Chapter 787 What Do You Want?
Seeing that she was silent, he raised his head and glanced at her.
Emmeline pursed her lips, and after a while, she said, "I've made up my mind."
Hearing that, Jara didn't change his expression, but a dim light flickered in the depths of his eyes.
"What's your decision?"
Then, Emmeline said in a low voice, "I admit that four years ago, we were indeed deceived, but you ignored my plea and killed my people. Those were the facts. I can't pretend that it didn't happen."
When her words came out, Jara's face darkened.
"So, does that mean you have to go against me?"
Hearing that, Emmeline was silent for a moment and continued, "In the past, I always thought that when I was released, I must take revenge on you, so that I could live up to their deaths."
"But now, I know that everything was fuelled by their greed. It happened because some people had already given up the Salvation Club long ago, and turned to the Icarus Association."
"For that, I will take revenge when I find them. But Jara, the conflict between us cannot be settled just like that."
Looking at her, Jara didn't say anything further.
After Emmeline finished her sentence, she felt that she was heartless. However, the days and nights over the past four years, and the merciless look he had when he sent her to prison, kept lingering in her mind. She couldn't get rid of it. She couldn't just let go of everything as if she didn't care.
In truth, she cared, and she cared about it very much.
Therefore, she could not agree to Jara's request.
After a long silence, Jara said, "Then what do you want?"
What did she want?
Hearing that, Emmeline was stunned.
To be honest, she hadn't thought about this question at all.
In truth, she had no idea what she wanted either. But she was certain that this arrangement could not continue.
Once again, the dining table fell into silence.
As if he had expected her reaction, Jara picked up his fork and said, "If you haven't thought it through, then think about it later. Let's eat first."
After that, he started to eat in silence.
Since Emmeline hadn't had dinner last night, she got up this morning feeling hungry. Upon seeing that, she stopped being dramatic, as she picked up her fork and began eating as well.
After breakfast, Jara's phone rang.
As he got up to answer the phone, Emmeline sat for a while, watching the servants cleaning away the food. Originally, she wanted to take this opportunity to talk things through with him.
However, on second thought, she realized that she had no answer to his question just now, so she decided to give up.
Thus, she got up and left.
While Jara stood at a corner, answering the phone, it was as if he didn't notice her movements.
However, when she walked out of the door, the corner of his lips curled up irresistibly.
The weather was really good today, and the sun was shining brightly outside. After breakfast, somehow Emmeline relaxed a little. As she was feeling sleepy, she went back to her room and took a nap.
When she woke up again, it was already the afternoon.
Suddenly, someone was knocking at the door vigorously. With a frown, she got out of bed and got dressed.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw Kayla standing at the door with an angry look on her face.
When facing Jara's 'girlfriend', Emmeline was calm.
Although she was not used to the fact that he had such a woman by his side, she knew that with his arrogance, he wouldn't lay eyes on such a dowdy woman.
Perhaps it was of another purpose that he kept Kayla by his side. Could it be that he really did just wanted to make Emmeline angry?
Emmeline's eyes turned cold as she asked, "What's the matter?"
Facing her frosty temperament, Kayla felt a little scared, but when she thought of the purpose of her visit today, she couldn't help but raise her head.
Puffing out her chest, she tried to pretend to be superior, then said, "I lost my necklace. Did you take it?"
Hearing that, Emmeline frowned.
She didn't know what was Kayla up to again, but what necklace? She hadn't seen it at all.
Hence, Emmeline responded in a low voice. "No."
But Kayla sneered.
"How do I know if your words are trustworthy? We are the only ones who are staying in this tower. These servants definitely wouldn't dare to take it, so you're the only one who is possible."
As she spoke, she looked up and down at Emmeline with a scornful look.
"Tsk. Look at the way you dress. You don't even deserve to live here. It was only because Jara was too kind that he couldn't bear to see you live on the streets, so he took you in. Forget about the fact that you're not grateful, but you even stole my things. Miss Illington, are you ashamed?"
Suddenly, Emmeline's face turned cold.
Staring at her coldly, she replied in a low voice, "Miss Burke, as a woman, I don't want to hurt you, so I advise you to watch your mouth when you speak!"
Froze for a moment, Kayla suddenly felt a little scared.
After all, she had seen Emmeline's fighting skills.
However, when Kayla thought of the fact that this was the castle, Jara's territory, even if Emmeline really wanted to attack her, she had to consider Jara's stance.
After all, only the master of the house has a say, right?
As she thought about this, the fear in her heart faded a little.
With a sneer, she said, "If you have the courage to steal it, then you should have the courage to admit it. So you are allowed to steal something, and you don't allow me to say it?"
Hearing that, Emmeline looked at her coldly and didn't seem to want to continue the talk with her.
Hence, turning around, she left the door wide open and walked into the room.
"Come in."
Upon seeing that, Kayla was stunned.
She was a little confused.
Subconsciously, Kayla thought that Emmeline was really going to attack her, so she even took a step back and pretended to be alert. "What for?"
Looking at her with no expression, Emmeline replied, "You accused me of stealing your necklace, didn't you? Come in and search for yourself. If you can find it, it's yours."
With that, she simply sat down on the sofa, unwilling to even give her another a look.
This time, Kayla hesitated.
She had really lost a necklace. After returning from the golf course with Jara yesterday, she couldn't find it anywhere.
The necklace had always stayed on her neck, and it was not really a valuable item. Otherwise, when she was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend, those human traffickers whose eyes would lit up at the sight of money would not allow her to keep the necklace.
However, that necklace was the only thing her mother left her, so she cherished it very much.
With this thought in mind, Kayla looked at Emmeline with a puzzled look in her eyes.
At that moment, Emmeline's attitude seemed relaxed as if she was innocent and was not afraid to be inspected.
Seeing that, Kayla hesitated for a long time. In the end, she didn't manage to say anything in confidence.
However, the necklace was very important to her, and the servants around her would not have any chance to lay their hands on it. Even if they wanted to take something, there were so many expensive pieces of jewelry in the jewelry box in her room that Uncle Poick had prepared for her. Why was nothing else missing other than this particular necklace?
It could be seen that the thief who stole it didn't necessarily do it for money.
If it wasn't for money, then it could only mean revenge.
Looking around the castle, apart from Uncle Poick, Emmeline was the only one who had a feud with her.
As Uncle Poick was such a decent and well-mannered person, and he was also an old man, it was not likely that he would come up with such a petty scheme to deal with her.
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