Chapter701AMisunderstanding


    The entire car was engulfed in mes after the explosion.


    “Clean up the mess, Sebastian.” Fearing that this incident would affect Christina’s baby, Nathaniel


    carried her into his car after giving the order.


    A faint smile formed on Emilia’s lips as she stared at the mes in the distance. She then rolled the car


    window down and tossed the ck controller out.


    Now that I have gotten rid of Anya, my next target is Christina! I will make her suffer a thousand times


    more!


    With that in mind, Emilia drove off feeling amazing.


    As though Sebastian had heard something, he turned around and nced at the end of the road. He


    had a little furrow between his eyebrows when he saw a ck car disappear from sight.


    “Go check and see if there are any surveince cameras nearby,” he said while motioning at a


    bodyguard.


    “On it!” the bodyguard replied and ran off to carry out his duty.


    Nathaniel kept Christinapany while she got an examination at the hospital before they returned to


    Scenic Garden Manor. She had nned on taking a short nap in the afternoon, but the shock from


    earlier -had left her so exhausted that she slept till the evening.


    While heading downstairs for dinner, Christina saw that Lyle was nowhere to be found. “Where’s Lyle?”


    she asked.


    The look in Nathaniel’s eyes turned slightly cold. “He was not able to protect you, so I have sent him


    back to the camp for more training. I will get you another bodyguard.”


    Nathaniel had actually wanted to rece Lyle, but he couldn’t really find another bodyguard as capable


    as Lyle.


    “It’s not his fault. Everything happened way too quickly. None of us thought Anya would be bold enough


    to kidnap me in broad daylight. I told him to go buy me some pastries, and I let my guard down while


    waiting. That’s how Anya managed to get me,” Christina exined.


    “He did not follow protocol, so he needs to be punished ordingly,” Nathaniel said coldly while


    cing a chunk of fish on her te.


    Christina put her cutlery down and stood up. “I have gotten used to Lyle’s protection, and I don’t want to


    waste any more time and energy adapting to a new guy. I’m done eating.”


    She then turned around and went upstairs.


    Nathaniel could tell that she was clearly throwing a tantrum. Not wanting to upset her any further, he


    gave Sebastian a call and said, “Have Lyle transferred back here. Also, pair some of the more agile


    and sharp- -witted men with him. I want them protecting Christina in secret.”


    Sebastian was not surprised when he heard Nathaniel’s order. “Understood.”


    Nathaniel took a sip of red wine and made his way into the courtyard. “How is the investigation going?


    Did you manage to find anything?”


    “Anya’s car had been tampered with. They rewrote her car’s programming so they could control it from


    a


    distance. I suspect that the person who did it was nearby at the time. Unfortunately, there were no


    surveince cameras near the abandoned school, so we were unable to identify that person.”


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    “Emilia is Anya’s aplice. Go find out where she has been today,” Nathaniel ordered icily.


    Now that Anya is dead, we won’t be able to prove that Emilia was her aplice based on Christina’s


    testimony alone.


    With that in mind, Nathaniel added, “Sebastian, I want you to go meet Emilia in person. I don’t trust


    anyone else with this task. Even if you can’t find proof of Emilia’s involvement in this kidnapping, you


    need to collect evidence of her other crimes. Emilia needs to go.”


    Emilia is a really dangerous person. She pretended to be working with Anya, only to kill her when she


    no longer needed her. It’s clear that she has a much more sinister n in mind. If a little bit of overkill is


    necessary to ensure Christina’s safety, then so be it.


    Sebastian tailed Emiliater that night and arrived at a fancy bar.


    Instead of heading straight to the bar after parking her car, Emilia walked up to Sebastian’s car and


    knocked on the window.


    Sebastian calmly rolled his window down and asked, “Oh, hello there, Ms. Steele. Is there something I


    can help you with?”


    Emilia rested one hand on his car window and asked with a coquettish smile, “You’ve been following


    me since the afternoon, Mr. Taggart. Why don’t youe have a drink with me? I’ll tell you everything


    you want to know.”


    I know I’m not the best at tailing people, but Emilia shouldn’t have spotted me so easily. How did she


    know I was tailing her?


    With that in mind, Sebastian replied calmly, “I’m afraid you may have gotten the wrong idea, Ms.


    Steele. I wasn’t following you or anything. I am simply waiting for someone.”


    Emilia shed Sebastian a faint smile, reaching out to grab him by the chin. She was about to say


    something when someone shouted angrily behind her, “What the f*ck are you two doing?”


    Victoria’s eyes were burning with anger as she stormed up to Sebastian’s car. Before Emilia even


    realized what was going on, Victoria grabbed her by the hair and smacked her on the head with her


    handbag.


    “How dare youy your filthy ws on my man, Emilia? I’ll chop them off tonight!” Victoria yelled


    furiously.


    Words like “modest” and “gentle” did not evene close to describing Victoria at the moment.


    Victoria hated Emilia for hurting Christina, but she hadn’t been able to do anything about it. Now that


    she had caught Emilia seducing Sebastian, she was determined to teach her a lesson.


    Emilia had not expected Victoria to show up all of a sudden.


    The fact that the daughter of the Lesley family would take an interest in a lowly personal assistant is


    enough to cause a scandal. Victoria is Christina’s junior and best friend, so destroying her reputation is


    equal to getting my revenge on Christina!


    Before Emilia could evene up with a n, however, Victoria had tackled her to the ground and


    climbed on top of her.


    Victoria then took her high heel off and attempted to hit Emilia in the face with it, but Sebastian quickly


    stopped her.


    He pulled her to her feet and hugged her tightly as he said, “Calm down, Victoria. We’re in public right


    now, remember? Look, this really is a misunderstanding. I’ll exin everything to you when we get


    back, okay?”


    Victoria’s tears were still flowing as she red at Sebastian with reddened eyes. “Have you gotten tired


    of me, Sebastian? Is that why you didn’t push her away when she touched you? How is she any better


    than me? I’m prettier, wealthier, and I love you more than anything!”


    Although Emilia was the one who got hit, Victoria acted as though she was the victim instead.


    “I like you a lot, Sebastian! You can’t break up with me even if you have gotten tired of me, okay? I


    know I have a bad temper, but I can change!” Victoria said softly, like a child that was afraid of being


    scolded by her parents.


    Sebastian hugged her and whispered, “I’m working, not flirting with other girls. Stop crying, okay?”