CHAPTER 299

Sebastian supported Emma. However, she indulged her adoptive daughter in drugging my son and assisted her. Fortunately, it was a harmless drug. In the future, if Ann is dissatisfied with Sebastian, will she poison him? Won't he be dead?

Philip was getting angrier the more he thought about it. In the end, he growled coldly, "I hate those who bend the law for personal gain the most. No matter who they are, if they violate the law, they will be punished by the law! Quinton, report everything to the police!"

"Yes, sir!" Quinton's cell phone was always in his hand. After receiving the order, Quinton quickly called the police.

"Philip!" Emma looked at Philip in disbelief. "Ann is my only daughter. If she is sentenced to jail, her reputation will be ruined forever. This punishment is too cruel. Can't you give her a lighter punishment for me?"

"No." Philip then announced firmly, "I have made it clear that no one can bend the law for personal gain. If one violates the law, one must be punished by the law. No one can be an exception!"

"Philip, you—" Emma looked at Philip pleadingly with tears glistening in her eyes. Her voice was trembling as she mumbled, "Can't you make an exception for me?"

"No!" Philip shouted.

Emma widened her eyes and looked at Philip in disbelief.

She couldn't believe the man would treat her like this.

Although she failed to marry Philip and her sister became Philip's wife, the woman who accompanied Philip the longest was Emma, instead of her sister.

Emma always thought Philip loved her and that in his heart, she was unique.

However, Emma was his sister-in-law; they couldn't be together due to the pressure of society.

Even if she failed to marry him and be his wife, she thought she was his confidante and a unique existence as compared to others. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

If Emma asked about anything, Philip would meet her request despite all difficulties.

It was true in the past.

However, Philip didn't care for me when a tricky thing happened! Why is this happening?

Looking at Emma's disappointed expression, Sebastian couldn't help but grin sarcastically.

Emma was his mother's only younger sister. Before his mother's death, his mother had asked Philip to help care for Emma and Ann.

As Philip loved his wife, he listened to her every word. So, Philip cared for Emma like his sister and regarded Ann as his child.

However, they were not his true family.

Moreover, even if Emma was Philip's real sister and he had a niece he treated as his own, they were not as important as his son.

To put it bluntly, it was a matter of closeness and distance.

When the interest of Emma and Ann did not conflict with Philip, he could answer the plea.

However, when the interests were conflicted, Philip would safeguard his own interests instead.

It was normal, but Emma didn't think so.

She mistakenly thought her status in Philip's mind was higher than Sebastian's.

This was because Emma had a crush on Philip!

The revelation made Sebastian sick.

Since Sebastian was a child, Emma and Philip had treated each other in the same way. Just like earlier, Emma acted like a spoiled child to Philip when she was unhappy or trying to ask for something.

In the past, Sebastian hadn't thought about it much. Maybe he had seen it too much, and it was no longer a surprise to him anymore. He thought it was a habit that Emma had inherited from her youth. There was quite a gap between Emma's and Philip's age, so she regarded Philip as her elder brother and used to act like a spoiled child, so she could not change her habit even though she was getting older.

The relationship between them was something that Sebastian had gotten used to seeing ever since he was a child, so he never thought badly about it.

However, when his subordinate found out that Harriet killed her own sister to marry her brother-in-law, Robert, Sebastian understood the truth.

Emma did not have sibling love toward Philip—she had romantic feelings toward him!

Emma loved Philip.

The discovery made Sebastian sick.

He wondered if Emma had hurt his mother to kill her, just like Harriet.

Because of this, Sebastian could not sleep for a few days. As he lay in bed, he recalled the past and carefully analyzed everything.

The more he analyzed, the more confident he became that Emma had a crush on Philip.

The only solace was that Philip loved his mother and was nervous about her health. Moreover, the family doctor and bodyguard were very reliable. Philip would attend to everything about his wife and would ask everything about her. Sebastian would also accompany his mother from time to time with his three younger brothers. Even if Emma wanted to hurt her sister, she had no chance to attack.

This was the only thing that made Sebastian feel relieved.

It was fortunate. Fortunately, my mother was not killed. Otherwise, Dad and I will blame ourselves and

grieve for the rest of our lives. Especially my dad. I even thought of the worst-case scenario. If my mom was really killed by Emma, I would take this secret to my grave and never let Dad know about the truth. Fortunately, it wasn't what I thought.

Even so, Sebastian could never forgive Emma's romantic love for Philip.

Sebastian had never experienced love. He did not understand the love that made one irrational, as described in poetry. However, he felt a human had to know shame.

His mother's favorite person was Emma, besides Sebastian and Philip.

However, Emma had her mind on her brother-in-law.

Sebastian could never forgive Emma for that.

Hence, even though he knew the coffee was drugged, he still drank that cup of coffee.

He knew Emma and Ann were essential to Philip.

The only way to make Philip hate Emma and Ann was to let him know they attacked Sebastian.

And so, Sebastian's plan to kill three birds with one stone had succeeded in two-thirds.

Now, only Grayson was left.

At that thought, Sebastian glanced at Grayson.

Sebastian hoped his stupid brother—though he was a doctor—would understand Ann's true colors after this incident, and he would stop foolishly showing his sincerity to Ann.

She did not deserve it.

"Philip!" Tears rolled down Emma's eyes, and she shook her head slowly in disbelief as she said in a trembling voice, "Philip, how could you treat me like this? Ann is my only daughter. If you ruin her reputation, how can she get married in the future? When my sister was on her deathbed, you promised her that you would take care of Ann and me for her. Is this how you take care of us?"