A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"I'm here to see if you are staying up late," Jacob answered, seeming concerned, squinting at the girl in front of him.

The girl was dressed in a baby-pink rabbit onesie, which was selected by Jacob. With bunny ears on the hood and a small cotton tail at back, the onesie suited Emily perfectly.

'Wow... She's just absolutely adorable, ' Jacob thought.

"I wasn't going to stay up late, but I need to go out for something important," said Emily, as she tried to push Jacob away to walk out the door. She was leaving in a hurry so she had no time to explain anything to him.

However, her effort was in vain, because Jacob grabbed her from behind and carried her back in his arms. "It's past midnight. Where are you going? What happened?" asked Jacob.

"I..." Emily struggled to get out of his arms, but failed. Frustrated, she sighed and explained reluctantly,"My best friend Rita, I think you've met her once, needs my help with an urgent matter. I must go and check whether she is all right or not."

"So that's the reason why you have to go out at midnight? For a girl?"

Emily was surprised to find some jealousy in Jacob's voice; she stared at him and nodded,"What do you expect?"

The next minute, Jacob bit into her lips as if to punish her.

"I will not allow you to go outside, not at this hour."

"I have to go. What if something bad happens to her?"

With a discontented look on his face, Jacob retorted with an unpleasant tone,"She is not a baby. As an adult, she should be able to take care of herself, instead of being taken care of by you; you little twerp."

"Why are you being so unreasonable?" Emily did not want to talk to Jacob any more. She punched him in the chest and yelled,"Let me go. You have no right to interfere with my freedom and my life. Do you understand?"

Jacob, however, did not let go of Emily. Instead, he held Emily tighter in his arms. 'What is she talking about? How could Emily care more about another girl than me?' Jacob thought.

His thoughts were interrupted as Emily dug her nails into his arms,"If you don't let me go, I will..."

Emily was about to say "I will move back to my apartment", but before she could finish, Jacob lifted her closer as if she were a little puppy, and stared at her with affection in his eyes.

"Where is she?"

"What?"

brushed Emily's hair between his fingers and continued in a disgruntled way,"I will come with

allow Emily to go outside alone at midnight?

said that, Emily smiled from

kissing me," Jacob took a chance to take advantage of

pondered and nodded to herself,"Then I think I'd rather take back my gratitude to

Jacob was at a loss

'What a cunning girl!'

clothes, they both just put on coats, turned on the air-conditioning system in the car and left home. On the way, Emily took off her coat because the temperature in the car

at her; in his eyes flashed a trace of displeasure. He then pulled

saw that Rita was sitting on a bench, through the window. With her face buried between the knees and arms clasped round them, Rita was trembling in the cold of the night wind, and her appearance

'What happened to Rita?'

the door, but just when she

Jacob clutching the long bunny ears

me go!" 'Why does Jacob always treat me

outside. Put on

was suddenly put out by his considerate words because she had totally

as he turned his face away

word, got off the car quickly and ran towards

turned round only to find that Emily had already gotten off the

she seemed to be immersed in her own thoughts. Not until Emily called out her

she raised her head,"What happened to you, Rita? What's the

independent, capable and experienced girl with a strong will. Emily never saw her

don't want to talk about it right now." Rita wiped the tears off her face, and said in a hoarse

do anything for her friend to make her feel better. In the end Emily nodded,"Okay, let's get in the

so cold in the day, as autumn was

as cold as ice. Without

man's coat. A strong smell of manliness surrounded her, and