Trapped with a Lawyer

Chapter 49 She Heard It Right

Anna looked at Ella and remained speechless. Sister-in-laws? An abandonment crime? Abandonment

referred to the crime relating to parents abandoning their children or children abandoning their parents

or by not supporting them in any way.

Eason was at worst a rapist or a man who cheated on women's feelings.

But the goal she had in mind had now been accomplished, and she would leave the rest up to Ella.

Anna heard Ella get on the phone and exaggerating: "Dad! I've got something important to tell you!"

After her phone call, she came back to the assistants' office.

Five Minutes Later

Ella grasped her phone in her hand and was running to Anna: "Ann! Ann! Oh! No! Sister! Sister!" Her

disturbed voice made her words sound incoherent.

She took Anna by her hand and pulled her to a more private, discreet place where they could talk:

"Mom said that dad had booked a plane ticket and that if you are pregnant, you must come to our

home. My parents will be fully responsible for you. Oh! No! My brother will take this responsibility upon

him!"

She was going to have a sister-in-law! Ella was so happy now!

Pregnant? An odd grimace struck on Anna. How could she be pregnant? She wasn't a child anymore,

and she had definitely known how to take her morning after pills.

Anna had just wanted Eason to give her a reason for his leave. She wanted to ask why he was

avoiding her now, and more than this, she wanted to know why he was avoiding her now.

She never thought of making Eason responsible for any of this, and now she just nodded absently to

Ella's excited words.

Jenny visited their company in the afternoon.

Samuel was not there, and Ella was in the office, busy printing some documents for him.

When her her mother was downstairs, she ran down the stairs to pick her up.

Ella settled Jenny into the office, went out, and called Anna in.

Anna looked confused when she saw the lady sitting in sofa, and even frightened when Jenny started

to talk with her.

"Mom finally found you, my dear daughter!" She had been looking for her daughter-in-law for more than

30 years! Jenny was so excited that she almost cried out when she took Anna's hands, who was so

pretty and capable in her eyes now.

Her son was finally getting married, and she could now finally be relieved of the burden of an unwed

son.

Er......r.... Ella and Anna watched the scene with slight awkwardness. "Mom, calm down a bit. You've

frightened Ann."

Anna's hands were still held tight by Jenny: "Mrs. Si..." said Anna awkwardly. Eason's mother was so

passionate about her. She was almost overwhelmed with emotion.

Jenny calmed down a little. She patted Anna's white little hands, and guaranteed her: "Ella told me

what had happened between you and my son. If Eason dares to abandon you, I'll break his legs with

my own hands!" While hearing her speak these words, Jenny started gnashing her teeth, Anna wasConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

confused when she saw that now Jenny was so serious. Wasn't this Eason Bo a casanova? Did neither

one of his previous lovers ever came back to him before her?

Or did Jenny react like all of the other women Eason had sex with?

Ella looked at her mother sitting on the couch, and thought of Viola. Why couldn't she meet a mother-

in-law who liked her this much?

Jenny then started talking a lot to Anna. She reluctantly left the law firm after she had confessed to her

tons of important things.

At night, Ella got a phone call from Samuel. Samuel told her that he would have a business dinner

tonight, and that she would have to go back home alone, on her own.

She decided to get a good night's rest and visit their old house the following day and spend it with her

son.

Samuel did not return home until nearly midnight. The bedroom door was strongly pushed open and

Ella woke up.

She looked at the time. It was almost twelve o'clock now. Sitting up in bed, this time she noticed that

Samuel was walking unsteadily and was off balance.

She could smell the wine on him a mile away. "Are you drunk?" Ella jumped out from the bed and held

him in her arms.

When Samuel saw her, he immediately embraced her and kissed her gently on her lips.

The strong smell of wine made Ella a little uneasy. Oh, my god! He had drunk too much!

She pushed away the man that was now hugging her: "Sam, you're dead-drunk. I'll make you some

soup to sober you up."

She helped Samuel to the bed laid him down on it, and then immediately went to the kitchen to get his

soup ready.

When she came back, Samuel was lying on the bed, head askew, sleeping.

She put the soup on the table and gently nudged him, "Sam, wake up. Have some soup."

But by then she felt that she was pulled by a great force and staggered back into Samuel's arms.

Samuel held her so tight.

"Emma..." he whispered. That name, when she heard it, was like a lightning bolt, and it stroke Ella like

thunder in her ears.

She laid so stiff, rigid in his arms. She heard it right, what he said was... Emma.

So Emma still dwelt smowhere in the bottom of his heart. However hard he tried, he still could not

forget her.

The room was now so quiet, and Samuel was sleeping like a baby. Ella didn't try to wake him up again.

Half an hour later, she pushed the man's arms away and calmly got out of bed. She took off his shoes

and clothes, and then tried to push his whole body in bed.

It was a little past one o 'clock in the morning after this toss and turn in bed. Ella went to the other side

of the bed and lay down quietly with her back to Samuel.

When Samuel woke up the next morning, Ella wasn't beside him anymore.

The whole apartment was very quiet in the morning time, almost like it was empty. He rubbed his sore

temples. He had met a few alcoholic partners last night and he had drunk too much, indeed.

He went out of the bedroom, looked around, and was sure enough no one was at home besides

himself. Where was she?

He took out the phone to look at the time. It was already past 8 o 'clock in the morning. He then tried

calling Ella.

The call had been put through for a second, and then hung up. Samuel was a bit confused.

Did something happen last night? Then he called the office. The phone rang for a long while before

someone finally picked it up.

It was Anna, not Ella. She told him that Ella hadn't arrived at the company today.

Ah, yes, he remembered now, Ella had told him that she would visit the old house today.

Samuel still felt a little dizzy. He had a brief wash in the bathroom to freshen up and then tried calling

the old house.

He felt a little uneasy since he didn't know where she was.

Mrs. Qi answered the phone. Samuel was relieved when she told him that Ella was playing with their

kid upstairs.

His naughty girl knew exactly how to make him worry. She didn't even tell him when and where she left.

Or... did he sleep too tight, too tight that she couldn't wake him up?

Samuel was so busy with the Changyue case that he again didn't notice that there was something

wrong with Ella.

It was only until three days later, when he returned to the empty apartment in the middle of the night,

that Samuel started missing her presence. He then took out his cellphone and tried calling Ella several

times. No answer.

By then realized something was wrong and started asking himself why Ella hadn't come back home for

the past three days. She did not go to the company, either. But she knew that he was still working on

the Changyue case these days, and she seemed to be keen on keeping Emma away from him.

Why didn't she do anything all this time? She even allowed Emma to be with him for three whole days.

Samuel wasn't that stupid to think that Ella had started to trust him.

He remembered sending her several WeChat messages in the last three days, but got no reply

whatsoever. He thought that there must definitely be something wrong with Ella, and by now she was

probably more than furious at him.