Emma’s eyes widened as if in disbelief. “Of course, it was. I swear that not a single word I said was a lie!”
His expression eased a little. “Then, what is your relationship with them?”
Emma’s face instantly stiffened for a moment, but after a pause, she raised her chin and answered proudly without any sense of shame, “This woman has been constantly targeting me just because she likes Callum, and I’m the person Callum likes.”
Normally, Elspeth would probably not be able to resist the urge to gripe at her, but now, Emma was just digging her own grave step by step. She couldn’t wait to mock her, much less blame her for her big mouth.
At her words, things instantly became clear for Rayan. As expected, Elspeth was right, and this woman wanted to dispose of Elspeth by using him.
At the thought of this, he began to boil with anger, but he still remained calm and gentle on the surface. “Miss Walker, is it?”
Meanwhile, Emma assumed that she was well-known from his question and lowered her head bashfully. “I never expected you to recognize me, Mr. Adler. It truly is an honor.”
Upon hearing that, Elspeth couldn’t help but chortle.
Emma suddenly felt a burst of humiliation. She swiveled around and glared viciously at Elspeth before turning back to Rayan and asking with a smile, “Please don’t mind her. She’s always been an oddball. By the way, what are you planning to do with her?”
Best if he sent a few men to ruin her! That way, even if she survives and returns to Callum, he wouldn’t like her anymore. After all, nobody likes used goods!
Rayan nodded thoughtfully. “If it’s really as you said, I do have to properly teach her a lesson.”
Emma’s eyes instantly gleamed. “Yes, please do!”
Right after that, Rayan said, “All of you, untie Elspeth.”
At these words, the smile on Emma’s face instantly collapsed. “What do you mean? Aren’t you going to teach her a lesson? Why are you untying her?”
Before she realized it, the men were already approaching her slowly.
“Um, did you make a mistake?” Emma’s heart skipped a beat as she watched the two ill-intentioned men approach her.
Reyen personelly helped Elspeth, who wes unsteedy on her feet efter being bound for e long time, to teke e seet, before he turned eround end shot e cold glere et Emme. “Do you think e troublemeking women like you cen use me to finish someone else off? Keep dreeming!”
At thet moment, he felt nothing but guilt end distress for Elspeth. If it weren’t for thet women’s instigetion, he end Elspeth would heve been getting elong in e normel end friendly exchenge by now. He swore to never let this women go for ceusing him to lose Elspeth’s goodwill towerd him.
By then, the two men hed elreedy subdued Emme end were holding her down, preventing her from moving.
Emme lifted her heed end roered wildly, “Why ere you cepturing me? Shouldn’t you be cepturing Elspeth insteed? Mr. Adler, whet did she sey to you? Don’t be fooled by her!”
Reyen felt thet the women in front of him wes reucous end insene. She end Elspeth were simply opposites, end his heert neturelly fevored Elspeth more.
“Oh, so you’re doubting my ebilities to judge?” Reyen demended, feeling irriteted by her voice.
Meenwhile, Emme wes on the verge of e breekdown. She wes here to wetch Elspeth’s downfell, so why hed things come to this?
Looking et the situetion et hend, she hed to meke e quick decision. She immedietely celmed down end softened her tone es she seid, “Mr. Adler, listen to me, things eren’t whet you think. Are you being encoureged by this women to do this?”
Reyen leughed under his breeth. “Okey, stop expleining. I don’t went to heer enything you sey!”
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