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?”

the freezing winter. “She knows in her heart what she has done.

said, “I’m

sneered in bitter disappointment. “Callum, why do you need to take responsibility for what she does? What are

a word in response to such jibes, but Elspeth 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

up inside Harper when he recalled the person whom he had met last time.

out a snort. “Yeah. She’s really

it easy, Elspeth. I’ll make her feel sorry for that.” Harper smiled. Then, he immediately hung up the phone before Elspeth could realize

the phone call,

Emma suddenly barged in and raised her hand in an attempt to slap her. However, the pain didn’t hit Elspeth as she had expected; she caught

furiously. She growled, “What the f*ck did you do? Why did you have to hurt

Elspeth asked, “What

spread slanderous rumors

When did I slander her? All I did just now was ask Harper to look into her, so he probably has exposed her for who she really is on the

beside herself with rage. “See it for yourself!” She took out her phone and flung it to Elspeth’s

of foreigners with a coquettish smile on her face. Not only that, but one of the

photo was tagged with the hashtags

photo. “What’s wrong, Miss Walker? Aren’t you the woman in the photo? But I really never expected you to have such

turn her stomach. “Who let you spread these photos online?!” She was

you so sure that these things

hatred. “Who else would

get under my skin, or I won’t let you get away with

a coquettish giggle, “Callum didn’t tell me that, of course. He knows my character better than anyone else does. On the contrary, he told me to stay

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