Sonia pursed her pale lips and said, “I did fall down by myself, but I feel like things weren’t as simple as they looked.”

“Do you suspect something, baby?” Charles asked as he looked at her.

She nodded. “I fell because I stepped on something slippery as I came out from the stall. When I was on the floor, I smelled something fragrant, like body wash.”

“Why would there be body wash in front of your stall?” His eyes widened in astonishment.

 

“I have no clue either.”

Stroking his chin, he mused, “Could it be that someone dropped their body wash as they passed by and it spilled right on your doorstep, and you were unlucky enough to step in it?”

Narrowing her eyes, she answered, “Maybe, but the chances don’t sound too high.”

“Why do you say so?”

Tilting her head slightly at him, Sonia answered, “Because I didn’t hear the sound of anything falling while I was taking a bath.”

Which was to say someone stealthily and deliberately placed the body wash in front of her door.

 

Instantly, Charles stood up. “Then it has to be Tina. She and Toby are our only two enemies at this resort and since he couldn’t possibly enter the ladies’ room, that leaves only her.”

right. When you called me last evening, she happened to be nearby. She must

fell dramatically with rage, he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket, snarling, “What a poisonous snake that woman is! We have to make

him and she pointed out, “There’s no use. It’s not like there’s surveillance in the shower room. We have no way of proving that she planted the body wash. Even if tests revealed that the body wash on the floor is the kind she uses, she could

“So, if this isn’t an option, what should

can get a recording of her admitting to deliberately harming me, all of our efforts will

easy.” With a sinister smile, he continued, “But I can have someone threaten her while wearing

but right as she was about to

is it?” Charles grumbled as he went toward

it, he discovered

greeted with a

Charles’ face fell and he asked without ceremony, “What do you

gaze squarely, Toby explained, “We’re looking for

was the same as the previous evening,

alone in a room

Charles?” Sonia asked a little weakly from inside

intention to lie to her, Charles stared at the couple in front of him and called back in a raised voice, “It’s Miss Gray and President Fuller. They

was silent for a few moments before Sonia finally said,

stepped aside,

Tina said with a smile and a nod

eyes, Charles shut the door and

was seated against the head of the bed and her head was bandaged. Her face

the sight of her. Subconsciously, he gentled his voice and asked, “How

him a curious look, Sonia smirked in amusement and asked, “Are you concerned

her grip around

Sonia and pursed his lips before continuing in a cold and detached voice,

was that he was asking out of politeness

Tina loosened her grip on his arm

react, Charles stepped forward in a broad stride and blocked Tina’s view of her, miming a digging motion with his fingers and saying,

bit her lip. “You

me!” And then, he acted like

Toby, clinging to the hem of his suit jacket and begging in a

up the other in a ‘stop’ motion in front

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