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.

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 has to deal with it first, he

room yesterday. If so, he would have definitely

for a totally different reason. The person she had paid to monitor Emily's room did not find anything unusual or substantive. Oddly enough, it was as if the man had disappeared into thin air and never

Jack what the man had uncovered, but her plan was ruined. So she

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

her nerves down. When she took a random peek at the guest seats, she felt a bit

with commanding presence, and a sense of indifference and nobility.

actually did have interest in jewelry?

of all the strange ideas,

came upon a realization—she had not seen Leo since he was trying to rape her yesterday. Jacob must have taken care of it for her. Jacob, he seemed to always show up when

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

'Damn it!'

abruptly shifted his glance to hers. Emily

back. She quickly shifted eyes from

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

some of the contestants felt curious about Leo's

that judge? What's his name? Leo?

be he is too busy dating some beautiful woman and

never been made a judge of such a prestigious competition. The good

You

heard the name were surprised and began to whisper in

Emily heard the contestants talking about Leo, she felt somewhat pressured by the secret she

absolutely knew who Victor was.

the championship of an international jewelry design competition at the age of 15. In the last ten years, he had won numerous awards and prizes. Victor's work was vibrant and vivid, as if they had a

Victor obtained more

to be one

she would make too many mistakes in competition. Thankfully, she had done