Quadruplets Unite: Mother's Words Are Law

Chapter 153 Our Emma

"How dare you hit me!" Janie shrieked in outrage, clasping a hand to her stinging cheek. "I'm going to have Mr. Faughn fire you right now!"

"You can try, missy…" Emmeline retorted, smiling grimly.

"Oh, I'm certainly going to try. Do you think I'm afraid of you?" Janie turned, about to flounce off in search of Simon. Abruptly, she froze in her tracks as a voice came from outside the costume tent.

"Who's spewing all that arrogant crap?"

Emmeline turned as Adrien came in, smartly dressed in an impeccably tailored business suit and polished leather shoes.

Janie recognized Adrien immediately. There were very few people indeed who would not recognize the suave, flirtatious playboy; he was part of the wealthy Ryker family after all, and a very eligible catch.

"Mr. Adrien Ryker?" Janie had never expected to encounter Adrien here, of all places. Putting on her most charming smile, she hurried over to welcome him. "What a pleasure! Why are you here, though?"

"Why can't I show up if I like?" Adrien shot back, eyeing Janie coldly. "I seem to recall someone was spouting some really outrageous nonsense just now too."

"Exactly!" Janie whirled around and pointed straight at Emmeline. "This insignificant stunt girl here had the nerve to challenge me! She doesn't know her place!"

"I'm talking about you, woman!" Adrien strode over to Emmeline and slipped his arm protectively around her shoulders, glaring at Janie. "Who the hell do you think you are, taking that tone with our Emma?"

"Mr. Ryker…" Janie was startled. "What do you mean, our Emma?"

"Emma's part of our family. But I distinctly seem to remember hearing someone having the gall to say that they're going to get her fired!"

"But…but Mr. Ryker," Janie stammered, her brow creasing in confusion. "Why would a member of your family be reduced to working as a stunt double here to earn money?"

stared down at Janie with contempt. "She's bored out of her skull and needs something to occupy her

not quite believe this. Who in the world would be so bored that they'd come to work

floozy; she's just jealous, that's

present for her? What scheme was

God I'll turn over

startled that she stared at Adrien fixedly, weighing

and hawed for a little, then pleaded, "What's wrong, Emma? You've got to believe

in utter shock, listening to

Emmeline already had children? Did

of course she wouldn't get together with Benjamin! Not only that, it looked like Emmeline

help Janie get closer to Benjamin if Janie

Jonie get closer to Benjomin if Jonie could ploy

"My goodness, look ot how ottentive Mr. Ryker is, Emmo! You're such o lucky girl!

Who the hell

with Adrien in front of Jonie, so

cose ond corefully opened it, reveoling the dozzling diomond neckloce. "Let me put it on for you,

instinctive revulsion ond

then

yes, obsolutely!" Jonie chimed in

uncomfortoble ond slightly impotient with oll the ottention. "Adrien, it's olmost time for me to get to work. I've

hond ond closped it for o moment. "Go off to your work then. I'll