Chapter 1
"Uh, it hurts! It hurts!" When Emily Moore awoke from a deep sleep, feeling extremely uncomfortable, she rolled over and unexpectedly crashed into a broad chest. As her cheek touches the unfamiliar creature, Emily's eyes snap open and are met with the enlarged face of a handsome man. Thinking it was a dream, she cautiously reached out and touched the contours of his face with a mixture of unease and curiosity. Suddenly, her eyes met the man's, and Emily let out a scream of panic and hurriedly rolled away. After looking to the side only to realize that she was actually naked, suddenly ashamed, she quickly grabbed the blanket next to her to wrap her body, stuttered and asked, "Who are you ...... you? How could you be here?" The man narrowed his eyes, his eyes wandered over Emily's collarbone, his low voice came out, "Your savior!" "Savior?" Emily looked at the handsome man on the bed in shock, and the cold voice of her best friend Vera Hamilton that she heard before she lost consciousness came to her mind. "Emily, I've drugged the tea. As a friend, I'm giving you a handsome young man. As soon as Ethan sees pictures of you with other men, he'll break up with you, so I can justify being with him!" Was this really a trap that Vera had set up for her? Emily's face instantly turned pale, and then angrily grabbed the pillow next to her, and smashed it hard at the man: "You wait, I'll make you go to jail for sure!" In the face of Emily's anger, the man calmly caught the flying pillow, not a trace of fear: "Last night you took the initiative to hold me, the whole time you are taking the initiative to go forward, do you think the police will believe your words?" "You ...... "Emily bit her lips tightly, trembling with anger. Although her heart was filled with anger, she didn't lose her mind. The man is right, she can't call the police, last night she was caught in Vera's trap, her consciousness was blurred, she was unresisting throughout the whole process, maybe even she took the initiative to pounce on this man, the police will definitely not believe her words. But if she doesn't go to the police, she will let this man destroy her innocence, Emily can't accept it. Looking at Emily biting her lip, full of despair, the man heart somehow born a few points of pity. His voice eased a lot: "Although last night was your initiative, but if you want, I can be responsible for you." "Responsible?" Emily felt extremely angry, pointing at the man and roaring, "Get out of my way! Or I'll kill you!" The man looked at the hysterical Emily, and slowly got up and out of bed, putting on his clothes without any panic. Dressed, he turned around, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Emily: "If you think it over, you can find me, I'll do what I say ......" Emily did not even look at, directly tore the business card, angrily roared: "Get out!" The man finally looked deeply at her, turned around and left. The moment he closed the door of the room, he heard the whimpering and crying coming from inside the room, the man paused, shook his head, and stepped through the corridor. When he walked out of the room, he saw the two bodyguards who silently appeared at the end of the corridor and greeted him respectfully, "Mr. Knight!" The man resumed that kind of towering majesty, said coldly: "Check her information, report it immediately!" "Yes!"
