The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains
Chapter 56 Crisis

Veda thought for a moment and realized what was happening. Her face immediately darkened. "That bitch actually dared to use me."

Emily stiffly turned her head and said to Michael with a blank expression. "You misheard."

Michael was amused, "Did I mishear? I remember Veda only has one brother, right?"

Emily didn't speak and didn't want to explain. At this point, she wasn't even sure how much of what she said was true.

Michael and Emily were entangled at the door of the private room, and no one noticed when Veda had left.

Until a loud slap suddenly echoed from the other side, everyone turned their head. Someone turned off the music, and the room fell silent. Then they saw Sophia holding her face, looking at Veda in disbelief.

Veda's words were clear and forceful in the room. Veda scolded, "You bitch, how dare you use me? Do you think that by getting rid of Emily, you can marry Michael? Even if Emily and Michael get divorced, you can never marry into the Smith Family. How dare you use me?"

Sophia, with tears in her eyes, mumbled, "No, I didn't. Don't listen to Emily's nonsense."

Veda gritted her teeth in anger. "How dare you mention Emily?"

As Veda was about to hit Sophia again, Michael suddenly rushed over and grabbed Veda's raised hand.

Seeing it was Michael, Sophia immediately cried to him, "Michael, I don't know what Emily said to Veda, but she hit me."

Emily found the scene ridiculous and didn't want to watch their absurd damsel-in-distress act, so she turned and walked out.

Michael saw Emily leave out of the corner of his eye and immediately signaled his assistant, who quickly followed her out.

Then he looked at Veda, his face dark and his tone icy. "Veda, what are you doing? It's your birthday today, so I won't hold it against you. Stop messing around."

Everyone saw Michael was angry and didn't dare to speak. The people present were all young friends of Veda, and Veda felt wronged by Michael's scolding.

"It's all Sophia's fault. She dared to use me. She thinks that by getting rid of Emily and you divorcing Emily, she can marry into the Smith Family? Dream on. Wicked woman." Veda cried in grievance. Michael gave her a stern look. "Veda, don't say that!"

Veda realized Michael was really angry and turned her head away without saying another word.

Michael told everyone, "It's fine, you all have fun." Then he pulled Sophia out of the room.

Michael took Sophia to another empty private room. Sophia immediately hugged Michael. "Michael, I really don't know what I did wrong. Veda hit me after hearing something from Emily. I'm really upset, okay?" Seeing Sophia crying, Michael felt a bit sorry for her and touched her face. "I apologize on Veda's behalf. She was wrong today. After her birthday, I'll let her come and apologize to you, okay?"

Sophia nodded. "I really didn't do anything wrong."

Michael said indulgently, "Okay, I know."

While he was comforting Sophia, Emily had already walked out. She hadn't gone far when Michael's assistant caught up with her and said, "Mrs. Smith, Mr. Smith wants you to meet him in the upstairs private room later." Emily squinted at the assistant. "What does he want with me?"

The assistant didn't say anything, and Emily snorted. "I'm not going. I don't have time." Then she walked away.

The assistant was helpless and had to go back to replace Michael, because he was still holding Veda's gift.

Emily thought this terrible day was finally over, but she didn't know it was just the beginning.

She hadn't taken a cab when she arrived; she had driven a random car of Michael's from the garage. But when she went to get the car, she found a long scratch on the side, looking terrible.

Emily was instantly furious and walked back into the club, intending to check the surveillance at the security office.

The security office was on the basement level of the club. She took the elevator down to the first basement level, but as soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she felt a sharp pain in her back and lost consciousness. The last second before passing out, Emily only thought about her child, and then she knew nothing.

She didn't know how long she had been out of consciousness, but she woke up by the cold. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a cold storage room.

She scrambled to her feet and fumbled to open the door, but it was locked from the outside. It was clear someone had done this on purpose, knocking her out and throwing her into the cold storage. 'Is this a prank or a murder?'

"Is anyone there? Open the door, please!" Emily shouted a few times, but no one heard her. She took out her phone to call for help, but her phone was out of battery.

The temperature kept dropping. Emily walked around in circles, rubbing her arms to try to warm up, but it was useless. She was freezing, her teeth chattering, and she hugged herself tightly.

'Who could it be?' The only person Emily could think of was Sophia. No one else would want her dead.

Emily felt her consciousness fading. She slid down the wall, fear and uncertainty overwhelming her. She tightly protected her belly.

'Why? Why is this happening to me? And Isabella, I haven't even seen Isabella wake up yet. Am I going to leave this world first? Baby, Isabella, no, I can't die.'

But Emily felt herself slipping into darkness, losing her will bit by bit. She was scared, terrified, wanting to cry but unable to.

But then she seemed to see the scene of her first meeting with Michael. It turned out that people really could see the most important person in their life before they die. So she was still thinking of him even at the end. She thought, 'Emily, this is your life. You deserve to die.'

Just as she was about to completely lose her consciousness, she suddenly felt herself being held by a warm body. She couldn't see who it was and then lost consciousness entirely.

Michael was comforting Sophia in the private room when he suddenly felt a chill and a sense of panic. He frowned and clutched his chest in pain.

Sophia asked, "What's wrong, Michael?"

Michael shook his head. "Nothing."

But the feeling of fear and cold grew stronger. And at this moment, it just dawned on him that the weird empathy he shared with Emily was highly likely to be doing its job again. Michael immediately thought of Emily and called his assistant over. "Where is Mrs. Smith?"

The assistant said Emily had already left.

Michael immediately left the private room and shouted to his assistant, "Find out where Mrs. Smith is right now!" Michael's tone was harsh and urgent. The assistant was scared, and then quickly went to replace Emily's location. Michael's face grew paler, and Sophia watched him, not knowing what was happening.