Charlotte knelt on the ground. Her body was shaking violently as she pleaded.
"Ms. Stanton, I'm sorry... I was wrong... I deserve the worst, but please spare my life..."
Nicole stood there feeling strange.
Upon closer look, Nicole recognized that the woman i n front of her was Charlotte, the meek woman she had just met last night.
'What’s going on here?' Nicole raised her eyes and looked at Eric.
Eric sat there, shrouded in a dense chill.
His eyes were as cold as if they were submerged in ice, which even lowered the temperature of the room. His fingers tapped the sofa on his side. His voice was frigid.
"Charlotte, tell Ms. Stanton what kind of seasoning you added to your wine."
One sentence froze the air in the room.
Nicole's face changed. Her gaze instantly sank coldly.
"Seasoning?"
Nicole took a deep breath, holding back her tendency t o burst into rage.
"What do you mean? You spiked the wine that you gave me last night?"
Charlotte was too frightened to speak and kept crying breathlessly.
Eric frowned. His cold face became increasingly gloomy as the corners of his jaw tightened. His voice was deep with an undisguised threat. "Speak, or do you want someone to teach you how to open your mouth?"
Charlotte went limp and trembled on the ground.
Nicole narrowed her eyes and figured that she was duped last night.
Charlotte's face was miserably pale. She hurriedly stopped crying, but she dared not look up at the man. She knelt in Nicole’s direction and said with a quivering voice, "M-Ms. Stanton, I'm sorry... I was so stupid to put a trace of hallucinogen in the wine. I was delusional! I won't dare to do it again! Please be magnanimous and let me go this once..."
She had originally wanted to add ecstasy, but that drug was too low-level and would create a fast reaction to the brain and body of those who drank it.
Thus, she chose to add a hallucinogen. It would give her a way out because the person who drank it would not have any physical reaction.
The room was silent with a bitter chill.
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