Chapter 361

Chapter 361
“She got food poisoning, but it’s very light. I’ve already treated her. She ought to have a good rest this week, and she’ll recover very soon.” Cordelia gasped. “Food poisoning?”

“It’s my fault.” Zephyr looked at her. “Cordelia… I didn’t let you drink the soup in the morning because I suspected that Aunt Helen drugged it.” Cordelia sucked in a cold breath. She knew that Zephyr would not suspect someone out of the blue or wrongly accuse an old helper loyal to him. “I wanted to bring the soup to you, but Ginger came to the window sill looking for food, so I gave it a bowl too.

“But it went away after sniffing it.

“I got suspicious that something had been added to the soup since then.”

It was only now that Cordelia understood why he had looked worried and said strange things about how not to eat what Helen made next time…

“I went home in the afternoon and saw Helen busying about at home,” said Zephyr. “I was already suspicious of her then and thought I’d wait for her to expose herself, so when she asked why you didn’t take the soup, I told her that there’s a strange taste.