Chapter 15 Trouble

Shelley was cleaning the table. She paused for a moment when she heard Adrian's words.
She thought Adrian misunderstood that she didn't want to clean the table, so she explained, "No, I just think..."
"If you feel tired, you don't need to bring the supper here. We can have a takeaway," Adrian added.
Shelley was speechless.
So, he said just now was a response to her suggestion that she would bring the supper here after she cooked it at home.
He mentioned the former subject when they were talking about other things.
Shelley glanced at the man sitting on the sofa, swiping his mobile phone. His expression was serious. What he said just now was from the bottom of his heart.
Shelley also answered seriously, "No. I like cooking."
Not long after lunch, Adrian got all the physical examination reports.
The doctor took it over in person and flipped through the report with a relaxed expression. "All the indicators in the report are normal, but we have detected a strong stimulating element from the alcohol residual fluid in your stomach. We need a further inspection to identify the element. Before that, you'd better stay in the hospital so that we can rescue you as soon as possible if some accidents happen."
Strong stimulating element?
Adrian's eyes were full of coldness. Casper did not kill him for Frieda's sake.
Feeling the sudden cold aura around Adrian, Shelley patted him on his arm and asked, "Are you okay?"
There was a strong stimulating element in his wine. It indicated that someone wanted to harm him.
Shelley didn't know who could do this, but she knew the man was vicious because he targeted to kill Adrian.
Somehow, there was an intense disgust in Shelley's heart.
Adrian looked at her and saw the emotion in her eyes.
After being stunned, he shook his head and said softly, "I'm okay. Don't worry. I'll go out and make a phone call."
Adrian went out and called Michael.
"Have you found out who put the drug in my wine?"
Michael just got the results of the investigation. He received his phone call when he was about to report it to Adrian.
Michael immediately reported the things he had investigated to Adrian. "Mr. Casper Layton has put the drug in your wine. The drug is not fatal, but it will damage your health and cause irreversible damage to your body. If Ms. Harper didn't send you to the hospital in time, the consequences would be disastrous. Mr. Casper Layton hid the origin of the drug. We couldn't find it out for the time being."
After a pause, he added, "Mrs. Layton has already known this matter of your hospitalization. Mr. Casper Layton was trying to explain it to her."
Adrian paused for a second and asked, "You didn't find out the origin of the drug. Where is the person who put the drug?"
"We have caught him."
"Bring the man to Davidson Layton and give the evidence you found to him," Adrian said coldly. His thin lips compressed into a line. His eyes were full of coldness.
Michael hesitated. "Mr. Layton, you know Davidson. He will..."
"Hum?"
The slightly raised voice revealed a threatening meaning. Michael immediately changed his words. "Okay, Mr. Layton. I'll do it right away."
Michael didn't understand Adrian's decision. Davidson was always partial to Casper. But Adrian still asked him to give all the evidence to Davidson.
If the evidence fell into the hands of Davidson, he would have destroyed them. It was the only one ending.
If he handed the evidence to Frieda...
Michael dared not violate Adrian's order. He sighed and left the hospital.
In the ward, Shelley carefully memorized the precautions ordered by the doctor and was about to ask the doctor for more details, her phone rang.
Mia sent her a voice message.
Shelley checked the message and put the phone to her ear. [Shelley, something happened...]
She received a phone call before she finished listening to the voice message.
Shelley looked at the screen. Seeing that it was a call from Wayne, she immediately answered it.
Just as she answered it, she heard Wayne's calm but angry voice. "Shelley, where are you? Go back to the company. Right now!"
Shelley was startled for a moment. She asked, "Mr. Attlee, what happened? I'm in the hospital now."
Hearing that she was in the hospital, Wayne was silent for a few seconds. Then, he said, "Are you sick? There is something wrong with the project in Cindie. Can you go back to the company now?"
Hearing that something went wrong with the project, Shelley said without hesitation, "Okay. I'll hurry back now."
After hanging up, Adrian happened to open the door and come in.
Shelley looked at him and said guiltily, "Sorry, Adrian. Something urgent happened to the company. I must go back."
She seemed to have apologized to Adrian for the second time today.
Leaving her sick husband alone in the hospital twice, Shelley was ashamed to look up at him.
"It's okay. Then you go." Adrian was not angry.
"I might not be able to make supper for you."
"Don't worry. I can have a takeaway."
Shelley immediately said, "I will recommend you some good takeaway restaurants. Their dishes are clean and delicious."
"Okay."
Seeing Adrian was so considerate, Shelley felt even more guilty.
She wanted to say something but didn't know how to start.
In the end, she said nothing else and left the hospital.
She took a taxi and rushed to the company. When she entered the office, she felt the atmosphere was not good.
Seeing Shelley, everyone's expression was a little weird.
Before Shelley put down her bag, Mia grabbed her wrist and dragged her into the conference room.
"What's the matter? What happened?"
Mia looked outside through the window and saw that no one was there, so she said solemnly, "Trista and her team designed the draft for Universe Inc. The draft plagiarized Ella's design three years ago. When the draft was sent to Universe Inc., an accident happened. Someone from Pioneer Inc. found the draft was a high imitation. Now, everyone in this field knows about it."
Shelley's eyes widened in shock. "How could Trista and her team plagiarize Ella's design?"
"Who knows?" Mia said satirically, "Maybe she knows that Universe Inc. intends to cooperate with Ella, so she wants to sabotage this opportunity. But someone exposed the design in public. Trista and her team embarrass themselves and ruin the company's reputation this time."
Shelley was about to say something when there was a knock on the conference room door.
"Shelley, Mr. Attlee asked you to go to his office." The voice of Wayne's assistant Vivian came from outside.
Shelley stood up and opened the door. "Okay, I'll be right there."
After saying this, she was about to leave.
But Mia grabbed her arm and said, "Shelley, Mr. Attlee called you back today to ask you to solve this trouble. Don't be stubborn. Just make an excuse to prevaricate. Anyway, it's not your fault. He gave the project to Trista, which led to this situation. Even if you refuse, he is too embarrassed to blame you."
Shelley knew Mia was worrying about her. She nodded to her and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll listen to Mr. Attlee's explanation before making a decision."
"You..."
Mia wanted to say something else, but Vivian pulled her away and stood before her.
"Enough, Mia," Vivian glared at her and said. "Don't think that you are a rich lady and related to Mr. Hudson because you have the same surname as Mr. Hudson? You are just an employee. Just do your work as ordered. Stop complaining and gossiping."
"Yes, I'm an employee of this company. So what? Doesn't the employee worthy of dignity and respect? I'm an employee, not a servant!"