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

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

do you need to take responsibility for what she

said before hanging up right away. Then, she

welled up inside Harper when he recalled the person whom he had met last time. “Did that woman get someone to

out a snort. “Yeah. She’s

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

quick in doing things. Soon after the phone call,

filming set when Emma suddenly barged in and raised her hand in an attempt to slap her. However, the pain didn’t hit Elspeth as

did you do? Why

“What do you

did you spread slanderous rumors about me on

minute. 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 have a clue about what you’ve done?” she retorted, looking totally at ease

“See it for yourself!” She

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

tagged with the hashtags #AFilthyB*tchBeneathHerAngelicPersona

wrong, Miss Walker? Aren’t you the woman in the photo? But I really never

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

so sure that these

teeth in hatred. “Who else would spread these photos online

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

that, of course. He knows my character better

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