Chapter 115: Chapter 123

Angeline’s heart trembled as an ominous feeling grew in her heart.

Not long after, the driver arrived at the Sorelle residence’s entrance. Before Angeline and Floretta left, Wilfred insisted on seeing them out.

Since Angeline was worried about Wilfred’s health, she let Floretta bid him goodbye in the living room.

Floretta wrapped her arms around Wilfred’s neck and rubbed her cheek against his affectionately. She then spoke in a soft and sweet voice. “You must eat well, Old Mr. Sorelle. I will come to visit you often, and I’ll bring you to play at Peppa Pig’s home when I grow up!”

Hearing Floretta’s innocent remarks, Wilfred teared up and chuckled. “Okay. I’ll be waiting for you.”

“Let’s go.” Angeline held Floretta’s hand and looked at Wilfred’s hollow-cheeked face worriedly. “I suggest you hire a new housekeeper to take care of you.”

Wilfred lowered his head and heaved a heavy sigh. “Josie said I shouldn’t hire someone new in the meantime because the current housekeeper knows how to massage.”

“All right, then.” Angeline said nothing else. However, her gaze gradually became colder.

From the very beginning, Joseline had tried so hard not to let Angeline enter the Sorelle residence.

Then, she arranged such a lazy housekeeper to look after Wilfred. Her actions were getting more and more suspicious.

After leaving the Sorelle residence, Angeline ordered the driver to head to the hospital.

Upon arriving at the destination, she entrusted the driver to look after Floretta, as it would ease her operation. Subsequently, she put on a hat and a pair of sunglasses before sneaking into the hospital.

She was worried that she would be stalked by someone, so she deliberately made a few turns through the corridors before reaching Liam Kingsley’s laboratory.

The large laboratory was a hermetically sealed room. As soon as Angeline stepped into the laboratory, a pungent smell of medicine wafted into her nose. There were various medicine bottles arranged on the shelves.

Liam led her to a seat in front of a table and asked gently, “Ms. Sorelle, how can I help you today?”

“It’s been a while.” Back then, when Angeline first began her career in the entertainment industry, she was constantly bullied. Whenever she couldn’t handle the pressure anymore, she would get Liam to prescribe some antidepressants for her.

Liam was a prestigious medical laboratory scientist. The medicines he developed had little to no side effects. It was all thanks to him that Angeline could recover from her illness.

Therefore, Angeline trusted him and would look for him whenever she needed help.

“Dr. Kingsley, I need your help to decompose the elements in these tablets. They were labeled as medicine to treat pneumonia.” With a solemn expression, Angeline took out a ball of paper from her purse and carefully retrieved the tablets she got from the Sorelle residence.

Seeing that, Liam cracked small pieces from the tablets and pinched them with his fingers. He moved them closer to his nose and sniffed them before snickering. “These don’t smell like medicine to treat pneumonia at all. If you’re not in a hurry, I can run these into reports for you.”

“All right. Thank you so much.” Angeline’s expression darkened drastically as she gripped the edge of her skirt. Looks like my suspicions were right! There really is something going on with Joseline! She even dares to harm Grandpa—who has always doted on her! I will make this cruel woman pay for her sins!

After informing Liam that this operation must be kept secret, Angeline left the hospital.

In the car, Floretta was dozing off in the back seat. Angeline didn’t stay any longer and instructed the driver to send both of them back home.

Since the holiday was over, Floretta had to go back to school the next day. Thus, Francesca sent Floretta’s bag to Angeline’s house. After Angeline helped Floretta organize the latter’s books in her bag, she brought the latter to the bathroom to wash up.

Ding!

Just as Angeline was done helping Floretta wash up, the phone she had placed in the living room suddenly rang.

After picking up a towel to dry Floretta’s hands, Angeline couldn’t be bothered to freshen up as she hurriedly ran out of the bathroom.

