"Why...Why are you here? This is the Sue Villa. Who permits you to come in?" Emma said with a trembling voice.
She had thought that Casey wouldn't be able to escape punishment because Darius would deal with him in person. Unexpectedly, this guy came into the Sue Villa. He was so bold!
"Where is your young lady?" Casey asked.
Emma took two steps back. She deeply feared Casey who would slapped her in the face without any hesitation.
"Emma, what's going on?" Edith asked softly in her room. She heard it when Emma dropped the bowl, so she came out to have a look.
Emma immediately turned around, looked at Edith and said while crying, "Miss Edith, the guy who beat me up should break into our house! It's really terrible! Quick, come into your room! Don't be hurt by this guy."
Edith immediately frowned and cast a glance at Casey.
Seeing Edith, Casey no longer showed any air of forcefulness. Besides, his eyes became tender.
"Edith, how are you doing here? Did they treat you badly?" Feeling a little nervous, Casey asked.
Edith had believed what Emma said, considering Casey to be an evil person who would beat others for no reason. She was really angry that Casey had beaten Emma up when Emma kindly tried to help him.
Before, Darius had told her that Casey was a fraud. Therefore, she now fully believed that Casey came to her with ill intentions.
To protect Emma, Edith stretched out her hand and stood between Emma and Casey. Then, she stared angrily at Casey and said, "Why do you do this? I'm not your enemy. Why must you come to make trouble for us? You have injured Emma badly before. Now, you break into my house. Could it be that you want to hurt someone in my house?"
Hearing it, Casey was immediately stunned. He explained, "I don't come here to make trouble for you. Edith, I'm Casey. You're my wife. I come here to take you back to our home."
Edith clenched her fists slightly, snorted and said, "You can't fool me. I already know that you're a fraud. I'm Sylvie, not the Edith you mentioned. It's wrong for you to beat Emma. Now, you're wrong again when you break into my house. I'll call the police now and you'll be arrested!"
"Edith, the reason why I beat her up is that she made offensive remarks to me and made trouble for me with other people. You know me best. If this maidservant hadn't gone too far, I wouldn't beat her up." Casey explained.
"You're lying! I kindly went to help you. However, you were so vicious that you beat me and even made a lot of offensive remarks to our young lady. Now, you come here to lie to our young lady. Do you really believe that you can easily fool our young lady?" Emma said with indignation while staring at Casey.
Edith took hold of her arm and comforted her, "Emma, I know that you've suffered grievance. Don't worry. I won't believe this fraud."
After saying that, she looked at Casey, questioning, "Aren't you going to leave here before I call the police?"
Seeing Edith say that seriously, Casey didn't know what to say.
He guessed that the maidservant named Emma had lied to Edith before and that Edith had believed what Emma said because she had heard it before.
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