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.

that Emily had replaced the old door with a very expensive and sturdy one, after she had failed to find a new place to move to, fearing for her safety.

banging, Jack still failed to get the

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

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

few steps, she accidentally stepped on the wet floor, lost

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 she could smell the same peppermint gel she had

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

soft skin coupled with the fragrance of peppermint mixed

should be more

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

place,

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

had a strong chest, strong enough

his chest, made Jacob's face light up with

Jack's voice came barging in through the door again.

she raised her head immediately. Embarrassed,

the electricity. However, there was still no response from Emily, which caused him to

was just about to call her, when he heard Emily's angry voice,"Are you insane, Jack? Why did you switch off the electricity?

safe, but he immediately denied,"I had nothing

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

open the door, and let me explain myself to you, face

"Go away!"

stay

"Are you nuts?"

decided to ignore Jack. She turned around and saw Jacob gazing at her. After hesitating

and interrupted her before she could even finish speaking,"I will not sleep on the

Jacob would never sleep in such a humble room as hers if there was another choice, let

on the sofa, but she didn't have a problem

expression on his face, like he had just come up with