Love's Perfect Match

Chapter 207

not daring to come out.Max came to Elspeth’s side and dragged Yelena out with his hand clutching her collar. “I thought of forgiving you for secretly leaving me behind and planned to visit you after some time, but little did I think you’d make such a spectacle of yourself!”Yelena gulped. “How did you find out?”Max’s anger blazed up instantly. “How did I find out, huh? Are you still not gonna tell me about it?”Yelena hung her head. “No, it’s not like that.” The instant she lowered her head, she noticed a hint of unease flickering across Blake’s eyes nearby and immediately figured out everything. “Blake, did you snitch on me?”Blake rubbed his nose while looking imperturbable. “I didn’t.”Max pinched Yelena’s cheek a little hard, causing her to cry out in pain. “Don’t you think you should explain everything to me at this hour? What the hell happened?”Elspeth felt a headache creeping up as she watched the three people raising hell around her. “Let me explain it. This time’s food poisoning is most probably Emma’s doing.”“Emma?!” the three replied in chorus.Elspeth’s lips twitched when she saw the looks of disbelief on their faces. “What’s wrong? Don’t tell me you guys never suspected her?”Max thought for a moment before faltering, “Well, Emma is a bit like a baby, but she’s a nice person in general. She was nice to the Winthrops before, so I don’t think she’s such a person.”Elspeth looked intrigued upon listening to this. “Is Yelena a member of the Winthrop Family?”Stumped by the question, Max was at a loss for a reply. Seeing that Blake also had the intention of refuting her, Elspeth then asked, “Emma got up to where she is now after working in show business for almost five years. Say, Blake, do you think she could become who she is today without any tricks up her sleeve?”Blake knew better than anyone else how dirty show business was. At the thought of this, he clammed up and stopped defending Emma.On the other hand, Yelena wasn’t that astounded by Elspeth’s accusation. She asked anxiously, “In that case, did Emma eat my box of snacks in secret?”Elspeth was rendered speechless by her question. “Alright, that’s enough. At this point, we have to find the evidence first before we can throw accusations at her.”Convinced by her words, the other three nodded before following her back to the set of filming.Elspeth had Yelena bring the box of snacks over before bringing it to her nose and smelling it. It smells familiar… like cyanide grass. Such a poison is overwhelmingly aromatic and hard to obtain. Normally, it’s rare in the country.Seeing Elspeth come back, Timothy came up to her, saying, “Elspeth, I just checked the surveillance footage as you told me, but the corner where Yelena was is a blind spot that couldn’t be captured on the surveillance camera, so there’s no footage that can be used as evidence. Coincidentally, there wasn’t anyone suspicious either.”Elspeth’s eyes narrowed. That would mean the person who laced Yelena’s snacks with poison should be one of the crew members, which was why they knew where the surveillance cameras were and wouldn’t draw suspicions. Realizing this at once, she came to the director’s side, asking, “Mr. Aiden, no one went out while I was away, right?”Aiden was in low spirits, but he nodded nonetheless. “That’s right. The police had the set of filming sealed off while you were away just now.”“Good to hear that, Mr. Aiden. Now I need your help to gather everyone.”Aiden was surprised. “Why?”Elspeth’s lips curled into a smile. “That’s because I’ve found out who poisoned the actress.”Upon hearing this, Aiden instantly perked up and asked his assistant to call everyone over.Glancing at the crowd before her, Elspeth said coldly, “Let me say this one last time—the one who laced Yelena’s snacks with poison, please come forward by yourself. Otherwise, you’ll have to bear the consequences when I find you.”Everyone trembled all over with fear, but no one came forward after a minute.“Alright, then. Now hold out your hands, everyone.”Everyone obediently stretched out their hands.The crew members were mostly ladies, so their hands were fair and tender. After looking at them one by one, Elspeth soon stopped before a young lady, asking, “Your hands smell so good. What perfume are you wearing?”The young lady replied with a smile, “I don’t like floral perfumes, so I’m wearing a honey-peach-scented perfume.”Elspeth had been smiling just a second ago. In this instant, however, she rebuked in a stern voice, “It was you. You were the one who laced Yelena’s snacks with poison!”A hint of panic instantly flickered across the young lady’s eyes. “You’re throwing mud at me! Why would you say I was the