132 Finish It All

Adeline shakily took out the hidden vial from underneath the cloth napkin on her lap. She uncapped the vial, poured it into Elias's soup and tucked the vial back under the napkin. Then, she grabbed his spoon and began turning the spoon. Her heart raced, her fingers trembled, and she nearly passed out from how nervous she was. She couldn't even hear the crickets chirp, or the doors opening.

"What are you doing?" A voice lightly demanded from behind her, prompting her to yelp and nearly drop the spoon.

Adeline turned out, her eyes slightly wide. He came back in less than a minute. She forced a smile and continued stirring the soup with the spoon, as if nothing was wrong. Then, she lifted the spoon to her mouth, ignoring all sorts of etiquette.

"I wanted to drink your soup, but it was too hot," Adeline said whilst settling the spoon down. "So I tried cooling it down for you, in case you burn your tongue."