Chapter 2
Emily Moore cries for a while in her room, before drying her eyes and walking wearily to the bathroom. She stared into the mirror and felt a wave of nausea as she stared at her reflection, red marks all over her neck and body.Feeling incredibly dirty, Emily turned on the faucet and rinsed herself over and over again. But no matter how much she washed, the events of that night would not go away. "I've had enough!" Emily was furious, and she felt a great deal of resentment towards Vera Hamilton for her scheming. She is determined to find Vera and make her pay. Emily walked out of the hotel, stopped a cab, and went straight to Vera's house. When the door opens, Vera's mother, Linda Hamilton, dressed in pajamas and with disheveled hair, is startled by Emily's arrival and asks, "Emily, are you here to see Vera? She's not home right now." Emily didn't believe Linda, pushed her away and burst into the house.Linda followed in a panic and tried to stop her, "Emily, Vera really isn't here! Come back another time!" She said she wasn't there, but her eyes flickered, and she unconsciously looked in the direction of the bedroom. Emily caught Linda's gaze, and naturally guessed that Vera must be hiding in the bedroom. She quickly walked over and pushed open the bedroom door. As the door opened, a strange odor hit her, and Emily covered her mouth and swept her eyes across the room to meet the man sitting up in the bed, her father, Andrew Moore. "Dad? What are you doing here?" Emily couldn't believe what she was seeing. Dad was sitting naked on the bed at Linda's house, what the hell was going on? "How did you ...... you get here?" Emily's voice was trembling, and her heart was full of doubts.Andrew's face instantly turned red, and he exasperatedly shouted, "Get out of here!" Emily backed up, her mind was confused, Andrew was having an affair with Linda? She couldn't understand how the relationship between these two people could be so complicated. Just as she was organizing these confusing thoughts in her mind, Linda's eyes flashed a cold smile. Linda smiled coldly in her heart, originally last night she was planning to arrange Emily's scandal in the nightclub, but she didn't expect things to go wrong. However now since she couldn't expose Emily's secret, then she would change another way, unveiling this scene to let Emily see her father's scandal with her, and infuriate her to death. In this way, Linda and her daughter will be able to enter Moore's house in the right way. Linda tried to make a sad face, "Emily, it's not what you think, your father and I really don't have a relationship, we ......" "What kind of relationship is there, your dad would be lying in your bed?" Emily angrily stared at Linda, her heart was indignant. She realized at this moment, her father was seduced by this woman, and Vera was secretly seducing her boyfriend. "You mother and daughter are unbearable! You are so shameless that you taught your daughter to be a mistress! Your whole family is a bunch of shameless people!" Emily's anger completely exploded. "Emily, what are you doing? Why are you scolding my mom?" Vera, who hadn't appeared all this time, suddenly appeared from somewhere.
Chapter 3
Seeing Vera, Emily Moore's eyes lit up with anger, "You're just in time, I was just about to settle a score with you! Say! Why did you try to trick me last night?" "What are you talking about? Who was counting on you?" Vera looked unconcerned, as if she didn't care about Emily's accusation. "Emily, you can't make accusations without reason, our Vera is a good girl, how could she be counting on you?" Linda Hamilton immediately helped, vociferously defending her daughter. "How dare you deny it, do you think I can't do anything about it?" Seeing the mother and daughter together, together to pressure, Emily was furious, suddenly raised her hand to give Vera a slap. Vera did not dodge, let the slap hit her face loudly. The pain on her face was so hot that it was accompanied by warm tears. Seeing that her daughter had been wronged, Linda immediately stepped forward, grabbed Emily's hand and questioned, "Emily, why did you hit our Vera, what did she do wrong?" While questioning, Linda's hand pinched Emily mercilessly, Emily pushed Linda away in pain. Linda was waiting for this opportunity, and immediately fell backward, her head hitting the coffee table, blood pouring out. "Mom! Mom what happened to you?" Vera shrieked, "Emily, how could you do this to my mom?" Andrew Moore gets dressed and opens the door, he is shocked to see Linda on the floor, he rushes forward, "Linda what happened to you?" "I'm fine, it's just that Vera ......" Hearing her say this, Andrew glanced at Vera, saw five fingerprints clearly on her face, his expression couldn't help but change, "What happened to your face? " "Andrew, don't blame Emily, she's just too excited!" Lin Mei Zhen this heart bitch, at this moment even pretended to plead for Emily. While pleading for mercy, she swept a glance at Vera without moving, Vera understood, and looked at Andrew with tears on her face, "Dad, it doesn't matter that I was beaten up, it's not the first time I've been bullied by Emily like this anyway, it's my mom who's being bullied. Look at Emily, she's trampling on my mom like this, don't you care about it at all? How long are you going to let my mom suffer?" "Dad?" Vera called Andrew "Dad", Emily felt her brain suddenly became confused. "What did you just say? What did you call my dad?" "My name is Dad?" Vera replied, disdain and anger in her eyes. "Vera! Don't be ridiculous!" Linda spoke up once more to stop it. "Dad, how long are you going to keep this a secret? Even if you don't think about my mom, you have to think about me, right? Do you want me to be an illegitimate child forever, unable to hold my head up?" Vera complained relentlessly, letting the tears roll down her face. At this point, things have developed to such a point, Andrew's anger is burning, his heart is bitter, paper can't wrap the fire, the concealment can't go on any more, so he might as well show his cards to Emily. He looked at Emily, "Emily, Linda and I have had a relationship for a long time! By the way, Vera is not an outsider, she is your sister!" "What?" Emily froze, too shocked to speak. Andrew face surfaced a trace of guilt, "Emily, this matter is all my fault, when I married your mother, Linda was already pregnant, I did not know that she even gave birth to Vera. it is I am sorry for them, all along have not dared to tell you, afraid of your heart is uncomfortable. Since we have talked about it today, from today onwards, we will officially become a family ......" Andrew's words make Emily can not accept, she violently interrupted him, "Dad, how can you say such words? Who's family with who? I'm telling you, I'm not going to be able to live with this couple!"
