The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 260

Chapter 260

“Emily, are you still at the Bennett residence?” Austin asked over the phone. His voice sounded rather serious through the

line.

Emily couldn’t shake off a bad feeling and replied, “Yeah, I’m still here. What’s wrong?”

Austin paused for a moment before saying, “You should stick close to Charles for now. Don’t let him get online, and make sure he doesn’t hear any rumors.”

Hearing how serious he sounded, Emily felt her heart clench. “What happened?”

Austin knew just how much Charles meant to Emily, and for a moment, he didn’t know how to break it to her.

After hesitating, he finally said, “Do you remember that guy we caught taking pictures outside Charles’s hospital room? He actually wasn’t sent by Yvonne. The one pulling the strings behind him is someone named Cale.”

about that man and wanted to look

his attention had been on helping Emily deal with Jeremy and handling some other secret matters, so he

heard the name Cale before, and every single time, it was always connected to Lydia. Her voice grew

take a bunch of photos of you and Charles from misleading angles, and now they’re spreading rumors about

furious roar suddenly erupted from behind,

around and saw Gale storming in, his face dark with rage. Andrew followed close behind, his

too angry to care about appearances, bellowed, “Where’s

and restraint. The only times

was so tight her knuckles turned white, and a flash of murderous

you have a death wish, don’t you?’

was so loud that Austin could hear it

the couch, his voice filled with undisguised worry. “Emily, leave the

cutting him off. “I can

already faced the consequences of Gale’s