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?”

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

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

do you need to take responsibility

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

Harper when he recalled the person whom he had met last time. “Did

a snort. “Yeah. She’s really

that.” Harper smiled. Then, he immediately hung up the phone

quick in doing things. Soon after the phone call, Emma came to

the couch on the filming set when Emma suddenly barged in and raised her hand in an attempt to slap her. However, the pain

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

“What do you

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

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 have a clue about what you’ve done?” she retorted, looking totally at ease with her arms folded

obviously beside herself with rage. “See it for yourself!” She took out her phone and flung

looked at 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 other even daringly kissed her on the

photo was tagged with the hashtags #AFilthyB*tchBeneathHerAngelicPersona

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

had deliberately said that to turn her stomach. “Who let you spread these

so sure that these things are

“Who else would spread these photos

skin, or I won’t let

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 anyone else does. On the contrary, he told me to stay away from you, saying that you’re bad-tempered, eccentric,

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