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.

betray Emily for a

he failed to sniff out her treachery before it

fire at the hotel," he said. Jack wasn't even asking. He was

was me. So what?" she answered arrogantly. Rose raised her head and looked at him with contempt. Having spent days on the streets, living in squalor and running about like an escaped convict had thickened her skin.

a shame, though. The fire didn't burn that bitch to the ground. It's interesting how bitches like that always find a way

across the face so

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

You know what? I may have failed to kill her myself, but there

on a berserker rage. "I will kill you where

you and Emily rot in hell together..." Before Rose could finish, Jack pressed both his hands on her

applied more pressure. Her eyes widened, as if they were going to pop out

released her and dumped her on

easy for you," Jack

away by her hair

silence had returned to rule

...

Tyrone Mansion.

to work but Jacob wouldn't let her. He insisted that Emily should stay at home for

not resist, because she knew

could not keep her company, as he had to go outside the country on some business venture. Jacob did not want to take any risks and be burdened by worries so

safe, in his

Emily got a message from Jack, saying that he had caught the person 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

any other day, she would have refused him, but after what he

now?'

would haunt her for the rest of her