Return of the Crowned Heiress novel Chapter 393

Baldy didn't want to eat the pill, but he had no choice.

The Glovers family's men were watching him closely, and the nine mercenaries standing behind Felicia looked as if they wanted to pry his mouth open and make the decision for him.

Rather than letting others decide his fate, he might as well gamble on it himself.

He swallowed with difficulty.

Two minutes passed, and he didn't feel any discomfort. His excitement grew! He had chosen the right pill!

This white pill was completely non-toxic!

"You said it yourself, Ms. Fuller. A bet's a bet. Can you let me go now?"

Baldy wore an expression of joy, afraid that Felicia might change her mind.

Felicia simply gave a soft "mm" without any intention of stopping him.

Baldy quickly scrambled to his feet, ignoring everything else, and ran toward the gate, eager to escape before something happened.

With no one chasing him, he relaxed as he was about to leave the Glovers estate, and a malicious glint appeared in his eyes.

He would repay all the humiliation he had suffered today a hundred or a thousand times over!

"Just you wait, bitch!" he muttered in his heart as he stepped through the Glover estate gates.

But just as his feet left the estate, his stride faltered. A sharp, piercing pain shot through his chest, and he coughed up a mouthful of black blood!

The pill... was poison!

Realizing this, Baldy crashed to the ground, his eyelids heavy as if filled with lead. In his final moments, he last saw Felicia's emotionless face.

In that instant, he understood—both pills were poisoned from the start.

She had never intended to let him go.

"You... You tricked me..."