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."

Bryan had started eavesdropping, but

Smith family, the Watson family, the Carter family... none of them thought highly of her, so

cold, secluded

She had tried to struggle hundreds of times, but her hands and feet were still tightly bound, and her eyes were covered with

heard the door open, and someone slowly approached her, breathing heavily,

this time, Veda's mind went blank until the

said, "The call said they

hold back her fear any longer and

grabbed her hair and dragged her somewhere else, showing no

hands and feet got scraped up, and her

still wasn't satisfied. He had his orders and felt invincible. "Why are you screaming? Even if you

a wave of despair. She couldn't help but think, 'If there's some kind of regret pill, I'd tell myself

was still in the hospital, she could be sipping on some of Emily's soup

given her a few crackers

girl! Now she had to endure

about it made Veda

so she sobbed quietly

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 power. Ms. Smith, don't blame me for being ruthless. If you paid me more than they did, I'd work for

made Veda grit

have now? Michael

a while, the guy seemed to go make

Veda heard him contact the outside world; he usually did it behind her

didn't, probably thinking she

decided to keep pretending to be unconscious, carefully listening to the