Chapter 319 The Spiked Drink
Vania glanced at the staff in front of her and asked, “You’ve worked hard, so what’s wrong with you enjoying this drink here? Take this as a token of appreciation from President Luke and me.”
After Vania said that, she handed over the glass of juice in her hand to the staff by placing it in front of that staff member.
Hanson also spoke up coldly by then, “Ms. Greyson’s right.”
At that point, the staff member was frantic with worry, especially when she saw the smile on Vania’s face. She found Vania’s smile quite terrifying, so she quickly waved her hand at Vania to brush her off. “President Luke, Ms. Greyson, there is no need to thank me at all. That’s way too kind of you guys! I’ve got other tasks to complete, so I won’t disrupt your rest any longer.”
As the staff spoke, she turned and bowed to the other judges and contestants before making a dash out of the room with her tray. She was worried that she would not be able to leave the room if she stayed on any further.
Her heart raced as she dashed toward the front door. Finally, she got there and paused in her tracks as she clutched at her chest and panted loudly. Clearly, she was frightened out of her wits. She turned around to check and realized that there was no one chasing after her. Finally, she left the place with a heavy heart.
However, Melanie, who was seated amongst the crowd, was significantly enraged as she thought, That was such a perfect plan, and yet it’s been ruined just like that! Seriously!
Meanwhile, Vania placed the glass of juice in her hand back onto the table, and the smile on her face disappeared at that point.
The atmosphere became slightly awkward. Just then, one of the bubbly contestants, Kiki, approached Vania.
Kiki spoke up with a smile, “What’s so special about this glass of juice? Why is everyone pushing it to each other but no one wants to try it?” Subsequently, Kiki took the glass of juice that was in front of Vania. “Ms. Greyson, I’ll take a sip of this then. Don’t be offended by my abruptness.”
“No!” Vania exclaimed. However, she didn’t expect Kiki to make such a swift move to take a sip.
Kiki seemed to be savoring the juice carefully as she turned to smile at Vania while saying, “It does taste sweeter than mine.”
Vania frowned and wondered, That doesn’t make sense. Why isn’t there any change in her behavior? Instantly after that, Vania noticed that something was wrong.
Kiki’s eyes roved the room, and she seemed to be exceptionally excited as she burst into laughter all of a sudden. “Haha… Haha…”
Everyone seemed shocked by her laughter, especially paired with the abnormal expression on her face. She seemed to be in a trance.
“Kiki! Kiki!”
“What’s wrong with you?”
Everyone expressed their concern and called out to her to try and make her come to her senses.
Unfortunately, she seemed to be oblivious to everyone’s words as she suddenly ran to the free space in the room and twirled around the place repeatedly. “Haha…” She continued to laugh uncontrollably.
At that point, everyone stood up from their chairs in fright and none of them dared to approach her, but they continued to call out her name, “Kiki, can you hear us?”
However, Kiki was oblivious to the crowd’s yells, and she continued to twirl around in the same spot. Her laughter gradually grew louder.
At that point, Vania and Hanson exchanged looks with each other. After all, that juice had been intended for Vania. Vania clearly didn’t expect them to come up with such a vicious move by drugging her in public.
The situation erupted out of control as Melanie stood amongst the crowd, and she seemed to be out of place. At that moment, she was still bemoaning the fact that everything had gone down the drain. After all, Bella had spent a fortune on that little vial of the drug for it to go to waste just like that.
If things had gone according to plan, they would have succeeded in adding the drug to Vania’s drink for her to consume. As such, Vania would end up in a disoriented state and behave recklessly.
They could then make use of Vania’s behavior and announce that Vania was involved in illicit substances to ruin Vania’s reputation. However, it was clearly beyond their expectations that the staff member would ruin things for them.
