Cold Man And Miss Stone
39. Didn't like it

"Rowan, look at this!"

Rowan was forced to cancel the shot of his arrows due to Rangga's arrival. Not explaining at all, he immediately handed over a mobile phone where a gossip account posted a photo of Samuel with the woman, from a distance, not forgetting the caption that included the woman was a maid.

"I was suspicious. The girl was definitely not Uncle's maid. He's her lover."

Rowan's eyes were more focused on the flood of comments with various tones and perceptions. "Uncle is unlikely to create this kind of scandal. He's pulling out of the media, anyway."

"Well, but this one country already knows because the pictures are scattered."

Rowan's forehead wrinkled. "I have a bad feeling."

"About?"

Rowan did not answer, and returned Rangga's phone. He was still thinking about why lately it felt like there was something he had to find out, but Rowan ignored it.

Rowan's hunch only took one night to become real.

The next day he gets word that their main company is experiencing an abnormal stock decline, and disgraceful photos of almost all family members spread on the internet without control.

"I need to talk to Uncle."

...*...

"Is this Uncle's doing this?"

Samuel sighed and moved out of his chair. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would do it?"

"So I can't tell if Uncle doesn't know who this is?"

"You think your father would let me here if I interfered?"

Rowan dropped down on Samuel's bed, seemingly busy thinking about something.

He's a smart kid, so maybe he's aware of something behind this. Not about the rumors. But the timing of the gossip emerged, Samuel was affected, as company shares swooped down, and photos of the affair of each member of the influential Ahkam family spread on social media.

Someone tried to destroy Ahkam.

"Who do you suspect?" Samuel already knew the answer, but there was nothing wrong if he confirmed it directly.

"Uncle's maid, Ema."

"Where did he get that much power? She's just a country girl."

"Uncle said so, but in the end Uncle also suspected Ema." Rowan went up, opened Samuel's window to look up at Ema's balcony, which was always tightly closed during the day. "Uncle, if Ema really is behind everything, what's the reason she's doing that?"

Samuel ... wish he knew.

...*...

"I told you to stay away from Uncle!"

Emilia did not understand why Soraya Ahkam suddenly bombarded her this morning.

My head hurts to hear your voice.

Emilia just stared at the raging Soraya flat without her knowing what the cause was. Emilia's feelings are just telling her to screw up Ahkam's company. Why is this girl running amok?

Was he affected? The ones raging now should be Suryanata and Argantana.

"It's all your fault! It all happened because of you!"

I'm not denying. Emilia was pulled back when Soraya was also detained by some people so as not to scratch Emilia.

He did not feel that he was being bullied, because basically whatever happened to them was because of Emilia. It was him who did it.

"Ema, come here."

Emilia looked at Rowan.

Seeing her brother was like defending Emilia, obviously Soraya was not happy.

"SISTER IS STILL HELPING HER BECAUSE SISTER IS NOT DRAGGED AWAY! BROTHER WAS NOT AFFECTED!"

Rowan sighed. "Then? You think running amok on the one who doesn't know the least can give you a solution?"

"Don't know?! He knows! He was just pretending! I know he's bad intentions!"

It was just an accusation of origin in annoyance, but Emilia saluted at how coincidentally she was right.

Rowan only hinted at her sister being taken to the room to calm down, pulling Emilia away.

Rowan called to show him what was going on.

"Someone shared a picture of you and your Uncle on social media."

Emilia. His photo, apparently taken from a distance, was displayed by a gossip account along with their obscure sentences.

Senior has a bad hobby. Emilia could immediately realize it was Mahesa's doing. If one person, including Samuel Ahkam, wanted to spread a picture of Emilia, Mahesa would stop her first.

The only one who has the right to it is Mahesa as the person in charge of Emilia.

"Also, some embarrassing things about us, including Soraya." Rowan shifts the screen, revealing rumors that Soraya likes her own uncle. "He thinks it's you spreading it yourself. Or whatever the guess is because of emotion. Forgive her, Ema."

I was not taught to forgive, Emilia muttered inwardly as she nodded.

"Are you okay with this?"

If Mahesa does something, then it means right. Indefectible.

"I can't do anything. And I didn't do it." Emilia just needs to follow the groove. "I don't like Samuel."

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