Emma looked at the ointment on the table and her heart was filled with mixed feelings. She really did not want to accept Yoseph’s kindness, but there were some things that could not be removed after she said no.
Today at Helena’s place, if it was not for Yoseph helping her, Helena might have made things even more difficult for her.
Furthermore, in order to help her, Yoseph even hit Helena, causing Helena to be like a crazy tigress, baring her fangs and brandishing her claws, wanting to reveal his most shameful secret.
Emma’s heart tightened for no reason. She could not imagine that if Helena really spread the news that she was the illegitimate daughter of Wolfleim Family because of her, wouldn’t the secret that Yoseph was trying his best to protect be exposed?
It was her fault. How would she settle it?
Her face was still swollen and painful. Emma unscrewed the ointment and squeezed out some cool medicine powder on her finger. She took out a small mirror and applied it on her face.
At this time, she suddenly missed Archie. If he was by her side, it would be good. She was hurt and could find a hug to comfort herself.
However, this was only her wishful thinking. Archie had to stay with Grandpa at this time. His health was not good, and he had suffered such a great stimulation. His physical condition must be even worse. Even if she wanted Archie to come back, she wouldn’t dare to call him.
Emma laughed bitterly at herself. It was better to be strong and endure it for the time being.
After applying the ointment on her face, the swelling disappeared a little. Emma knocked on Kevin’s office door.
“What’s wrong? Did you apply the ointment?” Kevin asked with a smile as he showed her concern as usual.
“Director Kevin, I don’t want to be in charge of Helena’s ceremonial dress anymore. You can change to another person to take over.” After being beaten up by her, Emma also did not want to take on her task anymore.
Kevin was slightly stunned and nodded. “I understand. I will call Helena to talk to her later.”
“Thank you Director Kevin. Then I will go to work.” Emma smiled and turned to leave.
Kevin stared at her figure and pondered. He did not know if it was his misconception, but he felt that Emma would be the darling of the future Civada.
Whether it was Archie or Yoseph, there would always be one who would spoil her to the heavens.
Therefore, although Emma and Archie’s wedding had collapsed and made the whole country know about it, it didn’t affect her position of love in Archie’s heart.
Kevin smiled. What was he thinking? Previously, he wanted to please Emma, but after spending some time with her, he realized that… This girl was actually someone worth being friends with. She had some special traits that made people feel at ease interacting with her.
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Minlan invited a group of upper-class ladies to have afternoon tea in the afternoon. In the upper-class circle of the wealthy, Minlan’s identity and status were very eye-catching. The current president’s wife was over 60 years old. She rarely chatted with this group of young and energetic middle-aged women. The president’s term of office was about to be changed. Dexon was currently very helpful in running for the next president. Everyone was naturally attracted to Minlan’s identity as the First Lady.
The location of the afternoon tea was chosen to be in a high-class leisure club.
Caroline, who had always been at the edge of the Wealthy Class, also received an invitation. She was overwhelmed by the favor and put on her best clothes. She carried the most expensive handbag and rushed over.
She stood beside the lady and tried to please her, but no one took her seriously. She felt a little awkward.
“Mrs. Quinsley, come here and sit!” Suddenly, a gentle voice called out her name, and she trembled.
Turning her head, she saw Minlan waving at her. Her face was filled with joy and she quickly walked over.
“Hello, Mrs. Sandford. Thank you for your invitation. I really feel very honored.” Caroline said with a doting smile on her face.
Minlan immediately showed her generosity and enthusiasm. Madam Caroline. You are really treating me as an outsider by saying that. We are all the same age, so we should spend more time together and have fun. What is there to be proud of?”
Caroline immediately smiled and said, “Mrs. Sandford is right.”
Caroline, who was originally not liked by the crowd, immediately attracted everyone’s attention. She had the feeling of a sparrow turning into a phoenix.
Minlan suddenly stood up and said to Caroline, “Accompany me to the balcony outside for a walk. It is a little stuffy here.”
Caroline immediately became very happy, “Okay!”
Under everyone’s gaze, Caroline even straightened her body and followed Minlan to the balcony to blow the wind.
Minlan hosting this gathering naturally had her intentions.
After inviting Caroline out alone, she pretended to be curious and asked, “Emma’s marriage with Archie caused such a disturbance. It really makes people feel shaken.”
Caroline was stunned and suddenly thought of something. She quickly said with some disdain, “Mrs. Sandford, this lass Emma is not compatible with Archie to begin with. I heard that your family’s daughter and Archie have been betrothed since they were young. If you ask me, ah. It is best if they can get a divorce. This way, he can be together with your daughter.”
