A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Anxious, Jacob frowned and furrowed his eyebrows tightly. "Is there another way we can use?" he asked.

Jacob couldn't tolerate to see Emily in pain. All he wanted was for her to be happy and safe.

"There is," Chester suggested. Chester pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his ridge. With a serious expression on his face, he said,"But this time, you can't be soft-hearted any more. Otherwise, everything will fall short of success due to lacking of a final effort."

As always, Jacob's eyes were deep as he looked back at Chester and assured,"I understand."

...

When Emily woke up, she found herself lying on the sofa, with no memory whatsoever of what had happened. Emily faintly remembered feeling uncomfortable when she was talking to Chester. She had a vague memory of throwing up on Jacob and then passing out consequently...

Appalled by her actions, she forced herself to get up and come back to her senses.

"You are awake!" said Jacob, as he was buckling his cufflinks while walking towards her. He continued,"How are you feeling? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

Emily nodded and then shook her head, looking at the tall and handsome man in front of her. "What happened to me?" she asked.

"You threw up on me."

"Ah, I'm so sorry..." Having heard that, Emily soon realized that she wasn't dreaming. With an expression of a child who had done something wrong, she looked away from Jacob's eyes and apologized,"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... do that."

Much to Emily's surprise, Jacob didn't seem like he was mad at her at all. In a gentle and calm voice, Jacob said,"Don't worry about that. If you're still feeling bad, you should get some rest. I have arranged for someone else to finish your work today."

Jacob was aware that Emily had no memory of what had happened.

"Okay...thanks," Emily answered and nodded primly. She couldn't exactly tell why, but she sensed something strange about Jacob's demeanor today.

rest in the office. Then he pretended to work in his desk, while in fact, he was waiting for the

would seek to make Emily re-experience

similar to

rotten and decaying. At any point in her life, her dormant pain could

from happening would be to pick her scab

welcomed the night. The company employees were asked to go home early. Only Emily was left in the office, as Jacob had asked her to accompany him to work

here. I need to go out for a minute," said Jacob. Jacob did not explain everything to Emily and left

by herself, waiting for Jacob, who was already gone for a long time. For some inexplicable reason, she was feeling anxious, but the light above her head gave her a sense of

fear always overcame her

the light above her

like she was being swallowed whole by the darkness, like a

"Ah!" Emily screamed.

as Jacob shut down the powers, he immediately heard Emily screaming in terror. He rushed back to his office without further hesitation. In the darkness, he vaguely saw Emily rush towards the

his long arm and pulled her back. Then he shut the

here!" Emily screamed and bellowed

He bit his lower lip and held

of struggling. She sat with her back against the wall and buried her face between her legs. Streaks of tears streamed

have been so afraid just as long as someone was there to accompany her in the darkness. However, after being forced to revisit

time in the elevator with Jacob she had only lost her manners, but this

in the darkness was the last push she needed to completely lose her

surrounding was so quiet that she almost forgot there was another man by her side. She was locked inside her own nightmare,

younger self, who was as fragile as a flower. However, because of an evil man, her innocence withered quickly. The youthful face of that girl was soon filled with despair and helplessness.

the dim light, she saw the wicked face of a man smiling

Don't touch me!" In her trance, Emily shrilled and kicked everywhere with her legs. In reality, she