Chapter 278: Your Heart Stopped Beating
Arabella blinked repeatedly as her husband explained with a dark expression and balled fists that she was poisoned.
It was in the wine. Alwin had checked everything and it was the wine that had poison in it.
’I just took a small sip,’ Arabella paled as she realized it must have been so potent for the effect to have been instant. She lost consciousness due to the poison just a few seconds after taking a sip.
It meant the goal was to kill her.
’But why would someone poison me now? What would they gain from killing me right when Ferdinand was about to announce his decision regarding the invitation to join the Council?’
Arabella wondered if it was Lucille’s doing. The aphrodisiac drug was also added to Andrew’s wine. But would Lucille do the same thing twice?
Even if Lucille was assured she was not deemed as the culprit in her previous plot, it was easy to tell that the same person was responsible if she tampered with the wine again.
As far as she could recall, Lucille was smart. Would she do something that implies the two incidents were related?
And most importantly, was this the extent of Lucille’s hate for her? Lucille could have her killed just like this?
Arabella already knew Lucille hated her. But they had been together for several years. Does Lucille not feel guilty at all for doing something like this despite the years they were supposed to have been friends?
Ruining her reputation and ending her life were two different matters. Was Lucille fine with staining her hands with blood to eliminate Arabella because of all her insecurities and envy towards her?