Chapter 219
Austin noticed Emily’s expression change: Before he could ask what was wrong, she suddenly darted past him, tunning toward the back
At the same time, a man wearing a baseball cap and a mask looked startled and immediately turned to run
“That guy? Austin thought, his mind racing. A sudden realization hit him, and he quickly chased after Emily.
By the time Austin caught up, Emily had already blocked the man, her expression cold as she questioned sharply, “What were you just taking pictures
The man locked flustered, and his first reaction was to deny everything “Pictures? I don’t know you. You must have the wrong person.“
He tried to dodge past Emily and leave, but she gave him no chance. “Please take out your phone. If this is just a munderstanding, I’ll make it up to
Emily stood her ground, unwavering. She was certain that the man had just been using his phone to take pictures of Charles hospital room.
Since this was about Charles, Emily wasn’t going to let it slide; no matter what that guy’s intentions were, she had to get to the bottom of t
But of course, the guy refused to admit anything and even got pissed off. “You’ve got the wrong person. Who the hell do you think you are, checking my
phone?”
He tried to shove Emily aside, but she dodged him easily. In the next moment, Austin stepped forward and grabbed the man’s outstretched wrist.
“Fine, if you don’t want to cooperate, let’s call the cops,” Austin said, his smile icy. “We can’t check your phone, but I’m sure the police can.”
The man’s e entire face was hidden by his hat and mask, but his eyes were wide with fear and anxiety.
Austin let go of his wrist and pulled out his phone to call the cops.
The man, now terrified, quickly grabbed Austin’s hand. “No, don’t call the cops Here you go.”
He glanced at Austin, then at Emily, and finally, with a look of defeat, handed over his phone.
As expected, Emily found a ton of sneaky photos on his phone. Almost all of them showed her strolling with Charles in the garden just now.
Emily frowned, unable to figure out what he wanted with these pictures. She fixed her gate on the man. “Who sent you?”
“–“The man’s eyes darted around, stammering, but he couldn’t get a name out
Austin pulled out his phone again. “If you won’t talk, then you can explain it to the cops
“No, I’ll talk” The man panicked, finally giving in. “It was Yvonne from the Zwick family.”
As soon as Yvonne was mentioned, Emily wasn’t the least bit surprised.
Emily had something on Yvonne and used it to make her back off from Louisa, but knowing what Yvonne was like, Emily knew she’d hold a pud. wonder Yvonne stirred up trouble at Lydia’s birthday party.
After Yvonne’s last scheme failed, Emily figured she wouldn’t let it go, but she hadn’t expected Yvonne to actually send someone to tail her, let alone have them show up right by Charles
Seeing Emily’s face grow darker, the man panked and blurted out, “if you want to settle things, go aher Ms. Zwick. I’m just a hired hand, only here for the cash; today’s my first day.”
Emily pressed her lips together, ignoring him. She deleted every single photo, even checked for backups to make sure nothing was left.
Chapter 219
Once Emily was sure there was nothing left, she handed the phone back,
“Tell Yvonne if she wants to pull something she can take it up with me directly. If teatch her messing with Grandpa Charles again with this kind of w don’t blame me for tearing up our deal,” she snapped.
Emily didn’t actually have any real dirt on Yvonne, but it was enough to keep Yvonne on her
The man, maybe not even fully understanding Emily, nodded over and over, promised he’d past on the message, snatched up his phone, and took off
running.
Other than stepping in to threaten the guy at just the right moment, Austin kept quiet the whole time.
But as he watched the man rush away, there was a glint of something else in his clear eyes.
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