Chapter 4
These words caused Andrew Moore's face to change, and he fixed Emily Moore with a stern look, "Emily, from now on it's going to be Vera and Miss Hamilton, and I don't want to hear any more inappropriate name calling coming out of your mouth!" Linda Hamilton has always been gentle and virtuous in front of Andrew, "Andrew, don't force Emily if she doesn't want to! We've suffered a lot over the years, and it doesn't matter if we have to suffer for a few more days. I know these years you also not easy, suffered too much suppression ......" Her words touched Andrew's heart, all these years he has been a good husband in front of Emily's mother Grace Snow, now Grace is no longer there, who is he to continue to put up with this kind of aggravation? His heart was full of anger, looking straight at Emily, "Whether you like it or not, the fact that Vera is your sister will not change. I'll tell you first, she and Linda will move into Moore's house and live with us!" The words rang in Linda's and Vera's ears, and they looked at each other for a glance, a hint of joy flashing across their faces. Being able to move into Moore's villa, this was something that both mother and daughter had dreamed of. Andrew's words had made Emily furious, she couldn't believe that her father was openly trying to bring a mistress and an illegitimate daughter into the house, that was unbearable. "That villa was left to me by my mom, who are you to let this mother and daughter move in? Are you really shameless?" These words made Andrew so angry that he slapped Emily in the face. "Ungrateful daughter, are you rebelling?" Emily's face was hit by a hot pain, she covered her face, looking at Andrew with disbelief: "You actually hit me? For this shameless mistress to beat me?" Being stared at by Emily like this, Andrew's heart is a bit uneasy, but seeing Emily not give herself face, makes him feel angry, so he responded with a straight face, "I hit you so what? If you continue to be so ignorant and fearless, I will kick you out, just see if I dare!" Originally Emily came to Vera to settle the score, did not expect to collapse the father's secret, and even more did not expect these years the father even outside another family. At this time the mother has just died, the father even for this pair of shameless mother and daughter to beat their own daughter, Emily can not accept, cover the face and ran away crying. Watching Emily beaten, Vera and Linda look at each other a smile, eyes full of complacency. Emily, this is just the beginning, more heartbreaking things are still waiting for you in the back! Emily walks down the street, crying as she walks, attracting sideways glances from passersby. A streamlined limousine came slowly, the bodyguard driving the car saw Emily crying on the street, froze for a moment, "Ant, look, isn't that the woman from last night?" A honorable man in the back row opens his eyes, sees Emily crying tears, frowns slightly, orders the driver, "Stop the car!" At this moment, Emily was crying uncontrollably, a white handkerchief suddenly appeared in front of her eyes. She raised her tearful eyes, and saw the man she spent the night with last night, looking down at her. Seeing the man, Emily's heart burned with anger, "Get away!" The man is deaf to her rebuke, still tenderly handing out handkerchiefs, his voice soft, "What happened?" "What's it to you? Shame on you!" Emily didn't want to care, angrily pulled the man's handkerchief, threw it on the ground, and ran away crying. Seeing Emily's attitude towards her boss, the bodyguard in the car was full of worry, busily getting out of the car and coming over, "Ant, this ......" The man's face did not have the slightest displeasure, calmly picked up the handkerchief that was thrown on the ground, casually ordered the bodyguard, "Go to the company!"
