Chapter 303 Finding Ways to Obstruct

Chapter 303 Finding Ways to Obstruct

"Sure, but I'm warning you—don't back out later!"

Emily replied fearlessly with a smile.

This time, she found another quiet corner to make her call, and no one stopped her.

Calista wasn't about to give Emily any chance to win.

From the start, she had made it clear that Emily couldn't reach Otto.

Logically, unless Emily was completely stupid, she wouldn't call Otto now, so the most likely person she'd contact would be Kaia.

So right after Emily left, Calista immediately contacted Zoey.

"Go find Kaia right now. Find a way to keep her occupied so she can't help anyone. Break her phone somehow—at least make sure she can't use it to contact anyone for half an hour."

After explaining the situation to Zoey, Calista laid out her demands directly.

"You have to make this happen, understand? I've given you such a great opportunity. If you can't even handle this, I'll tell Xiukai there's no need to waste any more time on you and the King family. We prefer smart people!"

This was clearly a threat.

Zoey didn't dare offend Calista at this point.

She immediately responded, "Calista, don't worry. I'll do everything I can. Even if you hadn't reminded me, I would have done this anyway. After all, I hate Emily the most."

She and Daniel were childhood friends, and her family background was the best match for Daniel. Emily was just some nobody who came out of nowhere—what right did she have to make Daniel like her so much?

Calista nodded with satisfaction. "Alright, go handle it. I'll arrange the meeting with that person later!"

She knew that to prove her value to Daniel, Zoey had come to this party specifically to meet that person, hoping to win them over and get them to agree to work with Daniel.

If the earlier threatening words had made Zoey somewhat unhappy, this statement was essentially offering another benefit, and she immediately responded with delight.

After arranging things with Zoey, Calista called Axel.

Axel was quite satisfied with Calista, who had good family background, looks, and public reputation.

So he gave Calista respect and consideration.

Although he was chatting with several people, when he received Calista's call, he excused himself and went aside to take it.

"What's up? Aren't you also at the party with some friends?"

Axel smiled warmly, though the smile didn't reach his eyes—there was even a hint of coldness.

His custom-tailored suit showed off his tall, excellent figure.

"You have to help me this time. It's not a big deal..."

Calista embellished the story about Emily, then acted coquettish asking Axel for help.

"We haven't finished our discussion here. Half an hour definitely isn't enough—we won't be heading downstairs that quickly. Don't worry."

Axel was extremely smart and understood Calista fairly well. He could tell how much of what she said was true and how much was false.

Her little schemes and calculations—he naturally wouldn't fuss over them.

He agreed right away.

"Honey, I knew you were the best! Go ahead and chat, see you later!"

Calista immediately responded happily.

After hanging up, coldness flashed in her eyes. This time, Emily was bound to lose.

Moreover, Calista was quite cautious in her actions. Even though she had already secured what seemed like a very high chance of winning, she felt it still wasn't enough.

She made another call to the person in charge of the party, requesting that unless it was someone important, now that the party had started, they shouldn't let anyone else in.

This was to prevent anyone from actually delivering an invitation to Emily.

Calista had to admit Emily was beautiful—what if some blind fool actually fell for Emily, got manipulated by her, and somehow managed to get her an invitation?

Calista herself didn't realize that while she seemed to look down on Emily, everything she was doing showed she was actually wary of her.

Emily didn't know about everything Calista was doing behind the scenes.

However, she could guess that Calista definitely wouldn't let her win.

She had come to the party with Kaia openly—plenty of people had seen them.

Since she couldn't contact Otto now, the most likely person she'd contact was Kaia, which meant contacting Kaia wouldn't go smoothly.

So Emily didn't waste time trying to contact Kaia at all. Instead, she called Aaron directly.

Aaron had indeed been busy and overwhelmed with family matters lately. Plus, he didn't want to burden Emily with his troubles.

After all, he knew the Johnson family situation best, so he felt most sorry for Emily and didn't want her to worry about him.

He was somewhat surprised to suddenly receive Emily's call.

"Why are you contacting me out of the blue? I thought you were still researching that new drug. How's it going? Have you developed it yet?"

Aaron's tone was relaxed, as if he had no family troubles at all.

Emily didn't ask much about Aaron's family situation right now. With the upcoming collaboration with Zola, they would inevitably meet, and she could discuss it in detail then.

"I'm in Emerald City now, and I have a small problem I need to trouble you with."

Emily got straight to the point.

She told him about the party she was at and roughly who was attending, so Aaron could better determine what kind of party it was.

"I know about this party. Why didn't you tell me you were coming to Emerald City? Your business is my business. Just tell me what's going on."

Aaron had complete trust in Emily and agreed without any hesitation.

Emily briefly explained what had happened, then asked, "Can you get me an invitation? I need it within half an hour."

"I got an invitation to this party too, but I've been too busy to go. An invitation, right? I'll contact the organizers directly and have them prepare one for you immediately. They'll deliver it to you personally in a bit."

After hearing the whole story, coldness flashed in Aaron's eyes.

Someone dared to bully Emily? They were asking for death!

So this time, he definitely had to go help Emily stand up for herself.

Emily had wanted to tell Aaron he didn't need to come personally, but Aaron hung up right after speaking.

When Emily tried to call back, his line was busy.

Fine!

Since Aaron wanted to come, let him come!

That way, Calista and her group wouldn't be able to back out. That was a total of ten million dollars in prize money—she had to get it.

With Aaron there, they'd probably obediently hand over the money.

Since Aaron was her business partner, she felt no pressure using his help.

From start to finish, she never thought of asking Daniel for help or relying on him.

If Daniel knew, he'd probably be disappointed again.

At this moment, Daniel didn't know Emily was in trouble.

He was chatting with Gilbert, Axel, and two other people.

Because outsiders were present, Daniel was using his identity as the head of the Smith family.

So the others showed Daniel considerable respect.

But Daniel still noticed that Axel was probing intentionally or unintentionally.

"Mr. Smith, I heard you're also very interested in that piece of land in the north of Emerald City?"