Chapter 2 The Beginning Of The Game

For the rest of the night, Edward lost control and let his body do all the thinking. Emily was just too beautiful and tempting. Perhaps he had overestimated his self-control, or maybe she was just too irresistible. Whatever the reason was, he completely indulged himself in her.

There was no way the young and inexperienced Emily could bear this amount stimulation. After so many hours, Emily fell asleep.

Panting heavily, Edward felt a bit regretful for what had just happened. Despite this, he still had to carry out his plan.

Grabbing his phone, he quickly dialed a number. "Are you ready?" he said as soon as the call went through, his eyes sharp and treacherous.

"Yes, boss. We have informed the reporters," the voice on the phone replied.

Edward took out a photo from his wallet. It was a photo of a woman, who had a smile as warm as the sunshine in spring. He gently rubbed the photo between his fingers. Closing his eyes, he could see her clearly in his head.

"Edward, I'm sorry..." The woman looked at him with a pair of helpless and sad eyes, and finally turned away from him.

The way she turned away from him kept replaying in his mind over and over again, sending a sharp pain in his chest.

Sadness now overtook his eyes as he couldn't bear to reminisce the past. "Lucy," he whispered, "I know there must be a reason for you to leave me all of a sudden."

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Emily was awoken by a noise, her eyes slowly fluttering open.

The door suddenly burst open, and a group of reporters rushed in like a pack of hungry hyenas. Most of them had cameras in their hands, the flashes constantly filling the room with short bursts of brilliant light.

"Wh-what's going on?" With her eyes wide open in shock, Emily pulled the blanket closer to her.

The voices of the reporters overlapped with each other as they bombarded Emily and Edward with questions.

"Mr. Situ, is the woman beside you really the daughter of the Mu family?"

"Miss Mu, how long have you been in love with Mr. Situ?" "Mr. Situ, aren't you engaged to the first daughter of the Mu family?"

"Why are you now sleeping with the second daughter of the Mu family? What happened to your engagement?"

Despite all these questions, Edward remained silent.

"Mr. Situ, please say something..."

Edward stayed calm, his face showing no trace of emotion. "I have no comment," he finally said flat out.

Soon, his assistant came. The reporters were shooed away. Meanwhile, Emily was still hiding under the blanket, trembling.

Casting a sidelong glance at her trembling figure, a devilish look flashed in Edward's eyes.

'The game has only begun.'

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As Emily walked down the road, her phone suddenly rang. Looking at the screen, she saw that it was her boyfriend calling.

As soon as the phone was connected, his distraught voice came from the other end of the line. "Emily, how could you do something like that? To seduce your own brother-in-law! I can't do this anymore. We need to break up."

Emily felt as if she had been struck by lightning. ！

Suddenly, she saw a magazine on the newspaper stall, the headline had Edward's name on it and a full-page photo. Together with him was a woman with her bare back in complete view. At first sight, she was able to recognize herself.

All of a sudden, she understood her boyfriend's call. "John, please! It's not what you think it is," Emily said hurriedly.

"Oh, there's no need to explain," he said bitterly, "Are you going to try and deny that the woman in the cover of every tabloid in the city is not you?"

After saying that, he hung up the phone. Holding the phone in her hand, Emily stood in a daze.

What happened to her last night made her mind in a mess. In just a short amount of time, the incident that happened between her and Edward was now known to the entire city. And now, her own boyfriend was thinking that she was a dirty and despicable woman.

A chill went over her body. There was no way she could go home given the current situation. It was difficult to comprehend how her father would react when he saw today's headlines.

At this moment, her phone rang again. Her heart skipped a beat. It was her sister calling.

Hesitantly, she answered the phone call. "Flora..."

"Where have you been all this time? Dad is in hospital!" Flora Mu roared.

Emily's heart tightened and her phone fell to the ground. Quickly, she took a taxi and went over.

It was not until then that she knew her father, David Mu, was arrested and detained by the police because of a suspected business crime. He was immediately prosecuted by the court.

Nowadays, there was always something shady when it came to business. It depended on who played better business games. Unfortunately, the evidence collected by the Department of Business Crime was very disadvantageous to David Mu. If he lost the case, he would be in prison for half his life.

Irritated by the news, David Mu had a heart attack and fainted on the spot.

The disasters happened to the Mu family one after the other. As soon as the news that David Mu was detained got out, the stocks of the Mu Group immediately plummeted and were quickly pulled out or sold.

Originally, Flora Mu and Edward Situ were about to be engaged, but this was suddenly called off by the Situ family.

This was a common thing -- people were willing to help the successful and the rich while unwilling to reach out to the poor and the weak. The friends who had a close relationship with David Mu in business all cut off their contact with him for a while, disinclined to interfere in the affairs of the Mu family.

Now, David Mu was ill and hospitalized. Lily Zhao had tried every means to help him, but no one was willing to do anything. Before long, the Mu Group was acquired by the MSK International. David Mu was not only facing a lawsuit, but also a huge amount of debt.

After making some inquiries, Lily Zhao knew that it was because Edward, CEO of the MSK International. No one else but he could have warned all the CEOs of City A. If anyone dared to help the Mu family, he would drive them to the ground until there was nothing left to salvage.

The MSK International was so rich and influential that no one dared to get in their way.

It seemed that everyone in the Mu family understood that Edward wanted to destroy their family.

The thing that Emily feared the most still happened. When Flora saw the news about Edward and Emily on the magazine, she couldn't help cursing, "We feed you and clothe you and put a roof over your head! Do you have no sense of debt or decency?! I can't believe you have the audacity to steal my man! Shame on you! You are not a member of this family, Emily!"

Their father had always liked to compare her with Emily ever since she was a child. Emily was better looking and learned everything faster than she did, which was why their father liked her very much.

Flora didn't understand why Emily, the adopted daughter, could get all the good things despite the fact that she was the real daughter of the Mu family.

Lily Zhao, the stepmother of Emily, slapped her in the face. "Little bitch, I didn't expect you to ally with an outsider! You must have revealed your father's criminal evidence and business secrets to him!"

"She's really an ungrateful, stupid little girl, isn't she? Mom?" Flora and Lily worked together and pointed all the blame on Emily.

"Mom, Flora, I didn't betray the Mu family." Tears welled up in her eyes, but she couldn't defend herself.

Just then, Edward appeared. With an evil smirk, he folded his arms across his chest, seeming to enjoy the commotion that was happening. "While you're all fighting there," he said casually, leaning against the wall, "I should probably let you know that I'm planning to take away your house."