Chapter 933: Confession without Coercion

Chapter 933 -933: Confession without Coercion

“Seeing how nervous she looked, could it be that she instructed the waiter to poison the dish? After all, she was defending the waiter the moment she entered the door, and the waiter even ran to her for help. It’s obvious that they planned this together!”

“I heard Zora Hughes was once Mr. Caleb Mamet’s fiancée. She must be resentful that Mrs. Mamet took away her marriage arrangement, so she tried to punish Mrs. Mamet in this way.”

“Zora Hughes might seem indifferent on the surface, but she secretly poisoned Mrs. Mamet. Even if Mrs. Mamet took away her marriage arrangement, she shouldn’t have resorted to poisoning!”

Zora Hughes listened to everyone’s discussion, her face as pale as paper, biting her lips silently. She knew very well that the waiter was Basil Carter’s person, only unsure if someone had seen their meeting earlier; if it were discovered, it would be disastrous.

Not long after, Sean Price rushed back and said something to Xaviera Evans in her ear. Xaviera’s voice was icy: “Who is Basil Carter?”

Just as Basil was standing not far away with his father, upon hearing someone call him, he immediately frowned and said angrily, “I didn’t do it! You’re framing me!”

Steve Price sneered, “My wife just asked who Basil Carter was, and she hasn’t even said why she’s looking for you yet. But you’re already claiming it’s a set-up? Isn’t that a guilty conscience?”

Basil’s face turned ashen, gritting his teeth, “You just said you were going to investigate the waiter, and then you mentioned my name. Who doesn’t know what you meant? Let me tell you: I haven’t done anything, don’t falsely accuse me!”

The waiter hurriedly explained, “Mrs. Mamet, I was the one who poisoned you. I despise you! It was me who wanted you dead! It has nothing to do with anyone else!”

Xaviera snorted, “A good dog! Quite loyal.”

Emboldened by the waiter’s response, Basil argued loudly, “What does this have to do with me? I don’t even know Mrs. Mamet! It seems like you didn’t find anything, so you just found a scapegoat!”

Feigning dizziness, Zora Hughes appeared weak and pitiful, speaking with a weak voice, “Xaviera, I’m heartbroken to know you almost got poisoned, but you shouldn’t implicate innocent people!”

“Regardless of why the waiter poisoned you, it will sound terrible when it comes out. They’ll say you were too willful and treated your employees harshly, which is why people wanted to poison you. Today is the Mamet Corporation’s big day, and you can’t bear to ruin this banquet, can you? Your reputation has fallen a thousand feet; what will people think of you in the future?”

Xaviera’s face was indifferent, she thought Zora Hughes was quite smart but was now in a hurry to speak for Basil, wasn’t she afraid of being implicated?

Xaviera slowly raised her eyes, her sharp gaze seeming to pierce through Zora Hughes’s heart, her tone sarcastic, “Cousin, so if it’s not you who’s being poisoned, it shouldn’t be investigated at all? As soon as you came in, you started defending the waiter, and now you still think I, the victim, am guilty? Your moral compass is seriously off!”

“I suspect that someone instructed the waiter to harm me, and I want to investigate. Why are you trying to stop me?”

Zora Hughes’s face turned ashen, and she quickly explained, “Cousin, you misunderstood me, I just think we should consider the big picture. How about waiting until the banquet is over? Everyone gathered here for the banquet, isn’t it? It’s not good for our guests to accompany you in this mess!”

“Even if this banquet is canceled, so what?” Caleb Mamet, who stood beside Xaviera, suddenly spoke, his voice full of authority, “I don’t care whether the banquet can be held or not, but Miss Hughes, an outsider, seems to care a lot.”

Zora Hughes was at a loss, completely panicked.

Xaviera spoke with a happy face, “Caleb loves me, and he knows that someone tried to poison me, of course he would want to find out the truth right away. Can the banquet be more important than someone’s life? However, Miss Hughes insisted on hindering it, is she feeling guilty?”

“No!” Zora Hughes blurted out.

Xaviera’s gaze turned sharp all of a sudden, “The poisoner is the waiter, and the victim is me. If this has nothing to do with Miss Hughes, then please do me a favor and shut up!”

Zora Hughes trembled, and Xaviera dared to make her embarrassed in public? Clenching her teeth, Zora felt a hint of uneasiness that Basil Carter had not gotten caught while instructing the waiter to poison her.

Caleb Mamet waved his hand, “Steve Price, call the police.” After saying that, he led Xaviera towards the restroom.

The waiter was controlled by bodyguards, sitting on the ground with a frightened expression on his face.