A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

'Dream on, ' Emily cursed in her mind, 'Jacob must be full of himself.'

"Earlier, Rose was planning to frame me, but luckily, she failed. I know that she won't give up that easily. I am certain she's having someone monitor this room. If you step out now, any fool would be able to tell what happened between you and me..."

"What happened between you and me?" Jacob repeated, the corners of his mouth slowly lifting up, "You mean the secret affair between you and me?"

Jacob had never thought that he would ever have anything to do with a "secret affair". 'Interesting, ' he thought.

"I didn't mean that, " Emily blushed, but asserted, "Anyway, you can't just walk out of here like that!"

Emily didn't want to think what Jack and Rose would do, if they had found out that Jacob was in her room all along. One way or another, Emily wanted what happened today in her room to be a secret!

Jacob looked at Emily for a while, amused by the troubled look on her face. Suddenly, he ran his hand through her hair and caressed it as if he was petting a kitten.

"I see, but, I need you to listen to me too. I want you to break up with Jack and stay away from him."

Emily was disconcerted to hear Jacob's words. Judging from his tone, she knew there was a hidden meaning in the words. But what was it? She failed to figure it out.

She did not catch it even after Jacob had left after making a phone call.

The next day, it was the final round of the jewelry design competition.

Before the final round commenced, all the contestants waited eagerly; talking to each other; trying to feel out their competitors.

At first glance Emily saw Rose sitting there in her luxury dress, which made her look more attractive and striking. And she was not alone. A man sat next to her. It was Jack, who wore as a prince. A handsome man with a fair lady—what a perfect match in everyone's eyes.

But Emily only took a glance at the two and looked away. It was the final and she should focus on the competition without any distraction.

As a consequence, she didn't notice that both Jack and Rose looked annoyed, even though they were upset for completely different reasons.

hours in the coffee lounge yesterday but Jacob did not show up. All he got was just a message from Sam saying, "Something emergent came up and Mr. Jacob

room yesterday. If so, he would have definitely caught Emily's "paramour" after carefully

a totally different reason. The person she had paid to monitor Emily's room did not find anything unusual or substantive. Oddly enough,

what the man had uncovered, but her plan was ruined. So she sat there next to Jack,

competition was just about to start. More and more people came to take their seats, and the judges also followed suit one after another.

she took a random peek at the guest seats, she felt

presence,

did have interest in jewelry? Otherwise, he would not be here.

here to see me, ' Emily cleared her mind of all the strange ideas, 'I am nobody to him; just another

since he was trying to rape her yesterday. Jacob must have taken care of

felt grateful to Jacob. However, she wouldn't forgive him for what he did to her yesterday. Every time Emily thought about what happened yesterday, she would be stricken with a combination of anger and humiliation. Jacob not only took advantage

'Damn it!'

staring at him from a distance. He abruptly shifted his glance to hers. Emily could clearly see

her back. She

Leo was replaced by another judge. None of the other judges knew where Leo was. In fact, no one asked about his whereabouts

felt curious about

is that judge? What's his name? Leo?

he is notoriously lascivious. May be he is too busy dating some beautiful woman and forgot

been made a judge of such a prestigious competition. The good news

Victor? You mean that

name were surprised and began to whisper in excitement.

the secret she was keeping, but

knew who

ten years, he had won numerous awards and prizes. Victor's work was vibrant and vivid, as if they had a life of their own. Anyone who looked at his work would be astonished by its marvel. His creations were priceless; he was certainly a heavyweight champion in the

Victor obtained more and more achievements, Emily could not

Victor to be one of the judges in this

even more nervous. She was afraid that she would make too many mistakes in competition. Thankfully, she had done a good job through out.