A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

At Theodore Villa.

The curtains that hung around the mullioned windows were so thick that light failed to pass through, instead they cast a murky shadow over the room. The atmosphere was dull and depressing, the air thick with a strong stench of alcohol circulating around.

Jack half leaned against the sofa with his hair disheveled. He wore a wrinkled piece of cloth that used to be a shirt once, wrapping his long fingers around an empty bottle. There were also several lying on the floor like soldiers killed in battle.

The shallow depth of his thoughts consumed him, when suddenly he heard a knock on the door.

"Yes?" Jack furrowed his eye-brows and mumbled with a struggling voice.

Jack's condition confused and disheartened his keeper; his aide-de-camp. How did everything spiral downwards to this sorry excuse for a life?

What was so special about Emily that made powerful men, Jacob and Jack, fall for her so madly?

'Emily is a turbulent disaster. She shouldn't have been allowed into the Gu Family in the first place. If it were not for Jacob…' he thought.

"What?" Jack asked indifferently, barely in his senses.

"Sir, we've got Rose," the man reported.

Even in his alcoholic stupor, Jack's heart rate rose a little and his eyes light up with sparks of resentment. He staggered to his feet, swaying a little and asked, "Where is that bitch?"

"Here. She is all yours now," said the man, as he turned around and made a gesture. Before long, his subordinate dragged Rose into the room by her arms.

Rose's clothes were once high end, but with enough wear and dirt anything could look like rags. Her skin was hidden behind layers of grime and her hair hung as a tangled mop of brown and grey. The vain, conceited mask she once wore so proudly was no longer present to hide her ugliness from the world. Considering how she looked, perhaps even a homeless person would have more dignity than Rose at the tip of his fingers.

The guard kicked her from behind, and she immediately fell to her knees before Jack.

Jack sneered down at her with utter disgust. The very sight of Rose made his insides curl up and nauseated him.

earth did he ever betray Emily for a woman

adept at lying and conniving that even he

hotel," he said. Jack wasn't even asking.

at him with contempt. Having spent days on the streets, living in squalor and running about like an escaped convict

that bitch to the ground. It's interesting how bitches like that always find a way to survive, much like cockroaches." Rose added, scorned with a smile and eyes sharpened.

Jack yelled, and slapped her right across the face so hard that she could taste the

glare prevailed. She had lost everything. What was there to be scared of? She clutched her stinging face, where the smack had left a red welt

enemies. You know what? I may have failed to kill her myself, but there are plenty out there who will do it for me,"

"I will kill you where

then. You either kill me, or I will make sure that you and Emily rot in hell together..." Before Rose could finish, Jack pressed both his hands on her neck

widened, as

released her and dumped her

easy for you," Jack said, coldly.

by her hair

rule over

...

the Tyrone Mansion.

wouldn't let her. He insisted that Emily should stay at home for a longer time even though she was fully recovered from her injuries.

she knew that he always wanted the best for her.

country on some business venture. Jacob did not want to take any risks and be burdened by worries so

safe, in his territory.

responsible for setting the fire and asked if she would like to come and see. It was a simple message, one that did not come with any

see her. On any other day, she would have refused him, but after what he

now?' she wondered.

scars on Jack's back would haunt her for the rest of her