Second Chances

It wasn’t until Emma fought back with all her might for quite a while that Liam reluctantly let go of her. “Liam, I told you not to force a kiss on me it hurts!” 

“Where?” Li 

Liam asked 

Emma complained, “Don’t you know how to kiss? How could you be so rough?” 

Liam was indeed very excited just now, only focusing on taking her, unaware that a woman’s lips could be easily hurt. 

His rough fingers pinched her chin, his gaze falling on her tender red lips, examining them seriously like he was examining an injury 

With a frown, he started, “It’s a bit swollen. Why didn’t you say so earlier?” 

“I had to have the chance to, didn’t I…” Emma retorted. Moments ago, Liam didn’t even give her a chance to breathe, let alone to speak, 

On the other side, Aria glared at the screen showing Liam and Emma in a passionate embrace, her teeth gritting with anger. ‘Damn it! Why? After I sent Liam Hall those nasty photos of Emma, he didn’t divorce her. Instead, their relationship seems even stronger now. I refused to accept it!” 

She turned on her computer, intent on sending Liam more “dirt” on Emma. However, the images on the screen vanished suddenly at that 

moment 

In the bedroom of covine Estate. 

When Emma was pinned down on the bed by Liam, she felt an uncomfortable bulge on her back. She reached out to rummage and found a plush rabbit toy made of rabbit fur. “Mr. Hall, I didn’t expect there’s such a girly thing in your room.” 

When she lived in the countryside. Emma didn’t get to play with fancy toys. She got hand–me–downs fr ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

from the older kids who didn’t want them anymore. 

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Now that she had grown up, she naturally lost interest in such trinkets. But seeing something like this in the room of a tough guy like Liam felt quite novel 

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“Oh, you mean this little bunny? A little girl gave it to me when I was out yesterday. I felt sorry for her, so I bought it, think it, Liam explained. 

“Yesterday?” Emma’s vigilance didn’t allow her to be careless. She recalled that Liam went out yesterday right after he got all steamed up in the study 

“When I came back yesterday, I saw blood on the floor of your study” Emma got straight to the point. “Did something happen?” 

“Nothing” Liam didn’t elaborate, and Emma didn’t pry; she just looked at him for two seconds before shifting her attention back to the little 

rabbit 

Icovine Estate was a standalone villa with no neighbors nearby. Late at night, a little girl appeared here all by herself, and the timing was just too perfect–right after Liam Hall’s anger subsided. Emma couldn’t help but be suspicious of all this. 

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e stared into the rabbit’s eyes, then picked up a knife. With a swift cut, she gouged out the little rabbit’s eyes. 

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Seeing her actions, Liam immediately understood something. Is there something wrong with this rabbit!” 

“Look,” Emma remained expressionless, using the knife’s tip to pick out a black round pellet from the toy rabbit’s transparent eyeball 

“Someone’s spying on us.” Emma’s tone was terrifyingly calm. 

When Liam saw the miniature camera, his face turned icy cold. Yesterday, he was so furious that he let his guard down. Fortunately, Emma immediately sensed something was off. Otherwise, they would have lived under surveillance for who knew how long 

“I’ll nab this person right away,” Liam snapped. The cause and effect were strung together: first the emails and then the surveillance; the other party was clearly targeting him and Emma. ‘How despicable!‘ he cursed inwardly. 

“No rush,” Emma said. “Now that we’ve found her camera, she should make a new move soon. We might as well sit back and watch.” Deep down, she had a pretty good idea of who it was. Such sneaky and clumsy tricks were definitely not the work of the mysterious organization, and most likely not Brad, but rather the Wilson family or the Taylor family. 

Aria found herself in a state of extreme anxiety after the camera she had set up was out of control. “Have I been exposed again? Or were the cameras malfunctioning?” 

She was terrified that Liam would come after her and couldn’t sleep a wink for several days. To her delight, Liam still didn’t act after three days: 

Aria felt a bit more at ease, thinking it was most likely a camera malfunction and that she was not at immediate risk of exposure. She soon launched a second wave of action. Since Liam did not care about the photos of Emma, she decided to target Emma directly. 

Emma’s wounds were mostly healed after three days. When she returned to school, her classmates all came to check on her upon hearing 

she was sick 

“Emma, this is the best wound medicine from my mom’s pharmacy. Remember to apply it as per the instructions, and you won’t have any 

scarst one of her classmates said. 

“Yeah, Emma, let us grab lunch for you at the cafeteria today. You don’t have to run around.” Another classmates volunteered 

The world of students was ultimately simple. Knowing Emma was academically strong and physically capable, everyone wanted to be her 

friend, 

Emma didn’t stand on ceremony. After a few cory days of “resting” at school, she made a bunch of new friends. 

One day after class, her classmates couldn’t resist their curiosity any longer and approached Emma for some gossip. “Hey, Emma, there’s been talk around school that you and the eldest son of that famous Hall family are… you know… is it true?” 

“Are what?” Emma was bewildered. 

“You know… like, a romantic relationship!” 

“Guess.” Emma neither denied nor admitted it. The incident with the assassins had only made her confirm that the time had not yet come to make her relationship with Liam public. 

A few girls went on with the gossip, “Since you didn’t say yes, we’ll just assume it’s all rumors.” 

“Exactly With Queen Emma’s bold and straightforward personality, what wouldn’t she dare to admit?” 

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“it’s best if it’s not true. I heard we’re getting a new teacher!” 

“Huh? A new teacher? Could this teacher have something to do with Liam?” 

Emma seemed to be casually flipping through a book, but in reality, her ears were perked up. 

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The person who first got the scoop chimed in, “You guys don’t know this. So there’s this new teacher. Rumor has it she’s the fiancée of the current head of the Hall family, Brad Hall, who has never been on good terms with Liam and has been suppressing Liam all these years. If Emma is Liam’s girlfriend, the new teacher is bound to target her!” 

Upon hearing this, Emma smirked dismissively, thinking, ‘Does a nameless woman think she can bully me? How naive!‘ 

However, her smirk was interpreted by her classmates as a relief after escaping a disaster. 

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“Emma, see? I told you it’s best not to be Liam’s girlfriend. This new teacher is here to teach us art. If she’s out to get you on purpose, annual scholarship and art grades are gonna take a hit!” a girl explained.. 

Emma seemed intrigued, squeezing her fingers. “What’s the name of the teacher you’re talking about?”