Chapter 3
Emma responded icily, “Sure, Layla is just some twenty–something kid preaching about the law to the cops just now, and now you’re ready to bend it?”
Her biting words caused her usually silent father, Mateo Wilson, to frown deeply.
ust killed me by messing up my meds. How come you were
Mateo scolded, “Emma, is that any way to speak to your elders? Where are your manners?”
“One abandoned in the wild since birth should just be thankful for a full belly, let alone manners. You’re asking if I have any? Did you ever
bother to teach me?” Emma snapped back.
Mateo, infuriated to the point of nearly having a stroke, raised his hand to strike her but was restrained by Emma’s Grandma Zoe Wilson,
because, after all, Emma was still useful to them.
“Enough! Since she’s okay, let’s just go home and stop making a scene,” Zoe commanded harshly, but with a disdainful glance at Emma, she thought, ‘This crude girl still has her uses. Can’t afford to pick fights with money.’
This reminder refocused the Wilsons on the real reason they had brought Emma back.
Soon, they headed back to the villa.
Emma knew exactly what was on their minds. In her previous life, the Wilson family’s finances were a mess at this point, and they hoped to solve it through a marriage alliance with Liam, a man rumored to have a disability and an unpredictable mood.
Mateo and Grandma were gunning for this marriage, but Nora and Aria feared Emma becoming Mrs. Hall might bite them in the ass. So, they schemed to ruin Emma’s reputation, hoping to set Aria up as the bride instead.
But back then, Liam only had eyes for Emma, completely ignoring Aria.
Just thinking “Liam Hall” stabbed at Emma’s heart.
She had rejected the marriage before, seeing it as nothing more than a transaction, particularly after the scandal where she was framed for seducing a doctor.
After Liam’s parents pulled their support for the marriage, she had left the Wilson family to join a mysterious organization, later to be
deceived and manipulated by the relentless Elijah.
Little did she know, Liam was the one who truly cared. Elijah, with all his schemes, turned out to be the real fucking nightmare.
As Emma was caught in her memories, Zoe suddenly switched her approach and started plotting.
“Emma, though we’ve been estranged for years, you’re still a Wilson. Our family is in trouble, and you can’t just turn your back on us, right?” Zoe said, feigning concern.
Emma leaned back on the sofa with a wry smile, already used to her family’s bullshit. She listened quietly, waiting to hear more.
“Ah, Liam Hall, the eldest son of the prestigious Hall family, just lost his legs in an accident. But damn, he’s still a catch–handsome and super capable. Most importantly, he’s the Hall family’s heir!” Zoe’s eyes sparkled as she raved about the Hall family. “The Hall family? They make our Wilsons look like peanuts! You, raised in the sticks and hardly educated–landing a guy like him would be the break of a lifetime! We’ll even give you 40 thousand dollars as a gift. Just imagine how thrilled you’ll be!”
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