Return of the Crowned Heiress

Felicia would never have any idea that the scar–removal ointment she had just given away had been tampered with.

This seemingly innocent act would soon lead to unforeseen consequences.

As she stepped out of the gates, her phone buzzed with a new notification to inform her that the one million dollars had just been transferred to her account.

Felicia breathed a sigh of relief. Stephan was indeed one to keep his word.

As she was feeling great from securing the money, she received a call from Clive asking if she was done with her business as he was waiting for her in the pharmacy.

Felicia responded with a nod and hailed a cab to the Walsh residence.

Kayla sat gracefully in the living hall of the Walsh residence, brewing tea. Talia sat beside her, and they greeted Felicia warmly.

“Felicia, would you like to try the tea I just brewed?”

Talia wasn’t acting like her usual self either. She smiled brightly, saying, “Licia, come sit with me. We’re all family, and let’s get closer.”

Felicia’s lips tugged with a mocking smile. “No, thanks. I’m afraid it might be poisoned.”

Kayla’s hand paused at her words and she spilled a few drops of tea on the table. Talia was equally taken aback but quickly laughed it off.

“What are you saying? We wouldn’t harm you. It’s fine that you don’t want it.”

With that, Talia downed her cup in one go. Kayla looked slightly hurt and sipped from her cup as well.

Felicia couldn’t bother to play mind games with them, so she walked straight through the living room to the pharmacy in the back.

In the pharmacy, Clive was busy organizing his precious bottles.

Felicia approached and asked, “Grandpa, did anything go missing?”

She had requested Clive to organize the medicines. She hadn’t mentioned that someone had sneaked into

the pharmacy and just reminded him that he should check and mark all of them to prevent theft.

Clive had thought it wasn’t necessary, but since Felicia had requested it, he did a count anyway. To his surprise, he did find something missing.

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Felicia asked, “What’s gone?”

Clive hesitated briefly before replying with an embarrassed look, “It’s a rather… hard drug. It’s meant to treat those with severe… sexual deficiencies, but now it’s gone…”

Felicia understood Clive’s vague explanation. It was no surprise that he encountered all kinds of patients over his long career, and such remedies were both highly profitable and in high demand. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

She pressed further, “Grandpa, are you sure that’s the only thing missing? What about any poisons?”

“They’re all here. Not a single one’s missing,” Clive spoke with certainty.

Felicia frowned. The shards of glass in the pharmacy from when Roberta snuck in last night were evidence to prove that something was amiss.

Kayla and Talia had been overly eager to create opportunities and cover for Roberta, and they’d gone as far as to stall Clive.

Roberta couldn’t have just taken a hard drug available on the market. There had to be something else that was missing.

As Felicia went through the bottles one by one, a sudden thought struck her.

She asked, “Grandpa, what about your ‘lethal upon contact with blood‘ poison? Where is it?” “Right here.”

Clive picked up a white porcelain bottle. Then, he froze and exclaimed, “Wait, this bottle isn’t right! Where’s my poison?”

The poison was gone, and even the bottle was a fake. Though it was an identical white porcelain bottle, a closer inspection revealed subtle differences.

The real bottle had been swapped out. The genuine poison was stolen, and a fake was left in its place to fool anyone who wasn’t paying close attention.

If Clive hadn’t picked it up, he might never have noticed.

Felicia felt a chill run down her spine.

Then, Roberta’s voice came from behind the door of the pharmacy. “Grandpa, Aunt Felicia, why don’t you come out for some snacks? The kitchen made a lot of desserts.”