Chapter 281
Chapter 281:
By now, Marie’s livestream had climbed to the very top of the trending charts. Her viewer count surged by tens of thousands in mere moments.
A flood of comments poured in without pause.
“Stop! Don’t drink it p>
“Life is priceless. No matter what’s happening, don’t do anything rash p>
“Marie’s past behavior was extreme, but she looks genuinely distressed. If I were in her position, I might not surrender the company either p>
𝗗o𝗐𝗇𝘭𝘰a𝘥𝘢𝘣𝗹е 𝖯𝗗𝘍𝗌 𝗈𝗇.со𝘮
“Marie has the experience to run the company. Gabriela is just a young woman—if she takes over now, she could ruin everything p>
“They’re family. Gabriela is taking this too far p>
“Oh my God, someone stop her p>
“Has anyone called the authorities p>
The chat brimmed with pleas, urging Marie not to go through with it. Tears streamed down her face as she read the outpouring of concern. Almost everyone watching had rallied to her side, defending her right to keep the company and begging her not to drink the poison.
She wept a little longer, the viewer count smashing past two million. Inwardly, she smirked—Gabriela had become the internet’s villain.
Feigning remorse, Marie summoned fresh tears and spoke with grave sincerity. “Gabriela, I know I’ve wronged you. But Josh has always treated you kindly. After I’m gone, I hope you’ll be good to him. And Phyllis—she was young and foolish, acting on impulse. I hope you’ll let her be. I’m using my life to make amends p>
With a dramatic tilt of her head, Marie raised the bottle and drained it.
Within seconds, her eyes flew wide with horror.
The bottle held real poison.
Damn it, Dustin had deceived her. He had claimed she would be drinking cola, but it was poison. In truth, he meant to kill her.
Cold dread gripped Marie as she collapsed, writhing in agony, clawing toward her phone in a desperate bid for help. The comment section erupted in chaos.
Meanwhile, in a shadowy suburban room, Dustin held a phone in one hand and a cigarette in the other. As he watched Marie foam at the mouth, a malevolent grin spread across his face. He had given Gabriela an opportunity, even offering to marry her, but her obsession with the Moss family’s fortune and her refusal to reconcile left him no choice. She could not blame him for his ruthlessness.
As Marie’s movements stilled, Dustin casually dialed the police, then guided a pre-arranged search team to her location. The site of Marie’s broadcast proved elusive, and police searched fruitlessly for over an hour. Ultimately, Dustin’s hired team found her.
By then, she was already unconscious.
An ambulance rushed her to the hospital, trailed by a frenzy of reporters. There, Dustin exchanged nods with the staff as a whirlwind of emergency treatments, including gastric lavage, began. The scene was pandemonium—gripping and shocking.
Netizens anxiously awaited updates on Marie’s condition. Viral videos of the rescue exploded online, and her suicide attempt dominated the internet within hours, capturing the attention even of those who were rarely online. Public sentiment shifted, overlooking Marie’s prior wrongs against Gabriela and adopting a sympathetic lens.
“No matter what Marie did before, I hope she pulls through p>
“I wish Gabriela would ease up on her family. This has already gone too far p>
“If Marie dies, Gabriela bears indirect blame for her death p>
Marie endured six grueling hours in emergency care.
Josh, overwhelmed with anguish, collapsed from grief and was admitted to the hospital himself.
Phyllis was completely unaware of her mother’s scheme with Dustin. She clung tightly to Dustin’s hand, sobbing, “Mom would never take her own life. She has always been resilient, never surrendering no matter the odds. She wouldn’t kill herself p>