Chapter 15 Are You Sure Emily Was Behind This
Those that didn’t know any better would’ve been convinced that Amelia was defending Emily.
Jackson immediately followed up with, “Emily is the one who ordered us to do this! She even
called me!”
He hastily fished out his phone and showed Gabriel his call history. Gabriel recognized the phone number immediately. Jackson was right–the number did belong to Emily.
Amelia looked like she was in disbelief. She held her head with her hands and pretended as if
she was about to break down.
Sobbing, she cried, “Does Dr. Sterling really hate me that much? She even hired someone to sexually assault me and ruin my reputation.”
“I do hate you a lot.”
At the entrance to the alleyway, Emily slowly made her way over to the group. Mallory and a couple of other doctors were following closely behind her.
Amelia’s expression tensed up for a second before she started to sob even harder. “How could you, Dr. Sterling? You know how much a woman’s reputation matters to her, don’t you? How could you use such vile and lowly tactics to harm me?”
She was crying hysterically and behaving as if she’d been horribly wronged. Emily simply stared at her and didn’t say a word. Subsequently, her lips curved up into a smirk.
“You’re right. A woman’s reputation is of utmost importance. Therefore, I’d like to make one clarification,” she declared.
She continued, “That may be my number, but I already lost my phone when I was trapped in the rain the other day.”
If Mallory hadn’t told her that she saw Amelia sneaking around with a couple of sleazy men, Emily wouldn’t have followed them all the way here. As a result of that, she also wouldn’t have caught Amelia trying to frame her with the phone she’d already misplaced.
“Ah…” responded Amelia. “You lost your phone? Don’t you think it’s rather convenient that you happened to lose your phone at a time like this, Dr. Sterling?”
She continued, “Y–You can’t be coming up with some excuse in order to not take responsibility for your actions, right? After all, aside from you, no one here seems to have a reason to go to such lengths to… pick on me.”
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Amelia spoke in a soft and gentle manner, but everything she said was a pointed jab at Emily.
Emily met her gaze and stared at her with a mocking expression.
“A reason to pick on you?” she repeated before abruptly narrowing the distance between them. “Do you have the guts to tell everyone why I actually have it out for you?”
Of course, she didn’t. Amelia tried to defend herself, but she was at a loss for words. Ultimately, she could only look toward Gabriel for help.
“Dr. Sterling sounds so scary, Gabe. I’m so afraid of her.”
Emily clicked her tongue in annoyance. Not bothering to hide her feelings, she sneered, “What makes you so sure that I’ll keep the matter a secret forever, Ms. Waverly?”
Once she exposed her marriage to Gabriel to the public, Amelia would be forced to drop her act. However, she didn’t want their relationship to come to light unless the situation absolutely warranted it.
Besides, she didn’t want to be known as Mrs. Holton when she was about to get a divorce soon. The title would only cause her more trouble.
Gabriel caught on to what she was implying and instinctively changed the topic. “It’s getting late, and the wind is blowing quite strongly. Amelia’s quite frail, so she can’t be outside for too long. Let’s continue investigating this matter some other day.”
He wasn’t afraid of people knowing that they were married. He just didn’t want them to gossip about their marriage. With a cold expression, Emily walked over to Gabriel and Amelia and lifted up her arm to block them from leaving.
“That won’t do. My phone was misplaced. So who was the one who found it and used it to contact these hooligans?” she asked.
She continued, “Ms. Waverly is right. A woman’s reputation is very important. I’d appreciate it if you could figure out what happened right now and clear my name.”
At this point, she didn’t care about Gabriel anymore. She wanted to get to the bottom of this, even if he’d hate her for it. She’d let things slide in the past, but she didn’t want to put up with this anymore.
Growing even more aggravated, Gabriel spat, “If Amelia catches a cold, are you going to take responsibility for it?”
Emily scoffed.
Gabriel was already feeling sorry for Amelia because she’d come in contact with a draft of cold
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air. Yet, when Emily was stranded in a rainstorm the other day, he didn’t even bother to go
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Amelia immediately slumped against him and said, “I’m freezing, Gabe. Let’s hurry up and go.
Emily didn’t budge. As the atmosphere turned strained, one of the doctors hastily tried to slip
away.
“It’s getting rather late. Everyone’s exhausted,” the doctor said. “Didn’t Dr. Prescott say that she was going to treat us to a meal? Come on–let’s head to the restaurant before everyone else does.”
Upon reading the room, the other doctors swiftly came up with a way to excuse themselves. Gabriel, on the other hand, didn’t say a word. He grabbed Amelia and skirted past Emily before heading back to their hotel.
Mallory patted Emily on the shoulder. With a sympathetic expression, she said, “Don’t be upset, Mills. That jerk’s not worth
your attention.”
Emily wasn’t upset at all. In fact, she was feeling rather happy.
She flashed Mallory a calm smile. “I’m not upset. This marriage had been a mistake from the very beginning. Now that it’s finally coming to an end, I feel extremely happy about it.”
Mallory let out a breath of relief. “Come on then. Let’s go. Since your days of suffering are coming to an end, we’re going to have a feast to celebrate!”
In the meantime, Gabriel and Amelia were back at their hotel.
After Gabriel poured Amelia a glass of warm water, she took a sip of it before setting down the glass. Then, she stared at him and said, “Thank you,
Gabe.”
He nodded and turned to leave. Upon seeing this, she frantically reached out to grab his sleeve.
“Please don’t leave, Gabe, I’m scared of being alone,” she begged. “I–I was really frightened by those men earlier. I genuinely don’t know why Dr. Sterling has it out for me.”
While she was speaking, her jacket slipped off her shoulders, exposing her bare arms.
Amelia believed that she could exploit his guilt and replace Emily as the next Mrs. Holton if she managed to sleep with him once. But to her dismay, things didn’t go the way she wanted
them to.
Gabriel looked unfazed. Instead of being swayed by her, he even reached over to pull her jacket
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back in place.
Subsequently, he surprised her by asking, “Are you sure Emily was behind this?”
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