A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Emily was stunned for a moment before she said,"You know what? I was completely baffled by Victor's strange attitude too. I won't hide it from you, but I thought he was being overtly affectionate to me."

It was hard to imagine how a man as cold as Victor would have any desire for her. Turned out Jacob was right to be doubtful of Victor. As for Emily, the most important thing was having her name cleared.

In Jacob's loving arms, Emily was comfortably lost in her thoughts. Suddenly, tearing himself apart from her, Jacob stared at her for a moment and then said,"But, Victor said that it was you who tried to seduce him."

"You've got to be kidding me!" Emily cried out without hesitation. Then she continued,"How could Mr. Victor say something like that?"

"Don't you believe me?" asked Jacob.

"Of course not!"

In an instant, Jacob's facial expression hardened as he scoffed,"Then why should I believe you?

Assuming Jacob was about to blow up in anger, Emily cautiously held his hand and asked,"Did he...really?"

Emily shook her head in disbelief, refusing to believe that Victor would discredit her like that. After all, she was a longtime admirer of Victor's talent and noble character.

"I was reluctant to believe that too," said Jacob. He somehow feigned a smile, as if he had seen right through Emily, and continued,"Victor is not the kind of man who would actively seduce a girl."

Before Jacob said anything else, Emily stared at him with eyes wide open, causing him to abandon his train of thoughts. Moments later, he heard Emily say,"I'll take a guess...may be that man was not Victor. Perhaps it was someone who was impersonating him."

As soon as Emily finished her words, she was awarded with a flick to forehead by Jacob. "Hey!" she glared at him.

"You twerp," Jacob teased Emily.

"But Mr. Victor would not care for me, would he? I feel quite sure about that!" assured Emily.

Jacob agreed with Emily. He also believed that it was impossible for Victor to care for Emily, but he couldn't figure out why Victor would lie to him. "Anyway, stay away from him," insisted Jacob.

"But, we work in the same company..." said Emily, sounding helpless.

tomorrow, you will work

rubbed her nose and peeked at

Besides, I can always see through a

and punched his arm

that you believe in me, but, is it necessary to shatter my confidence by calling me

time,

Emily suddenly remembered what Victor had said to her. Out of curiosity, she asked,"Jacob,

looked back at her with eyes wide open and shot her a

see," Emily nodded with a delicate smile on her face, as her

Tell me," asked Jacob, as he gently pressed Emily into the seat and leaned over her, looking to read the expression on her face. "If you dare to let any other man touch even a hair on you, I will shackle you with chains and keep you with me at all times,"

Emily winked and asked,"What if you

you with me when I go to the washroom," replied Jacob.

I'm not going to

getting tired of me?" Jacob snorted with displeasure, as he

that sweet kiss he had been craving for a long time. He felt like every cell in his body had been ignited with fire,

...

day on, Victor seemingly disappeared from Emily's life, and she gradually let the memories of that day fade away into oblivion.

going to organize a trip for all the employees of the company, to celebrate the successful completion of an

than not, Jacob would have no interest in such activities at all. Instead, he preferred to let the employees enjoy themselves. This time, however, when he showed up to the trip, he caught

about it too much, everyone figured out the reason behind his sudden appearance to

to feel

destination of the trip was an island called Iceland. Although it had the word "ice" in its

island. Furthermore, since Iceland had a large number of villas, every employee got the

to share one villa," said Emily, hesitantly, staring at the most luxurious villa on the island in front of her

in her ear,"I think it would be a

in Emily. 'It seems like she always has this feeling, like something bad is going to happen to her

turn me down, I'm afraid that I will be the butt of all jokes." Jacob presented her with a strong argument that