Seeing Arwen baffled, Emily let her lips curl up in a confident smirk. She crossed her arms and raised a brow aningfully.
"You didn't understand it, did you?" she ridiculed. Taking a step closer, she whispered close to her ear, "But believe , it's the truth. Soon, I will take the position that was once yours. And when that ti cos, I will see how proudly you hold yourself in front of . You boast yourself in front of ."
Taking her position …?
Arwen was truly confused. She had no idea what Emily was even talking about.
She almost decided to ignore her, thinking Emily was just blurting out nonsense. But there was a strange confidence om her eyes that made Arwen pause —made her want to understand what exactly she was implying.
"Emily, what are you talking about?" Arwen asked, furrowing her brows. "If you have sothing to say, say it in the language humans can understand." Her expression was stern —she had had enough of this drama.
Emily broke into an arrogant laugh and stepped to the side, looking down at Arwen. "You have no idea how badly I wanted to see you like this, Arwen. Standing beneath ."
Arwen felt her frustration spike. As much as she wanted to know what Emily was referring to, she decided it wasn't worth sacrificing her peace of mind.
Without sparing another glance, she turned to Mia and gestured. "Let's go."
Mia nodded and stepped forward to follow her.
Emily, on the other hand, felt insulted all over again. She had thought she finally got under Arwen's skin, but seeing her walk away with that sa unshaken priode made her gut twist.
Her fingers curled into fists as she stomped her foot and yelled. "Arwen!"
Arwen didn't flinch. Neither did she stop.
That broke Emily's composure. She burst out, her voice trembling with rage. "Don't carry that air of arrogance! You might have been the rich heiress of the Quinn family yesterday, but tomorrow, it will be ."
Arwen halted at those words. Her back stiffened for a mont.
Emily chuckled behind her. "Ha … I knew that would get you. Realizing what you lost hurts, doesn't it? But what's the use now? You can't change a thing. Uncle and Aunt have decided. They will be adopting soon, and with that —I will beco their only daughter. Maybe not real, but adopted is not bad either, since the real daughter isn't ever coming back."
"..."
"It's going to be exciting, don't you think?" Emily said, her voice dripping with glee. "Everything that once belonged to you will beco mine. You don't know how badly I wanted this."
Arwen didn't move. Her back remained turned to Emily.
Seeing her still like that, Emily felt even more confident.
She hadn't lied —she had wanted it for years. Only she knew how desperately she longed to live the life Arwen was privileged to have.
Arwen hadn't just been rich —she had belonged to the upper crust of society. She didn't have to earn anything, yet everything was at her feet. She didn't have to please anyone, yet she was still admired and respected.
All because she was not the heiress of the Quinn family, but also the supposed-to-be daughter-in-law of Fosters. Those two titles were enough to make anyone envy.
And Emily had craved them the most.
She might not beco the daughter-in-law of the Fosters, but getting the title of Quinn's daughter was also good.
She didn't know what made Arwen step away so willingly, but since she did, Emily felt that it was the best thing ever happened. Because only then did she get the chance to step in and make everything hers.
Her lips curled up as she thought, and she couldn't help but boast about it. "So people don't respect what they hold, and when they realize it, they whine, blaming soone else for snatching it. But Arwen, let tell you, I didn't snatch anything from you. Instead, I just stepped in to take care of the parents and the title you left on your own accord for so wild man."
"You —" Mia couldn't take this woman anymore.
She might not have known what it was about earlier. But after hearing all of it, she could finally put the pieces together and understand. Her boss's earlier indifference towards her father also started to make sense.
Arwen held her arm forward to stop Mia from reacting.
When Mia turned to look at her, Arwen shook her head, refusing her.
"What?" Emily scoffed, laughing. "Now that you realize that you will be losing to , you are letting your pug fight for you? Arwen, you just —"
Before she could say any further, Arwen turned around to look at her, a dazzling smile on her lips.
"...don't care."
Emily frowned, caught off-guard. "What?" she asked, not understanding what Arwen ant by those two words.
Arwen stared at her for a beat for a second and then smiled, nodding. "Don't look scared like that. I don't have the habit of eyeing sothing that's not mine. If you want you can take the copyright of such thing and i won't care a bit, sa as I don't care whether you beco Quinn's real heiress tomorrow."
"..." Emily was taken aback. "You —you …"
"I helped you complete your words, telling you that I truly don't care if you take up the title that you have been drooling for such long ti. Because to tell you that truth, for it was just a part of my na. Nothing more than that."
Emily nails dug into her palm, almost making it bleed. She gritted but couldn't say anything in return.
Arwen stood a second giving her the chance but when she didn't speak, she smiled and said, "You must be here to shop. Don't stand here and turn your mood off. "Go and shop. Be happy!"
Right then the assistant from before spoke, stepping up to inform. "Ma'am, your outfits are here. You can co and check them now."
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