“Hey, b*tch, don’t play dead!”
Wendy’s face darkened when Emily fainted. She had only tugged at her hand, and she had fainted?
“B*tch, get up!” Wendy stretched out her leg and aimed a kick at Emily’s leg. Still, there was no response. Wendy could not believe it. She lifted her sharp high heels and slammed it down on Emily’s legs. Finally, Emily responded with a groan.
“B*tch, you are only pretending! Get up, or else I will kill you!”
Wendy stepped on her other foot. Emily finally opened her eyes. She could feel the pain on her leg, it was hot, and it had stung! It was so painful that her stomach twitched. Suddenly, she turned to her side and retched. Wendy thought she was acting, and she could not bear with it.
She sneered at Emily. “Eldest Young Master Jackson and Grandfather are not here. What’s with the act?”
Emily had blacked out, but she gained consciousness pretty quickly.
“B*tch…”
“If you dare to mess with me again, I will scream.”
Emily glared at her. She let out a deep breath and struggled to get up. Her leg had hurt, and it felt like it was wounded. Wendy wanted to continue to kick her, but she would not be spared if the b*tch cried for help. She wondered about Emily’s phone call as she looked as if she was in despair after that. Wendy was curious if it had anything to do with her.
She was not in the mood to entertain Wendy. She could not believe that everything was only her wishful thinking. What did she expect? No, Old Master Gale was not her grandfather. Wendy was their granddaughter. Emily was a nobody who wanted to snatch someone else’s family.
Emily turned and left. Wendy wanted to chase after her, but Emily’s distraught appearance demotivated her. Eldest Young Master Jackson was still in the hall. It was rare that he was so gentle with her, so she could not wait to immediately return to him.
Wendy took out her phone and dialed a number while no one paid her any attention.
“Emily is here in City L. She’s now at the Gale’s mansion. You guys will need to think of a way to deal with her. I’m afraid that this thing won’t stay covered for long now.”
“If there is no other way, maybe just… kill her?”
…
Emily walked toward the lake and sat under the shade of a tree. She stared into the lake; she felt muddle-headed. She did not know what she was thinking. She looked at the calm surface of the lake in a daze. She was not sure how long she thought about her dilemma before she sighed and pulled herself up. Since it was just a mistake, then there was no need for her to prove anything.
Wendy was Old Master Gale’s granddaughter. Even though she did not like the evil woman, at least she had not lied to the old master. That was what she wanted to know; there was no need for her to ponder about the matter further.
Just as she turned to walk toward the main house, a sudden stomach discomfort gripped her heart. Emily covered her mouth and tried to endure it, but she still retched by the tree trunk. How uncomfortable! She wondered why the nausea was so familiar.
“What’s wrong with you?”
A woman came up from her behind and patted her on the back.
Emily felt better after some time and looked at the woman. “Thank… you.”
The woman stared at her face, and she was startled.
“You…” How could that happen? She seemed to… seemed to have seen someone that she had known for years!
Lottie shook her head gently, and then looked at Emily again. The other party was only a young girl around 18 or 19 years old. She was so young that she could not have been the friend that she had once known. Besides, the friend was long gone.
“You… know me?” Emily gently covered her chest with her palm. She had felt much better.
Lottie shook her head. As the general manager of Gale Corporation, she was accustomed to hiding what was on her mind. She no longer looked shocked.
She asked, “What’s the matter with you? Are you pregnant?”
Pregnant?! Emily turned pale.
“No, it’s nothing like that!” She shook her head, violently. Her reaction was a strange one.
Lottie narrowed her eyes and studied her face carefully. She was sure that there was no such a maid in the Gale’s mansion. She would never forget a face.
“Who are you? Why are you at our house? Are you our guest?”
“I am here with Eldest Young Master Jackson.” Emily had yet to recover from the shock and fear brought by the word ‘pregnant’.
“Eldest Young Master Jackson? Do you mean Eldest Young Master Jackson from Bentson?”
Lottie heard that he would be at the banquet, so she did not expect him to have arrived that day.
“Where is he? I would like to meet him.”
She looked at Emily again, still a little puzzled. “You… are his girlfriend?”
“No!” She denied the statement much faster than the pregnancy speculation as if she was afraid that the other party would have some kind of misunderstanding. When she realized that she had overreacted, Emily smiled at her to ease the embarrassment.
“I am here to see my sister.”
“Your sister?”
“Wendy.”
When Lottie and Emily entered the hall together, Hunter was chatting with the old master and Joseph. Wendy sat next to him. Even though there was a slight distance between the two, it was not difficult to see that they had an unusual relationship.
“So, I see that Eldest Young Master Jackson is really here.”
Lottie glanced at Wendy, and then looked back at Emily. Then, she wore a habitual smile that was reserved for the public and walked toward Hunter.
“I heard Joseph said that Eldest Young Master Jackson would be here for a visit, but I didn’t expect you to come today. I haven’t had time to prepare for a feast. Please accept my apology.”
“Eldest Madam Gale is too kind.” Hunter stood up and shook hands with Lottie.
The man married Lottie did not carry the surname Gale, but because it was an uxorilocal marriage, the older ladies were generally addressed as Madam Gale, and the younger ones were called Miss Gale.
Lottie smiled politely at him. “Eldest Young Master Jackson, please have a seat.”
The two took their seat, and Lottie sat beside Joseph.
When the old master saw that Emily had returned, he turned to her and said, “Emily, come and sit here with Grandfather.”
Wendy glared at Emily fiercely, but she could not say much with so many people present.
She could only bury her hatred in her heart. Emily was as docile as always. She sat down beside the old master and said nothing.
Lottie looked at Wendy and Hunter, and she looked as though she was absorbed in some thoughts.
“Wendy, are you close with Eldest Young Master Jackson?”