Chapter 321
Everyone was criticizing Jessica and no one was paying attention to Melody. Melody took advantage of that instant to quickly remove the silver needle from the back of Leo’s neck
As soon as Melody removed the needle, Jessica looked toward them.
Jessica said, “Leo, say something! I wasn’t involved in this at all. You were the one who came up with the idea and executed it yourself, right? Tell everyone the truth, or I won’t let you off!
Previously, Leo could not speak or move. Now that the silver needle was removed, he could finally move at will. He could not care less about Jessica’s mess. He reached out and grabbed Melody’s collar.
He shouted, “Bitch! What did you do to me?”
Wilmot immediately stepped forward and warned, “Get your hands off Melody.”
Leo glared at Melody and turned to look at Wilmot. Leo said, ‘Do you know what this bitch did to me? I couldn’t speak or move just now. I thought I was going to die!”
Seeing Leo refusing to let go of Melody’s collar, Wilmot pulled Leo away and reprimanded him coldly, “I think you’re crazy. She obviously did nothing to you. There are so many cameras around. Could she have tied you up with an invisible rope?”
I…” Leo stuttered. He was so anxious that his cheeks turned red.
He thought, ‘There was indeed no rope binding me or tape around my mouth just now. Why would I suddenly have no control over my movement and speech?’
However, he was certain that Melody had done something to him. After all, she even said she would hush him if he didn’t shut up.
He could not think of another person other than Melody who would have done something to him.
After pondering for a moment, Leo could only come up with one possibility.
Leo stomped his foot and declared, “Melody poisoned me!”
The crowd was in an uproar again.
Someone reiterated, “Poisoned?”
Another person chimed in, “Melody wouldn’t dare to poison him in front of so many people, would she? Did Leo make a mistake?”
Yet another person said, “But I did notice Mr. Sherman stopped moving since the test results came out. It was as though he had fallen asleep.”
The crowd engaged in a lively discussion. Leo insisted that Melody had poisoned him.
He said, “Call the police! I need justice!”
“Call the police?” Melody smiled and calmly said, “There’s no need to go through so much trouble. There are police officers and medical staff here. They can examine you to see if you’re poisoned. But let me be clear: once it’s found that you aren’t poisoned at all, you would be slandering me.” Leo retorted, “Are you fucking threatening me? You must have poisoned me! Where’s the doctor? Where’s the police? Come and examine me!”
Leo was exasperated. He felt uncomfortable whenever he recalled the terror of being unable to move just now. He was afraid that he would suffer repercussions from the poison.
Soon, the doctor arrived.
The bet between the two companies today was all over the news, so there were already ambulances at the scene in case of any emergencies.
The equipment in the ambulance was extensive. After a round of blood collection and examination, the doctor let go of Leo and looked at the camera, announcing, “The result is out.”
“Tell me quickly!” Leo urged worriedly, “Am I poisoned?”
As soon as the doctor said that he was indeed poisoned, Melody would definitely be going to jail.
If Melody was being charged for assault, today’s bet would be called off.
Thinking of this, Leo’s expression became even more anxious.
To the side, Jessica’s expression changed from one of defeat to one of excitement.
She thought, ‘Melody actually poisoned Leo in public. She dug her own grave. Melody’s practically doing me a favor!’ Jessica chimed in and asked, “Doctor, what’s the result of the examination? Is he poisoned?”
The doctor looked at the two of them and showed the result to the camera. He stated, “According to the lab result, he is not poisoned. On the contrary, his body is very healthy.”
When Leo heard this, he stood rooted to the ground and questioned in disbelief, “How is this possible? Is the result reliable?”
The doctor frowned unhappily.
The doctor argued, “What do you mean? Are you doubting my medical skills? Or are you doubting the equipment? The blood test could detect abnormalities in your blood regardless of the type of poison. Read the report yourself and see if there are any abnormal readings.”
The doctor stuffed the test report into Leo’s hand and could not be bothered arguing with him.
Leo picked up the report and looked at it carefully. He realized that all his readings were normal.
He wondered how that was possible.
“No. Something’s off…” Leo shook his head in disbelief.” Melody must have bribed you. You tampered with the instruments! I can’t be fine!”
Melody said impatiently, “Leo, to escape the law, you actually fabricated such a lie to slander me. Do you know slander is also a grave offense?”
I…”
Before Leo could say anything else, the police stepped forward with shackles and cuffed him.
A policeman declared, “Mr. Sherman, you’re suspected of defamation, attempted murder, and unlawful detention. You’re under arrest.”
Leo shouted, “No! You’re mistaken! I didn’t do anything. I’m the victim!”
Melody said indifferently, “Leo, stop pretending. You know very well why Wilmot had a fever and was unconscious. You’d better explain these things clearly at the police station. Let me give you a piece of advice: cop a plea.” “Bullshit! I’m innocent!” Leo denied it shamelessly.
However, no matter how much he denied his wrongdoings, the police still took him away forcefully.
At the same time, Jessica was forcibly handcuffed.
Melody took the contract and walked to Jessica expressionlessly.
Melody told Jessica, “Miss Summers, please sign this contract before heading to the police station. Of course, you can choose not to sign it now. I can get Mr. Lawson to sign it for you.”
“You!” Jessica’s eyes widened in rage.
When the experts saw this, they all urged, “Jessica, hurry up and sign the contract!”
One of them said, “We have evidence of you bribing us.
Another expert said, “That’s right. We’re waiting for Mrs. Morgan to expose you before providing the evidence to the police. If you sign the contract now, we can save you some face and not show the evidence to the reporters.”
Jessica shouted in exasperation, “You bastards! How dare you burn the bridge after crossing it!”
Melody pursed her lips and coldly said, “Justice will always prevail. When you bribed others, didn’t you consider the possibility of them betraying you?”
Jessica screamed, “Melody! You bitch! Don’t think that you can snatch my company away just like that. Let me tell you, I won’t sign the contract even if I die! The company is the fruit of my hard labor over the years. No one can snatch it away from me!”
Melody dug her ear impatiently and said, “Thanks for reminding me of something. There’s something else I forgot to mention.”
Melody turned her head and looked at Kristian.
Kristian immediately understood and took out a stack of documents from his briefcase.
He told Jessica, “Miss Summers, according to the test report today, the formula of All-Purpose Water, developed by your company, is 90% similar to that of Golden Water, developed by Icy Clear Cosmetics. Moreover, a portion of your formula was patented by Golden Water. Therefore, I represent Icy Clear Cosmetics to officially sue your company for stealing the formula of Golden Water.”