Trapped with a Lawyer

After he got what he wanted, he let go of her.

He smoothed down his clothes and walked out of the private room. Then, Ella followed.

When Samuel returned to the room where the party was held, he saw Viola happily chatting with Catherine, and Melody and Vincent were taking care of Jerry, who was playing with toys.

When Melody noticed her grandson walking back alone, she was anxious. She asked, "Where is Ella?"

Samuel walked several steps towards them. Then, Ella showed up with her head bowed down.

She took a deep breath and smiled, pretending that nothing had happened. She walked straight to Jerry.

"Grandma, I will go with Jerry first. When you get some free time in the afternoon, I will pick you up." When a woman feels embarrassed in front of everyone, there is something fishy going on.' Melody thought. Melody stood there, staring at Ella's face, not listening to what Ella was saying.

Ella's lipstick faded. Melody remembered Ella had a touch-up of lipstick after the meal.

There was also a flush of red spread across Ella's face. 'What did Ella have to be embarrassed about?'

Then Melody observed a faint imprint on Ella's neck...

Finally, Melody gave up and stopped thinking about the whole situation. She was probably overthinking it. "Ella, what did you say?" Melody asked, smiling broadly.

"Eh......" Ella raised her head, looked at Melody, who was delightfully smiling, and repeated what she had just said.

"Well, you go first. Samuel, please walk Ella and Jerry out."

The old lady's instructions made Catherine clench her fists tightly. No one in the family had been good to her except Viola.

Viola said in a voice full of sarcasm: "Mom, Samuel's fiancee is here. How can he walk her out?"

Since Emma had appeared with Drake for the occasion, Viola knew that Emma and Samuel could not get back together again. She, now, put her bet on Catherine.

Viola had witnessed Samuel and Ella go their separate ways and she did not want them back together again.

The moment Samuel started to act on Melody's order, Ella urgently said, "Grandma, do not bother. I will take Jerry. Grandma, Mr. and Mrs. Shao, goodbye." Ella took Jerry and left the hotel.

Mr. and Mrs. Shao? Samuel gazed as Ella walked away, whose words had upset him badly. Samuel bade his grandmother goodbye and walked out, Catherine following him close behind.

Catherine entered Samuel's Maserati, and sat in the back seat as usual.

This was because, Samuel forbade any woman from sitting in the passenger seat.

After starting the car, Samuel leaned back. "Whatever the occasion, you are not allowed to argue about the child with her, understood!" Then, he turned to the front and drove off fast. Catherine started sobbing. "Sam, do I mean anything to you?" 'Not even if you were the last woman on earth,' Samuel's thoughts remained unvoiced.

"Is it not crystal clear to you?" When Samuel pulled over after driving a few kilometers, Catherine knew her destiny.

Catherine opened the door and got out of the car. She watched Samuel speed off. She went home by taxi.

'Ella, I can not wait to see you die, Only if you are dead, I could become his woman. Fair and square,' she thought.

She took out her phone to text, but suddenly changed her mind.

She remembered what Amber had told her. A new strategy crossed her mind.

As Samuel continued driving, he remembered something important. He whipped out his phone to send a WeChat message to Ella. He waited until he got to a red light and then wrote the message. It read 'I will end your entertainment career if you take pictures with virtually no clothes on, got it!'

Meanwhile, Ella had looked for the pictures on the Internet for some time, but failed to see them. She was just about to call Lola when she received Samuel's message. A coincidence, most definitely.

She understood at once why she couldn't find the photos. But she remembered there hadn't been any inappropriate pictures. She read the message again. Oh! did he mean the photo where I was wearing a backless dress?'

She remembered that during the shoot, she felt a bit embarrassed at first. When she saw photos of several other A stars in the photography studio, she became bolder.

'How are the photos any concern of yours?' She texted back.

Since she was not in front of Samuel, she was not afraid of what he might do to her.

'Well...'

Samuel replied. Ella sent a question mark.

Ella waited for a long time but got nothing back. 'Ok, fine with me!' she exclaimed.

In the evening, Ella went with her two children to buy cake. Afterwards, she went back to her apartment with Melody.

Since Jane was not present during the day, Ella threw Melody an additional birthday party with her two kids.

This was the happiest birthday party Melody had ever had. Ella was holding for her a second party and Samuel had presented to her the best gift during the day. That gift was actually a few words, but it made her day.

Melody had told Samuel to try and win back Ella's heart as soon as possible. Next year, Melody wanted to throw a birthday party with Jane and Jerry present.

Ella, Jane, Jerry and Melody continued enjoying the party. After the party, it was too late for Melody to leave, she spent the night there. Ella and the two children slept in the same bed.

The next day, things were back to normal. Melody took Jerry to kindergarten school early in the morning.

She sent the nanny and Jane to Daisy's house, and rushed to the film site.

However, she found out that there was rumor circulating amongst the crew that Ella was Eric's mistress.

When Ella went to the lady's room, she confirmed the gossip from two supporting actresses.

Furthermore, she found out that it was rumored that she was not only kept as Eric's mistress, but she also had affairs with other man.

Almost immediately the rumors about Ella appeared all over the Internet. She knew why the rumors were there. Some people were not happy about her hidden rules for success and misconduct. Ella was accustomed to the rumors. She did not care much. The people continued gossiping but only held their tongues when a solemn statement was issued.

By that time, two-thirds of the play had been completed.

In the play, the emperor decreed Lily's death forcing her to disappear from the royal palace.

A few months later, Prince Jin suddenly announced that he would marry a concubine, the sixth daughter of the Mus, a famous family from the north.

These scenes were filmed in another new expansive studio, near a sea in C Country.

Three days before the wedding day, Lily's wedding car was intercepted by Lady Mingyue, wife of Prince Jin. The car that Lily was in, was diverted off the road and crushed into the sea with Lily in it. However, Lily did not show up after being throwing into sea. Ella, the actress did not either.

'Was there something wrong again?' Eric anxiously stared at the black and endless sea.

Wasn't Ella good at swimming? he wondered. They knew Ella was a great swimmer. That was why they did not use a stunt double.

She could not be eaten by some creatures in the water. That was impossible. They were in the shallow waters, not in the deep sea.

Two hours later, a large group of firefighters arrived but couldn't find Ella.

This time, Eric made an effort to keep the news away from the media, but it still leaked out.

It was not until early morning the next day that Samuel receieved the news. He had just woken up when Molly called.

On hearing what had happened to Ella, he put on clothes and shoes without washing his face. He rushed to the seaside where she had disappeared. ☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