Hello, Mr. Brent

"What's wrong? What happened?" Lucas was here too. He came to look for Iris as she hadn't been back after a long time.

"Lucas, Emily slapped me."

When Iris saw Lucas coming over, she immediately pounced on him with a wry mouth.

"But why did I see the three of you bullying her just now?" Franklin said coldly.

Lucas did not expect Franklin to be here and immediately pushed Iris away in shame and anger. He said respectfully to Franklin, "Uncle, why are you here?"

Iris was so aggrieved when pushed away by Lucas. Her eyes were filled with tears.

Abby and Lily couldn't stand it any longer and argued for Iris, "Lucas, Emily did hit her. Iris is your wife. Why don't you protect her?"

"I did hit her but I did nothing wrong.” Her mother is Emily's bottom line.

"You see?" Franklin looked at Lucas.

Lucas didn't understand why Franklin was here and why he spoke for Emily. But he could not say no to his uncle. He yelled at Iris, "Go and apologize to your sister now."

"Lucas." Iris cried out in grievance.

"Didn't you hear my words? Apologize.” Lucas scolded again.

Iris's eyes were red. Tears welled up in her eyes. However, under Lucas’ coercion, she could only walk up to Emily and say, "I'm sorry.”

Emily pursed her lips and said nothing.

Franklin looked at her and asked, "Is that okay?"

Iris clenched her fists. His words clearly meant that if Emily was not satisfied, then she had to continue apologizing.

Lucas also got it. He looked at them in surprise. He didn't know they were friends.

He immediately recalled that Emily said she wanted to invite a picky client to dinner. So his uncle was the picky client?

But how could he buy a house and even consult Emily about that? "That's enough. Let's go!" Emily didn't want to push her luck anymore. She turned around and walked to their room.

Franklin followed and left without looking at them again.

Lucas wanted to say goodbye but he hesitated when he saw the intimidating face.

Emily thanked Franklin, "Thank you so much for helping me out just now."

"You're welcome. I thought you ran away for fear of paying the bill so I went out looking for you," Franklin said tonelessly.

Emily felt so embarrassed and promised, "Don't worry. I definitely won't do that."

"You made the reservation with Lucas’ membership card?" Franklin asked.

Emily nodded and said regretfully, "If I knew I would run into them here, I wouldn't have borrowed his card.”

"Yeah, no wonder it tastes so bad." Franklin looked at the table full of dishes and lost his appetite.

Emily was also regretted but she couldn't waste them.

She picked up some vegetables, placed them on Franklin's plate, and said sincerely, "Have some. I have paid for these.”

"Does your sister often bully you?" Franklin asked.

Emily was taken aback, and smiled bitterly, "She's luckier than I am, with her loving parents protecting her."

"I'll protect you from now on," Franklin promised.

Emily stiffened at his words. She thought of his previous request and bit her lips. No matter how much money he throws on her, she will not get married to someone she barely knows.

"Mr. Brent, I know why you kissed me." Emily sat down and said seriously.

Franklin raised his eyebrows and looked at her with fun. She had figured that out after going to the restroom. Seriously?