His Real Wedded Bride

Chapter 1248 Scare The Hell Out Of Me

Leila's endearingly sweet words satisfied Melissa. The pleasure radiated from the old lady's face as

she glanced at Sheryl sternly, and then shifted her gaze back to Leila. "That's really nice of you, Leila. If

you hadn't come to visit me, I might still have a headache. You're the first person that has ever been so

gracious and good to me. Unfortunately, someone only succeeds in upsetting me," she said with a sigh.

Melissa's insulting words towards Sheryl brought much delight to Leila, who was more than happy to

see Sheryl get bullied.

In response to Melissa's rude words, Sheryl simply smiled.

Sheryl's response disappointed Melissa. She then pointed to the tea in front of Leila and said, "Here,

Sheryl made it for you. Please have some tea. I hope you'll like it."

Leila's heart jolted. The moment she feared the most finally arrived.

After spending several years in prison, she finally learned how to cherish life. At this point, she was

more scared of death than ever before. However, to put Sheryl down, she was forced to drug herself.

She wasn't sure if she had made the right decision.

'Is it really a good idea to put my life in the hands of others? I mean, what if she fails to send me to the

hospital to get immediate treatment?' She hesitated for a second.

Melissa noticed the hesitant look on her face. With a smile, she urged, "Leila, I got the tea as a present

from one of my good old friends last year. This tea is difficult to find. Please, try it."

Terrified as she was, Leila proceeded to drink the tea.

Later, the two women switched the topic, leaving Sheryl standing there in silence. As a result, she sat

down and watched them quietly.

About half an hour later, Leila's face turned as pale as a white sheet. Her forehead was covered in

beads of sweats; swaying from side to side, she fell down on the couch.

"Aunt Melissa, hurry up! Please, send me to the hospital..." Leila said in a weak tone, her face

distorting in pain. The only thing Leila could think about, was that she couldn't die like this. 'I must get

through this somehow. I don't want to die, ' she told herself.

Melissa giggled on the inside, as she knew that the drug was taking effect. However, she didn't show it

on her face. She then shouted, pretending as though she was worried, "Leila, what's wrong? Did you

have anything bad to eat?"

Sheryl was startled by the scene displayed in front of her. 'She was fine a minute ago. How come she

suddenly got sick? Is she faking an illness?' she wondered with arched eyebrows.

She moved closer to Leila and reached out her hand to touch her forehead. However, before she could

touch Leila, Melissa interrupted, hitting her hand away. The old lady hollered at Sheryl, "You must have

put something in the tea! Otherwise, she wouldn't have been poisoned."

'What? Leila was poisoned?' Sheryl's eyes widened in shock.

Sheryl didn't even suspect that Leila was poisoned. Melissa's statement left her in immediate panic.

'If Melissa is right, then she needs to be sent to the hospital right this second. Otherwise, her life will be

in grave danger.'

At the thought of this, Sheryl ran towards the table and grabbed her cellphone. She called their

chauffeur and asked him to wait for her at the gate of Dream Garden.

As she ended the call, she dashed back to the couch where Leila was lying helplessly. With a panic-

stricken expression, she said to Melissa, "Mom, we need to take Leila to the emergency room at the

hospital immediately, before it's too late."

Upon hearing this, Melissa realized that she forgot something. 'Oh, wait...I remember now. Leila told

me to send her to the hospital the moment she loses consciousness or her life will be in danger.

There's a possibility that she might die!' she reflected.

Suddenly, a horrible thought dawned upon her.

'If Leila dies, I can simply place all the blame on Sheryl. That way, Sheryl would be sentenced to death,

or at least be put behind bars for the rest of her life which is what she deserves. That way, she will

never have the chance to step into my house ever again...'

Melissa was overcome with excitement. The next second, she was caught in an infinite state of

apprehension.

'Although I really hate Sheryl, Leila is innocent. She has been good to me, and I already planned for

her to become my future daughter-in-law.

No, I can't do this. I can't let Leila just die, ' she decided.

"You're right, Sheryl. We need to take her to the hospital right now," Melissa replied in a serious tone.

Sheryl and Melissa worked together to pick Leila up from the couch. Sheryl then carried Leila to the

gate and Melissa followed.

Walking towards the gate, the chauffeur had just arrived in time. Spotting the three coming his way, he

hurried out of the car, opened the door and sprinted towards Sheryl to help her. He didn't dare to ask

what happened. He just held Leila up with his hands and put her in the back seat of the car. Turning to

Melissa and Sheryl, he waited for their next instruction.

"To the hospital," Sheryl said as she opened the door of the passenger seat. Before she got into the

car, she turned around and said to Melissa, "Mom, please don't worry about Leila. I'll let you know

when she wakes up."

Examining the extent of the trouble she had caused, Melissa panicked. Hence, she only managed to

nod at Sheryl.

Watching the car speed away, Melissa felt her legs turning numb. She reached out her hand to grab a

hold of the wall.

"Come on, Leila, you can't die now. If something happens to you, I will never forgive myself..." Melissa

muttered. She was extremely agitated. All of a sudden, Nancy's voice reached her ears.

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Watching the scene from afar, while Nancy was busy gardening in the back yard, she heard the car

drive away. Exiting the gate, she found Melissa standing by herself and muttering in a panic.

'Why did she say that she'd never be able to forgive herself?' Nancy wondered. She thought that

Melissa was acting rather strange than usual.

Taken by great surprise, Melissa glared at the maid fiercely and scolded, "What the hell is wrong with

you? You scared the living life out of me!"

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Mrs. Lu. I called you several times but you didn't answer me," Nancy apologized.

"Uh...Where did Sher and Miss Zhang go?" she inquired as she looked around, noticing that there was

no sign of anyone else at home.

"Leila drank some tea and got poisoned. Both you and Sheryl will be in big trouble if Leila doesn't wake

up," Melissa warned with a stern, dark look on her face.

Upon hearing this, Nancy was astonished and terrified. 'Wait...How come I'm involved in this?

The tea was poisoned? That's impossible. I was in the kitchen the whole time to prepare the tea and

didn't leave it until it was served. No one even had the chance to touch it.

Besides, how did Melissa know that the tea had been poisoned? She isn't a doctor. How could she

possibly make the assumption that Miss Zhang was poisoned?' the maid thought doubtfully.

Interrupting her train of thought, she then saw the ferocious look in Melissa's eyes and didn't have the

nerve to blurt out her doubts. As a result, she lowered her head and moved aside.

'When Sheryl comes back, we'll get to the bottom of what happened. I hope Leila will pull through this, '

she prayed.

In the Lu family's residence

Melissa had made her way to her bedroom. She couldn't stop thinking about what she had done, as

she paced back and forth anxiously.

At this point, she was extremely scared. Since Leila had been carried into the car, her heart kept

beating fast.

'This time the stakes are way too high. If Leila dies in the hospital, the problem will be elevated, ' she

thought.

Melissa never wanted to hurt Sheryl. All she wanted, was for Sheryl to propose a divorce to Charles so

that she didn't have to be faced with seeing her every day. However, she had never thought that she

would have to sacrifice a person's life at the expense of achieving her goal.

'I hope Leila will make it. More importantly, I hope I manage to kick Sheryl out of my house this time, '

she pondered whilst praying.