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.

idea that Emily had replaced the old door with a very expensive and sturdy one, after she had failed to find a new place to

continuous knocking and banging, Jack still failed to get the door open.

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

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

accidentally stepped on

she remained unscathed, as instead of falling onto the ground, she fell into the warm embrace of a man. Immediately, she knew it was Jacob who had caught her as

turned red in the dark, and likewise, Jacob's heart started beating faster and

coupled with the fragrance of peppermint mixed with a

should be

chin, so she had to remain still, while she just murmured,"It's too dark and

place,

up in his arms and carried her to the

her eyes tight instinctively, before turning her head towards Jacob's chest. Needless to say, Jacob had a strong chest, strong enough to block out the bright light for Emily and to provide her with the comfort

light up with satisfaction as he let out a tiny smile from both corners

Jack's voice

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

Jack switched on the electricity. However, there was still no response from Emily,

was just about to call her, when he heard Emily's angry

was safe, but he immediately denied,"I had nothing to do with it; it

chosen to live in that community because it was safe from power outages. Moreover, Emily had never suffered a power outage since she'd lived there. Thus, Emily believed that Jack was responsible for the

don't misunderstand me. Please open the door, and let me

"Go away!"

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 moment, she said,"Since there is only

raised his eyebrows immediately, and interrupted her before she could even finish speaking,"I will not sleep on

Jacob would

Emily knew that she had to be the one to sleep on the sofa, but she didn't have a problem as it was only going to

expression on his