"Emma!"
Ethan's eyes widened in panic as he hurriedly caught up with her outside the coffee shop.
He stopped Emma and looked at her intently. "Come back with me."
Ethan didn't say anything else, but his tone was firm and serious, as if he would carry her away if she didn't agree.
Emma refused. "I'm not going."
Ethan frowned.
"Ethan, I'm not angry no matter what your mother says about me, but your attitude disappoints me. I was confused before, but I'm trying to change. You just don't want to give me any trust."
Emma looked at him, disappointed and low-spirited. "I don't want to see you for now."
After she finished speaking, she left without being stopped this time, and took a taxi directly to her grandfather's address.
It's better for both families to calm down after what happened.
Emma was calm, but life on Lily's side was not easy.
"Auntie--" She suppressed her anxiety and tried to say something to salvage her image, but before she could finish her sentence, she saw Evelyn raise her arm.
"Smack!"
With a crisp sound, Lily's delicate face immediately swelled up.
In front of so many people in the coffee shop, Lily was almost crying with grievance. "Auntie!"
"Don't call me auntie.
Evelyn's face was extremely ugly, and she gave Lily a cold glance before turning and leaving.
Lily was taken aback and quickly followed after Evelyn. Evelyn had a bad temper, and if she didn't resolve this issue today, it would be even more difficult to explain in the future. However, as soon as she reached the door, she saw Ethan standing there, looking uncertain. Lily hesitated for a moment. Although Evelyn was important, the opportunity to be alone with Ethan was hard to come by. Thinking of this, Lily stopped in her tracks and said, "Ethan, where's Emma? She didn't leave again, did she? I can explain the recording. She must have misunderstood. I originally thought... oh?"
Before she could finish her sentence, Ethan had already left. Lily hurriedly caught up and stopped him. "Ethan, Emma is still angry with me. Can I..."
She was about to explain, but Ethan didn't even bother to listen and turned around to leave. Lily felt completely ignored and embarrassed. She turned to look at Mark, tears streaming down her face. "Lily, don't cry," Mark said, feeling sorry for her.
Lily lowered her head. "I'm sorry, mark. I didn't plan well and ended up dragging you into this. I didn't expect Emma to be so well-prepared."
Not only was Emma well-prepared, but she also turned the tables on her. Lily thought of Evelyn and Ethan's attitude just now and trembled with anger.
Mark thought she was crying like this, and wiped her tears for her, "It's not your fault. Emma is cunning. You didn't succeed this time, but you have to be careful of her in the future."
"I know, you have to be careful too."
Looking outside, he found that Ethan was gone, so he took the opportunity to take Lily away, "It's getting late, let's go somewhere else to talk."
It was already evening when Lily parted ways with Mark.
...
At the dinner table in the Thompson family.
Old Mr. Thompson kindly reminded Emma, "Emma ,you should eat more. You young girls are always thinking about losing weight. You're already as thin as a rake, and you still want to lose weight. This won't do!"
Emma smiled and said, "Don't worry, Grandpa. I won't be polite. I like the dishes here."
As soon as she finished speaking, the phone on the table rang, catching everyone's attention. Seeing the caller ID, Emma raised her eyebrows in a half-smile, while Emma acted quickly.
"What's up?"
Seeing her unusual expression, Old Thompson asked.
"My father's calling. I suppose he's back from his business trip."
Emma's smile didn't reach her eyes.
Of course, she knew that her father wouldn't call her for anything good. She casually answered and put the phone on speaker.
"Emma, where are you now? Come back right away! I raised you all these years, just to teach you to bully others and mess around outside? You don't even understand the company's affairs, but you dare to meddle..."
As soon as the call was connected, Emma father's angry voice echoed through the restaurant. Old Thompson face immediately darkened. Before Emma could respond, Old Thompson snatched the phone and scolded:
"smith! My granddaughter is not your target for discipline!"
Hearing that it was Old Thompson who answered the phone, Smith's arrogance immediately deflated. He said a few flattering words and hung up in a hurry.
However, before hanging up, he mentioned that Emma should return to the Smith family the next day.
Seeing Emma's cautious appearance and thinking about her father's attitude on the phone just now, Old Thompson could already imagine the difficult life she had in the Smith family. He sighed and said with pity, "If your mother were still alive..."
Emma interrupted Old Thompson's words, her eyes suddenly filled with a coldness.
Mr. Thompson's heart ached even more when he saw the pavilion. Now that he had lost his daughter, his only granddaughter could not be bullied by anyone. With this in mind, he patted Emma's shoulder and said firmly, "Emma, do whatever you want to do and don't worry about anything. Grandpa is here for you." Although he didn't care about the assets of the Smith family, they were rightfully his granddaughter's and should not fall into the hands of outsiders.
Emma's heart warmed at his words.
She wasn't alone, she was still the granddaughter of the Thompson family. As long as she didn't make the same mistakes as in her past life, mistaking Lily and Mark as good people, she would not fall into that situation again. "Grandpa, I'll listen to you. Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble and I'll be obedient." "Good," Mr. Thompson smiled and said, "You said you'll go back tomorrow, so rest here tonight. I've had your room cleaned up, go take a look upstairs later." "Okay, I trust that Grandpa's people will do the best for me." Emma praised him, making the old man smile.
She then went back to her room to sleep.
The next morning, Emma went to the Smith family villa, while Ethan went to the Thompson family mansion early in the morning, but found it empty.
"Is she not here?"
The Thompson family servant said, "Miss Emma had breakfast and went back to the Smith family. Mr. smith was urging her."
Ethan nodded slightly, a bad premonition rising in his heart.
He turned around immediately with a serious face and left.
After Emma returned home, she was immediately notified by the servant to go directly to the study.
The study was very quiet, and Smith's father was still looking at documents. Emma knocked on the door before entering and said, "Dad."
"You still know how to come back?"
smith's father looked up at her displeased, knocked on the table and ordered, "Return the contract!"
Emma was stunned, "Contract?"
"You don't understand anything. Why did you have to make trouble for Lily to get the land for you?"
Smith's father scolded, "I don't care about your usual mischief, but company matters are not that simple. There is no reason for you to intervene casually."
Emma finally realized what was going on. She felt a little amused and looked at her father, "So, Dad, you urged me to come back so quickly just for the land?"
Yesterday, when her father scolded her on the phone, Emma was not unhappy. But thinking about her past behavior and reputation, and her father's trust in Lily , Emma understood his misunderstanding.
But now, seeing her father directly asking her for the land, Emma still felt inexplicably aggrieved.