She saw someone she didn’t want to—Emma. Emma was approaching her. After what happened last time, the falling out between them became obvious enough. She didn’t want to talk to Emma.

However, Emma was very interested in talking to Alice. “You’re here, Alice.” There was a smile on Emma’s face and she sounded surprised, like she was actually waiting for Alice.

Alice didn’t even look at her. She didn’t bother putting up an act, even.

“When are you coming back? Grandma misses you.” Emma was smiling, but there was venom behind that smile. The case of Alice hitting Sophia had been made known to everyone. Emma thought Alice was a fool, so Emma wanted to drag her name through the mud using the same incident.

“Didn’t Uncle Elijah tell you? I texted him everything he should know.” Alice finally looked at Emma, but her gaze was calm. However, there was also something terrifying under those still waters.

Emma’s face fell, venom creeping into her gaze. She wanted to tear Alice apart, but for some reason, she was scared. The fact that she lost to Alice twice scared her. But I’m not in a hurry. As long as she stays here, I can take her down.

Alice had dirt on Emma. If Emma wanted to gain back some power in the dynamic, she must gain some dirt on Alice as well. It’s best if I can destroy her reputation. She had been thinking of ways to do that, but she had no chance to take action previously. Alice wouldn’t take her calls, and she didn’t respond to the texts asking her out.

the wedding, Emma knew something was off about Alice. She thought Alice might have found out something. The fool’s finally got herself some brains. Fine, then. She stopped pretending and

by Alice and tripped a little. One of the glasses fell toward Alice, but the waiter caught the glass. Still, some of the wine spilled on Alice. “I’m very sorry,” he kept apologizing, and he crouched down to wipe the patch

Alice quickly opened Alice’s

and apologizing, but aside from that,

looked at him and her face

The waiter got up and

bad, but this isn’t enough to escape me. What a fool. Let’s see what you’re up to then, Emma. Alice remained seated, awaiting

a few bodyguards charged toward Alice. “That’s her! She’s the thief who stole

no one noticed her at first, but now everyone turned their attention to her. Someone turned on the lights above

about not finding Jonathan, and she wanted to vent to someone. Good. The prey fell into the trap. Unbeknownst to her, Ethan

but she slowly looked at the women and the bodyguards. Her gaze was deathly calm, but the bodyguards froze. They felt a chill run down their spines just from being looked at. All of them stopped

shut everyone up. A man in the corner was sitting languidly on the couch and holding his glass of wine while staring at Alice, but the next second, his eyes shone and he sat

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