Emma’s pov“Why didn’t you tell this to Conan?” I asked her and she just shrugged.“Conan told me that you don’t have a family. That is what he knows, and technically maybe you don’t” she said and I sighed.“You won’t judge me for not telling him?” I asked her and she shook her head.“I believe that sometimes we choose our own family,” she said and then looked at the dining area where everyone was.“Your chosen family is more important than blood relatives,” she said and I sighed.“What did you find?” I asked her and she sighed.“I think there was a connection to them and my family,” she answered and I nodded.I looked at Conan who was so laid back and having fun.Those people, they hurt me more than anything in this world.I want nothing to do with them.I was scared when I got engaged to Conan that they would try to come into my life.But I am glad that they stayed as far away from me as possible.“Whatever it is, I don’t want to know it. They are staying far away from me and I am
Emma’s pov“Come back to bed,” Conan said and I shook my head at this.“What happened?” he asked as he got up and I just shrugged.“No, it’s just that Olivia said something and I couldn’t get it out of my mind,” I answered him.He walked towards me and I watched and smiled at how confident this man is.He is walking around naked but isn’t even a little embarrassed by any of it.He came and looked at what I was doing but my eyes were on his body.“Stop fucking me with your eyes,” he said and I smiled at this.“Why not? You are my husband,” I said and he smiled at this and kissed my forehead.“What are you working on?” he asked me and I sighed.“A few years ago, a journalist has been publishing articles about me none stop. I don’t know what I did to wrong that person,” I said and he nodded.“I know exactly who you are talking about. I was able to make everyone else take down their articles but not him,” Conan said and I looked at him.“You did that for me?” I asked him and he nodded.“I
Emma’s pov"So, this is your solution?” Conan asked me and I nodded.Whoever that woman is, she has left me with no choice.I can’t just walk in there and ask her to answer my questions.I looked at the picture on my laptop and then frowned.It does make me wonder, was she paid to do all of this?Or is she doing it because she wants to.I mean, there are chances that she is a very ambitious reporter who only wants to make a name for herself.And she thought that the best way would be to drag mine into the mud.I read every article she has written so far.To be honest, she is good but I noticed major differences in her writing.When writing about other topics she is very professional and non biased.But when it comes to me, you can tell from her writing.It is as if she has decided that I am guilty without even asking me about it.What did I do to wrong you Sarah Mae?Is it that you are coming after me or is there something else?“Deal with her, I will continue with Matt on my side. An
Emma’s pov“How about a treat you all to lunch?” I asked the staff and they all nodded.Sarah still seemed angry and somewhat vengeful.What have I ever done to her?We got lunch and I paid the bill and as I was finishing up she came to me.“I see, your lucky girl syndrome is still working for you,” she said and I looked at her confused.“I am sorry, do I know you?” I asked her and watched as she scoffed at this.“You don’t need to know me to see this. All you have, you have gotten because you were lucky,” she said and I sighed.“I don’t know you and you don’t know me. So how do you even know that it is all luck?” I asked her and she scoffed.“It’s obvious, I guess it does help to look all beautiful and innocent,” she said and then turned around to leave.“I don’t know what you think you know about me. But I suggest that you keep it to yourself,” I said and she turned around and looked at me.“That sounded a lot like a threat, is that why you bought the company? Because my articles hu
Emma’s pov“Did you just say Sarah” I asked her and she nodded.“Wait, how do you even know her?” I asked her and she frowned.“Don’t you remember Sara?” Maddie asked me and I shook my head at this.“You really don’t remember her at all?” she asked me and I nodded.“She was that girl who was obsessed with you. She would bully you all the time,” she explained but I still didn’t understand.“We were in the same orphanage,” she pointed out and I frowned at this.“Are you saying that Sara and I were in the same orphanage? That doesn’t make sense,” I said.“She did leave when you were young. You didn’t really pay much attention to people back then,” Maddie pointed out.“Then what happened?” I asked her and watched as Maddie looked at me confused.“You really don’t remember her? She is the girl who was always bullying you. Calling you the teacher’s pet and all sorts of names,” she said.I thought back to that time but couldn’t find anything at all.“The girl who locked you up in the room t
Emma’s povI looked at the file and I frowned at this.“What’s wrong?” Conan asked me and I showed him the file.It had everything, medical records and everything they could find on Sarah and the family she was adopted by.“So she blames you for all of this?” Conan asked me and I nodded.How do people even think?How can she blame me for something that wasn’t my fault at all.“Okay, what are you going to do now?” Conan asked and I shook my head.“Nothing, I will just do nothing about it,” I answered and he frowned.“She kept coming after you. You are just going to let her go just like that?” he asked me and I nodded.“The only reason I even thought of going after her was because I thought that she had something to do with whoever the mastermind is. But now I know that she that it had nothing to do with the mastermind. I really don’t care what she does next,” I explained.“She defamed you. She never even tried to check her facts,” he said and I smiled at this.“It’s okay, there is one
