"Ella, please, look at me!" Samuel held each side of her face, forcing her to look into his eyes.
Ella kept shaking her head, "No! I hate you! You are the worst! I will not look at you!"
She had began to believe that all men were bastards. This Samuel was no exception. For a moment, she was glad she had kept Jane despite Samuel's coercion.
"Okay, don't look then. Ella, it's going to be fine!" Samuel put her head on his shoulder and gradually, Ella calmed down.
When Samuel heard Ella say that she hated him, he realised that she still had not forgiven him for what had happened to her four year earlier.
He sighed softly and held her tighter.
After Ella completely relaxed, she felt weak all over her body. Her legs became numb. She would have fallen to the ground if Samuel wasn't holding her firmly.
When Samuel realised that she was weak, he lifted her and put her on the bed.
"Get some sleep." He put the palms of his hands on her forehead and rubbed the sides of her face.
Ella soon fell asleep. Samuel tiptoed away from the bed after tucking her in.
He picked up his phone and found there were a dozen of missed calls since he had put the phone on silence.
The first call he made was to the local Sheriff. "Mr. Shao, Amber has admitted that she asked someone to kidnap Ms. Ella. But she said there is someone else behind it and insists to have a meeting with you..."
Samuel was thrilled to hear the word "admitted". But then he sneered, "She should just tell you the name of the person. What is point of meeting her? Since she has confessed and five people are dead. Isn't that enough to sentence her to death?"
However, Samuel was not telling the Sheriff that Ella was nearly violated.
He knew that once Amber was behind bars, he could easily bribe the warden to give her some "special care".
"Okay, Mr. Shao, I understand."
While Ella was sleeping, the entertainment industry was a buzz with news about Ella.
The word on the street was that, popular actress Amber had kidnapped Ella out of jealousy. To cover up her crime, she had killed five people that she had hired to do the job.
At Samuel's Law Firm.
Upon seeing the news, Catherine had a triumph smile when she thought about how flawless her plan had been executed.
Making Amber her scapegoat indeed was the right thing to do.
However, she remembered the job was not complete. She needed to bribe someone in prison to ensure that Amber will never speak again.
Knowing what to do next and with others help, Catherine soon found out the location of the police station where Amber was held. She spent a considerable amount of money to bribe the station guards.
Nevertheless, she did not feel confident. She still felt unsettled. So she sent someone to the police station. That someone was Amber's mother.
Meanwhile, Amber kept requesting for a meeting with Samuel at the police station.
However, since her mother's visit, she became noticeably quiet.
No one knew what her mother told her. Catherine had arranged with the guard to leave them alone for their one and a half hour's meeting.
From the day of her mother's visit, Amber remained silent. She did not speak much, it was as if she was already dead.
Meanwhile, Samuel was holding Ella tightly in his arms. He felt there was something wrong after a whole night's deliberations on the phone with various people.
The next morning, he went to the police station as soon as the sun came up.
The police told him that Amber had confessed to everything and the car that was taking her to prison had just left.
'Amber had confessed?' Samuel started his car and headed towards the woman's prison in the C Country.
When he arrived at the prison, the car which was ferrying Amber had not arrived. It was still on its way.
He waited in the Warden's office for about ten minutes. Then Amber was brought in.
Samuel had met Amber before she became popular. He knew her well. Just like any other star in the entertainment world, she had been living behind the finery of brightness, luxury and elusive aura.
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