"You refuse to save my uncle today. In the future, I will make the entire Brooks Family realize how it tastes to be utterly isolated and abandoned." With that, Emma turned to leave.

However, Mary tugged at her arm. "Emma, don't be so heartless. You are my sister anyway and used to be the young lady of the Brooks Family. Next month, James and I will get engaged. Please come to the ceremony. We won't feel happy without your blessing."

James Pearson?

Emma's first lover was going to get engaged to her sister.

"Don't worry. I'll be there!" Emma curled up her lips into a meaningful arc and looked deeply into Mary's eyes. "How could I miss the engagement between my ex-boyfriend and sister?"

"That's...great! I'll show you how happy James is with me around." For some reason, the standoffish expression in Emma's eyes made Mary feel guilty.

"Mary, mind your language."

A well-maintained, middle-aged woman stepped downstairs. Although she looked elegant, the vibe she gave off was mean and caustic. "James is a good boy, and he loved your sister so much. If your sister could overcome the temptation to mess around with other men... Alas, never mind. James is going to be part of our family anyhow. Emma, don't take Mary's words personally. She's just a child."

The woman's ridiculous remarks gave Emma a headache. She was so furious that she burst out laughing. "I will return the shame that you put on me three years ago back."

Emma's reputation, future, identity, and status were all taken away by Mary and her mother. She vowed to seize them back.

"How could you talk to me like that?"

"Dad, listen to her. Obviously, she is the one who made mistakes, yet she wants to take revenge on us. How ridiculous is that?"

At Mary and her mother's instigation, Benson walked up to Emma, saying, "You black sheep, how dare you mention what happened three years ago? If your stepmother and sister did not help you conceal the scandal and persuade James not to make a big deal out of it, you would have been notorious long ago. How dare you talk nonsense in front of us?"

With that, he tried to hit Emma again.

Emma tilted her body to dodge the attack, and Benson's exasperated expression was reflected in her frosty, stern eyes. "Mr. Brooks, I've said that you are no longer qualified to teach me a lesson."

If he were willing to lend her a million yuan, she would have let go of what happened three years ago and considered it all a nightmare.

However, the Brooks Family's remarks were aggressive, sharp, and harsh. Clearly, they saw Emma as a pain in the ass. After containing her anger for three years, she eventually took it out at this moment.

"Although I've been kicked out of the house, the shares belonging to Mom are mine. I will definitely get them back. Let's wait and see."

At the mention of those shares, Benson and Marcel's expressions changed dramatically. Even Mary could not help cursing, "Your mother has been a ghost for so many years. Her shares have long become Dad's. Do you want to take them back? Bah! Emma, don't be so ignorant, or I'll shake out your scandal three years ago and leave you no room to stay in City Y."

As a cold gleam crossed Emma's eyes, she slapped in Mary's arrogant face.

"If you insult my mother one more time, I'll disfigure your face and deprive your capital to seduce men."

Emma's momentum was shocking, and her words were deeply appalling. For a while, the living hall was dead silent.

No one had expected that Emma, who was supposed to step back like she always did, actually chose to fall out with the family.