Madam Quartley was livid.
She roared, "Qiana, how are you still not getting this? That dog didn't die because there was something wrong with it. It died because it drank the broth!"
Qiana froze.
She then started shaking her head desperately. Her face pale, she said, "That's impossible! Madam Quartley, it can't be! Miss Cowell personally brought the soup over here for Montez. I put it in the kitchen for it to cool down because it was too hot. How can there be something wrong with it?"
Madam Quartley said firmly, "There has to be something wrong with the broth. The dog probably ran into the kitchen after catching its scent and jumped onto the counter to have some, but accidentally spilt it. Obviously, something's wrong with it, because the dog died after having some!"
Qiana staggered back.
She seemed to be scared out of her wits. She wanted to say something, but couldn't find the words.
The seconds ticked by.
Qiana's face was deathly pale as she stood there silently.
Madam Quartley's rage was growing with every passing second.
Even though all of this was based on her guesswork and it was what she'd told Qiana, she herself found it hard to believe that Yesseca would act so boldly and rashly.
The dog had died immediately after having the broth. It was obvious that it had been laced with an extremely potent poison.
If Montez were the one to have the broth, he'd be dead as well...
Madam Quartley couldn't help feeling more and more horrified.
Just then, the test results were out.
The dog's death was due to poisoning.
The poison had come from the broth.
When Qiana heard this, she crumpled to the floor, whereas Madam Quartley looked more enraged than ever before.
She roared, "Bring Yesseca Cowell here right now!
Yesseca was preparing dinner.
Tremaine would be back for dinner on this night, and she wanted to make him a nice meal.
Just as she was bustling around the kitchen, two soldiers suddenly barged in and grabbed her.
Yesseca was shocked.
Before she could make sense of what was happening, she'd been brought to Madam Quartley.
When she saw Madam Quartley, Yesseca was taken aback.
She knew that Madam Quartley did not like her, and was often upset with her.
However, this was the first time she had seen her so angry.
She looked absolutely murderous.
When she saw Yesseca being brought in, Madam Quartley walked over and gave her a tight slap without a single word.
It rang out crisply.
Yesseca's face was turned to the side by the force of the slap.
Qiana sat on the floor, her face ashen as if she didn't even see Yesseca being slapped. At this moment, Yuliana arrived.
She almost laughed out loud at the sight of Yesseca being slapped.
This was the first time Yesseca had been beaten by Madam Quartley in Quartley Palace!
It felt great!
She wanted to see just how Yesseca would continue acting all high-and-mighty!
Well done!
Yuliana secretly hoped that Madam Quartley would deal out a few more blows so that Yesseca's face would swell up. It would be even better if she could beat Yesseca to death!
"Lock this woman up while we wait for Tremaine to deal with her!" Madam Quartley didn't continue slapping Yesseca as Yuliana wished.
After giving Yesseca a slap, Madam Quartley immediately gave the order for her to be locked up-
on the other hand, Yesseca came back to her senses.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)