Chapter 5
Phoenix International Headquarters building in Marina! The conference room was silent, all the executives of Phoenix Corporation were in a black room. At eight o'clock last night, the company's management received a notice from the CEO Office. The president of Huafeng - a mysterious person who had never shown up before - was going to come to the company in person today! Talking about the president of Phoenix, he is a well-known and mysterious person in Binhai. Three years ago, an anonymous investor bid for the busiest commercial land in the center of Binhai with a listing price of more than two billion dollars. After that, he added more than ten billion dollars and quickly built the tallest building in Binhai within a year, named Phoenix International. In just two years, Phoenix rapidly expanded in Binhai, involving hotels and restaurants, real estate, finance and entertainment and other fields, almost everywhere. Phoenix became the most profitable company in Binhai, but about the identity of the owner, is still a mystery. This secretive tycoon has never appeared in public, no one even knows his last name, only heard his English name Anthony. The sudden appearance of the big boss made all the management nervous, everyone was sitting tightly, guessing the real identity of the big boss. At ten o'clock, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor of the conference room. The eyes of all executives were focused on the door, and a trace of nervousness could not help but rise inside. The first person to appear in everyone's line of sight was Michael Rivers, the Group's Executive President and Chief Secretary, who leaned forward slightly and said respectfully, "President, please!" Anthony Knight entered the conference room casually with a pair of slender steps. He was tall, with well-proportioned features, and exuded an unrivaled air of reserve. When everyone saw his appearance, they all froze. At this moment, everyone did not expect that the mysterious big boss would be such a young and handsome man. Everyone gazed at Anthony, ignoring their own strange reactions, while Anthony walked confidently to the main seat in the center of the meeting room, his eyes lightly scanning each elite present. His eyes carried the majesty of a superior, and the executives couldn't help but feel a sense of nervousness under his gaze, and they all stood up to greet him: "Welcome, President!" Anthony has always acted with great speed, the routine meeting was brief and concise, and the meeting was adjourned in less than half an hour. He got up and left the conference room, Michael followed him, and the two of them walked into the CEO Office one after the other. Anthony looked around and sat down in the large chair. Michael, who has been following Anthony for many years, sensed that he was in high spirits, so he smiled across the desk and said, "President, your identity as the backstage boss of Phoenix International will soon be known to the outside world. I really don't know how the family will react." Anthony smiled slightly, but the answer made Michael somewhat surprised: "The family will not know about this. I will issue an internal document on today's incident, and strictly prohibit the leakage of the slightest information." "Are you still going to hide it?" Michael thought that Anthony had returned to China for the purpose of publicizing his identity, but did not expect that he would choose to keep a low profile. "If I disclose my identity, will their brothers be able to sit still? In order not to put pressure on them, I'd rather continue to be the idle prodigal son! After all, father's health is not good, the most important thing is to make peace." Michael knew that the family was quiet on the surface, but in reality there was a secret struggle for power, and Anthony had been seen as an idle drifter for many years, with the help of his older brothers. If it wasn't for the old man's illness, Anthony might not have returned to China so early. At this moment, Michael's cell phone rang, after he answered the call, his face changed slightly. Hanging up the phone, he cautiously looked at Anthony and reported, "The identity of the woman last night has been identified, she is the niece of the first lady, Ethan Black's girlfriend, Emily Moore." Anthony's face showed a hint of surprise, I didn't realize that she was Ethan's girlfriend? Interesting, this matter is becoming more and more intriguing!
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