Chapter 316
Emily turned her head and saw Austin, who had been silent the whole time, holding her hand. His face still wore that bright, cheerful smile.
She tilted her head and asked, “Don’t you think I’m scary?” Even she would have been scared of herself, seeing what she just
did.
But Austin didn’t even blink, his smile never fading. Instead of answering, he asked, “Emily, would you ever do that to me?”
Emily was momentarily stunned, but she understood almost immediately what he meant. He was saying that she would never treat him like that, so he wasn’t afraid.
Emily curved her lips into a smile and dropped the subject. The gloom that had been clouding her heart was gone. She glanced down at the lock of hair she’d been holding in her hand, frowning in thought.
It was Cale’s hair.
Emily thought, ‘If what Cale said is true, then he and Lydia have to be related by blood. But how to get Lydia’s DNA without her suspecting a thing?
‘I can’t let Lydia find out that I am holding Cale captive-not yet. There is something seriously off about Lydia, and if she realizes Cale is in my hand, all my hard-earned leads could vanish in an instant.
Seeing Emily staring at the hair in her hand, Austin could instantly tell what was on her mind. He whipped out a fancy, gold- embossed invitation and handed it over, clearly fishing for some praise.
Emily opened the invitation, her eyes going wide with delight. She exclaimed. “Amy’s birthday party?”
Seeing how happy she was, Austin looked pleased, too. He raised an eyebrow and said. “I remember you saying Amy was your idol, so when I heard she was having a birthday party here. I went out of my way to snag you an invitation.”
Emily was genuinely thrilled. Ever since she got into painting. Amy had always been her idol. But even with the Bennett Family’s influence, it was never easy to get in touch with Amy.
Emily had always regretted not being able to meet Amy face-to-face, and she never expected Austin would pull it off.
Even though she knew she probably shouldn’t poke her nose into Austin’s business, she just couldn’t help herself. “How did you pull that off?” she asked.
“It wasn’t really my doing,” Austin replied, shrugging it off. He pointed at the name on the invitation-right there was a giant
“T”.
He explained, “After I found out you were such a big fan of Amy, I used this account to reach out to her only social media profile overseas. I mainly wanted to show her some of your artwork.
“I just thought I’d give it a shot, but Amy ended up loving your work. When she heard you were in the country, she said she happened to be coming back too, and she invited you to meet up. This invitation is straight from her.
“So really, you got this invite all thanks to your own talent.”
The Tato account was run entirely by Austin, and Emily never expected he’d pull off such a massive surprise just for her. What surprised her even more was the extra tidbit Austin casually added with a grin.
He said, “Lydia will be at the party too.”
Austin had been keeping tabs on Amy’s movements, and he knew Vincent was doing the same.
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Given Vincent’s status, the only reason he’d be after Amy had to be because of Lydia.
So, Austin quietly gave Vincent a hand in getting an invitation to the birthday party-just to lure Vincent right into the trap
he’d set.
With so many people milling around at the birthday party, getting Lydia’s DNA would be a breeze.
Emily understood exactly why Austin handed her the invitation at this moment. She didn’t refuse, but still thanked him sincerely, “Thanks.”
