A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Please say no more." Rose shook her head, but smirked slightly, "You've misunderstood me, Emily. I was just trying to comfort you."

She feigned sincerity, but her heart was full of pride.

They'd been friends since they were in college, but in comparison, Emily seemed to be better than her at everything; even Emily's boyfriend had better features and family background than Rose's. Why?

Rose, however, didn't believe that she was second to Emily. She tried every means to surpass Emily, including stealing her boyfriend. Finally, she had managed to break them up and it was proof that Emily had lost to her in love. Her superiority complex was soaring off the charts.

Emily clenched her fists, glared at her pretentious face coldly and said, "So, it must feel good to be Jack's mistress?"

"No, that was not my intention. It was Jack who..." With a hint of pretentious helplessness and kindness in her tone, Rose walked close to Emily all of a sudden, and gently asked, "How can you blame me, if you can't even keep your boyfriend in check? He'd never ever touch you, right? Instead, he'd rather make love to me or any other woman. Also, you couldn't imagine how much he enjoyed being in bed with me..."

Rose wore a dress that specifically highlighted her shoulders, just to show off the marks Jack had left on her neck, collarbones and shoulders.

Emily was nauseated by the sight of Rose's shoulders; with a hint of disgust in her eyes, she said to her, "Sorry, I was wrong. You're not a mistress, you're just one of Jack's cheap bimbos."

As to the affair, she wasn't bothered by Rose anymore because it was a well-known fact that Jack was a womanizer. The fact that Rose didn't mind sleeping with a man like Jack, came as a surprise to Emily. In her personal opinion, a man who had multiple love affairs with other women was just like a toothbrush that had been used many times by various people. And similarly, Jack too was such a man, or, more exactly, such a toothbrush. She really couldn't understand how Rose could gladly use that toothbrush to brush her teeth, without any complains?

The word "bimbos" immediately embarrassed Rose, but she had to keep herself from going berserk because she had to play nice ans sweet in front of the people around her. She simply said, "You talk a lot of nonsense..."

"Nonsense? You know it's truth, don't you? After all I'm better than those who don't know how to live and function without a man. Oh, and thank you for recycling the junk I don't want."

Soon, the onlookers felt the awkwardness in the room intensified; they made excuses to leave, and dispersed shortly after.

"Ah! Mr. Hua has asked me to take these files to his office urgently, so sorry I can't chat right now." Emily was just leaving after organizing the files on the desk. Seeing Rose distraught, made her feel a little better.

at Emily that she had planned to embarrass her before she left. She reached out to grab Emily's hand, but unfortunately, Emily moved too soon; instead

fell everywhere

you nuts?" Instead of arguing with her, Emily hurried and got down to pick up the files from

Emily; when she looked down at Emily, something else had

they? Hickeys! There were hickeys

believe her eyes, as she attentively glared at the marks on Emily's neck. Despite Emily's high-necked top, she was still able to see

that it couldn't have been Jack because he was with her yesterday and the day before that.

took a photo of Emily's neck before she could notice and sent it to Jack. She was

go stark raving mad instead of swallowing the humiliation, therefore further ensuring the permanence of Jack and Emily's separation.

back to her desk after picking up the

it would be if Jack hadn't betrayed her; if Rose hadn't seduced her boyfriend and if she

reality was far from her imaginations. She backed the wrong horses when she chose to be

Emily was just about to leave the office, when she saw Jack's car parked at the gate of the company. She tried

at her because of the photo

Emily the cold shoulder for a few days until she'd come to her senses and back into his arms. But much to his surprise and disappointment, Emily had an affair with another man on the same night she had found out about

grabbed Emily by the arms, with an angry

mere thought of what had happened in the police station, dissolved whatever feelings she had for him. "Are you insane?" She

she would leave, and so there was nobody around

to cuckold

by surprise, as she tried to hide the truth from him, "Why should

didn't agree to breaking up with

over the

ambiguous marks on her skin. In his mind, they were enough to prove her love