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?”

sounded even chillier than the freezing winter. “She knows in her heart what she has done.

a moment. Then, he said, “I’m

need to take responsibility for

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

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

a snort. “Yeah. She’s

I’ll make her feel sorry for that.” Harper smiled. Then, he immediately hung up

was quick in doing things. Soon after the phone call,

raised her hand in an attempt to slap her. However, the pain didn’t hit Elspeth as

growled, “What the f*ck did you

“What do

spread

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 internet by now, thought Elspeth. “How did I slander you? Don’t you

“See it for yourself!” She took

photo was apparently shown. In the photo, Emma was drinking with a bunch of foreigners with a coquettish smile on her

tagged with the hashtags

she looked at the photo. “What’s wrong, Miss Walker? Aren’t you the woman in the photo? But I really never expected

she used the term ‘wild,’ Emma knew full well that she had deliberately said that to turn her stomach. “Who let you spread these photos online?!” She was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Never did she think Elspeth could

Elspeth responded. “What makes you so sure that these things are my

else would spread these photos online if

you long ago not to get under my skin, or I won’t let you get

my

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