Come To Me (Amelia and Patrick) novel Chapter 1556

Seeing that Brittany was giving them a toast, Kaleb's colleagues raised their wine glasses and responded with smiles, "You're Kaleb's niece, so we'll also treat you as our niece. We'll do our best to take care of you."

"Right, right. We're all family. Stop thanking us."

"Come on, let's drink up, and it's all set!"

After a few more exchanges, they downed the wine in their glasses. Seeing this, Brittany felt relieved and drank up.

Initially, she was worried that Kaleb had some tricks up his sleeve. But, Kaleb had set up the dinner at his house instead of other sketchier places.

As for those who attended the dinner, they behaved appropriately, chatting with seemingly no ill intentions.

Was Kaleb genuinely intending to support her?

But, why? Was it like what he said that he wanted retirement?

Right then, Kaleb looked over at Brittany and called out to her with a smile, "My dear niece, don't just drink, have some food too."

Brittany answered absent- mindedly, "You too, Uncle Kaleb!"

"Oh? The noodles are finished? The hotpot can't go on without noodles!" Kaleb stared at the empty plate and cried out in the direction of the kitchen with dissatisfaction, "Fiona! Fiona!"

"I'm coming!" Fiona rushed over with two plates of freshly cut potatoes, sweating when she asked, "Yes?"

"There are no more noodles. Go on and buy five more packs of noodles from the supermarket," Kaleb said.

Fiona, who had been busy all day in the kitchen on an empty stomach, had no objection to Kaleb's order. She responded in agreement and went out.

"Uncle Kaleb, Aunt Fiona hasn't eaten yet." Brittany did not want to be alone with this group of directors.

"It's okay. She'll eat later. The most important thing now is that my buddies are having a great time." Kaleb reminded Brittany about the purpose of the celebration.

Brittany nodded and replied, "You're right. Uncles, please have some more. I'll go fetch more wine."

What Brittany needed to do was to get the directors drunk as soon as possible. That way, they would not be able to pull any tricks if they were up to something.

As soon as Brittany left the table, Kaleb and the rest immediately exchanged meaningful looks with each other before continuing to eat as if nothing had happened.

Brittany had always had a good tolerance for alcohol. But she was drinking Moutai Liquor, which had a high alcohol content. Even if she wanted to drink as little as she could, she could not reject the directors' insistence and Kaleb's suggestion, so she continued to toast.

"I'm done. I... I'm getting a little dizzy." Brittany lowered her glass and said to Kaleb and the rest, "I have to go to the bathroom. Please enjoy your meal."

When Brittany strode out of their sight, the crowd around the table started to whisper to each other, "Hey, Kaleb, I think she's drunk. When are we carrying out our plan?"

Hearing that, Kaleb sneered, "That b*tch is putting up an act."

"You mean, she's not drunk yet?"

"No way. She drank quite a lot."

Kaleb answered mockingly, "Hey eyes doesn't look like she's drunk. She's obviously wary of us!"

"Then what should we do now?"

"Since we can't get her drunk, then we can only go with plan B." Kaleb laughed sinisterly and looked at the rest around the table. "Have you lot bought the medicine as I asked?"

"Yes. Here it is." One of the directors took out a small bottle of hallucinogens from his pocket. "Kaleb, it took me a lot of effort to get my hands on this. You should repay me after this matter is done."

"Got it." Kaleb took over the bottle and quickly opened it. He then added two drops of the medication into Brittany's cup and asked the one who bought the drug, "Is this enough?"

"Yes, this drug is potent. I tested it on another woman yesterday. With just one drop, she was gone."

"You're exaggerating!" Everyone cackled.

"If you don't believe me, then add two more drops. It's odourless and colourless anyway."

"Two more drops and it's going to be obvious. It'll mess up our plan," Kaleb said as he dripped two drops on his finger and carefully swiped it around the rim of Brittany's glass.

"Kaleb, good one!" Everyone praised.

"All right, stop the nonsense." Kaleb closed the bottle of the medication and shoved it into his pocket.

"By the way, Kaleb, your niece is beautiful. Why don't you let us... have a taste of her?"

Kaleb's eyes widened. "How many times have I told you lot? None of you is allowed to touch that b*tch! You'll ruin my plans!"

Everyone showed a resentful expression for they could not have a chance with such a pretty youth.

In the bathroom.

Brittany induced herself to vomit to empty her stomach and sober up.

When she left the bathroom, she found that Kaleb and others appeared to be drunk, and some of them were even starting to speak in a slurry.

With great joy in her heart, she stepped forward and asked with concern, "Uncles, are you guys still drinking?"

Brittany then thought, "If you can't, then you'd better go home!"

"Yes!" Someone pounded the table and stood up.

After a while, a cat-like mewl sounded from inside the room, "No..."

Kaleb continued, "Oh, since you're not asleep yet, why don't you come out and send off your uncles? They're heading back."

This time, Brittany sounded like she was panting when she answered, "Um... I... It's not convenient for me now. Uncle Kaleb, please... see them off for me."

Kaleb turned around and asked discontentedly, "Why is she still conscious?"

The man who bought the drug hinted to Kaleb to be patient and replied, "Don't worry, it's only a matter of time. Continue talking to her, and when she can only groan, you'll know we've succeeded."

So, Kaleb continued to chat with Brittany. "Brittany, are you all right?"

"I... I'm fine."

"Are you feeling unwell because you drank too much?"

"Yeah..."

"I'll bring you a glass of water, okay?"

"No, thank you... I'm fine."

At first, Brittany could still answer Kaleb's questions. However, after five minutes, Brittany could only grunt in response.

There was joy on Kaleb's face, and he immediately reached out to turn the door handle, only to find that the door was locked.

He snorted. He turned around and found the key, then opened the door to enter.

The scene that met them was fascinating. Kaleb seemed to have heard someone behind him having some ideas, so he looked back at them and said, "I said, nobody touches this b*tch!"

"We know, we know. You're afraid that we'll leave evidence and ruin your plan, right? We won't touch her. We'll just watch, okay?"

Only then Kaleb moved his warning gaze away and walked up to carry the unconscious Brittany to head out of the room.

Just as they were about to leave, they heard a camera click from outside the door. Fiona had returned.

When she saw Kaleb carrying Brittany, who was seemingly asleep, Fiona asked in reflex, "Where... where are you taking her to?"

Kaleb told her the excuse he had crafted beforehand, "She drank too much and her stomach's feeling unwell. I'm taking her to the hospital."

"Oh." Fiona did not think too much about his reasoning.

The others also chimed in, "Fiona, we're heading back too. You don't have to see us off. Go ahead and have your dinner." "Okay, goodbye then." Fiona replied subserviently.