The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 153 The Smith Family's Unending Troubles

As soon as Emily walked in, she nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw Michael.

There he was, standing by the door with a face like someone owed him a couple million bucks.

"You scared the crap out of me! What are you doing?" Emily blurted out.

Even though she was griping at him, her eyes instinctively went to Michael's wound. It looked pretty gnarly.

When the thug was about to stab Veda, Michael had charged in like a bat out of hell, grabbed the guy, and wrestled the knife away.

Emily had caught up just in time to see the blade slice across Michael's arm, leaving a nasty gash.

"Are you okay?" she asked softly, her voice full of concern.

But Michael misheard her and thought she said, "Are you nuts?" He replied, "Emily, you're the one who's nuts."

Emily rolled her eyes. She didn't even bother responding; she just checked his wound to make sure it wasn't too bad, then headed back to bed, stretching her neck and taking a deep breath. Michael trailed after her. "How's Veda?"

Emily had the patience for everyone except Michael. "Why are you asking me? She's just downstairs. Go check yourself."

Michael wanted to, but Veda hadn't said a word to him the whole way back, clinging to Emily. It made Daniel furious, but Michael found it oddly satisfying.

the situation, though, he felt too awkward to go downstairs and bother

tell me if she's okay,"

tell me, I'll go to the police station tomorrow to get to the bottom of this. That thug needs to explain

anger, Emily couldn't

and unstable? They said men only acted like that around women

at herself for even thinking it.

Michael asked, clearly

decided to call it a night. There was a lot

the way, I can't be

"The company's not too busy right now. It's just the public opinion stuff we haven't dealt with yet. I can handle it. You focus on home and Veda... I'll leave her to

issues. The Smith family had been under siege lately. But

world, one day, you could be a high and mighty heiress and, the next, a

breaking up, and tomorrow they could be teaming up for the

laugh. She thought of Penelope, the most stunning woman she had ever seen. No matter how the world changed or where her kids were, Penelope always had her career

to become a woman like that. She believed that one day she would

o'clock. Dragging her tired body, Emily headed to the bathroom. She didn't care anymore

all, without finalizing the divorce, they were still technically

her surprise, when she finished her bath and came out, Michael was already gone. His pillow was missing too. He even left a note on the bed:

smile. She lifted the quilt and lay down, feeling a wave of warmth envelop her. She curled up, closed her eyes, and soon fell

She was busy comforting Veda, taking care of

Corporation again. This time, they weren't there to oust the president but to lecture Michael, piling on the pressure and making his work a mess. Hearing this, Emily couldn't help but feel sorry for Michael. She felt she