Chapter 427 Taken Away by the Police
Isabella's eyes widened in disbelief. "How is this possible? I was really drugged just now, everyone saw it!"
"It must be Sophia's doing! Yes, it must be her!"
"Sir, you have to believe me!"
The lead police officer frowned, also feeling something wasn't quite right.
He asked Isabella: "Are you sure you were drugged? Can anyone confirm this?"
Isabella quickly pointed at the guests around them. "They can all testify. I lost consciousness just now, which is clearly a sign of being drugged."
The police officer looked toward the guests with a questioning gaze.
The guests all shook their heads, saying they hadn't seen anything.
This was the Martinez family's territory. Speaking the truth would offend not only the Martinez family but also the White family.
If they wanted to continue doing business in Silverlight City, they could only say they saw nothing.
Besides, they had no sympathy for Isabella, so they felt even more justified in lying.
Isabella stared in shock. "How can you lie? You all clearly saw it!"
"We did see you lose control, but besides rolling around on the floor, you didn't do anything. What kind of drug would have that effect?"
Isabella's face turned red and white alternately. She wanted to explain but didn't know what to say.
There really was no drug in the wine glass she drank from.
And although she felt very hot at the time, it wasn't hot enough to make her want to undress or have any urge to have sex with someone.
She stood there frozen, unable to figure it out.
Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration and said excitedly: "Sophia wasn't drugged, really! She must have switched the wine glasses!"
Hearing this, the police officer turned his head to look in Sophia's direction.
But he saw her leaning drowsily in Benjamin's arms, showing no signs of panic or nervousness.
"Sophia, how do you explain this?"
Sophia's tightly closed eyes slowly opened a crack, and she stretched lazily in Benjamin's embrace.
"There's nothing to explain. You can draw my blood for testing. I was indeed drugged, but ordinary drugs don't work on me."
Sophia had been used by Robert for drug testing since childhood. Common poisons had little effect on her.
Moreover, she had taken an antidote pill before, which greatly reduced the drug's effectiveness.
Now, aside from being a bit sleepy, it basically had no effect on her.
The police officers exchanged glances, all showing surprised expressions.
They had already tested it - the drug Isabella used was a very strong aphrodisiac.
An ordinary person would only need one sip to quickly experience symptoms like unconsciousness, body heat, and an urgent desire to have sex.
But Sophia actually said this drug had no effect on her?
Simply unbelievable!
Following procedure, they drew Sophia's blood to take back for testing.
Testing the wine glass for drugs was relatively easy, but blood testing required more professional equipment.
"No need to go through all that trouble. There's a professional medical laboratory in the villa next door. Go there."
Sophia was too sleepy to keep her eyes open, and her voice carried a hint of weakness when she spoke.
But the banquet hall was very quiet, and everyone heard her words clearly.
Many people showed shocked expressions.
What?
Actually building a medical laboratory in this expensive villa district?
Was there money to burn?
Isabella was also shocked. She hadn't expected Sophia to own property here.
Damn it!
The villa district where the Martinez Villa was located was the most expensive place in all of Silverlight City.
Even if the Brown family hadn't gone bankrupt, all their assets combined wouldn't be enough to buy a small villa here.
Let alone a medical laboratory.
What gave Sophia the right?
Why was it that everything she gave her all for but couldn't get became so easy for Sophia?
As she was full of resentment, she received a sharp, cold look.
She instinctively looked up and met Benjamin's gloomy eyes.
Isabella's heart jumped. She suddenly had an ominous feeling.
The next second, Sophia, who had been drowsy, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her meaningfully.
"Isabella, if the test shows there are drugs in my blood, I will sue you."
Isabella was startled.
If before she could console herself that Sophia was just putting on a brave face, now she was certain she'd been set up.
Sophia must have known she had drug resistance, which is why she drank that glass of wine.
As for her own glass... it was probably drugged at some point without her knowing.
She was just grateful now that the wine hadn't made her completely lose her mind and undress in front of everyone.
Sophia still had some conscience.
If Sophia could hear her thoughts, she would definitely laugh at her for being so self-absorbed.
Actually, she just didn't want to see such a disgusting scene.
Besides, if Isabella had really done something like that, the Martinez family's reputation would probably have been affected too.
Blood tests usually don't come back that quickly, but the equipment in Sophia's medical laboratory was the most advanced.
This batch of equipment had just been developed by the White Group and hadn't been officially put into production yet.
Alaric hoped she could use her professional knowledge to test this equipment.
If it could be officially put into production, it would greatly improve pharmaceutical efficiency.
Although Novaria was developing rapidly, it still hadn't reached the world's highest level in many aspects of technological production.
Although in recent years the Lumina Group had pushed Novaria's pharmaceutical products to market.
But their international recognition hadn't yet opened up.
A large part of the reason was that the equipment wasn't advanced enough.
So this batch of equipment was beneficial to the White Group and even Novaria's entire pharmaceutical industry.
Soon, the blood sample test results came out.
The facts proved that Sophia's body did indeed contain components of the aphrodisiac.
Isabella had indeed drugged Sophia.
When Isabella learned of this result, her heart went cold.
"Isabella, please come with us."
Although no serious consequences had occurred, the fact that Isabella had drugged someone meant she should be punished by law.
Isabella's tears kept falling as she backed away, shaking her head.
"No, I won't... it wasn't me!"
Sophia impatiently opened her eyes and beckoned to Chase, who was watching the show beside Benjamin.
Chase ran over. "Mrs. White, what is it?"
Sophia stuffed her phone into his hands and closed her eyes again.
Chase opened the phone, puzzled, and found a video inside.
More precisely, it was a video from two years ago of Olivia accidentally killing Seraphine at the airport.
At first, Chase didn't notice anything wrong, but as he watched further, he suddenly froze.
Benjamin noticed the change in his expression and frowned. "What's wrong?"
Chase immediately held the phone up in front of him.
The video on the phone screen had been technically processed, with the clarity and aspect ratio adjusted.
They had even slowed down the moment when Olivia gripped the knife and stabbed toward Seraphine.
It was precisely because of the slow motion that one could more clearly see all of Isabella's actions and reactions at that time.
Originally, Seraphine could have avoided the knife.
But Isabella had secretly pulled Seraphine, making her block in front of herself.
The video froze at the end on Seraphine being stabbed by the knife, looking back at Isabella in disbelief.