should thank the ones who made her lose her memory.