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Chapter 209
Chapter 209
“Drake, you’re treating me like this because of Jane. Don’t you want to know what shameless things she’s been doing behind your back?” Edith shouted.
Hearing this, Drake stopped and looked at her coldly.
Seeing his reaction, Edith grew more confident. She smiled wickedly and said, “Come with me if you. want to know!”
Drake hesitated for a moment before following Edith to a room in the manor.
Edith pushed the door open without hesitation. Inside, Christopher had just pinned Mary to the bed, but they hadn’t officially started yet.
After opening the door, Edith regretted her timing. She should have waited a little longer and let something happen between the two of them.
The sound of the door opening startled the two people in the room. They both looked towards the entrance. When they saw Drake and Edith standing there, their expressions changed and they turned
pale.
“Drake, can you see? This is the woman you chose over me. She’s nothing but a slut. Was she really worth abandoning me for?” Edith gloated as she looked at the two people in the room.
Mary had fully regained her senses by now and pushed the man away from her.
“Drake, please listen to my explanation…”
Drake’s expression was indifferent as he looked at her.
“You don’t need to explain anything.”
Hearing this, Mary’s heart sank and her face turned pale.
“I believe you,” Drake’s indifferent voice pierced through Mary’s despair, catching her off guard. The unexpected affirmation brought a glimmer of hope to her eyes, and she couldn’t help but wonder what had triggered this change in his demeanor.
Not only was Mary shocked by his words, but even Edith couldn’t believe it.
“Drake, she’s already done something so shameless. Why do you still believe her? Isn’t the truth right in front of you?” Edith demanded hysterically.
But Mary looked at Drake with hopeful eyes. After hearing Edith’s words, she turned to her with a cold expression and spoke up loudly.
“Hmph, stop slandering me. I think you set me up. Otherwise, how could I have done anything wrong to Drake?”
“You…” Edith glared at Maryfiercely, her heart filled with resentment and unwillingness
“Come with me.” Drake interrupted their exchange with these words before turning around and striding away.
Mary looked at Edith disdainfully before following Drake out of the room.
When Charles saw Maryagain, Drake had already escorted her to his car and driven away The plan he had wanted to put into action could no longer be carried out, so he let out a frustrated sigh.
Chapter 209
After Elizabeth’s banquet ended and Charles returned to his car, he saw Jane sitting inside, calm and composed. In contrast, Charles was still holding his breath and looking gloomy because their plan. had failed.
Unexpectedly, when they returned to the villa, Charles didn’t have Jane taken to that dark room. This was exactly what Jane had wanted.
“Has the poison been removed from my child’s body?” Jane asked coldly.
Hearing this, Charles snapped out of his gloom. He looked up slightly and nodded his head.
In truth, he had never poisoned Jane’s children in the first place. He had only claimed that he had in order to make Jane more obedient.
“I’m curious. Where did you get this poison from?”
Charles’s expression grew serious at her question. “You want an antidote, don’t you?”
Jane neither confirmed nor denied it. She remained silent.
Drake had returned to Warner Crest Estate with an indifferent expression on his face. Mary was worried that Drake would suspect her, so she abandoned Jane’s usual reserve and coldness and explained everything to him in a low voice.
“Drake, it’s really not what you saw. I was set up. With a husband as handsome as you are, why would I be interested in other men?”
After listening to Mary’s explanation, Drake realized that she wasn’t the real Jane. But he didn’t feel anything about it in his heart.
To Mary, Drake only felt hatred. But he told Jane to come back home even though she refused.
Drake knew that Jane was staying by Charles’s side in order to get an antidote for their children. But just thinking about Jane being together with Charles made him feel sick.
Drake turned around and looked at Marybehind him. His gaze was fixed on her face, which was identical to Jane’s. It was uncanny.
Even if they were twins, they couldn’t possibly look this much alike.
“Drake…”
Seeing Drake studying her thoughtfully, Mary cried out inwardly. She didn’t understand what he
meant.
At Mary’s call, Drake came back to his senses.
“Has the poison in your body started to take effect again?” he asked.
Hearing this, Mary remembered that Jane had been poisoned and controlled by Charles. According to the timeline, Jane should have been poisoned again a few days ago. For a moment, she had forgotten about it.
“I… I don’t know,” Mary pretended to be ignorant.
Drake didn’t press her further. He knew that the woman in front of him wasn’t the real Jane.
“I don’t know how to completely detoxify you. If only we could find the person who poisoned you,” Drake said lightly.
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The speaker had no intention, but the listener had her own thoughts. Mary suddenly had an idea. If she revealed that Charles was the one who had poisoned Jane and told Drake where Charles had developed the poison, then Drake would be able to find the antidote she needed.
From then on, she would no longer be under Charles’s control.
The more she thought about it, the more Maryfelt that this was a good idea. As long as she had that antidote, she could keep this face forever and stay by Drake’s side.
“Go back to your room and rest well,” Drake said before leaving Mary and heading to his study. He called Courtney and asked her to take the three little ones back to the old house.
Courtney was eager to pick up the children.
Zane didn’t want to go back to the old house with Courtney, so she had no choice but to call Drake again.
“When I bring your mommy back, you don’t want to come back with a woman who has ulterior motives, do you?” Drake asked.
“Do you know where mommy is?” Zane asked, startled by Drake’s words.
“Yes, just wait for me to bring her back,” Drake replied.
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