A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Emily, are you okay?"

In the darkness, Emily could barely see a faint shadow, tall and slender, standing at the doorway of the bathroom.

Without a conscious thought, she pulled down a towel to cover herself, and answered,"I'm okay."

"Okay." Jacob turned away without a moment's hesitation.

The thought of spending another second in the dark bathroom all by herself sent shivers down her spine as she implored,"Please wait for a moment, Jacob."

Jacob stopped in his tracks and walked back in an instant, as if he knew she was going to call him.

"I'm a little scared. Could you please wait for me at the doorway?

"But you've asked me to stay at least two meters away from the bathroom." Jacob replied in a calm voice, but with a hint of sarcasm,"So you want me to stand at the door, right?"

"Yeah." Acknowledging the fact that it was her request, Emily felt embarrassed, as her face turned red immediately. However, when she realized that Jacob wouldn't be able to see her in the dark, she felt relieved and added,"I want you to turn your back to me."

Jacob stood still at the doorway, silently. Not having received any responses, Emily called out again,"Jacob..."

Jacob had to turn his back to her. However, surrounded by the hot steam floating in the bathroom, as soon as he heard the sound of rushing water again, he started to get hot gradually.

'Emily, even without a conscious thought, somehow, you still manage to turn me on, ' Jacob thought to himself.

Tsk! Was it not true, that a man standing at the door of the bathroom waiting for a woman to take a shower, was similar to a hungry wolf waiting for the little sheep to wash itself, before eating it? Too much credulity was never a good thing.

"How are you, Emily?" Outside the door, Jack had heard Emily's shriek followed by the loud sound of the door being pushed open, which made him a little anxious as he mistakenly thought that she had fallen down,"Don't be afraid, Emily. Open the door and let me in..."

However, both Emily and Jacob ignored his "kindness" spontaneously.

Jack got tired of anxiously waiting outside, so he started to knock on the door, making a loud and muffled sound.

no idea that Emily had replaced the old door with a very expensive and sturdy one, after she had failed to find a new

his continuous knocking and banging, Jack still failed to get

body, as she had kept Jacob waiting outside the bathroom for her. Soon

shadow at the end of the doorway somehow comforted her, while she put on

a few steps, she accidentally stepped on

knew it was Jacob who had caught her as she could smell the same peppermint gel she

and likewise, Jacob's heart started beating faster and faster, as both of them started to feel nervous in

soft and smooth. Her soft skin coupled with the fragrance of peppermint mixed with a hint of

should be

head stopped at Jacob's chin, so she had to

your place,

picked Emily up in his arms and carried her to the living room. All of a sudden,

chest. Needless to say, Jacob had a strong chest, strong enough to block

light up with satisfaction as he let out

Jack's voice came barging in through

Jack's voice broke Emily's trance, she raised her head immediately. Embarrassed, she struggled out of Jacob's

still no response from Emily, which caused

her, when he heard Emily's angry voice,"Are you insane, Jack? Why did

voice, he felt relieved knowing that she was safe, but he immediately denied,"I had nothing to do with it;

had no idea that, initially, Emily had chosen to live in that community because it was safe from power outages. Moreover, Emily had never suffered a power outage since she'd

and let me explain myself to you, face

"Go away!"

going anywhere. I'll stay here until you open the

"Are you nuts?"

Jack. She turned around and saw Jacob gazing at her. After hesitating for a

raised his eyebrows immediately, and interrupted her before she could

as Emily had expected. She assumed that people like Jacob would never sleep in such a humble room as hers if

be the one to sleep on the sofa, but she didn't

a questionable expression on his face, like he had