"I made a lot of friends, but all of them just tried to use me to get close to my family. I thought Emilia and Cecelia were my true friends, but I was so wrong. If I wasn't Drake's younger sister, Emilia would ignore me. Cecelia was more snobbish. Our two families had similar social status, but she didn't help me at that critical moment. She even took Olivia's side..."
"Only you, Sophia."
"I hurt you so many times, Sophia, but you were the only one rescuing me."
Sophia rolled her eyes at Aria. "It's not too late. I'm sure you'll know how to treat others in the future."
Instead of retorting to her, Aria nodded.
Emma found a chance and asked, "Sophia, what on earth happened?"
Sophia finished feeding Aria and was about to stand up, but the latter asked, "May I have more? I'm still starving."
"You can eat something else in two hours."
Aria believed she could wait.
Sophia didn't know what had happened before she went to save Aria but could roughly figure it out.
However, Aria knew all the details and could tell Emma.
Although Aria wanted to ignore Emma, she explained, "After Mr. Rangel's birthday banquet, Mom, oh no, that woman fought with Dad. I thought they only argued and didn't overthink. However, later that night, she tied me up."
"I didn't know what she aimed to do, but I found she wanted to threaten Drake with my life, so I tried hard to call my friends to help me. I called a lot of people, but none wanted to save me. I was too desperate and called Sophia..."
She broke off, glancing at Sophia gratefully.
Emma soon figured out what had happened exactly. "I don't think her purpose was that simple. Shouldn't be threatening Drake only."
Aria wasn't intelligent, but she could think of something fishy.
"Right. I also don't think so. If Olivia wanted to threaten Drake, she should have informed him. But Drake never showed up. What else does she want?"
Sophia asked, "How about your grandpa? You've been tied up, and he's in the same house. Does he know it?"
"Right! My grandpa." Aria looked at Sophia. "No wonder I felt something fishy. I haven't seen my grandpa for days."
Emma furrowed her brows. "I'm afraid Olivia is going to harm the Old Riley. You are just a smokescreen."
"Grandpa? Does she want to harm him? What has she done to him?"
They were not in Riley Manor, so none knew what had happened.
Sophia asked, feeling weird, "You were locked up, and the Old Riley might have been harmed. Drake should have arranged a lot of his men in the house. Doesn't he know anything?"
"I do."
A man stepped into the living room.
Seeing Drake, Aria yelled while tears welled up in her eyes, "Drake!"
He looked at her. "No worries, Aria. I'm here."
Aria nodded tearfully.
Emma stood up, "Drake, what on earth has happened to your grandfather?"
"Olivia might have done something to him."
"What should we do then? Why didn't you stop her?"
"If I didn't, Olivia wouldn't expose her ambition. I must let her get dizzy with success."
"But your grandfather..."
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