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?”

“She knows in her heart what she has done. Just keep in

moment. Then, he said, “I’m sorry. I’ll

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

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 of those close to her. Mark

recalled the person whom he had met

let out a snort. “Yeah. She’s really quite

her feel sorry for that.” Harper smiled. Then, he immediately hung up

Soon after the phone call, Emma came

an attempt to slap her. However, the pain didn’t hit

“What the f*ck did you do? Why did you have to hurt me

asked, “What do you

huh? Why did you spread slanderous rumors about

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

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

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

with the hashtags #AFilthyB*tchBeneathHerAngelicPersona

what 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? But I really never expected you to have

“Who let you spread these photos online?!” She was on the verge of a mental

“What makes you so sure that

teeth in hatred. “Who else would spread these

ago not to get under my skin, or I

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,

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