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 said to her gently.

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..." she

kissed her in the mouth. He silenced

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

the damp air of the

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

such a daze that they had lost track of time. When he tasted the saltiness and bitterness of her tears, his heart ached with pain. In a low raspy voice,

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

his head close to hers. He said, "It's all my fault. I'm sorry. You can hit me as

idea she would be in a different country. 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

was going to lose her heart, if you had showed up even a

knew that she no longer needed to pretend to be strong in her mind. Relieved and comforted by Jacob's loving

How dare he!" Jacob yelled

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

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

went over the whole story for Jacob.

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

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 with the intention of taking her life to

were friends? What kind of friend is Victor!

Damn it!'

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

didn't seem to heed her words, as his