Filed To Story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
Before Elodie could respond, Emma had already hung up the phone. As she put down the phone, her eyes looked obviously upset.
It wasn’t her choice to be born into the Miller Family. Wasn’t it enough that she had mentally tortured herself over it for so many years? How much further did the Miller Family want to push her?
“Emma…”
“I’m fine,” Emma looked at Xiner and revealed a comforting smile. The rain outside further lowered Emma’s mood. But, as soon as she thought of Eric, her emotions stabilized. In fact, she felt a sense of warmth sweep over her body.
Once upon a time, in order to hide from the Miller Family and to take care of Nathan, she had been willing to give up on the career that she loved so much. At that time, she was happy to move behind the scenes and become a supportive wife and loving mother. But now, she felt, only standing in the most dazzling position, would she match Eric’s grandeur.
So, she would never retreat because of the Miller Family again.
“Emma, someone is knocking on the door. It must be Boss. I’ll go open it.”
“OK,” Emma smiled.
However, to her surprise, the person to appear at the doorway holding a black umbrella, was Elder Miller’s assistant, “Miss Emma, the chairman wants to see you. He is in the car downstairs.”
Emma glanced at Xiner. Although her emotions were complex, she couldn’t find a reason to reject her grandfather – especially since he was already downstairs.
Emma gestured for Xiner not to follow her and mouthed instructions for her to call Eric. Xiner nodded her head. As soon as Emma left she immediately pulled out her phone and called Eric.
“Hello Boss, the Miller Family have come to look for Emma!”
Eric was already on his way to look for Emma, so as soon as he heard Xiner’s words, he immediately sped up his car…
Downstairs…
The assistant held onto his umbrella as he escorted Emma to a black car that was stopped beneath a tree. Emma looked through the window at the old man that sat inside and couldn’t help but sigh. She could no longer recall whether it had been 4 or 5 years since they last saw each other…
“Miss Miller, please…” the assistant opened the car door and gestured for her to step inside.
Emma hesitated for a moment, but still ended up stepping aboard. This meeting was so sudden, she hadn’t even changed out of her costume yet.
Elder Miller had an honorable presence to him. He sat up straight and turned to look at Emma as he smirked, “Is this how shameful you are these days?”
“Grandfather, have you come because of the news articles?” Emma ignored his question and asked. “If you have, I can assure you that I will deal with it myself. There was no need for you to come all the way here.”
“Hmmph,” Elder Miller grunted. “You sure are stubborn. It’s already been 9 years! Don’t you miss your mother and grandfather at all?”
“Since you had the courage to walk out. Why couldn’t you put up with a little bit of scorn and contempt from your siblings?”
“You’re overthinking the situation. I left the Miller Family simply because I wanted to pursue a career in entertainment,” Emma denied. “I have no interest in perfume.”
“But you were born with natural talent.”
Emma fell silent.
However, the atmosphere in the car turned so icy cold, it made it hard for one to breathe.
“If you want me to forgive you, I want you to break all ties with the entertainment industry, break up with the rascal from the Roberts Family, and return to the Miller Family.”
Emma remained silent for a few moments before replying, “I am good the way I am right now.”
“What’s so good? You get trodden over by r*bbish news every single day. If you want glory, can’t grandfather give it to you?”
“No you can’t,” Emma replied straightforwardly, “If I return to the Miller Family, I won’t be able to eat nor sleep. I will feel guilty every single day that I use the Miller Family’s money, because I feel like it is stolen and snatched from someone else. It will drive me crazy! Grandfather, can’t you just set me free?”
“Are you that disgusted by the Miller Family?” anger began to show on Elder Miller’s face. “So disgusted that you can’t stay for even a second?”
“Yes.”
“What has that Roberts rascal offered you?”
“He has given me everything I was missing. Thing’s that grandfather can never give me,” Emma said in a choked up voice.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Dignity,” Emma laughed at herself. “Grandfather, I know it is impossible for you to disregard the rest of the family for my sake.”
“Do you feel a lack of dignity being born into the Miller Family?” Elder Miller was slightly shocked as his hands began to tremble.
“I’m sure you are well aware whether I have any dignity. Must you ask the obvious?”
“Do as you please! If one day, you decide to return to the Miller Family, you better clean up all ties with the entertainment industry. I will never accept a grandson-in-law involved with entertainment, regardless of how capable he is.” Elder Miller gave up trying to convince his granddaughter. When it came to personality traits, apart from a natural talent in everything they did, stubbornness was something the grandfather and granddaughter shared.
“In that case, I don’t think there will ever be a place in the Miller Family for me…”
“Emma, a few years ago you suffered so much because of Nathan and was even kicked out of the Miller Family. Look what happened in the end,” Elder Miller’s eyes turned red, “This time, because of a man again…”
“He’s different.”
“What if I insist that you give up on him?”
“I won’t be able to do it. Even if I have to die, I wouldn’t be able to do it. I can give up on anything, but when it comes to Eric, no one can take him away from me. Not even you, grandfather.” As Emma spoke, her voice was firm and the words flowed out of her mouth quickly, not allowing Elder Miller to cut in.
After quite some time, Elder Miller finally found his voice again, “If you had to choose bet**en me and him?”
“I don’t need the empty Miller Family, I just need him.”
Naturally, the grandfather and granddaughter were destined to separate on bad terms.
They simply had different opinions.
Elder Miller loved Emma, but his love came with a price.
Emma was naturally shooed out of the car. After the black car drove away, Emma spotted Eric standing not too far away holding an umbrella, waiting patiently for her.
Emma’s tears uncontrollably flowed from her eyes. Seeing this, Eric immediately removed his jacket and wr*pped her up in it, pulling her tightly into his embrace.
“It’s fine…everything is fine. You have me.”
Emma held onto Eric with all her might. It wasn’t until she was forced to make a choice did she realize that Eric was more important to her than anything in her life.
“Eric…”
“Yes?”
“Do you know how important you are to me?” Emma asked amongst the rain.
“I know,” Eric replied in a deep voice as he k**sed her on the head. “But, you must remember, I will always love you a little more than you love me.”
Emma buried her head into Eric’s embrace as her tears fell upon his sweater. The couple stood in the rain for quite some time before Eric finally said, “Let’s return to the hotel. You can tell me everything your grandfather said to you.”
“Ok,” Emma nodded her head.
Eric hooked his arm around Emma as they returned to the hotel. He felt a surge of emotions; who did the old man think he was bullying?
Even if it was someone from the Miller Family; even if it was an elder; as long as they made Emma unhappy, he wasn’t going to let it pass!
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