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“Lisa…”
“My grandfather is calling me…Emma, I will go take care of him,” Lisa no longer dared to act cool in front of Emma; she knew how observant she was.
Emma tightened her grip on her phone and nodded as she replied, “Have a good rest.”
Lisa hung up as she collapsed on the floor in exhaustion.
It seemed dealing with Xanthe didn’t even take this much energy.
Lisa had considered telling Emma everything straight away. But apart from dragging her into this mess, she couldn’t think what benefit could come from it.
All along, Emma had already suffered too much. If she was to tell Emma about this incident, then Emma and Xanthe definitely wouldn’t let the matter go.
She would think of a way to save her grandfather. But, Xanthe shouldn’t dream of hurting Emma!
Especially not via using her!
…
Emma dropped her arms to her sides as she stood in deep thought beside the window. She didn’t know if she was thinking too much into it, but she felt Lisa’s mood was a little different than usual.
Behind her, Eric approached with a jacket. After placing the jacket on her shoulder he pulled her into his embrace.
Emma leaned against his comforting ch*st as she looked up at Eric, “Eric…can we get Luke to check on Lisa? I feel like something’s wrong.”
In reality, Luke didn’t have a lot of free time, but Eric simply lowered his head and placed a k**s on Emma’s forehead. If his wife had a request, he would definitely satisfy it. So, he immediately pulled out his phone and gave Luke a call; setting a special mission for someone that was already off the clock.
…
Luke didn’t dare to delay. Even though he had already finished work, he still drove directly over to Lisa’s home.
Although barging into a woman’s home after dark wasn’t very proper, in order to reassure Emma, Luke walked up the stairs and rang Lisa’s doorbell.
Lisa didn’t expect a guest. She quickly wiped her tears and asked who was outside.
Luke gave his reason for coming. At this time, Lisa felt her heart warm up but she still did not open the door, “You can head back, I’m fine, I’ve already gone to sleep.”
Luke nodded and did not continue to intrude. But, Eric was adamant that he had to see her, so Luke stood guard outside Lisa’s front door all night. It was not until the next morning when Lisa went to leave the house as usual that she discovered Luke standing outside; she was shocked.
“It’s cold outside, how come you haven’t returned home?”
Luke r*bbed his hands together and smiled, “I slept in the car and only just came up.”
Seeing Luke’s nose had turned red from the cold, Lisa quickly let him into the house, “At least warm up a bit.”
Luke entered Lisa’s home, his voice was full of doubt, “Didn’t you say your grandfather was visiting? Where is he?”
Lisa was dumbfounded for a moment before responding calmly, “At the hotel…”
“Are you facing some kind of difficulty?” Luke looked around; this was where Emma used to live. It was big enough to fit an entire family, how could Lisa have asked her grandfather to stay in a hotel?
Plus, Lisa’s eyes were swollen to the size of walnuts. This was obviously the result of crying all night.
“No…”
“Even if you don’t say it, I can get the president to investigate it…”
“No need,” Lisa tugged on Luke and let go quickly as she took a couple steps back, “You don’t need to alarm too many people over this matter.”
“Then, tell me about it,” Luke sat down on the living room sofa.
In reality, Lisa could not be blamed for not being able to keep secrets. According to her personality, even if the sky was to fall down, she would simply scream a few times; there was no way she’d look as gloomy as she did now. So, especially with her fake smile, it was hard not suspect something was wrong.
“I’m…being blackmailed.”
“What?” Luke gasped.
Lisa lowered her head before telling Luke the entire story. But, from beginning to end she stressed one thing, “Don’t tell Emma, don’t affect her decision to go on A-List Chats. We can’t let Xanthe get what she wants, or else, she will think she can satisfy her motives by doing things like this.”
“In the future, she will become even worse!”
“But you can’t just endure like an idiot…”
“Xanthe wants to plot against Emma. If I don’t pretend to compromise with her, she will think of other ways. Rather than that, I might as well beat her at her own game.”
“But, what are you going to do? And what about your grandfather?” Luke loosened his tie; he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
There were plenty of people like Xanthe in this world. And of course, there were also people like Lisa that would rather suffer themselves.
How silly!
Luke was slightly upset.
“When the time is right…I will call the police!”
“I will send someone to investigate where they are keeping your grandfather and try to ensure his safety. If I get the chance, I will definitely get him out of there!” Luke promised.
From her own perspective, Lisa felt her consideration for Emma was the right thing to do.
If she was to tell Emma, it would amplify the situation and would possibly lead to Xanthe using even more extreme measures.
However, if she was to do as Xanthe said, she would have to suffer too much…
So, enduring for now and calling the police later was the best option she could think of. But, Luke was afraid Xanthe would reap her revenge on Lisa’s grandfather.
“Even if you don’t plan on telling madam, you should at least seek help from trustworthy people; two brains are better than one. Don’t you trust our president? If you tell him, things will be a lot easier…”
With Luke’s concern, Lisa felt a lot better. But, she still decided to keep it as a small issue, “I know Big Boss’ capability, but I don’t want to gamble with my grandfather. I’m afraid if we blow up the situation, it would be harder to control. If we accidentally hurt my grandfather, what would we do? Let me handle Xanthe.”
“If that’s the case, then…hurry and get some rest. You mustn’t have slept well last night, I’ll be right here outside your door,” Luke’s voice was gentle.
“On the night that Emma is to appear on A-List Chats, Xanthe wants me to go be an assistant for Danika. As you are aware, Emma and Danika don’t get along well with each other. Xanthe wants Emma to see me suffer and give up on her interview.”
“For you, madam will definitely give up on the interview…” Luke also believed that was the type of person Emma was; she always protected her own people, even if it was just a simple assistant…
She would never allow others to bully them!
“So we definitely can’t let Xanthe succeed. I will continue with my act. Meanwhile, I hope you can steer Emma in the right direction. The best thing you can do is…on the day of the interview, tell her not to bring her phone. Xanthe did not say I have to definitely trick Emma to come over!”
She wanted to play around with Xanthe.
After speaking to Luke, Lisa turned around and returned to her room. As she lay on her bed, she thought of the man sitting outside; she felt a lot more at peace.
Like this, Luke ended up staying in Lisa’s home all morning.
Apart from calling Eric and Emma to make preparations for the show, he also contacted familiar reporters to look for Lisa’s grandfather.
Lisa mentioned that she last saw her grandfather at Xanthe’s home, but according to Xanthe’s personality, she would definitely transfer her hostage…and not leave any evidence behind.
On the surface, H World appeared peaceful. But…
…underneath it all, trouble was brewing.
Emma definitely wouldn’t have imagined, the crisis Lisa was currently trying to overcome…
…would end up making a calm person like herself, explode in anger.
Xanthe had stepped well over her bottom line this time…
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