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?”

that sounded even chillier than the freezing winter. “She knows in her heart what she has done. Just keep in mind to pass on

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

need to take responsibility for what she does? What are you, her

up right away. Then, she called Harper, saying, “Harper, help me look into Emma’s recent transaction

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

a snort. “Yeah.

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

in doing things. Soon after the phone call, Emma came to Elspeth of her own

in and raised her hand in an attempt to slap her. However, the pain didn’t hit Elspeth as she had expected; she caught hold of her hand and flung it

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

asked, “What do

Why did you spread slanderous rumors about

her for who she really is on the internet by now, thought Elspeth. “How did

herself with rage. “See it for yourself!” She took out

picked it up and 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

photo was tagged with

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?

‘wild,’ Emma knew full well that she had deliberately said that to turn her stomach. “Who let you spread these photos online?!” She

makes you so sure that these things

her teeth in hatred. “Who else would spread these photos online if not

my skin, or I won’t let you get

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

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