Chapter 18 He Wouldnt Forgive Her (2/2)
Emily's heart sank. Sulphuric acid? It seemed that these people not only wanted to insult her, but they also wanted to ruin her face!
She raised her eyes to see; the cold, handsome face of the man came into her eyes - It was Victor?
People
who had gathered in a circle before, gradually scattered. They calmed down a little bit but was still pressing Emily hard.
”Why are you helping this plagiarist, Mr. Victor?”
”Yes, Mr. Victor, you've let us down!”
”I think this slut not only seduced the judge, but also Mr. Victor!”
”……”
”Nonsense!” Emily couldn't bear it any more. She didn't care about it when she was their sole target, but in front of Victor, she felt inexplicably embarrassed this time. ”You can insult me, but not Mr. Victor!”
As soon as she finished her sentence, the people seemed to regain their strength. They cursed her to damnation all with all kinds of profanity.
Hearing them drag Victor's name to the mud, made Emily tremble with anger. Victor, on the contrary, was calm and collected, as if he did not hear those foul words. He said slowly,” The evidence is on this coat. Use of sulphuric acid in attempt to inflict physical harm. All of you will be charged with intentional assault, superimposing insult and slander. This does not look good. How many years should you be sentenced to imprisonment?”
People were stunned for a moment. It took them a few seconds to reflect on what he had said.
Most of them were gathered there spontaneously to protest against Emily. A few of them were there on order. To put in a nutshell, none of them wanted to be imprisoned over this. It wasn't worth that much to them.
Meanwhile, the acid-splashing netizen hid amongst the crowd without saying a word. The situation was too chaotic for anyone to catch him, before he disappeared.
The two sides were deadlocked in argument, soon the people quickly regressed and reluctantly retreated. They spit out words like ”count her good luck” and ”same pollution” from time to time.
Finally it became quiet again, leaving behind only a mess.
”Thank you, Mr. Victor.” Emily took this opportunity to express her gratitude to him, but she was also very embarrassed,” I'm sorry, I got you involved in this. I will pay you for the coat...”
If Victor had not been there to help her out, she couldn't imagine what horrible things might have happened to her. Thinking of the bottle of sulphuric acid, terrified her to the core.
”No need for that.” Victor looked at her gently for a few seconds, and suddenly asked,” Who did you offend?”
Emily had just won the championship of the Jewelry Design Competition with her talent. She must have offended someone or else, her reputation, fortune and future wouldn't be where it was right now.
Emily didn't get him at first, but she soon realized what Victor had meant. Jack and Rose's malicious smirking faces suddenly popped into her mind. She became furious all over again. While gnashing her teeth in contempt, she replied,” No one. Just some lunatics.”
Having said that, she looked in the direction Jack was standing in as a spectator earlier and noticed that both him and his car had already disappeared.
”Why not ask help from Jacob?”
”Why should I ask help from Jacob?” Emily was shocked.
This whole thing was arranged by Jack, and Jacob, the person with more power, could easily solve her problems if he wanted to.
However, not once did Emily ever think about asking Jacob for help from the beginning to the end. Although they had shared intimacy before and he had helped her twice, it seemed to her that their relationship was still not close enough for them to ask each other's anytime.
And...
She would never forget that night. Jacob looked at her stubborn face and burst out with a sneer, saying that he was really looking forward to the day Emily came begging to him.
The thought of that day, made her more adamant and eventually convinced her to never ask Jacob for any help or favours.