Chapter 1267
Colby watched Lucian’s actions intently, his breathing catching for a second.
Despite knowing that it wasn’t the bottle of medicine from that day since he had personally reced it
with the bottle of distilled water, he still couldn’t help breaking into a cold sweat.
He actually realized that someone had used that bottle of medicine! D*mn it! I didn’t even notice that
tiny detail!
“Dr. Galloway, I can add this in, right?”
Without warning, Lucian turned and looked at him.
Colby’s pupils constricted. He dug his nails into his palms to force himself to remain calm. “Of course.
It’s only going to dilute the solution. Perhaps Mr. Damaris added it that day, but we didn’t notice it.”
While saying that, he took a step back to make room for the man.
Inclining his head, Lucian walked over and upied the freed space. Uncorking the bottle, he slowly
poured the liquid inside into the sk.
At the same time, a pill slipped out of his hand, which was in Colby’s blind spot. After falling into the
bottle, it dissolved upon contact with water, blending with the colorless and odorless distilled water
before mixing with the liquid in the sk.
“All done.”
He corked the bottle back and moved away. “Let’s observe for a while longer and see whether there’s
any unusual reaction. Maybe it was a problem with the distilled water.”
Colby couldn’t shake off the feeling that something was amiss. Nheless, he steeled himself and
returned to his ce at the counter. His entire body tense, he stared at the sk that was still in the
midst of reacting.
Shortly after, the same gas as that day gradually filled the sk.
For a moment, Colby’s breath caught. He gaped at the gas in the sk before ncing at the distilled
water at the side, his eyes brimming with disbelief.
How could this be? I personally ced the distilled water there. How could there be gas? Could it be
that… someone switched the liquid inside?
As panic inundated him, Lucian’s voice split the air hauntingly. “Does this bottle really contain distilled
water, Dr. Galloway?”
Stiffly turning around, Colby trained his gaze on Roxanne beside him.
In her eyes, he could see the reflection of himself that appeared all tense and guilty.
Behind him, Lucian’s scorching gaze bore into him as though wishing to see through him.
Abruptly shuddering, he whirled around and took off without an ounce of hesitation.
It wasn’t until Roxanne had witnessed that scene that she truly believed Colby was the culprit behind
everything.
Casting her mind back to the events that day after learning the truth, she realized that the man was all
too suspicious.
It was after he had taken over the experiment the other day that a great amount of gas materialized.
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That aside, when we were going to check on the sk, he deftly hid behind us…
In that instant, turmoil brewed within her.
Verily, the fact that a partner who had worked with her for so long had almost killed her was a bitter pill
for her to swallow.
“I’ve caught him, Mr. Farwell.”
While she was wallowing in self-doubt, Cayden’s voice drifted into her ear.
Promptly snapping back to her senses, Roxanne swung her gaze over, only to see Colby restrained by
Cayden, his head hung so low that it almost touched his chest.
Colby initially wanted to flee. Unexpectedly, he ran right into Cayden, who had been keeping guard, just
when he reached the gates of the research institute.
Even with his head lowered, he could sense Roxanne’s questioning gaze on him.
His gaze grim, Lucian threw a look at the woman beside him. Aware that she couldn’t ept the truth
of the matter, he stepped forward and blocked her from seeing Colby.
“It was just an experiment, Dr. Galloway. Why did you leave in such a hurry?”
He fixated an icy gaze on the man restrained by Cayden, his voice dripping with sarcasm.