A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Do you recognize who it is? I bet I don't need to introduce this person to you since you're obviously quite familiar with him," said Tina. She laughed hysterically and hid the phone behind her when Emily tried to take the phone.

Emily bit her lip tightly, failing to keep the calmness in her face together. The burden of a nightmare from many years ago fell on her heart once again, Emily stuttered,"How did you... get this video..."

"If you don't want people to know about it, you'd better listen to me," said Tina, as she slowly put her phone back in her handbag, and hummed dismissively,"Your stuff can be easily found as long as I want to."

With a hateful expression on her face, Tina continued,"Would Jacob still love you if I spread this video to the public to let everybody know just what kind of person you truly are?"

Tina's words hit Emily like a lightning bolt, sending shockwaves throughout her entire body, causing her to tremble with fear.

Emily bit her lip so hard that it almost bled, making it difficult for her to speak out. She weakly murmured,"You... What do you want exactly?"

There was no denying the fact that Emily was just clutching at straws, fearing the alternative.

Petrified with crippling fear, Emily was worried about her past getting exposed to the public. She did not want to relive her nightmare all over again, followed by the hatred and resentment from the people around her...

No, she couldn't let anyone else know. No matter what the cost was!

"Here's the deal. From now on you have to listen to me and stay within the boundaries of your status. Do not dare to dream of the things you should never dream of. If you comply, perhaps I may even help you to cover up the truth; understood?" asserted Tina.

"... Yes." Emily had too much to lose. She had no other choice but to agree to what Tina was asking, because the secret that Tina was holding was powerful enough to destroy everything Emily had worked for.

"So you agree?" Tina winked her eyes at Emily and said,"I thought you had integrity, but I was wrong about you."

Speechless, Emily clenched her fists while staring at the ground, trembling with rage.

"Now that you have agreed..." Tina laughed delightfully with pure satisfaction. Looking at the lost soul in front of her, she demanded,"My shoes are really dirty. Why don't you help me clean it, hmm?"

shoes were clean and spotless, without a single

Tina already knew that. She was just looking for

shambles, as she kept playing the video Tina had just shown her in her mind. Emily

sense of impatience flashed through Tina's eyes. "Looks like you want everybody to know about your secret," she threatened Emily.

piece of tissue to clean Tina's shoes,

woman should have humbly knelt before me, rather than looking straight to my eyes

while switching her right leg for Emily to clean. With an unpleasant briskness in her voice, she said,"It is a

at the bottom of

on Emily's hand. She pressed hard, until she could see Emily's eyebrows furrow

feet until she finished her words, then she let Emily go and walked out

long time, looking at the footprint on her hand. She couldn't even clench her fingers as they were sore with pain. As for

...

the following days, Jacob noticed that Emily was distancing herself from him on purpose. She seemed so devoted to the new project that she wouldn't even

feeling well today. Why don't you let me become your assistant?" Tina knew for sure why Emily did not

her in the eyes. "No, thanks," he

everything. I am capable of handling Emily's work without guidance. Please let me

for me."

only Jacob's reluctance, Tina was afraid that he would get annoyed, so she stopped insisting. She cast a short glare at Sam angrily, for being the

oblivious, unaware of what he had

kept looking through the files, but his heart was already far away from the office. Thinking of Emily's recent behavior, he finally realized

Or did she do that on purpose? What did she want to do exactly?

expression turned solemn and the atmosphere around him was depressing. He needed to find out whether Emily was just pretending to be silly or if she really was

all his affairs aside. He left the company and drove

"Knock-Knock."