Female Novel
Chapter 161
Chapter 161
Meanwhile, Jared and Alice could also feel Wilson's rage as they exchanged gazes in a trance for afew moments. After all, both of them didn't expect Emma would become Wilson's goddaughter, whichmade it hard for them to take advantage of her because no one in Kingsford dared to mess with theYoung Family. Having nothing but contempt and disdain for Emma because of her humble origin, Alicehad always kept her under her thumb until that very moment. Therefore, now that Emma was startingto show her backbone, she became frustrated and helplessly irritable. Her frustration grew into despairwhen she thought about the possibility that her daughter, Arianna, could face legal consequences forwhat she had done.
However, Emma ignored Jared and Alice's reaction and sobbed while speaking to Wilson over thephone. "I'm happy and grateful to hear that coming from you, Mr. Young. Anyway, I suppose I have toget going now because I have some important business to attend to." She hung up the call after Wilsontalked to her for a few more moments. Then, she walked closer to the door and opened it to let Trevorinto the house, although she didn't think Trevor's arrival would serve any more purpose since she wasnow able to keep Jared and Alice at bay with Wilson's support. After all, she no longer needed him tostand up for her in a conflict between her and his family because it was simply meaningless to her.
The moment Trevor entered the house, the first thing he did was stare at Emma to see whether shewas mistreated. Meanwhile, the lady merely looked away upon meeting his gaze before she backedaway and stepped out of his sight.
"Trevor, I can't believe this is the girl you fell in love with!" Alice made her point in an ambiguousmanner. While Trevor looked at Alice, the latter began to mock Emma and said, "Don't you know that?She is now Wilson's goddaughter. Look how brilliant she is!" novelbin
Upon hearing his mother, Trevor gazed at Emma in surprise, wondering when she had becomeWilson's goddaughter. When did that happen? Why wasn't I aware of it at all? In the meantime, Emmacontinued to avoid Trevor's gaze without seemingly bothering to explain what was going on.
Soon, Alice raised the pitch of her voice and responded in a sarcastic manner, "A goddaughter, huh? Ibet you must be a replacement for Wilson's wife, who struggled to please him in bed. Ew! How filthy!"
While Emma was piqued and irked by Alice's offensiveness, Trevor was angry with his mother forslandering Emma, thinking he would have taught her a lesson with a slap in the face if she hadn't beenhis mother. The man then stared at Alice and coldly warned her. "You'd better watch your mouth themoment you walk out the door because you're going to find yourself in trouble if I ever heard anythingbad about Emma."
In the face of Trevor's domineering aura that he had developed over the years, Jared and Alice couldn'thelp but feel intimidated, even though they were his parents. Soon, Alice snapped out of her trance andreacted madly, her eyes filled with anger. "I'm your mother, Trevor! How could you turn against yourfamily just for this woman?!"
When Trevor heard how Emma was insulted, he quickly stepped forward and acted like a shield in frontof her, scaring his mother, whose face immediately turned pale. Deep down, Trevor had no idea whyeveryone in his family wouldn't stop trying to hurt Emma. First, it was Arianna; then, it was my mom,and now, my dad joined the party too. Keeping Emma right behind him to protect her, he said, "Myfamily? I assume that includes Dad and Arianna. Am I right?" While Alice didn't deny her son's words,Trevor went on and said, "But Grandpa is on my side." After all, Jared and Alice were afraid of the
power that Trevor's grandfather, Christopher, had in his hands.
Alice was rendered speechless upon hearing Trevor's words because she couldn't deny the fact thatChristopher and her son were both the most powerful people who ran the entire Bateson Family. Forthat, she was just as powerless as Jared as they were just figureheads, despite the positions given tothem.
Soon, Trevor added, "Peace exists and thrives only in the presence of justice. So, if you and Dad couldshow some humility and politeness for Arianna's sake, I believe Emma will go easy on you guys."Knowing Emma, he believed that she could be forgiving if his parents were willing to concede sincerely.However, it broke his heart to think that no one ever cared to apologize to Emma, including Ariannaand Crystal, as they had no respect for her at all. This is all my fault! She is being disrespected nowbecause I didn't love her enough. If I had been treated like the apple of my eye, she would have beenable to reverse the position and become the one who kept Arianna under her thumb instead.
"How dare you!" Alice started to burst into tears, feeling annoyed with Trevor for siding with Emma.
"Alright, that's enough. Let's go." Jared seized Alice's hand as the latter cried out loud, stopping herfrom stirring up any further trouble. In fact, the man was also helpless to Alice's difficult attitude, whichreminded him of the time she made a scene when she caught him cheating on her back then.
While the tearful lady was dragged out of the house by her husband, Jared, Trevor immediately closedthe door behind them. However, he could still hear his mother's cry as she complained to his father."You men from the Bateson Family cannot be trusted!"
While Trevor ignored his mother's hysterical scream and cry, Emma slowly crouched down to theground with her back sliding down against the wall. She then tucked her knees and hid her face
between them so that Trevor couldn't see her expression. Nevertheless, her shivering shoulders gaveher away, hinting to Trevor that she was crying. At the sight of the lady's heartbreaking reaction, Trevorclenched his fists and tried to suppress the pain that was overwhelming him on the inside. With hiseyes on the lady crouching on the ground, he said in a serious manner, "I know that's not who you are."Deep down, he trusted Emma, believing Wilson was nothing more than her godfather, although hedidn't know much about their relationship.
Emma looked up and met Trevor's gaze with a sarcastic look on her face. "Is that really what youthink?" Because of her pale expression, the lady seemed especially indifferent when she appeared tobe in a bad mood. At the same time, her cold speech also made her look less approachable as shespoke. "Haven't I seemed like the kind of person who is snobbish and greedy to you? Wasn't that theway you felt all the while back then?"
Over the past three years she had spent together with Trevor, Emma was repeatedly insulted andreminded by the man about the time she took advantage of him when he was drunk and slept with him.Although she tried to explain her innocence every time that it was Steven and his son who set her up,Trevor simply wouldn't listen to her, much to her dismay. Therefore, she had reluctantly learned toembrace the unpleasant truth of being deemed a shameless woman by Trevor, only to hear himvouching for her character now, which she couldn't help but find ironic. At the thought of that, her tearsbegan to roll down her cheeks, but deep down, she didn't know whether it was because of thedevastating humiliation from Alice or the conflicting change in Trevor's behavior. Thinking of herself asa filthy lady in Alice's eyes, Emma felt disgusted with herself.
I don't care how Alice smears my name, but why does she have to drag Mr. Young into this? After all, Ibet she should know how everyone among us sees Wilson over the years.