A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

With confidence, Debby demanded, "For one second, let's forget that you are Jacob's girlfriend. You're still the young lady of the Tao clan. Come on, you shouldn't be so stingy towards your foster parents."

"I won't go back to the Tao clan, and I won't give you Jacob's money either. That's all, end of discussion," Emily answered. Words couldn't describe the turbulent emotions in Emily's mind. She wondered whether money was the only thing that mattered to her foster parents.

"Emily, think of your conscience!" Debby cried out. Debby did not anticipate any resistance from Emily, so she snapped the moment Emily refused to give her money. Since Jacob wasn't around, Debby didn't feel the need to keep pretending to be polite. "We have sacrificed a lot of time and money to raise you. Is this how you intend to repay us for our kindness? Aren't you afraid of retribution?" she asked.

Debby's arrogant words drove Emily up the wall, especially when she mentioned - retribution.

Stunned, Emily looked at her foster parents sitting in front of her with puzzlement, wondering if they had always been such heartless, conniving people.

"Well, then I am afraid that we will have to bother Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Debby for a bill outlining all the expenses they've had paid on your behalf for all these years. Don't worry. I'll give you back the money in full payment." No one noticed Jacob come down from the stairs. With malice and fury in his formerly emotionless eyes, he approached them, turning the atmosphere around him grim and murky with each sinister step.

Andrew and Debby froze, immediately. His intimidating presence had rendered them speechless and gripped their throats with fear.

"What's the matter - cat got your tongue? Steward, please show our guests the way out," said Jacob, without a hint of mercy in his eyes, as he waved his hands at the the steward.

Debby turned to Emily suddenly, and mumbled, "Emily, I..." It seemed that she still had something to say.

However, before Debby could proceed, Jacob cut her words short and said, "Do you need me to show you the way out? Steward, what are you still waiting for?"

"Yes, sir." The steward hesitated at first, but he soon followed Jacob's orders and escorted Emily's foster parents out politely, but assertively.

Emily did not try to intervene. In fact, she did not even glance at them again. The color in her eyes had faded away a long time ago. She waited until her parents had left, and then said, "Please send a driver to take them home, Jacob."

Jacob looked out the window, and found that it was raining outside.

Although Emily pretended to be cold and heartless, she still had a soft corner for her foster parents in her heart.

reject her request because of the argument before. He sent for a driver

her mind. When she took a sip out of her tea cup, the bitter taste

tell whether it was

the Tao clan, she could never compare to Tina either, who they had raised as their own daughter. Emily

complained about fairness, but what about her? When

was never meant to have the love and affection of a family, which she had longed for.

crying?" asked Jacob.

finally came to her senses. She rubbed her temples to relieve the dull thudding headache her parents had left her with, while Jacob's big, strong hands gently wiped the tears off of

chauffeur drive them back here,"

parents pretend to care for her, so

her head, with determination on her face. "I'm done with them. There's no point in looking back anymore,"

Andrew and Debby had done to her, if Tina hadn't factored into the equation, perhaps she could have still lied to herself. But now, there wasn't even the slightest chance for a comeback. Emily was done looking in the rearview mirror of her

did not love her. After

arms and rested his chin on her head. "Never mind. You still have me,"

from the past few days, the first smile finally appeared on her face. "Yes, I still have you,"

outside the Tyrone

in the car Jacob had arranged for them, Debby and Andrew were at a loss. They didn't know where to go and where they

did they do that

as it had walked in. After all, they raised Emily for so many years, provided her with food and clothing, and paid for her education. If it hadn't been for them, where would she have been today? What else could she ask

with Jacob, she thinks that she can just toss

realize that if Emily had been raised by the Taos, she wouldn't have any connection with them. She could have grown up happily in a

villa of

over a soft bed, with her hands tied up to the bed frame with silk. Although she wasn't in pain, the madness in her face

stood around her, the medical staff, Mark and his parents, looked at her with