Trapped with a Lawyer

As she had not seen Jane for days, Ella held her tightly in her arms, unwilling to let her go.

They had a lot to catch up on. "Mom, Uncle Chuck speaks good English!"

In the United States, Jane and Sven were sent to a Chinese school where almost every student was Chinese.

Thus, the two kids spoke both fluent English and Chinese.

"Sure, Uncle Chuck is excellent! Did you have any quarrels with Sven?" Jane and Sven couldn't get along well with each other and sometimes they fought.

"He went either to the kindergarten or to the hospital every day and left me alone even when he came back home!" Jane sniffed.

Looking at Jane's angry face, Ella simmered with laughter and said, "Sven has outgrown this kind of squabbles."

Samuel's Law Firm.

The man stood in front of the window, enjoying the view of the night outside. He answered the phone.

"Is it possible that the wire snapped because they rubbed against the rocks?"

On hearing these words, he sneered.

"Did the police close the case in this perfunctory way?"

"Nothing else?"

"I got it." Samuel hang up the phone in anger.

Wires snapping because of friction? Who the hell would buy it? Besides, the wires had been destroyed without any clues left. The perpetrator seemed to be a powerful one.

He put on his coat, and went outside, with the car key in his hand.

He was going on a business trip tomorrow. He called Ella. "Hello."

A little girl answered the phone, which made Samuel feel confused. He frowned with suspicion.

Why was a child answering the phone? After all, it was after 8pm.

"Hello." He replied tentatively.

It seemed that it was papa. Jane was shocked and covered over her mouth right away.

She got out of bed briskly and gave Ella the phone, who was getting some water for her from the Kitchen.

Ella looked at the screen. It was Samuel! And Jane answered it!

OMG! Ella stood shocked.

Samuel's voice could be heard again, which compelled Ella to place the phone on her ear. "Mr. Shao, "

Her voice further aroused Samuel's suspicion.

"Where are you? Why did a little girl answer the phone?"

Ella thought fast and responded wisely, "I'm at my friend's house. That's her daughter." Her heart beat so fast that Samuel could have seen through her lie, if he had been standing in front of her. It seemed her ruse worked. "Get out of your friend's house and come here now." said Samuel.

"No way!" She refused immediately since she would not leave Jane alone.

The man on the road frowned, unsatisfied with her refusal.

"Ella, do not piss me off!" 'Otherwise she couldn't bear the consequence'. He said this in his mind.

"Go to your fiancée, and never call me again!" Ella hung up the phone quickly and patted her breast to calm down.

Noticing Jane's big and confused eyes, Ella squatted down so that she could talk to her daughter face to face, "Jane, you can't answer mom's phone calls casually. Remember?"

If Samuel found out he had a daughter, he would definitely take her away.

She would never let it happen. When filming finished, she would leave Country C with Jane immediately.

Jane nodded, and became even more afraid to tell her mother about the visit to her father's office.

When Ella hung up, Samuel threw the phone aside and returned to the old house.

Melody wasn't asleep at that time. She excitedly pulled him to the sofa in the living room and sat down.

"Grandma, what happened?"

In spite of his perfunctory interest, Melody said: "My birthday is only a week away. Here is the list of guests I intend to invite." She handed the list to Samuel.

The next week, she would be turning 83 years old. He wondered why there would be a birthday party, as his grandmother had never held one before.

Samuel first glanced at Melody in puzzlement, and then focused on the list.

On top of the list were Melody's long-time friends. A name in the middle caught Samuel's sight. It was Ella.

He cast a sidelong glance at the excited grandmother, wondering how deeply grandma like that woman. Why would grandma invite her in disregard of her identity as his ex-wife?

'As long as Grandma is happy, that's fine with me.' He returned the list to Melody.

Then, he repeatedly knocked on the armrest of the sofa with his middle finger, deep in thought.

Melody was in a high mood because her grandson did not take issue with her intention to invite Ella. She went upstairs, singing.

She couldn't wait to have a video chat with Ella. "Ella, on the day of my birthday, as the mother of my great-grandson, you must dress up for the occasion!"

"Viola is sure to come with Emma. You have to outshine her."

"This is not necessary! Ella, you are much more beautiful than Emma without even wearing makeup.

This birthday party will be an opportunity for you to come back to this family as the mother of my great-grandson."

Siting on the sofa in the drawing room, Ella listened to what the high-spirited grandmother had to say via the phone.

In the end, tears came to Ella's eyes.

'Grandma, Thank you for what you have done for me!' She whispered to herself.

"Ella, are you still there? Why aren't you talking?" Melody curiously looked at the surface of her phone.

Ella wiped her tears. "Grandma, I am with you, and I am listening."

"Do you remember what I have just told you?"

"Yeah, Grandma, I know, I will definitely be well-dressed." However, what is the use of dressing up? She only has a status as Jerry's mother.

The woman who will be standing next to Samuel will still be Catherine, his fiancée.

Three days later, Ella rejoined the crew to film her scenes.

Ella had to make up for the lost time taken to recuperate, so she worked around the clock.

Preoccupied with the work, Ella virtually forgot all her troubles.

It was only during her breaks that she occasionally thought of the man who had disappeared for several days.

Was he angry when she hung up the phone that night. This was for sure! Otherwise, he would have come to see her.

Or maybe, Samuel had been with his fiancée. This was also a possibility.

Ella recently filmed an advertisement for a diamond brand. Lola personally asked her to be the spokesperson for SL Group's GL Diamond business.

Ella agreed without hesitation. She spared some time to take a couple of promotional photos on the street.

Before the official release, the photos were leaked on the Internet and caused sensational response.

After a busy day of work, Samuel scrolled through the nine fantastic photos of her in his Cadillac.

The first one featured Ella with heavy makeup and wearing large red wide-leg trousers, in the background of a cross street.

In the next several photos, Ella was also wearing heavy makeup, but dressed in clothes of different color and style. She looked phenomenal. ☐☐☐☐☐☐