The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 147 Veda is Kidnapped

At the banquet, Penelope and Emily hit it off and even invited her to a jewelry auction in a few days. Emily, of course, was all in. They even swapped contact info right in front of everyone.

As the night wrapped up, Mabel couldn't stop gushing over Emily, holding her hand, while Michael stood by with a big grin.

Sophia, on the other hand, rolled her eyes, gritting her teeth in hatred.

And then, Sophia got some juicy gossip from the work group chat.

Emily had snagged Andrew's secretary gig. But what about Andrew? Sophia was baffled.

Wasn't it enough for Emily to stir up trouble at home? Now she had to strut her stuff at Smith Corporation too? It made Sophia feel even more insignificant.

Sophia thought about all the hard work she had put in to get where she was. And Emily, that bitch, got it all with just a few sweet words.

It felt like a heavy stone was pressing on her chest, her nails digging into her palms as if a monster inside her was dragging her into the abyss, her gaze turning icy. Suddenly, Sophia's phone rang. She was in no mood to be nice.

"What do you want? Just handle it, why are you bothering me? Afraid of her? There's no one in Smith Corporation or all of Emerald City that I, Sophia, wouldn't dare to mess with. Just do it, I'll deal with whatever comes!" With that, she hung up, gritting her teeth.

"What did you say?" Bryan had somehow appeared behind her. He had just sent Jessica away and returned, but he hadn't caught Sophia's whole conversation. Still, the threatening tone at the end piqued his interest. Now that the banquet was over, there were still guests happily chatting, yet here was Sophia, hiding in a corner, plotting something. She was definitely a piece of work.

Sophia was clearly startled by Bryan. She quickly turned around, adopting a defensive stance. "What did you hear?"

Bryan couldn't help but chuckle coldly. He put his hands in his pockets and didn't answer her.

As he walked past, he left her with a parting shot. "If you don't want people to know, don't do it."

but after thinking it over, what did it matter if

thought highly of her, so what? She had already done what she needed to do,

a cold,

struggle hundreds of times, but her hands and feet were still tightly bound, and her eyes were covered with a black cloth. So from the beginning, Veda didn't know where she was, only able to discern through

and someone slowly approached her, breathing heavily, each step seemingly piercing her

until the person

man said, "The call said

her fear any longer and started crying

any of it. He grabbed her hair and

hands and feet got scraped up, and her knees felt like

invincible. "Why are you

of despair. She couldn't help but think, 'If there's some kind of regret pill, I'd tell myself to never have run away from the hospital, to

if she was still in the hospital, she could be

hadn't eaten in days. The guy had only given her a few crackers and sips of water

used to be a rich girl! Now she had to endure

made Veda feel even

dare cry out loud, so she sobbed

Veda stopped moving.

laughed mockingly. "In this world, what's the use of money? Aren't you still being manipulated and toyed with? In the end, it's all about

word made Veda

money did she have now? Michael had cut off all

while, the guy seemed to go

was the first time Veda heard him contact the

probably thinking she was out

to be unconscious, carefully listening to