Chapter 27
Here, you should drink water and rest. We will talk about who poisoned the coffee later” Andrew said and Alfred scoffed lightly.
“Even if you try to hide the truth I know who did it” Alfred said and Andrew felt his heartbeat increase.
“I know Lisa did” he said and managed to stand up from the bed and walked towards his wardrobe then brought out a gun from his wardrobe.
“Where do you think you’re going Alfred?” Andrew asked worriedly
“To end everything once and for all. To kill that bastard whose attempt was to kill me” Alfred said and was about walking out of the room when Andrew held him.
“Alfred please you need to calm down please” Andrew said looking scared as ever. He knows if Alfred gets the opportunity to get out of his room and goes to that of Lisa, he was going to kill her.
He had to do something to stop him.
“Lisa didn’t poison the coffee. The maid who served the coffee poisoned it and I locked her up in the cell room. When you fully recover you can go torture her yourself and get her to tell you why she did it but please calm down. You’re still recovering ” Andrew said and Alfred nodded in return. He dropped the gun back on his place and went to lay off on the bed.
“Did my P. A call today?” He asked and Andrew hummed. “What did she say?” He asked
“She said you had to attend a meeting with the board today by 3pm , but I told her you weren’t available, you had some important matters to attend to” Andrew said and he nodded in reply.
Alfred laid on the bed thinking about why the maid had poisoned her. He wondered why the maid wanted her dead.
“I’ll tell the maid to bring your food” Andrew said and Alfred turned to her.
“Except you want me dead again for the second time. Sack all the maids , I do not need a maid in this house anymore”
“Then who would do all the chores?” Andrew asked looking confused
“Lisa would with your little assistance ” Alfred said and Andrew opened his mouth in surprise.
“But Alfred….”
“You wouldn’t dare disobey me Andrew. Go prepare my food” Alfred said and Andrew gave out a loud sigh before walking out of the room.
He stood outside the door and gave out a loud sigh of relief. He had just lied to Alfred about Lisa , he just hoped he wouldn’t find out else he’s dead.
After Andrew had walked out of the room Alfred placed his hands on the side of his stomach as it was hurting him so bad.
He just didn’t want Andrew to know he was feeling so much pain within.
“I swear I’m going to kill that maid once I’m fully healed” he groaned wallowing in pain.
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“Andrew” Alfred called as he walked inside the room holding a cup of water.
“The food will be ready soon” Andrew said and gave him the cup of water. He drank from it and dropped the cup.
“An emergency just arrived at the office. You would be going on a three day trip to Dubai to represent me in a meeting since I won’t be fit to attend. You would be going with my P. A. Please Andrew while there please be convincing and give them reasons they should sign with us. This is a multimillionaire business ” he said and Andrew nodded.
“What about you, how will you take care of yourself? You’re yet to heal” Andrew said worriedly.
“I’ll be just okay. Trust me, I can take care of myself ” he said and Andrew nodded before walking out of the room.
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Andrew is seen holding a tray of food in his hands. He asked the guard to open Lisa’s room and he walked inside the room. There he met Lisa sitting on the bed staring at him with an innocent look.
“She’s such a good actress” he thought as he moved close to her.
He placed the tray of food on her bed and then turned to her.
“Take this food to Alfred and make sure he eats it. I’m going to be away for a while as an emergency has arrived in the office. If I find out you try poisoning him again for the second time, I swear on my life, I wouldn’t hesitate to kill you this time” he said and with that he walked out of the room. There he met a guard standing outside.
“Make sure you keep your eyes on her every movement ” he said and with that he walked away.
Lisa sighed softly and carried the tray of food in her hands and walked towards Alfred room. He placed a soft knock on the door and then when no one replied, he walked in and there he met Alfred with his eyes closed, his hands on the side of his stomach as he groaned in pain.
“Sir are you alright?” Lisa asked worriedly as he dropped the tray of food on the table close to his bed and sat close to him.
“My stomach hurts” Alfred said in a low tone and Lisa stared at him pitifully. He was looking as pale as ever and one could tell he was feeling so much pain. This poison was really eating him up. She needed to do something to stop the pain.
“I’ll be right back” she said as she walked towards the kitchen, where she took some things out from the fridge and prepared them.
She served it in a tray and was about to take it to Alfred when a guard stopped her on her way.
“What’s that?” The guard asked as he stared at the black liquid on the plate which was having a weird odor.
“It’s a medicine I prepared that will help stop the pain he’s feeling. It’s going to absorb the poison too” she said in a rush and the guard scoffed and covered his nose.
“Why’s it smelling? How sure are you that this isn’t a poison?” The guard asked and Lisa felt like hitting him so hard. She quickly took a spoon and drank from it.
“You see, it’s not poison. Now get out of my way” she said and walked past the maid.
She felt like poking at the taste of whatever she just prepared. It tasted sour but she’s rest assured it will help Alfred so much.
She walked inside the room and helped Alfred sit on the bed properly. She brought the medicine close to him and was about to put it on his mouth when Alfred moved his mouth away.
“What’s that? Why does it smell that way?” Alfred asked weakly.
“It’s medicine sir. It’s going to absorb the poison and make the pain stop ” Lisa said in a convincing way too and Alfred had no option than to take it. He just wanted this goddamn pain to stop so he could be himself again cause right now he wasn’t himself.
Lisa gave him the medicine and made him drink all of it. Immediately he took the medicine prepared by her and he started throwing up.