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.

Emily. "Don't move," he

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 scream for help... Hmm..."

it, the stranger turned her around to face him, and kissed her in the mouth. He silenced her voice with his kiss, as she melted

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

as well as the damp air of

past few days, the grievance rolled back into her heart. The moment she bit his lips, something sweet with a discreet, metallic

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 her tears, his heart ached

chest, while she failed to hold her tears back. "Jacob, what took you so long?"

He held her up and put his head close to hers. He said, "It's all my fault. I'm sorry. You can hit me as much as you like, but

turned Jack's place and the entire Tao clan's mansion upside down, he never expected that Victor would be responsible for her disappearance.

to lose her heart, if you had

at bay all these days. Just at the sight of Jacob, she let all her guard down. She knew that she no longer needed to pretend to be strong in her mind.

Jacob's face darkened with anger. "Victor... How dare

Jacob hadn't found her in time, she

coal, his eyes light up with fiery rage, when he realized that if he hadn't thought of Victor, Emily would have been... 'Damn

over the whole story

contorted with anger. "Time for his woman

warned Victor not to approach Emily, but Victor did not hold up his end of the bargain. Instead, he kept going against his word. However, kidnapping Emily

friends? What kind of

Damn it!'

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

heed her words, as his thoughts were