Chapter 227 He Is the First to Regret
"Emily, don't be nervous. I'm not here to cause trouble!"
Chase gave a bitter smile.
He quickly responded.
Thinking about how he used to treat Emily, her reaction was completely normal.
He had a pair of deep, charming eyes, which was one of the reasons he could make it in the entertainment industry.
Emily didn't let her guard down because of Chase's words. "Are your words even credible?"
Sure enough, he knew it. She was heartbroken - how could she forgive him so easily?
Chase didn't expect her forgiveness. Whether she forgave him or not was her freedom.
"Emily, I'm sorry! Everything in the past was my fault. I was ungrateful and let down your genuine feelings!"
Chase apologized sincerely.
But Emily became even more alert. "What's going on here? You, a big star, apologizing to me! Or are you trying to use this approach to soften my heart and solve your online 'scandal'?
Well, sorry, I already stated my requirements. Didn't you always praise how kind Bianca is? Didn't you only recognize her as your sister? As long as Bianca does what I asked, your troubles will be solved."
Emily looked at Chase mockingly.
Chase knew Emily had misunderstood his purpose.
He shook his head to explain. "Whether you believe it or not, I'm not here to ask for your help. As for Bianca, let's not even mention her. I was the one who was blinded and didn't see that she's the selfish and cold-hearted one!"
"If you're not here to ask for my help, then what for? To ask about Hayden?"
Emily could only think of these two possibilities.
Chase looked at Emily with a complicated expression. "Actually, this matter should also be related to Hayden. I'm just here to warn you that Aiden and Bianca want to find out if you rescued Hayden. Soon they'll probably come to your door themselves.
Whether you rescued Hayden or not, they probably won't let you off easy, so you'd better prepare some defenses in advance! That's all I wanted to say. I'll leave now!"
After Chase finished speaking, he turned to leave.
But Emily mocked him from behind. "I thought you'd at least ask about Hayden!"
Chase paused, turned back and looked at Emily sadly. "Would you tell me if I asked?"
Emily said nothing, just looked at him calmly.
Silence was the best answer.
Chase had expected this. He didn't blame her for her silence. "I trust you. Since you promised, you won't go back on your word. As for when you'll have Hayden return to the country and appear before the Johnson family, I believe you have your own plans."
He paused.
His expression began to change, as if he had made a major decision.
He looked at Emily with determined eyes. "About the mistakes I made before, rest assured, I'll give you an answer!"
He didn't explain what this answer would be or what he planned to do. He just left in a hurry.
Emily watched deeply in the direction he left, her thoughts drifting far away.
She hadn't expected that after being reborn...
When she no longer hoped for family affection, someone in the Johnson family had already begun to wake up.
She also hadn't expected that the first person to admit his mistakes would be Chase, and that he would be the first to see through Bianca's true colors and no longer be emotionally manipulated by her.
When Daniel came out, what he saw was her standing alone in the evening sunlight.
Although the golden sunset shone on her, brilliant and bright...
He still felt a sense of loneliness from her.
"What are you thinking about?"
Daniel asked with concern.
Emily's drifting thoughts were pulled back.
She didn't mention Chase's visit, just calmly withdrew her gaze. "Nothing. Why did you come out? Your body just recovered - don't you know to rest!"
The fact that she could scold him meant the recent incident hadn't affected her much. Daniel felt relieved.
"I feel much better, don't worry. I just wanted to ask, where did Violette and Liam go? And Cloudy and Biscuit - we came back, but they didn't react at all?"
Daniel had walked to the dog house on the lawn when he finally realized what was wrong.
This villa was too quiet.
So quiet it lacked any signs of life.
Emily hadn't expected that Daniel, even while still sick, would keenly notice something was off.
"Biscuit and Cloudy were drugged, but fortunately it was just a sedative. I've already ordered delivery - medicine to wake them up will arrive soon. As for Violette..."
Emily's expression darkened when she got to this point. "Rhett tricked Violette away, and Liam's whereabouts are also unknown. I've already sent people to investigate. But I can't reach Atticus and Sofia. I need to go to their company or school in person to check on the situation."
Originally she hadn't planned to tell Daniel, thinking she could handle it herself.
But after investigating for a while with still no news, her heart sank even more.
If Chase hadn't suddenly appeared and interrupted, she would probably be heading to Atticus's workplace and then Sofia's school by now.
"You don't need to go yourself. I'll have York arrange for people to go find them separately!"
Daniel was worried about Emily, and he always wanted to help her more, not wanting her to work so hard.
"Okay, then I'll trouble you!"
Emily still needed to have people search for Liam's whereabouts, so she really couldn't waste time looking for Atticus and Sofia.
As for going to Rhett's place to rescue people and force him to reveal Liam's whereabouts, Emily didn't plan to let Daniel know or participate.
His current physical condition wasn't suitable for more trouble.
Otherwise, before getting the antidote ingredients, Daniel's body might not hold up.
Afraid he wouldn't listen, Emily added another sentence: "Behave and follow doctor's orders. I'll handle everything else myself. I really dislike patients who don't listen!"
These words were quite powerful.
Daniel didn't dare say he wanted to accompany Emily to find Rhett.
Since he had come out, Emily decided directly to send him back to his own house to recover.
If Daniel had known this would be the result, he might as well have investigated privately.
Emily didn't just think that since Daniel's villa was right next door, it wasn't convenient or appropriate for him to stay at her place.
She had another reason.
Fortunately Chase had warned her, otherwise when she got busy, she might not have thought of it.
"Since Hayden has been rescued, I don't plan to hand him over to the Johnson family for now - I don't have time anyway. But to prevent some troublemakers from coming to my door, I want to keep him at your place first. Do you have a convenient place to hold someone where they won't be discovered?
Of course, if you're worried it might implicate you, just refuse me directly, and I'll find someone else to arrange it!"
At worst, she'd just ask Aaron for help.
Aaron had gone on a business trip to discuss follow-up cooperation with Harold, so she hadn't told him about this rescue.
So if possible, she didn't really want to bother Aaron.
He was a business partner and also a good friend.
If he knew she took such a risk to rescue someone, he'd probably be angry.
Emily wasn't good at comforting people!
"You know, I won't refuse any request you make!"
Daniel's eyes reflected Emily's image, his voice firm and magnetic.
At the same time, he also answered Emily's question. "I have a secret room here. It's quite a hidden place that ordinary people can't detect."