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.

he felt too awkward to go downstairs and bother Veda.

if she's okay,"

you don't tell me, I'll go to the police station tomorrow to get to the bottom of this.

anger, Emily couldn't help

said men only acted like that around women they liked. Could it

even thinking it. She

you laughing at?" Michael asked, clearly attuned to her every

There

get some sleep. By the way, I can't be your secretary for the

haven't dealt with yet. I can handle it. You focus on

PR issues. The Smith family had been under siege lately. But Michael seemed

this fast-paced world, one day, you could be a high and mighty heiress and,

a couple might be on the brink of breaking up, and tomorrow they could be teaming up for the family business, moving forward

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 fall back on, making her the most confident and

a woman like that. She believed that one day

it was almost one o'clock. Dragging her tired body, Emily headed to the bathroom. She didn't care anymore whether she slept

finalizing the divorce, they were still

to 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: [I'm in the guest room,

a wave of warmth envelop her. She curled up, closed her eyes, and soon fell into a

busy comforting Veda, taking care

Emily learned the major shareholders had gone to Smith 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 should go