The young lady’s lips parted. “I-I have no idea.”

Elspeth narrowed her eyes. “You have no idea? Then who gave you this and made you do it?”

The young lady turned pale. “I-It was a stranger who made me do it. She said the grass would cause diarrhea, which could then cause the filming to be postponed. But I never thought it’d cause poisoning—”

Elspeth let out a laugh. “How much were you paid to do this?”

“A hundred thousand in cash.”

Just a hundred thousand in cash? That’s so stingy of Emma, thought Elspeth. “What’s your name?”

The young lady hemmed and hawed for a moment. Nevertheless, she answered honestly, “My name’s Alicia Thornton.”

Figuring out what had happened, Elspeth shook her head in resignation. “I called the police just now. You’d better turn yourself in; perhaps you’ll get a lighter sentence.”

I’m going to jail… Alicia broke down at once; she slumped to the ground and burst into loud sobs.

Elspeth was in no mood to hear her wailing, though. Instead, she dialed Callum’s number.

“What’s the matter?” Callum sounded cool and distant over the phone.

Elspeth’s chilly voice sounded even more heartless than the man’s. “Please tell Emma that I won’t let her off if she does something against my interests again.”

Callum’s imperturbable voice finally showed a hint of emotion when he noticed that something was wrong with her voice. “Did she do anything again?”

“She knows in her heart what

a moment. Then, he said, “I’m sorry. I’ll compensate for the losses

why do you need to

sensed that the man’s breathing became somewhat heavier on the other end of the line. “Alright then, protect her if you want,” she said before hanging up right away. Then, she called Harper, saying, “Harper, help me look into Emma’s recent transaction records or the transaction records of

the person whom he had met last time. “Did that woman get someone to hurt you

out a snort. “Yeah. She’s

feel sorry for that.” Harper smiled. Then, he immediately

doing things. Soon after the phone call, Emma

slap her. However, the pain didn’t hit Elspeth

you, Elspeth!” Emma snarled furiously. She growled, “What the f*ck did you do? Why did

asked, “What

dumb, huh? Why did you spread slanderous rumors about me on

to look into her, so he probably has exposed her for who she really is on the internet by now, thought Elspeth. “How did I slander you? Don’t you have a clue about

for yourself!” She took out her phone and flung

its screen, on which Emma’s photo was apparently shown. In the photo, Emma was drinking with a bunch of foreigners with a coquettish smile on her face. Not only that, but one of the foreigners had his arm around her waist, while the

photo was tagged with

what Harper meant by ‘making her feel sorry’… Elspeth couldn’t hide her amusement as she looked at the photo. “What’s wrong, Miss Walker? Aren’t you the woman in the photo? But

used the term ‘wild,’ Emma knew full well that she had deliberately said that to turn her stomach. “Who let you

makes you so sure that these things

hatred. “Who else would spread these

to get under my skin, or I won’t let you get away with it. Didn’t Callum

startled for a moment. The next instant, she said with a coquettish giggle, “Callum didn’t tell me that, of course. He knows my character better than

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