As soon as Angeline saw the name “Mr. Golding” displayed on the screen via WhatsApp video call, she became nervous subconsciously.

She recalled the suggestive scene last night and felt her palms getting sweaty. Suddenly, she didn’t know how to handle the situation.

Shortly after, she beckoned Floretta over with her finger and urged the latter. “Floretta, it’s a video call from your dad. You can answer it. If he asks where I am, you can tell him I went to the garage to retrieve something.”

“Okay.” Floretta didn’t seem to understand everything, but she still nodded in response.

“Good girl.”

Angeline patted Floretta’s head gladly and across from her. Then, Angeline picked up a glass of water from the coffee table and took a sip to calm herself down.

Floretta swiped the button with her chubby finger to accept the video call. After seeing Evander’s face appear on the phone screen, she smiled, showing her cute dimples. “Daddy!” she exclaimed sweetly.

“Mm-hmm.” Evander’s icy voice sounded from the phone. “Are you feeling comfortable staying there?”

“Angel is treating me so well! She brought me along to meet a kind, old man. We had a delicious lunch, and I told the old man many stories!” Floretta began telling Evander everything she did on that day while waving her hand around excitedly.

Evander listened quietly before asking in a deep voice, “Where’s Angeline?”

Upon hearing her name being mentioned, Angeline couldn’t help but pay attention to the conversation.

To her surprise, Floretta sold her out instantly.

“Angel is so smart to have guessed what you’d ask! She instructed me to tell you that she went to get something from the underground garage if you were to ask about her,” said Floretta.

Hearing that, Angeline almost spat out the water in her mouth. Choking on the water, she coughed incessantly.

“Are you all right, Angel?” Floretta asked as she tilted her head and blinked her big, innocent eyes.

Angeline looked at Floretta helplessly. She couldn’t tell if the latter did it on purpose. At that point, she had no choice but to appear in front of the camera.

Angeline hid behind Floretta and laughed dryly. “Mr. Golding, why do you have time to call us? Aren’t you busy tonight?”

“I’m not as busy as you. You came back from the garage quite quickly, huh?” Evander stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, and his background was filled with tall and majestic buildings. Dressed in a light gray robe, he held a glass of water in his hand. It was rare to see his relaxed side.

Facing his sarcastic remarks, Angeline had no choice but to answer, “I realized I had nothing to retrieve as soon as I reached the door.”

Evander merely glanced at her and changed the subject swiftly. “You brought Floretta with you to visit the Sorelle residence today?”

Angeline didn’t expect him to guess the truth accurately. Since she didn’t have to explain any further, she nodded in response. “Yes. I wanted to go there and find some clues regarding my parents’ death. I was worried about letting Floretta stay home by herself, so I brought her along with me. But I didn’t bring her anywhere else,” she explained frantically, as she feared Evander would get angry.

On the phone screen, Evander looked calm and expressionless.

Just then, Floretta yelled in her innocent voice again, “Stop joking around, Angel! We also went to the hospital!”

Angeline was feeling extremely helpless, and she was on the verge of breaking down. This cheeky girl is purposely trying to expose me!

“I need an explanation.” Evander’s voice sounded heavy and solemn.

Hearing that, Angeline knew she couldn’t hide the matters happening in the Sorelle family from Evander any longer. Hence, she decided to go all out and tell him the truth.

“Floretta, I have something to discuss with your dad. Be a good girl and go to bed first,” Angeline coaxed Floretta gently. Judging from her performance that night, Angeline thought she would have to spend some time to persuade the girl.

Unexpectedly, Floretta nodded immediately and sprinted back to her bedroom. Winking at Angeline, she said, “Have a pleasant discussion with Daddy!”

Angeline put her hand to her forehead. She’s such a cheeky little girl!

At the moment, she was the only person left in the living room. She sat up straight and spoke her mind.

“I went to a doctor that works in a laboratory and discovered that there’s something wrong with the medicine given to Grandpa by Joseline.”