The Betrayed Heiress Is Now the CEO’s Obsession novel Chapter 363

Chapter 363

“Poisoned?” Lilian was stunned, unable to believe what she was hearing.

The doctor rattled off a string of medical jargon that went completely over her head.

Seeing her confusion, he switched to simpler terms. This time, Lilian understood.

James had been poisoned. It was a case of chronic poisoning. The toxin was water soluble, colorless, and tasteless. When consumed in small amounts, it caused no obvious symptoms. But with prolonged exposure, it gradually seeped into the body’s organs and became fatal.

While Charlotte was still fighting for her life in one emergency room, James had just been taken into another.

The hospital issued a critical condition notice. After signing it, Lilian felt dazed, as if the entire world had started spinning

around her.

Suddenly, all the little things she had ignored began replaying in her mind with startling clarity.

She remembered how James’s hair had been thinning more than usual. She had noticed it but never thought much of it. Most men his age struggled with hair loss anyway. Some even went completely bald.

His appetite had been fading. The shadows under his eyes had grown darker. He had looked paler and more exhausted with each passing day.

Lilian had seen all of this.

But she had not cared.

Not truly.

She and James had drifted apart over twenty years ago, ever since his first affair. Whatever love they had once shared had already withered. What remained between them now was only the appearance of civility.

James himself had been feeling worse and worse these days. Business at the company had been hectic. Although his father had already handed most of the power over to Sean, James still held the title of chairman at the Jasper Corporation.

It was, after all, the family business. As chairman, he couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

Like Lilian, he chalked up the hair loss, insomnia, poor appetite, and random body aches to age and stress.

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