Chapter 52

Even though Emily had been insulted and slandered for over a decade,she still wasn't used to it.

Mia was her biological mother, but her heart always leaned towards Veda.

Emily chuckled bitterly and said, "I came here on behalf of the Williams Group to deliver documents to the Golden Birch Group. Why can't I come?Do you think I'm here to make Veda unhappy? Why don't you think it's Veda causing trouble for me?"

Emily looked steadily at Mia. When Mia usually scolded her,she would just purse her lips, say nothing, and watch her have a meltdown by herself.

Now,Emily accused Mia of favoritism and unfairness in a very calm tone.

Mia's face turned cold, with no emotions in her eyes, and she just said,"Because you've always targeted Veda before. If you had just behaved,would I treat you like that?"

Emily laughed angrily. She didn't want to argue with Mia at the company's entrance, since it was embarrassing.

She took a step back, lowered her voice, and said, "I have to go back to work,so I'll leave first. You guys continue."

As Emily was about to leave, Mia stopped her. "Veda's birthday's approacMia was given no room to negotiate. Emily paused, turned around, and looked at Mia with red eyes. hing. You should come to the banquet." Mia's heart twitched a bit. She couldn't even meet the innocent and loving gaze. The guilt of over twenty years towards Emily surged up in Mia's heart.

Mia inexplicably slowed down her voice and said, "It's also your birthday that day. I haven't celebrated your birthday in so many years. It's my..."

Mia's words of submission were hard to come by, her voice turned cold,with a tough facade. "You have to come. I don't want the internet to start trending about the Johnson family owing their biological daughter."

Mia had always been Emily's soft spot. Emily's gaze flickered, and she could only agree.

Veda smiled slightly. "Mom, Emily agreed to come to the birthday party."

Emily glanced at Veda faintly. But this glance made Veda feel a bit uneasy.

Emily returned to the Williams Group, slumping on the sofa in the office and reminiscing about every birthday in the past.

Every birthday was actually for Veda. Since she couldn't take the spotlight,she didn't even have the qualification to be a supporting role.

But now Mia was trying her best to get her to attend the birthday party. It was very abnormal. But Emily still wanted to give Mia a chance.

After three days, James came back in the afternoon, and Emily saw him outside the company when she got off work. Ryan was driving, and the passenger seat was empty. Emily hesitated for a moment, thinking that Ryan knew about their relationship, so she sat directly in the back. As soon as Emily got in, she fell into James's arms.

Emily was a bit confused and asked, "Didn't you say you would be back in a week?"

Ryan, who never revealed work details to others, couldn't help but speak,"

Ms. Johnson, this time Mr. Smith really exhausted us. He's burning us out,expecting triple the work from a single person. It's been days since we've had a decent break."

Emily then asked Ryan, "Are you too tired to drive? Want me to take over?11

Ryan looked at Emily,speechless.

Emily asked, "Why the rush?"

Ryan sighed,"Because Mr. Smith wants to spend your birthday with you."

James coldly said,"Button your lip."

Ryan pressed his lips tightly, thinking being an assistant these days was really hard.

Emily was surprised. Her birthday was in three days.

James suddenly took out a gift bag. "This is your birthday present."

Emily curiously took it and opened it in front of him. Inside was a large uncut gemstone. Emily's eyes widened. This was the most complete Oppenheimer Blue in the world. After the shock, Emily looked at James with a complex gaze. Most importantly, this gemstone had been discovered by her, and she had handed it over to her teacher.

Ryan continued to be a doormat in front.

He said, "Mr. Smith knew you were a jewelry designer, thinking that you might not like the work of other designers, so he bought a raw stone directly."

He continued, "This gemstone was sold at the world's top auction house,and Mr. Smith took a lot of effort to get it."

"Shut up." James spoke again.

Ryan closed his mouth.

James looked down at Emily and asked softly, "Do you like it?"

After being abandoned by John, Emily had been obsessed with James for a while, and she had also been obsessed with gemstone gambling.

This Oppenheimer Blue was the gemstone she had selected and gamble on at a gemstone gambling event.

But holding such a large gemstone alone was likely toattract envy,so Emily gave the gemstone to her teacher. She let her teacher help sell it, or cut it into diamonds. Emily didn't expect it to be so coincidental. This morning, she saw 100 million dollars deposited into her bank account. She called her teacher and learned that the gemstone had been sold.

The buyers at the auction house were kept confidential. Emily closed the box and handed it back to James. "This gift is too precious, so I can't accept it." James looked deeply at her and said, "Can it be as precious as my heart?Or do you think this unprocessed gemstone is too ugly?"

Emily had thought about designing a few beautiful pieces to wear herself,but she never had the inspiration. Now seeing this gemstone again,Emily actually felt very close to it.

"Oppenheimer Blue, it also symbolizes loyal love."

Hearing this from James made Emily's heart tremble.

She vaguely understood why she couldn't design anything for this gemstone. After John left, she had no expectations for love.

She didn't have the noble, truthful and loyal love.

But Emily was deeply attracted to its dreamy colors.She slowly raised her head, with a glint in her eyes, and said softly, "It's too precious. You should take it back."

Emily never thought she would receive 100 million dollars at once in her life.

And if James found out in the future that she had this gemstone revealed,he would kill her.

James frowned. "Since you don't like it, then I'll throw it away."