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 mind to pass on the message for

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

why 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,

had

out a snort. “Yeah. She’s really

for that.” Harper smiled. Then, he immediately hung up the phone before Elspeth could

after the phone call, Emma came to Elspeth of

when Emma suddenly barged in and raised her hand in an attempt to slap her. However, the

did you do? Why did you have to hurt

“What

playing dumb, huh? Why did you spread slanderous rumors about

is on the internet by now, thought Elspeth. “How did I slander you? Don’t you have a clue about what you’ve done?”

yourself!” She took out her phone and flung

photo was apparently shown. In the photo, Emma was drinking with a bunch of foreigners with a coquettish smile on her face.

photo was tagged with

photo. “What’s wrong, Miss Walker? Aren’t you the woman in the photo? But I really never expected

“Who let you spread

sure that these things are

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

skin, or I won’t let you get away with it. Didn’t Callum pass this on to

coquettish giggle, “Callum didn’t tell me that, of course. He knows my character

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