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?"

leg. Her shoes were clean and spotless,

that Tina already knew that. She was

Tina had just shown her in her mind. Emily stood there motionlessly, like

sense of impatience flashed through Tina's eyes. "Looks like you want everybody to know about

a piece of tissue to clean Tina's shoes, even though it was clean

feet. This woman should have humbly knelt before me, rather

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

the bottom

see Emily's eyebrows furrow inwards in pain. "From now on, I want you to

her words, then she let Emily

clench her fingers as

...

was distancing herself from him on purpose. She seemed so devoted to the new project that she wouldn't even take

that moment, Tina approached Jacob and said,"Jacob, Emily isn't feeling well today. Why don't you let me become your assistant?" Tina knew for sure why

her in the

continued,"I can do everything. I am capable of handling Emily's work without guidance.

for

so she stopped insisting. She cast a short glare at Sam

stood there oblivious, unaware of what he had done to deserve Tina's hatred.

through the files, but his heart was already far away from the office.

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

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 silly.

Jacob's head as he pushed all his affairs aside. He left the company and drove straight

"Knock-Knock."