Chapter 18 The Pill

The man put the pill into Shelley's glass. The woman was looking at Shelley's back for fear that she would suddenly look back.
Evelyn's face turned cold instantly when she saw this scene. She clenched her fists and said, "Honey, I want to kill that man!"
Caleb narrowed his eyes dangerously and pressed Evelyn's fist with one hand. Then, he took out his phone with the other hand and recorded this scene.
"Calm down. Let's wait and see!"
Caleb sent the recorded video to Adrian. Adrian was Shelley's husband. He had the duty to protect his wife.
Evelyn calmed down when she saw Caleb inform Adrian. But her eyes were still cold when she looked at the man and woman.
She suddenly popped up with an idea. Evelyn waved to the manager of the restaurant and told him something secretly.
The Brown family owned this restaurant. After getting Evelyn's order, the manager immediately went to make arrangements.
Shelley walked out of the bathroom and bumped into a waitress who trotted over.
Shelley staggered after being hit. She held the door frame and stood still.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean it." The waitress looked apologetic and held Shelley's hand. "Please don't complain to the manager. Otherwise, the manager will deduct my wages."
Shelley glanced at the waitress and struggled slightly. "Okay. I won't complain to you."
"Thank you!" The waitress let go of her hand, smiled, and entered the bathroom.
Shelley stood at the door and looked back at the waitress. She glanced around and found no one was there. Then, she opened the note in her palm.
The waitress stuffed it into her palm when she just grabbed her hand.
After seeing the words on the note, Shelley felt her blood turn cold.
Trista was sitting on the seat. She looked toward the bathroom again.
She would think that Shelley had already left if Shelley's clothes and bag were still there.
She had been in the bathroom a long time.
Shelley appeared when Trista couldn't hold back her anxiety and was about to get up to look for Shelley.
Seeing the girl walking toward her, Trista complained, "Why did you take so long? It's too rude."
"There are a lot of people." Shelley casually made an excuse.
Trista frowned and wanted to get angry, but her senior kicked her foot under the dining table.
She reacted immediately and restrained her anger. She said and smiled, "Oh, well. You look pale. Are you feeling uncomfortable? Do you want to drink a cup of water to relax? The dishes will be served later."
Shelley glanced at the light-colored lemonade in the glass. Thinking of the words on the note, she suddenly couldn't help but look at Trista with sharp eyes.
Trista was shocked by her eyes. Seeing Shelley tightly compress her lips as if holding back her anger, she felt flustered for no reason.
"Could it be that Shelley knew my plan?"
With this in mind, Trista suppressed the emotions in her heart and asked, "What's wrong? Why do you suddenly look at me like this? Is it wrong to care about you?"
Care?!
Shelley wanted to laugh when she heard this.
In this world, there was a kind of person like Trista who could be so cheeky. She could say nonsense with an extremely calm expression.
Shelley didn't understand why Trista's hearts were so dark. She wasn't interested in changing her.
"Sorry, I'm a little uncomfortable. I can't have dinner with you." Shelley took a deep breath, picked up her coat and bag, and was about to leave.
Trista stood up abruptly and shouted, "Shelley, what do you mean?!"
Her sharp voice sounded in the quiet restaurant and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"What do I mean?" Shelley stopped, turned around, and stared at Trista. "I want to ask you what do you mean?"
Seeing others' gazes, Trista started her performance.
"Shelley, I kindly share my connections with you and hope you can win this big project. You don't appreciate it and even scold me." Trista's tone was aggrieved and accusatory. "I know you have a good relationship with Mr. Hudson. He is partial to you. This project originally belonged to me, but he gave it to you. It doesn't matter. We are colleagues, and I know we are working for the good of the company. But my endurance and tolerance are not mean that you can taunt me at will."
Her words immediately gave enough room for imagination to the onlookers who did not know the truth.
Everybody looked at Shelley meaningfully.
Shelley frowned. She didn't intend to make any explanation for Trista's upside-down words. She looked straight at her and asked coldly, "Then, tell me, what you added to this glass of water?"
Panic flashed in Trista's eyes. "It is just a glass of lemonade. What else can there be besides lemons?"
"Are you sure?" Shelley picked up the glass and handed it to Trista. "Drink it. As long as you drink it, I can apologize to you right now in front of everyone here."
Trista clenched her fists and subconsciously turned her head to look at the man opposite her.
Shelley also looked at the man.
It was a man who wore glasses and looked gentle.
The man was about 30 years old. His eyes were small. The eye sockets were deeply sunken because of wearing glasses all year round. His appearance was plain.
But Shelley remembered that the man looked her up and down swinishly just after she appeared.
That appearance made her feel disgusted.
That was why she put her coat down and went to the bathroom as soon as she came.
Being stared at by everyone, the man frowned slightly. Then, he stood up with a smile as if he was innocent in this matter.
"We are all colleagues. There is no need to make our relationships so deadlocked."
He walked toward Shelley and held her arm.
Shelley wanted to avoid the man's hand but suddenly felt a needle stabbing her arm. There was a sudden pain in her arm. The next second, she found that she couldn't move.
The man held her arm and let her sit down. "Shelley, it's just a glass of water. If you don't want to drink it, ignore it. There's no need to be so angry.
"Trista, you also need to apologize to Shelley. Your tone just now was impolite."
The man tempered the tense atmosphere with a few words.
Evelyn and Caleb's expressions changed instantly.
They saw clearly that Shelley was about to leave. But after the man reached out his hand, she sat down.
Her reaction was weird.
Caleb immediately called Adrian. "Where are you now?"
"I will be there in ten minutes!"
Caleb was anxious. "It's too late. Hurry up."
"What's wrong?" Adrian's tone turned cold.
"I don't know what the man did just now. Shelley is in a weird state. Come here quickly. I'll... Damn it!"
Caleb was shocked. He hung up directly.
Adrian heard the beep sound. His face was gloomy. Michael was driving the car. He dared not look back.
"Hurry up!"
Michael stepped on the accelerator!
Evelyn saw the man sitting beside Shelley. He put his arm around her waist as if he couldn't wait a second.