Chapter 1417

He dismissed the rest of the staff, allowing them to rest while he stayed behind to monitor Nicole’s condition.

Martin had fortunately brought the Beacon with him, or else the fate that could befallen Nicole would have been unimaginable.

Sitting at Nicole’s bedside, he slowly observed her. Time slowly passed and when it was close to midnight, Nicole finally woke up.

“You’re awake?” When Martin saw that Nicole finally awake, he became very excited as that meant that Nicole was fine now.

She opened her eyes and saw that Martin was seated by her bed side. To her, his look of excitement seemed a little strange. She wanted to speak but she felt that her throat and mouth were severely dehydrated.

Noticing that, Martin poured her a glass of water and carefully placed a straw in there.

Nicole’s thirst was sated after she had taken a huge gulp, and after she had handed the glass back to Martin, she realized it was really dark outside. “How long have I been asleep? And why are you here at this hour?”

“How do you feel?” Martin asked with concern.

“For some reason, I feel lightheaded.” Nicole held her head.

“Lie down and rest up then.” Martin advised.

Nicole looked at Martin and with her brows raised, she asked, ” Wasn’t I with you moments ago? I suddenly felt dizzy when I got up, and I don’t remember anything that has happened after that.

Why am I in bed now?”

“You were poisoned earlier. Thankfully I noticed it, or else… Well, what did you eat moments ago?”

Martin asked her with a similar look.

“Poisoned?!” When she heard from Martin that she was poisoned, Nicole was in utter disbelief.

“How was I poisoned?” Nicole frowned and started to ponder, unwilling to believe that she had been dosed.

“You were indeed poisoned. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here until this late.”

“You almost scared me to death when you suddenly stopped breathing moments ago,” Martin said, still fearful when he recalled everything that had happened just now.

“I didn’t eat anything aside from the stuff Max had brought over.” Nicole recalled.

“This one?” Martin walked over to the dining table as he asked.

“Yep.”

Martin took the Beacon to test the food out and found that there were no traces of poison.

He then turned around and said, “There’s no poison in the food.”

“Of course. Why would Max lace the food with poison?” Nicole said with certainty.

“It’s not the food, and you didn’t seem to have come into contact with anything else…” Martin lowered his gaze as he pondered.

“Just lie down first. Try to recall what you’ve came into contact with today or in the past few days that could’ve caused a poisoning.

” Martin said, looking at her.

Nicole leaned herself against the headboard as she tried to recall. Everything she had eaten recently were either brought over by Harvey or Max. The food brought over by the two of them would definitely not be problematic, so the possibility of food poisoning could be disregarded for the time being.

“Martin, I don’t think it’s food poisoning,” Nicole told him with a look of certainty on her face.

Martin then asked in return. “If it’s not food poisoning, what do you think caused the poisoning then?”

“Could I have been poisoned by drugs?” A thought suddenly occurred in Nicole’s mind and she blurted it out.

Martin locked eyes with her. “Drugs? You’ve been using the same IV drip for the past few days and it’s my own prescription, so there shouldn’t be a problem.”

Martin was dead serious. How could he ever hurt Nicole?