Chapter 148

It was because Felicia knew too much. Stephan moved closer again, the distance between them now mere inches. It created an intimate tension. His gaze was piercing as he repeated, "How did you know I was drugged? Hmm?" Felicia's heart raced with panic, but she forced herself to appear calm as she replied, "I found out later that the scar-removal ointment had issues. Two drugs went missing from the Walsh family's medicinal room. After I fell out with Kayla, I realized she had used this method to scheme against me. "It was just an unfortunate coincidence that I gave you that scar-removal ointment. We have no deep-seated hatred, so when you came looking for me, I guessed it had to be related to this incident. It's all a misunderstanding, really." Felicia put on an innocent expression, trying to smooth over the earlier gaps in her narrative. Stephan let out a cold laugh, his tone sharp as he quickly seized upon another flaw in her words. "So, you mean to say that after discovering the