Sarah’s povShe was looking at me.She had no anger or hatred in her eyes as she looked at me.“Aren’t you going to answer me?” she asked me and I couldn’t find the answer to her question.She is right, if that family was perfect and they treated me right then I wouldn’t have done any of this.“You already feel like your life is a mess because of me. So I won’t do anything to make it worse so don’t worry about me. But I hope that you will forgive yourself and stop projecting,” she said and then walked off.I remained seated and watched as she walked out in that yellow dress.Emma, she was always this kind and gentle soul ever since we were kids.Growing up, I moved from foster home to foster home.I watched as they would pretend to be kind and loving the first few days.A week in, they will show you what they are and what they think you are.That is why I never trusted people that seemed nice.I always thought that they were faking it but I guess she wasn’t.I bullied her a lot when w
Sara’s pov“Mrs Emma, come and look at my paintings,” some of the kids said.I watched as she smiled and walked towards them.Her husband followed after her and I looked at them.I watched at how happy she made those kids at the orphanage.“Is that you Sarah?” Mother Grace suddenly asked me.I looked at her and tried my best to smile and not hide anything.“Come dear,” she said and then we went to her office.She made a cup of tea and her eyes landed on me with frown.“It seems like life hasn’t been that kind to you,” she stated and I nodded.“I am sorry to hear that, if you want to talk about it then I will listen,” she added.“It’s nothing, just that I realized that I am a terrible person,” I said and she smiled at this.“The first step is realizing that something is wrong. Then after that, you can happily move on with life and work on fixing what is wrong,” she explained.I looked at her, she was still as kind and as loving as always.I hated Emma because I thought that she was bei
Emma’s pov“You are really so beautiful Lily,” Maddie said and I smiled at this.“Thank you,” Lily said and continued eating her food.We were having a small breakfast date since it’s been long since we saw each other.She was telling me about how her life was going.I loved how she seemed happy and content in her new relationship.Whoever this new guy is, it’s clear that he is treating her well.“As I live and breath, is that you Emma Cooper?” a voice asked and I froze.After some time I turned around to look at the owner of the voice.He stood there with a smirk on his face.How I wish I could wipe that smirk off his face right now.“It’s been 14 years and you haven’t changed even a little,” he said and I frowned.“And this little girl must be your daughter, she is as beautiful as her mother,” he said and I got up and blocked Lily from him.“You have the nerve, I thought I made it clear that I wanted nothing to do with you,” I said and he scoffed.“That was a long time ago. We are f
Conan’s povShe didn’t talk for some time and seemed to be deep in thought.She didn’t even answer my question when I asked if she was ready to talk about it.But I took it as a yes, whatever it is seemed to be weighing heavily on her.I have never seen her like this, I mean if you don’t mention that time of the cheating misunderstanding.“Remember when I told you about the two people I hate?” she asked me and I nodded.It was a long time ago but I always wondered who those people were.Emma had always been a very forgiving person ever since I met her.She wouldn’t just hate someone for no reason.I always wondered what it is that they must have done to make her hate them.Someone who is kind like her felt so wronged that she couldn’t forgive them.“It’s her and her son,” she explained and I frowned.“She is my aunt, Dr Emily Cooper is my father’s younger sister,” she added.Wait, so she does know this Emily Cooper?But ever since I met her, she had told me that she didn’t have any fa
Emma’s povNo, not them again. I thought that I left that part of my life in the past.When Olivia mentioned them, I tried my best to ignore it.But now I can’t ignore it, they are the anonymous donors.They have a connection with the person that did this to me.Wait, Anne did mention that Matt would talk to a woman.Is it possible that Emily is the woman he was talking to?What did I do?What did I do that they would come back just to ruin my life?I left their family and their lives.“Cooper,” Conan said and his eyes landed on me.“You look pale, is everything okay?” he asked me.“I will get you some water,” Jamal said as he ran to the kitchen.“You know this Emily Cooper don’t you?” Conan asked me and I nodded.Jamal handed me the bottle of water and I had a sip.“She is my Aunt, she and my father were siblings,” I answered and he looked at me confused.“Wait, you have an Aunt who is a famous Doctor and also a rich person. Why did you grow up at an orphanage?” he asked me and I too
