A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Victor wasn't worried about Jacob's wrath. What he feared most was that Jacob would blame Anne if something had happened to Emily. Fortunately, Jacob was a practicable man. Relieved, he quietly looked at Anne's delicate face and sighed deeply.

How he wished he could breathe life into her dying heart!

It was hard for him not to feel powerless. Without Emily, where could he find another suitable heart for Anne?

"Anne..." Victor mumbled, then went silent again. 'What am I going to do with you?'

...

As the sun had set, night had fallen fast, bringing with it cold wind, as ferocious as a dip in the frozen lakes would be, taking away every bit of warmth from the land.

Emily pulled the thin coat on her tightly, trembling in the cold of the night. She was looking to find a warm place to rest in, when she heard the rapid tramping of feet not too far away.

"Quickly, go your separate ways now! You must find her!"

Emily's heart pounded in her chest loud and fast. She suspected that they were Victor's people, looking for her. Without hesitation, she rushed into a dark alley, waiting until the coast was clear.

Emily waited there for so long that she had lost track of the time. Only when her feet

were numb with pain did she quietly move to check if the people were still there. Fortunately, by then the people had left to search the other areas...

"Thank God..." Emily blurted out, in relief. She patted her chest to calm her throbbing heart. But before she could breathe easy, someone grasped her shoulders from the back. "Ah!"

Emily shrieked in shock, in the arms of a stranger. Frenzied, she kicked and screamed to get out of his grip. "Let go of me! Get your hands off me!" she cried out.

scratched by Emily. "Don't move,"

the dim light of the crescent moon, she couldn't see the stranger's face clearly. Emily continued resisting, refusing to obey his words. "Don't touch me! Get your hands off me! I... I am going to

to face him, and kissed her in the mouth. He silenced her voice with

gradually she opened her eyes, to catch a glimpse of the stranger's face

musty smell mixed with a hint of tobacco and mint, as well as the damp air of

past few days, the grievance rolled back into her heart. The moment she

desires as he kissed her back harder. They were in such a daze that they had lost track of time. When he tasted the saltiness and bitterness of

hard in the chest, while she failed to hold her tears

He said, "It's all my fault.

Although, he had turned Jack's place and the entire Tao clan's mansion upside down, he never expected that Victor would be responsible for her disappearance. No wonder it took him so long. It turned out that he had been searching

to lose her heart, if you had

her guard down. She knew that she no longer needed to pretend to be strong in her mind. Relieved and comforted by Jacob's loving arms, she let all her grievances flow

with anger. "Victor... How dare

if Jacob hadn't found her in time, she might not have been alive the next day. "He

Jacob asked, but he soon figured out what was going on. Like two smouldering pieces of coal, his eyes light up with fiery rage, when he realized that if he hadn't thought of Victor, Emily would have

over the whole

contorted with anger. "Time for his woman to go through what you have suffered..."

not hold up his end of the bargain. Instead, he kept going against his word. However, kidnapping Emily with the intention of taking

friends? What kind of

Damn it!'

frightened by his anger and his words, and she cut in immediately, "Jacob, don't be so impulsive! Anne didn't agree with Victor once she found out the truth and she had helped me escape. She is not the one you

words, as his thoughts were spread out all over the