The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 72 "Lucky" Destroyed

Sophia waved her hand, and a few of her friends walked over, each giving Emily a look that screamed disdain.

Emily's brows knitted together as she eyed them warily. "What do you want?"

Sophia smirked, "Emily, these people are wary of you because you're Mrs. Smith of the Smith Family, but do you think I care? Don't kid yourself. Do you even know how Michael sees you?"

She turned to her friends and commanded, "Hold her down. Today, she's gonna kneel before me whether she likes it or not. You want 'Lucky,' right? Kneel, and it's yours."

Emily saw their smug faces and felt a wave of panic, but she didn't let it show. She wasn't a pushover anymore.

Taking a step back, Emily glared at them. "Sophia, this is illegal. Remember the cold storage incident? If you touch me today, Michael won't let it slide. No matter what my relationship with Michael is, if you lay a finger on me, you're disrespecting him. Think it through." Her last words were aimed at Sophia's friends.

felt a pang of despair, finding herself ridiculous. She hated Michael's coldness but couldn't leave his protection. It was like two little voices in her head, one calling her a hypocrite, the other urging her to use Michael's status. The inner conflict was driving her

warning, but her friends looked uneasy and whispered,

he won't care about her. Hold her down; I want her to kneel." She signaled two girls to grab Emily's shoulders. Emily tried to shake them off but was careful not to harm the baby in her belly. She was forced step by step into the corner behind the

attention drifted away from them. Though wary of Emily as the Smith Family's hostess, no one stepped in to help. They didn't want to get involved in this mess between

"Lucky" today, she couldn't let herself get hurt.

her eyes gleaming with malicious intent. "Emily, today you're gonna taste humiliation

couldn't shake the memory of the night Michael threw up on her, a humiliation she still hadn't come to terms with. She wanted to take it all out

was momentarily stunned, and the girls took advantage, pressing her down. Tears welled up in Emily's eyes, but she refused

trickle from the corner of her

is for the slap you gave me in the office yesterday,"

on the ground, but she didn't kneel. Her eyes were cold, like a sharp blade in the night, staring straight at Sophia. "Don't think you can always do as you please. The pain you inflict on me today, I will return tenfold. I will personally destroy everything you've achieved and watch

out "Lucky" and toyed with it. "You want this