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!" he

dilated slowly. Emily was touched by his aggrieved expression. She found it somehow cute and adorable... Emily's heart melted

when I back home…" she said. Emily capitulated under

demanded Jacob. Having achieved his goal, Jacob blurted out arrogantly in a non-negotiable

to work soon," explained Emily.

you a day-off," said Jacob.

arranged everything for her, the only thing she could do was to submit to his demands. "Fine, you win. I'm going to

birthday present of his life. Jacob took her to bid Rita farewell and then took

stared at his handsome face and asked,"

he was jealous of a pregnant woman,

best soup?" he

for a

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

she stared out of the window to look at the scenery, and replied," Let's drop by the vegetable market to

the entrance of the vegetable market. Emily took the lead in getting out of the car and asked Jacob," Would you like to come with me or wait for

answered without hesitation," I will come

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

dirty water on the ground made Jacob feel

came up to him and helped him. "It is dirty here; don't go any further. You can just wait for me outside," Emily

her and carried her across a big puddle

tomatoes on the vegetable stalls. "Put me down! There are so many people around

then put Emily down gently, while she was patting her face with embarrassment.

truth, the people around them were not annoyed by them at all. In their opinion, Jacob and Emily were just two

each other, so we can buy what we need quickly," suggested Emily. Emily thought carefully and assigned Jacob a task as she said," You can go to the western side and buy some mushrooms and red dates. Remember to buy these from the

a vegetable market before, it was not difficult for him to find the mushrooms and red dates Emily needed. He followed

there, Jacob was sticking out like a sore thumb, mainly because of the way he was dressed. In

at him," Sir, would you like to