Trapped with a Lawyer

Elaine looked at her irritated daughter and giggled winningly: "Oh my dear daughter, you are so pretty, and I am sure you can use that to your advantage." Samuel with all his money was such a catch. It was so stupid of Emma to ever let go of him.

Emma was now more agitated. Of course she had been trying to get him, but Samuel always turned her down with a cold shoulder.

"Say no more. You should leave now." Elaine was in heavy debt and there were a lot of people chasing after her for money. Emma would hate to see those rude and brutal debt-collectors.

Elaine laid herself comfortably on the couch and behaved like an unreasonable child: "I have nowhere to go." She followed Emma to America and then from America to here. She would go wherever Emma went. Her daughter was her source of income. How could she live without her.

Emma stood up and took out a thick deck of money from her purse. She threw the money on the table and shouted at her mother: "I have no more savings. You are driving me crazy! Your unreasonable demands are killing me!"

Elaine was thrilled when she saw the money. She sat up and started counting.

She cast a glance at her daughter's irritated face and casually said: "What are you worried about? Didn't you just receive a lot of money from the boss of your firm, Mr. Fei?" mocked Elaine.

How dare she bring this up! Emma touched her forehead in agony. She stood up from the the couch and pulled Elaine towards the door with all her force. She shouted: "Go away right now!" Was she really her mother? How could she do this to her? She was a bloody nightmare! Were it not for her mother and her huge debts, she wouldn't have sold her body to old Mr. Felix Fei.

Elaine would not leave Emma alone. She glared at her and said: "I am your mother. How dare you talk back to me like this!" "Such a useless daughter!" "Can't even marry herself to a rich man!"

However, all she got was a huge slam of the door. The door was slammed close.

With Elaine gone, the room finally went quiet.

Emma sat down on the floor with her arms around her legs. She was in great agony.

She used to think that Samuel was the one. A man who she could rely on for the rest of her life. But somehow their relationship was cut short by the hands of Melody, that wench!

When she was with Samuel, all her expenses were paid by him.

With Samuel gone and her mother's heavy debts falling on her shoulders, Ella was now facing a financial crisis.

Felix somehow heard about her situation and lured her with millions of RMB.

Eventually she gave in to the temptation of money and walked into Felix's villa.

Whenever she thought about Samuel, the hatred towards Ella would grow inside her. Emma was determined to destroy Ella.

She must find out how Ella got pregnant in the first place.

Samuel's law firm

Ella woke up to the ringing of a phone. She opened her eyes and noticed that it was quite late. The lounge was dark and it was pitch black outside.

Samuel was not here. When Ella thought of what had happened this afternoon, her face went red. She was quite speechless. It was supposed to be a shoulder massage. How come it turned into... Her phone rang again, which pulled Ella back to reality.

She picked up her phone and checked the caller's number. It was an unknown number.

She cleared her throat and answered: "Hello."

She then heard a man's voice: "Ella, it's me." Ella was confused for a second as she had no idea who that might be.

"Who is it?" This was a totally unknown number.

Sum shook his head and replied: "It's me, Sum." He had been calling her many times since last night. Eventually he came to the conclusion that Samuel must have blocked him. Therefore he bought a new number and tried to contact Ella. It worked!

"Ah!" "Hi Sum, what are you up to these days?" She sat back on the bed while talking.

She vaguely remembered that he once mentioned to her there would be a university reunion. But then she never heard about it any more.

"I was busy working. Sorry about the reunion. I tried to contact you but I couldn't reach you." He did call her to talk about the reunion. But Samuel intercepted the call.

Ella paused and then she said: "I never changed my number. Did you change yours? Is that why you can't reach me?" This was the only explanation she could think of.

Sum hesitated for a moment and then he decided to tell her the truth: "I have called you before. But it was Samuel who answered the phone. I did tell him to leave you a message to call back." "Samuel is?so possessive It was just a call" Ella thought.

But when did Samuel answer her phone? How come she had no idea about that? "Oh, alright, he must have been busy and forgot to tell me." It occurred to Ella that Samuel once warned her to stay away from Sum.

Sum could tell from her tone that she was defending Samuel. He smiled bitterly and said: "So, are you free tonight?" Sum was not expecting her to say yes.

But when she actually turned down the proposal, he still felt hurt.

"I am sorry, Sum, but my brother returned and tonight I am supposed to meet the family at home." She was not lying. Her parents had called earlier and told her to come home with Samuel for a family gathering.

Sum believed her but he insisted: "How about some other day?" "Some of the old friends from the university really want to have a catch-up with you."

The way he put it made it hard for Ella to reject anymore. She gave in and agreed: "Sure then."

Ella ended the call and sat on the bed for a while. Then she got up and began to dress herself.

She walked into the bathroom and tidied herself up. Then she opened the lounge door.

It was quite dark outside. Only one office lamp in the corner was on. Where did Samuel go? Ella looked around and realized that the office was empty, which instantly made her feel uneasey.

She quickly reached for her phone and dialed Samuel's number: "Samuel..." She called out as soon as it got through.

"It's me, Ella. Mr. Shao is in an urgent meeting right now." Ella heard Anna's clear voice.

She was quite relieved to hear that Samuel was in a meeting. That explained why there is no one here. "Alright. I will wait for him then."

She hung up the phone and went back to the lounge to tidy up the bed.

She hung around in the office for a little bit longer and got bored eventually. Ella decided to take a walk outside. Ella clung on to her coat as the evening breeze was quite chilly.

When she walked to the front of the firm, she heard a voice: "Ms. Bo." Ella turned around and saw a man.

Everyone at the firm knew she was the wife of Mr. Shao. They seldom referred to her with her maiden name.

Ella was confused. She checked the man out and realized that she might know him. But she just could not remember where she saw him before.

Drake Shao was amused by her expression. He walked over to her and smiled warmly: "Ms. Bo, we met before in the library."

Oh! Now she remembered! He was the man who sat opposite her in the library.

"Hello!" She smiled back to him and the two walked out of the building.

"Are you on your way home?" Drake followed her as they walked towards the square of the law firm.

Ella shook her head and replied: "I am waiting for my husband." She mentioned the word "husband" on purpose.

Drake laughed and then he stared at her face with a smile: "Ms. Bo, you are so young and beautiful, it is such a pity that you are taken already."