A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Seeing Emily getting dragged away by Jacob, made Rita laugh out so loud, her eyes sparkled with tears of joy. Her laughter dazzled David. In fact, she had never seen her laugh so whole-heartedly.

"Do you like chicken soup? I can ask someone to make it for you," David asked softly.

Rita kept a smile on her face as she stared at him, with a flicker of amusement in her cold eyes. "Don't bother. You can go about your business. I will take care of myself," she said.

David was already accustomed to being treated like a lackey by Rita after so many days of looking after her. However, since she wasn't giving him any attention, he felt redundant and unwanted. Was he a masochist?

"I'm not busy. I can stay here with you," said David.

Rita slightly curled her lips and said nothing.

Outside the ward, Emily struggled hard to escape from Jacob's hold, but it was in vain. "Jacob, what do you want? Don't beat around the bush and just tell me. And let me go right now..." demanded Emily.

Just as the words fell from her lips, Jacob let go of her. His face turned sour as if someone had poured mud all over his body.

"What's the matter with you? Why are you so upset?" asked Emily curiously, as she had no idea why Jacob was throwing a hissy fit.

Jacob slowly forced Emily into the corner, with a face like thunder. She sensed something was wrong with him, so she tried to slip away, but Jacob pulled her hands and pressed them against the wall, trapping her in the corner.

"Eh…… What do you want?"

"Emily, you made chicken soup for Rita! Why?"

Emily finally understood why Jacob was angry with her. Nevertheless, she didn't think she had done anything wrong. She made soup for Rita because Rita was her closest friend. Emily did nothing wrong; why would Jacob treat her like that?

Emily tried to calm him down, so she explained," Rita is weak right now and needs to be nourished with a proper home-made chicken soup, so…"

Jacob sneered, and mocked her with a childish tone," I don't want to listen to your excuses."

Emily was baffled. 'Is this guy nuts?' thought Emily.

that chicken soup for me!"

as his pupils dilated slowly. Emily was touched by his aggrieved expression. She found

nice chicken soup for you when I back home…" she said. Emily capitulated under his

Jacob blurted out arrogantly in a non-negotiable

get back to work soon,"

day-off,"

she could do was to submit to his demands. "Fine, you win. I'm going to say bye to Rita and then I'll go back home to cook some chicken soup for you," said

present of his life. Jacob

car, Emily stared at his handsome face and asked," What

a ridiculous man in my life. To think that he was jealous of a pregnant woman,

soup?" he

over his question for a while and then answered,"

just make that for me," said Jacob, with great anticipation.

the window to look at the scenery, and replied," Let's drop

out of the car and asked Jacob," Would you

I will come

vegetable market they were in was famous for its freshness and affordable prices. Emily often came to buy vegetables here. However, compared to the supermarkets, the place wasn't very clean, as the ground was muddy, there were vegetables scattered everywhere and occasionally a fish would

on the ground

is dirty here; don't go any further. You can

insisted. All of a sudden, he lifted her and carried her across a big puddle of dirty

redder than the tomatoes on the vegetable stalls. "Put me down! There are so many people around watching us..." said

then put

and Emily were just

to the western side

agreed with Emily's decision. Although he had never been in a vegetable market before, it was not difficult for him to find

sore thumb, mainly because

someone shouted at him," Sir, would you like to buy some spareribs? You can buy some for your wife. They're