Chapter 272
Chapter 272
Emily was already in a daze, and after being slapped, she lost her balance and toppled to the side, her head nearly slamming
into the wall.
Lucas rushed forward and caught her just in time, then looked up at Andrew in disbelief. “Andrew, are you crazy? Can’t you
see she’s hurt too?”
His words doused the furious Bennetts like a bucket of cold water. Only then did they finally notice the blood streaming down Emily’s head, and they froze in shock.
Lydia pulled away from Emma’s embrace, glaring at Lucas with a dark, menacing look. ‘How dare this fool keep ruining my plans,’ she thought.
She quickly added, “Emily got hit by cameras. But I saw grandpa bleeding a lot-on the carpet and Emily’s clothes. I was so
scared.”
The Bennetts snapped out of it. It was only natural for Emily to get hurt fighting with the paparazzi. Most of the blood on her was probably Charles’s anyway. In an instant, their eyes turned to Emily with renewed disgust.
Emma said coldly, “She started all of this. If she got hurt, she brought it on herself.”
Gale added, “The company already took a huge hit because of her, and now she’s stirred up even more trouble. We really shouldn’t have kept her around.”
Andrew sneered, “She was standing here perfectly fine all this time, and now she’s trying to act pitiful for sympathy. Emily, your tricks are just pathetic.”
Lucas was half-squatting, holding Emily. He looked up at three familiar yet alien faces. For the first time, he saw his family from Emily’s perspective, witnessing their expressions and gazes in a new light.
Is this really how we treated Emily all this time?’ he wondered. His heart felt like it was being crushed in a giant fist, and he didn’t even dare meet Emily’s eyes.
Emily, who had been completely out of it, finally snapped back to her senses. She suddenly shot a glare at Lydia, struggled to her feet, and charged at her, face twisted with rage.
Andrew jumped in right away to block her, snapping angrily, “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Gale and Emma also rushed to shield Lydia, their faces full of alarm and wariness.
But Emily didn’t even spare them a glance. Her eyes were locked on Lydia, ignoring her own injuries and the dizziness in her head. She looked like she was about to rip Lydia to shreds.
“Why did you let those paparazzi in? Why did you lead them to Grandpa? Why didn’t you let the servants take him upstairs?
“Lydia, I warned you not to lay a finger on Grandpa. If you ever touched him, I’d kill you, even if it meant dragging you to hell with me, Emily shouted.
Emily thrashed like a lunatic, kicking and punching wildly, then suddenly bit down hard on Andrew’s arm. The pain made him instinctively let go.
Without a second thought, Emily lunged at Lydia again, her crazed, feral look so terrifying that Gale and Emma just froze, watching helplessly as she charged straight at Lydia.
Lydia’s face went white with fear, and she tried to bolt, but out of nowhere, someone darted over, yanked her into a protective hug, and shoved Emily away. Emily, already dizzy and unsteady, was shoved straight into the wall with a loud
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Chapter 272
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