Chapter 8
In just a few short sentences, the whole room fell into a silence so deep that you could hear a pin drop.
Emma didn’t care what their reaction was, she helped her parents leave the hotel.
On the way, the carriage was extremely quiet, and the sound of breathing was clearly audible.
As they were about to get off, Brent and Cassandra sighed heavily and looked at their daughter with affection.
“Emma, did you know that they found out about their liking for Janet, so they insisted on canceling the marriage and marrying into the Lockwood family?”
“Yes, forced melons are not sweet. Although Samuel and I do not have such deep feelings, he is wholeheartedly focused on his career and definitely will not stray. We may not necessarily grow old together in love, but we can still treat each other with respect. For me, that is enough.”
When they heard her speak so confidently, Brent and Cassandra were both surprised.
“Do you really believe in Samuel like that?”
Emma nodded gently and comforted them softly.
“Yes, because I have investigated him.”
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The real reason, she did not tell her parents, buried in her heart.
In his past life, Samuel never married, nor was he ever rumored to be involved with anyone. Until his death, he remained a well–known and formidable figure in the business world.
So she believed that the step she took would definitely not go wrong.
After the farcical birthday banquet ended, Emma went back home and began to focus on packing up her things.
The wedding was held in New York. The day before the wedding, the Lockwood family sent several private planes to deliver the betrothal gifts and pick up the bride.
After finishing counting the luggage and dowry, Emma was about to go to the airport when she received a message.
It was an address sent by Isaac, asking her to come over now. They wanted to have a chat with him.
She checked the time and saw that there were still four or five hours before takeoff, so she agreed.
When she arrived at the private room and pushed open the door, three gloomy gazes fell on her.
They didn’t speak, and Emma remained silent as well.
Ten minutes later, Isaac finally took a sip of wine and spoke in a deep voice.
“Emma, yesterday we caused a scene at the birthday banquet, we are sorry for that, but it was a matter of life and death, we couldn’t just stand by and watch Janet die, we had to inconvenience you.”
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“You are not the first to treat me unfairly. I don’t need your apology, and you don’t need to apologize.”
Emma’s cold attitude made the three of them even more uncomfortable, and both Anthony and Mateo’s tones became more urgent.
“The incident has already happened. It’s no use getting angry and saying these things again. Now, the elders of several families are angry, but Janet is innocent and should not be implicated. You have always been good at pleasing the elders since you were young. As long as you act cute and coax them a little, they will definitely calm down.”
“As long as you go and coax a few elders, asking them not to target Janet, no matter who you choose among us, that person will take good care of you, love you for a lifetime, okay?”
Originally, this time I found her, it was still to protect Janet.
Emma felt exhausted, “No need, after you left yesterday, I had already announced publicly…”
Before she could finish speaking, Isaac interrupted her.
“What was announced? Who did you choose?”
Her gaze flickered between them, but in the end, she didn’t say directly. She only said, “The marriage tokens sent by the three major families back then, I have already handed them to the courier. They will be delivered to you tomorrow.”
After listening to her words, all three of them thought she had returned two of them, and they wanted to continue asking who she had ultimately chosen, when the hospital called.
“Mr. Thompson, Mr. Vegara, Mr. Vanderpool, and Ms. Jameson have woken up and are now insisting on going to the rooftop!”
Upon hearing the news, the three people’s faces changed suddenly, and they grabbed their coats and were about to leave.
Watching their backs, Emma called out to them for the first and last time.
“Before you leave, can you all say, ‘Congratulations on your wedding‘ to me together?”
For some reason, when they heard this sentence, Isaac, Anthony, and Mateo suddenly felt a strong sense of unease.
The three of them all hesitated to ask her why she wanted them to say that sentence.
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They were about to say it, they looked at each other and said in unison, “Congratulations on your wedding.”
As soon as the conversation ended, the hospital’s phone rang again.
They did not linger any longer and left straight away.
Emma did not try to stop them anymore. She watched their car drive away and then she went back home.
He deleted their contact information, then picked up his luggage and boarded the helicopter arranged by the Lockwood family.
In this lifetime, she didn’t choose any of the three.
Instead, she chose to embark on her own brand new life…
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