Chapter 496 A Hit
Snickering, Nicole raised her head at the woman and looked at her with an expression of mockery. “Queenie, don’t you think that it’s pathetic to ask another woman about your own man not coming home?”
Queenie was displeased with the expression her sister was giving her, but she didn’t let her expression betray her as they were still in the Gardner Residence.
When they were done eating, Nicole didn’t pay any further attention to Queenie and only told Hayden to go and spend some time with Benedict before she went to see Anna. Although Anna was recovering, she still needed constant care, so Nicole would help check her wounds every night.
As for Benedict, perhaps because of his age or that his body had grown weary, he would become tired very easily. Although he was very fond of Hayden, he couldn’t help but become tired after a brief conversation with the child.
Noticing his fatigue, Hayden decided not to intrude any longer and said, “Great Grandpa, I’ll go back to my room now, so you should have some rest. Now that I’m staying here, I’ll come and play with you tomorrow too.”
Meanwhile, after Queenie left the Gardner Residence, she went back in by climbing over the wall. Now that it was nighttime, there weren’t many people walking around. Since she had been here many times now, she was familiar with the place. Furthermore, she knew the cameras’ blind spots and also the probable locations of the Gardner Family’s bodyguards.
Then, Queenie made her way to Hayden’s room and entered it. After she took a look around, she took out a drug vial that Pierre had prepared for her and sprayed it all over the pillow. Initially, she wanted to administer the drug during dinner earlier, but Nicole was simply too vigilant that she couldn’t find the opportunity to do so.
However, with how heavy-handed she was with the drug now, Hayden would lose his life the moment he lay his head on the pillow. With a smile so sweet, Queenie immediately left the room after she was done dispersing the drug. Fortunately for her, she was still in the early stage of her pregnancy, so it was easy for her to move around as she managed to avoid stumbling about.
After bidding his farewell to Benedict, Hayden returned to his room. Upon opening the door to his room, he realized that something was amiss. However, he couldn’t figure out what was wrong even after he glanced around the room. Frowning, he lightly sniffed the air of the room and felt that someone had entered his room.
Assuming it was just one of the servants who had come to clean up the room, he dropped his guard and went to his bed with a laptop in his hand. Looking through his recent assignment, he deduced that Zachary, who had come to him before with his family matters, was planning to make a move on the Yates Family.
As he knew Zachary’s character well, he knew that the latter’s actions were all for his mother’s sake. Perhaps because he was her son, he suspected that his mother liked Colton, even if the former hadn’t realized her feelings. In the past, Zachary had courted Nicole but was rejected firmly without any hesitations.
However, a seed of doubt grew in her after a while, not because she liked him that way. It was because she was slightly touched by the man after his persistent action.
However, that was not the case with Colton. Although the time Colton had spent with Nicole was only mere months, her attitude was very different toward Colton when compared with Zachary. Although she still rejected the former, her reaction was very honest. For the first time in his life, Hayden was worried about his mother.
Nevertheless, he still decided to help deal with Zachary’s matters. After all, without him back then, his mother wouldn’t be who she was today.
When Hayden was done with his task, he yawned and realized it was already close to midnight. Since Nicole had to take care of Anna, she didn’t sleep together with him.
Just as he lay down on his bed, he felt something wrong with his body, so he quickly held his breath, trying to get out of bed. However, it was too late for him.
A bout of dizziness overcame him, and he couldn’t control his body as it trembled furiously. He immediately pressed the button on his wristwatch before he fell to the ground. Fortunately, his room was carpeted. Otherwise, his fall would have been much more severe.
