A SUBSTITUTE BRIDE

Seeing that Lyana looked well, Laura looked over to Julie, who was about to feed Matriarch Sanchez some medicine. She frowned.

Holding the bowl of medicine, she walked over to the bed and began feeding Matriarch Sanchez the medicine.

But Matriarch Sanchez was still unconscious. She simply could not swallow the medicine.

Julie was so worried that her eyes had turned red. She said in tears,

– What should we do? Grandma can’t drink the medicine at all. If this continues until Grandma’s asthma flares up, it will be catastrophic.

Everyone in the room turned to Matriarch Sanchez with concern.

Lyana approached and said:

– Let me give her the medicine!

Julie looked at Lyana hesitantly, clearly still dissatisfied with her.

Laura was so worried that she had started walking. She said with concern,

– Sister Julie, you should give the medicine to the second sister-in-law!

Only then did Julie give the medicine to Lyana.

Lyana took the bowl of medicine from Julie and sat down by Matriarch Sanchez’s bed. She helped the old lady up and placed a clean, damp piece of cloth in the medication bowl. After removing it, she placed it next to Matriarch Sanchez’s mouth.

As a witness, Julie said dismissively,

– Lyana Dubois, what are you doing? Do you want grandma to eat paper?

Dr. Walter, who was standing to the side, hesitated for a moment.

– This is the first time I’ve seen someone feed medicine like this!

Upon hearing Dr. Walter’s words, Julie became even more confident. She looked angrily at Lyana.

– Lyana, you’re just having fun!

She couldn’t even be bothered to look at Julie. With an indifferent expression, she said,

– If her lips are wet, she should be able to drink more.

Upon hearing her words, Dr. Walter nodded thoughtfully and agreed,

– Second young lady, this method is excellent. I learned from you.

Thanks to Lyana’s solution, Matriarch Sanchez has indeed drunk a lot of medicine.

After that, Lyana made Matriarch Sanchez sit on the bed. She reached out to take her pulse.

Julie grabbed Lyana’s arm and said angrily,

– Get up. Let Dr. Walter treat Grandma.

Lyana looked toward Julie with a complicated expression. As she was about to speak, Matriarch Sanchez, who was still unconscious, spat out another mouthful of blood and collapsed on the bed.

Lyana’s expression changed.

– Lyana, what did you do to Grandma? Why is Grandma still vomiting blood? Julie roared. She clenched her fists and glared at Lyana, as if Lyana were a heinous criminal.

Without hesitation, Julie pushed Lyana aside.

Just then, Vincent entered.

He had already seen Matriarch Sanchez vomiting blood. Her face was getting paler and paler, and her whole body was giving off a cold aura. The whole room seemed to have entered the middle of winter.

He walked over to Dr. Walter and asked,Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

– How is Grandma now?

Dr. Walter was surprised by Vincent’s expression. He took a deep breath, then quickly walked over to Matriarch Sanchez with his head down and began to take her pulse.

Dr. Walter had initially thought that Matriarch Sanchez only had a fever and a cold, and that there was nothing wrong with her. However, when he took her pulse, he was shocked.

Lyana saw that Dr. Walter’s expression had changed. His eyelid was twitching more and more, and the ominous feeling in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.

Lyana looked coldly at Doctor Walter and asked in a low voice,

– What is Grandma’s condition now?

The cold aura that Lyana exuded was no weaker than Vincent’s. Her beautiful eyes were slightly narrowed and Dr. Walter found that he didn’t dare look her in the eye.

Dr. Walter stood to the side, trembling. He said trembling,

– Matriarch… The pulse of Matriarch Sanchez is very strange.

– How is it strange?

Laura asked impatiently. She took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears.

Julie turned to look at Lyana with resentment written all over her face.

– You must have hurt Grandma on purpose.

Vincent looked sharply at Julie, startling her into silence.

Doctor Walter lowered his head and stammered,

– The pulse of Matriarch Sanchez… She seems to have been poisoned.

Lyana’s heart leapt to her throat.

Julie seemed to have been severely provoked by Dr. Walter’s words. She immediately stepped forward and pushed Lyana away, looking at Dr. Walter with concern.

– Dr. Walter, you just said that my grandmother has a cold. How could she have been poisoned?

Julie asked her words piercing the air like firecrackers.

Julie’s words echoed everyone’s thoughts.

At that moment, Dr. Walter was even more frightened.

He had never seen anything like this in his twenty years as a physician. Matriarch Sanchez clearly just had a cold. Why did her pulse suddenly indicate symptoms of intoxication after taking cold medicine?

He couldn’t help but doubt himself. Had he misread his pulse?

At that moment, Lyana’s frown deepened. She had a nagging feeling that something was wrong.

Vincent involuntarily clenched his fists. The veins on the back of his hands bulged ominously. He said coldly,

– Purge the poison now!

‘ When Dr. Walter heard Vincent’s words, he was even more frightened. He bowed his head like a child who had done something wrong.

– Speak up!

Vincent’s tone became even colder.

– I’m afraid… I’m afraid there is no hope.

Doctor Walter gathered his courage and spoke.

Vincent’s breathing faltered. His eyes were filled with coldness as he looked unblinkingly at Dr. Walter.

At that moment, Laura fainted from shock. Fortunately, a servant caught her in time. At the butler’s signal, the servant helped Laura out of the room.

Julie’s face was filled with pure shock. She staggered backwards, almost fainting, but managed to keep a cabinet for support just in time. Her mind was a mess, and she only came back to her senses after a long time.

– Lyana!

Julie looked at Lyana as if she were the murderer. She said furiously,

– It was you! It was you who poisoned Grandma! You must have wanted to kill Grandma!

Julie’s words made everyone in the room turn to look at Lyana.

Vincent’s eyes darkened and his expression turned cold. Ignoring Julie’s words, he walked over to Matriarch Sanchez’s bed and looked at her intently, his gaze tinged with sorrow.

Julie looked at Vincent out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that he didn’t attack Lyana, her mind raced.

She knew this was the best time to take Lyana down.

Seeing Lyana walking toward the bed, Julie quickly moved forward to stop her.

– Lyana, what exactly do you want?

Julie’s eyes were red and her expression unpleasant. She began to make accusations against Lyana.

-If you didn’t give Grandma the medicine you did, why would Grandma vomit blood and pass out?

Seeing that Lyana was staring at Matriarch Sanchez, Julie used her body to block Lyana’s view. In tears, she questioned,

– Earlier, you also read Dr. Walter’s prescription. There is nothing wrong with his prescription. Now Grandma is poisoned because of the poison in the medicine you gave her! Grandma treats you like her own granddaughter. Why do you want to hurt her?

Julie’s forceful questions made everyone throw irritated glances at Lyana, pushing her to the forefront.

By now, Vincent understood the situation. His dark eyes were fixed intently on Lyana. No one could be sure if he believed Julie’s words.

The atmosphere in the whole room became very tense.

Lyana stood there calmly. She looked at Julie, as if she was holding something back, her voice was cool when she said it,

– There’s nothing wrong with my medication. As long as I take grandma’s pulse, I will know why she was poisoned!

Upon hearing Lyana’s words, Dr. Walter frowned and said without hesitation,

– Second young lady, are you saying that I am harming Matriarch Sanchez? Or that my medical skills are not good enough?

She gave Dr. Walter an indifferent look. Her medication did not conflict with the medication that Dr. Walter had just prescribed. Logically speaking, Matriarch Sanchez should not have vomited blood after taking both types of medication