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.

he got was just a message from Sam saying, "Something emergent came up and Mr.

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

The person she had paid to monitor Emily's room did not find anything unusual or substantive.

Jack what the man had uncovered, but

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

she took a random peek at the guest seats, she

there with commanding presence, and a sense

truth? Jacob actually did have interest in

mind of all the strange ideas, 'I am nobody to him; just another

must have taken care of it for

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 of her but

'Damn it!'

his glance to hers. Emily could clearly see the jocosity in

in her back. She quickly shifted eyes from Jacob's and

judges for this jewelry design competition. Leo was replaced by another judge. None of the other judges knew where Leo was. In fact, no one asked about his whereabouts as

some of the contestants felt curious about

Leo?

heard that he is notoriously lascivious. May be he is too busy

a judge of such a prestigious competition. The

You mean

heard the name were surprised and began

talking about Leo, she felt somewhat pressured by the secret she was keeping, but when she heard the name "Victor", her heart skipped

absolutely knew who Victor

Victor's work was vibrant and vivid, as if they had a life of their

assistant. However, as Victor obtained more and more

to be one of the judges in this

she would make too many mistakes in