The Wicked Wife's Dark History Keeps Coming Back To Haunt Her - Chapter 223
âWhat in the world is going on?â
It wasnât proper to eavesdrop, but if she suddenly appeared now, it would hurt Sophiaâs pride.
Besides, the situation unfolding didnât feel normal.
George, who should have been attending guests in the banquet hall and who was already suspected of being an addict, was suddenly acting erratically.
âFor now, I should listen to what theyâre saying.â
Holding her breath, Nina sharpened her ears.
ââŠI-I donât know. You deal with it. Stop bothering me, and we only need one person anyway, donât we?â
âOnce dinner ends, thereâs a ball. You and I have to dance the first dance for the ball to begin!â
âI-Iâll just say Iâm not feeling well, and you can dance with my brother or my father.â
Nina, listening from her hiding place, couldnât contain her shock.
Trash.
Absolute trash.
He was giving up his place at his own engagement party.
ââŠDonât tell me heâs planning to take the drug.â
An addict wasnât an addict for nothing.
For someone like George, who was clearly in the severe stages of addiction, slipping away during the party to take more wouldnât be strange.
Most likely, the urge for the drug required more endurance than trying not to soil oneâs pants.
âWhy are you acting like this? Are you hiding something from meâŠ?â
Sophiaâs voice trembled miserably.
It seemed she had finally become certain that her fiancé had been concealing something enormous.
Of course, if sheâd known George was a drug user, this engagement never would have happened in the first place.
âT-Thereâs no way Iâd hide something like that.â
âThen why do you keep behaving so suspiciously. How can you think this makes sense!â
Sophiaâs voice grew fierce as she pressed him.
Then came a brief silence, followed by Georgeâs voice carrying a loaded implication.
ââŠI-I canât help it. If you promise to keep it a secret, Iâll tell you why Iâm doing this.â
Did she accept her fiancĂ©âs offer?
No matter how hard Nina strained to listen, nothing came after that.
It sounded like the two had left.
Should she return to the banquet hall now?
Or should she follow them?
As she debated what to do, Nina decided she should trail after them for now.
âHe said heâd reveal a secret, after all.â
Ash had warned her before they entered, but she wasnât the only one in danger if left alone with George.
Sophia was in just as much danger.
And if she caught the moment he consumed the drug, she could gather information she needed.
âBut where did they even goâŠ?â
She stepped out of the long gallery and looked around, but the two were already gone.
âIf they want to do something secret, theyâd have gone somewhere private.â
For example, a bedroom.
Nina waited until the people passing through the corridor had thinned out completely.
After confirming that no one was around, she stepped onto the stairs leading to the second floor.
Bedrooms would definitely be upstairs.
* * *
Sophia Bernardâs life had been a comfortable one.
Born as the second daughter of a fairly wealthy Count, sheâd never needed to beg anyone for anything.
Her future should have flowed as smoothly as her past, free of hardship and misfortune.
It should have, butâŠ
âWhat in the world is this?â
The moment she entered the bedroom, Sophia stared in disbelief at her fiancé, who was frantically rummaging through a drawer.
âT-This. This is my secret.â
In his trembling hand, as shaky as someone with severe tremors, he held a glass bottle.
Inside it was a transparent liquid.
For a brief moment, a light flickered in his usually hazy pupils. It was so deranged that even calling it madness wasnât enough.
He opened the lid and gulped down the clear liquid like a man who hadnât eaten in days.
âYou⊠What in the world is thatâŠâ
A chilling foreboding ran down her spine.
She didnât know what it was, but she knew it wasnât ordinary water.
Her fiancĂ© wouldnât be making such a grotesque expression otherwise.
His slack jaw hung in a vulgar gape, drool dripping from the corners of his mouth.
