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.

cooked that chicken soup for

gazed deeply into Emily's eyes, as his pupils dilated slowly. Emily was touched by his aggrieved expression. She found it

some nice chicken soup for you when I back home…" she said. Emily

goal, Jacob blurted out arrogantly in a non-negotiable

to work soon,"

day-off,"

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

had just received the best birthday present of his life. Jacob took her to bid Rita farewell and then took

face

of a pregnant woman, '

your best soup?"

for a while and then

that for me," said Jacob, with great

out of the window to look at the

lead in getting out of the car and asked Jacob," Would

answered without hesitation," I will come

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

on the ground made Jacob feel nauseous.

she came up to him and helped him. "It is dirty here;

I'll come with you," he insisted. All of a sudden, he lifted her

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

market, and then put Emily down gently, while she was patting her

were not annoyed by them at all. In their opinion, Jacob and Emily were just two people madly in love having an intimate moment by

the western side and buy some mushrooms and red dates. Remember to buy these from the second shop. There's an old lady who sells the bigger dates. In the meantime, I will go and buy some

Although he had never been in a vegetable market before, it was not difficult for him to find the mushrooms and red dates Emily needed. He followed Emily's plans to a tee, as he

people there, Jacob was sticking out like a sore thumb, mainly because of

you like to buy some spareribs? You can buy some for your wife. They're fresh from the