Embarrassment??

John took a while to think before finally opening his mouth, "Emily...... It was wrong of you to make such a big scene. Why didn't you settle everything in private?? It wouldn't have made a difference if you told Mrs. Lu all these things privately, right?? Now I don't even know how others will see us??"

How will they see us? They'll see right through us. Emily thought to herself. She felt like laughing, but her heart started pounding furiously. She had been given a second chance in life but now she had to sit with her enemies. It doesn't feel good at all, and all the feelings bottling inside her were going to explode anytime.

"Stop the car!" At her command, the car came to an abrupt halt, causing Roseline to lurch forward in shock. She glared at the driver, then started her tirade against Emily, "What now? I can't even scold you when you do something wrong? It's so hard being your stepmother — after spending so many years raising you, now you've grown up and want to rebel against me?"

Saying this, she looked bitterly at John, as if she were the biggest victim, "Look at your daughter, I can't control her anymore. Normally, she's already disobediant, and now she's rebelling. I've been so kind to her yet she treats me like an enemy......."

John was already angered by the sudden brake earlier, and his anger was fueled further by what Roseline said, and became even more upset, "Emily, you have been too disobediant, apologize to your mother now!!"

Lily saw that Emily's face went all white, so she decided to add fuel to the fire, "Daddy, don't be angry with sis, maybe she couldn't control her temper because she was frightened by those bad guys."

"So it's okay to take it out on family members??" John looked straight at Emily, "Emily, is this how I taught you??"

Family?? Emily finally cracked a small smile — her father was used to being biased, and it was a hard habbit to kick. But surely it was obvious who was the bullying one. The pounding in her heart was getting stronger and stronger, and she was about to burst. She tried her best to remain calm and said, "Dad, you guys can go home first, I have important matters to attend to"

Roseline got even angrier as she heard Emily trying to brush off the topic. "Are you turning a deaf ear to your father's words? Besides, it's so late — what sort of proper matters you could be attending?" Her words seem to imply that Emily was going to engage in indecent behavior.

A fire suddenly blazed in Emily's eyes. The pounding in her heart reached it's climax, and she had a murderous look on her face, but it was covered by her thick fringe and her lowered head. In the past, she was never like this, prefering to suffer in silence, cowering in fear of her stepmother.

Even if she was maligned in public, she would never have dared to fight back or try to clear her name, resulting in that useless personality of hers, and that's why she died in such a terrible way. But now when she heard Roseline's voice, she only felt the fire in her heart rising and she was ready to tear off her stepmother's mouth anytime.

"Auntie!" Emily suddenly called out in high volume shooting a look so cold that could freeze one instantly. She had always called Roseline mum but now she had changed to calling her auntie — everyone in the car was stunned.

Emily continued staring at Roseline for a few moments, before moving her gaze to look at John and Lily. The extreme difference in her behavior sent fear in other's heart.

"So according to you Auntie, I should not make things clear and let my sister accuse me falsely and leave the details to other people's imagination?? So you would be happier to hear that the eldest daughter of Petrov was raped and that too by more than one person then I won't be an embarrassment??"