Emma’s pov“We just saw each other yesterday, did you miss me that much?” I asked Lisa and she nodded.“I did miss you, and also something has been bothering me all night. So I decided to look into it,” she said and then handed me some files.“It’s obvious that Lily is Conan’s daughter. But then why would all those reports say that he can’t father a child?” she asked me and I sighed.“I have no idea, I have been trying to find out the truth but with no luck. You know how private hospitals can be,” I said and she nodded.“Lucky for you, my father has a lot of connections,” she said and then gestured that I open the file.“Every time when Conan would go to a fertility clinic to get tested. Somehow the news would leak and it would be everywhere,” she pointed out.I remember that throughout the years I would find an article talking about it.I always just thought that maybe they were lying for clout since they do that a lot.They would lie just so they could sell and make money.“So thank
Lisa’s pov“Thank you,” I said to Emma who just shrugged.I looked around the room, I have never had girlfriends before.The door opened and we all turned around to find Conan Hansen standing there.His eyes landed on Emma and I could tell the man was mesmerized.I looked at Emma and she was blushing under his gaze.So my suspicion was correct, this little girl behaves like Conan.She doesn’t shake people’s hands and is very picky about what to eat.She talks almost just like him although she looks just like her mother.“You look breathtaking,” he finally spoke up as he walked towards her.Next Kyle walked in and he looked at us and then frowned.“Women in white, should I be scared?” he asked and his eyes landed on me.“Aren’t you supposed to be getting married today? You are marrying some idiot, aren’t you?” he asked me and I shook my head.“I am sorry to disappoint you. But I am not marrying anyone tonight,” I said and he nodded.“Come on Daddy, mommy is wearing a beautiful dress. D
Lisa’s pov“Don’t try anything stupid tomorrow,” Dean warned and I looked at him and sighed.“You are getting what you want. Are the threats necessary?” I asked him and he smirked.“Of course they are, I don’t want you to start getting the wrong ideas,” he answered and I looked at him.He seemed angry for some reason but what?He is getting what he wants but seems to be nervous about it.“That bitch Emma, I don’t like your little friendship with her,” he said and I scoffed.“Emma and I are working together and that is all. Whatever little insecurity you are having about her. Don’t come and take it out on me,” I said and he looked at me.“Don’t forget, I have that video of your father,” he said and I shrugged.“So what? I am marrying you aren’t I? if you release it then you won’t get a penny from me,” I informed him.“What are you saying?” he asked me and I nodded.“I had a prenup drawn, if that video is ever leaked then you won’t get a cent from me,” I informed him.He looked at me an
Emma’s pov“So he shouldn’t suspect a thing?” Lisa asked me and I nodded.“Well, it’s a good plan. Anything to save my daughter from that vile man,” Mr Shaw said and I nodded.He then looked at me and I looked at him confused.“You have a strong sense of justice. Such a person can never do an injustice to another person,” he said and I looked at him confused.“He is trying to say that there is more than what meets the eye. I mean regarding the whole you and Matt drama,” Lisa explained.“I wouldn’t say there is more, but yes, everything isnt what it appears to be,” I answered and she nodded.“I knew it, you are just too hard working to be what those newspapers call you,” Mr Shaw said.“Not to forget intelligent as well,” Lisa added and I smiled at their compliments.“Thank you, I need to get going,” I said and got up and said my goodbyes to them.As I was walking into my office I found Dean sitting outside waiting for me.“He said that he is an old family friend,” my assistant explaine
Emma’s pov“He did what?” Mr Shaw asked me as he got up from the chair.“Exactly that sir, that son of a bitch has been blackmailing your daughter,” I said and I could see he was fuming.“Please come down,” I said trying to calm him down but he frowned.“No, I am going to kill that son of a bitch,” he said and I shook my head.“I have a better idea,” I said and he looked at me and then sighed.“Why are you helping us?” he asked me and I just shrugged.“I have a bone to pick with them as well,” I answered and he looked at me and then nodded.“What’s this great idea of yours?” he asked me.“I will answer, but first I need you to answer me. Why haven’t you come out yet?” I asked him and he sighed.“I just thought that it would ruin my relationship with my daughter. That she would look at me differently,” he answered.I smiled when I realized that his answer matched that of his daughter. Back when I asked Lisa why she didn’t ask her father or tell him she had a really similar answer.She
Emma’s povShe looked at me and then nodded.She tried on a few dresses while I gave her some feedback back way I could.When she came out again I found myself looking at her with a smile.Have you seen something and it feels like it was made for that person.This dress was made for Lisa and it fit her perfectly like a glove.“You look beautiful,” I said and she smiled but then started sobbing out of the blue.She ran back to the dressing room and I went after her to check what is going on.“Are you okay?” I asked her and she nodded but still continued crying.“What does Dean have on you?” I asked her and she looked at me confused.“His mother worked at your house, she had access and maybe found something that could ruin you. And the son, somehow blackmailed you into marrying him,” I explained to her.I know Dean, he probably realized that just getting money from her once wouldn’t be enough for him.So he just decided to marry his cash cow, that way he can milk it for the rest of his