Emma strongly wanted to give her evil brother a powerful slap but remained calm and managed to resist it.
She tried to take her cell phone to ensure Bella still heard them and did sothing to help her son. But, once more, she holds herself. She clenched her teeth, returned her gaze to the cell phone screen, and saw her son whimpering.
It looks like her son is trying to say sothing, but Emma can’t hear any sound; the video call is turned off.
"Emma, now you believe , right!?" Jacob’s voice echoed, breaking the silence in the room. His upper lip lifted slightly to form a satisfied smile when he saw Emma’s eyes radiating anger and fright staring at his phone screen.
A few seconds later, Jacob pulled back his cell phone. "Now you are the one who decides your son’s safety. Tell which one you choose, Bella’s location or Liam’s leg?" his icy tone returned.
Emma realized that Jacob had not yet disconnected the video call, and this relieved her; Bella had plenty of ti to trace the caller.
After so ti, Emma finally said sothing.
"So, you detained my son in his apartnt?" Emma asked. She recognized the background where her son was sitting. It was Liam’s living room apartnt.
Jacob’s mouth twitched upon hearing that Emma didn’t take his words seriously. She even tried to guess where her son was.
He frowned, narrowing his eyes at her. He was trying to make sure whether his sister was too shocked, causing her brain to act up, or if she didn’t care about her son’s safety anymore.
However, Jacob found nothing after a few more seconds; his sister still appeared calm.
"Emma, this video call is still on. My people are still waiting for you to decide," Jacob said. "I will ask my people to torture your son if you don’t speak now," he could no longer wait.
Jacob began to feel uneasy and suspicious when he saw how calm Emma was now, and the chance of her also stalling was getting more improbable.
"Brother Jacob, why are you in such a rush? Fine, I’ll tell you..." Emma stopped her words when she saw all her brothers’ eyes bead staring at her. Well, at least she had their attention.
Jacob’s heart raced; he was too happy to hear Emma finally willing to open her mouth. His thod finally succeeded.
After turning off the video call, he ordered, "Little sister, you can speak now!"
"Relax, brother Jacob," Emma said as she took her cell phone, trying to maintain her casual expression. She didn’t want to show her happiness when she saw the call still connected to Bella’s phone.
When Emma saw a text ssage notification, she opened it, but Jacob interrupted her before she could read it.
"What the hell are you doing, Emma?! Are you trying to ask for help?" Jacob angrily asked. "It’s useless, alright!"
Emma pretended to be surprised to hear Jacob’s words. She looked at him with her innocent, confused expression.
"Didn’t you ask about Bella’s location?"
"Yes!"
"Why did you stop ?" Emma’s voice sounded displeased. She tried to unlock her cell phone while continuing her sentence.
"I need to call Bella and ask her for her address. I don’t know where she is right now. So far, I have only talked to her via text ssage. But because you stopped , I won’t be able to do that!"
Jacob and the others gasped.
"And you guys would be wrong if you thought I went to the capital to et Bella or Natalie," Emma said. "They’re not foolish to et when they know you might send people to follow , right?"
Emma didn’t hesitate to reveal what they were up to. She still rembers that when she left East City last week, Jacob could have followed her if it hadn’t been for Bella’s arrangent to help her.
Imdiately, the expressions of all her brothers turned sour upon hearing her words.
However, they couldn’t argue because what Emma said was true. They tried to follow her but failed. Either their people were really stupid, or Emma knew she was being followed and was able to escape.
However,
Lucas Donovan suddenly burst into laughter. Three pairs of eyes were now looking at him, frowning.
"Go on, Sister Emma," Lucas’s voice, previously sulky when talking to Emma, suddenly beca friendly and gentle. "Go on, contact my daughter. And, please, don’t forget to tell her new phone number after that."
Emma almost laughed to hear Lucas’s words; she narrowed her eyes at him.
"Oh, dear Lucas, Bella never changed her phone number. Her number is still the sa. She only installed a spam filter. Maybe your number is in the SPAM category!"
Emma’s words deeply wounded Lucas like a sharp dagger pierced his heart. He tried to respond but was unable to utter a single word. He was sitting there, shoulders slumped in annoyance, not knowing how to express his anger.
After successfully annoying Lucas, Emma smiled and turned to Jacob. "So, should I stop or contact Bella?" she asked curtly.
"Definitely contact her imdiately," Jacob replied. However, before Emma could do so, Jacob stopped her. Again!
"Emma, don’t tell Bella that we asked for her address. Just say you wanted to send her sothing," Jacob instructed firmly.
"Of course, I won’t. How could Bella tell her address if I said you asked for it?" Emma replied.
Jacob said nothing. He let Emma do as they asked. Then he turned to look at his brothers with a victorious smile, and they exchanged glances happily. Their plan was a success: luring Bella through Emma.
Emma checked her phone and was surprised that the connection had ended.
However, she found a text ssage from Bella:
"I sent soone to Liam’s apartnt." A wave of relief washed over her when she read Bella’s text.
Adding to her surprise, she realized Bella had sent the ssage fifteen minutes ago.
’Liam, my son. Please hang in there! You will be fine!’
Emma quickly typed a reply ssage to Bella.
[Emma] Thank you so much. Please get in touch with if you find him.
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