If someone had said such things in front of Minlan in the past, she would feel very happy.
But today, her goal was not the marriage between Eldest Daughter and Archie. It was whether Emma was her little daughter or not.
“I think Emma is still pretty. Her father’s genes must also be very good.” Minlan casually said.
Caroline temporarily could not guess Minlan’s thoughts but she was also full of resentment towards that crazy sister-in-law. She took a child back and did not care about it. She had gone mad and was still dragging along a huge amount of medical fees. She often suspected that the person who dragged across the Quinsley Family was that madman.
“Her mother looks very ordinary. I don’t know what her father looks like.” Caroline replied with some sourness.
Minlan’s heart was startled. She turned her head and stared at her and asked, “Have you never seen Emma’s father?”
In order to gain Minlan’s favorable impression, Caroline naturally had to speak the truth. Shaking her head, she said somewhat disdainfully, “When she was born back then, it was my sister-in-law carried it back alone. At that time, she had some mental issues and we asked her a lot of questions. She couldn’t answer us, so I naturally didn’t know where his father was.”
When Minlan heard this, she felt her heart tighten but she did not dare to show too much excitement. She could only pretend to be very curious and asked, “When was Emma carried back?”
“It was winter and it was very cold. It was still snowing and Emma was wrapped with a small blanket. My sister-in-law was not in a good mood at that time. The child’s face was so cold that it turned purple. She did not even feed her a mouthful of milk. If it was not for my mother-in-law…” Caroline said up to this point. Glancing at Minlan’s expression, she saw that her expression was tense. She quickly shut her mouth, “Aiya, look at what I am saying. This is already an old matter. It’s fine if I don’t mention it.”
“No, can you say more? I want to hear it!” Minlan quickly looked at her as if begging.
Caroline was stunned but she did not dare to make Minlan unhappy. She could only continue, “My mother-in-law has always doted on little sister-in-law and the daughter she brought back. Naturally, she also did her best to take care of her daughter. That winter. I even personally bathed Emma. You don’t know how careless my sister-in-law was. The newborn child had such a long wound on his back. Blood was still flowing. To be honest, I’m also a mother, so I’m quite pitiful.”
When Minlan heard her mention the wound, her entire body froze like a statue. Tears instantly welled up in her eyes.
Caroline still wanted to continue but when she saw her pale face, she immediately asked out of concern, “Mrs. Sandford, are you alright? Did I say something wrong?”
“No, you continue to say, don’t care about me!” Minlan turned her back and endured the soreness in her eyes as her heart was in turmoil.
Yes, that was her daughter. It must be.
“Actually, now that I think about it, Emma was quite cute when she was young. She was sensible and obedient. If it wasn’t for her snatching away my daughter’s happiness, I wouldn’t have such a deep hatred towards her.” Caroline also fell into her own sorrow but very quickly. She reacted and quickly reached out to slap her own mouth. “Mrs. Sandford. Look, I’m talking nonsense again. Young Master Archie is the fiancé of your daughter. My daughter didn’t want to date him on purpose back then. You won’t blame me, right?”
Minlan did not listen to her talk about her daughter at all. When she turned her head around, her eyes were still red.
“Let’s go in. The wind is strong here. My eyes are filled with sand.” Minlan rubbed her eyes and suppressed the churning in her heart. She already had an answer in her heart. Yes, Emma was her lost little daughter.
Minlan was no longer in the mood to drink tea and chat with these people. She stood up, took the bag and left first.
Caroline was originally not welcomed by this group of noble ladies. Ever since Minlan found her to chat alone with her, she immediately found a sense of existence.
Minlan sat in the car and ordered the driver to drive to the entrance of the Civada International.
“My daughter… Mommy finally found you. I knew it. I will definitely find you. You were born after I went through so much hardship. I will not leave you.” Minlan kept thinking in her heart as tears rolled down her face.
When they reached the Civada International, Minlan got out of the car. She did not know why she came here but she just wanted to see Emma, even if it was very far away.
Minlan had previously asked about Emma’s work in the Design Department. Thus, she directly took the elevator to the design department.
Standing outside the glass door of the Design Department, she looked inside anxiously.
Suddenly, in her eyes, an elegant and pretty figure flashed past.
Emma was sitting on a chair and chatting with her colleagues about work. She held a pen in her hand and knocked on her face from time to time. She looked like she was thinking about something. After a while, she leaned over and drew on the paper.
Minlan laughed inexplicably. The Emma that she wanted to strangle in the past was actually her little daughter. This kind of reverse plot, when she accepted it, it was actually a little strange. Perhaps she really wanted her little daughter to go crazy thinking about it.