A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Emily woke up, feeling dizzy and groggy. She lay on the bed, in a daze for a while, before she steadied her breathing, trying to clear her mind.

She could not help looking around and wondering where she was.

"Emily, you are awake!" A soft, familiar voice came from her right side, startling her. Suddenly, she became aware, as her heart rose and fell inside her chest.

Emily fought the disorientation and sat up quickly, and the soft quilt that was covering her slid down from her shoulder. Before she knew it, she was surprised to find herself completely nude.

'What the hell happened to me?' she wondered.

Emily's hands scrambled frantically to cover her body with the quilt. Then she looked to the side to see Jack, who was standing near the bed.

Jack was buttoning his shirt, slowly and methodically, as he stood in a relaxed upright posture. He cast a meaningful look at Emily, with all his masculine charms.

Emily, however, did not find any of it attractive. Instead, at that moment, she felt a wave of unprecedented panic.

"What happened?" she asked in a trembling voice.

Jack noticed the apparent panic in her eyes. His heart ached simply because she was repulsed by him.

He buttoned the last button, bent over to pick up the clothes scattered on the ground, and then he walked towards Emily. "Just now... Have you forgotten what happened just now?" he asked.

"Just now?" Emily tried to recall what had happened before she lost her consciousness. The only thing she could remember was drinking coffee at the café, but everything that followed right after that was just a blur. Anxious, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. "You used hallucinogenic agents at me and took me to this place, right? Jack, what the hell is going on? What do you want from me?" she shouted at him.

Jack handed Emily's clothes to her, which took her by fear and surprise, as she moved backwards, remaining on high alert. The light in Jack's eyes dimmed with sorrow. Without any explanation. he just burst out laughing. "What do I want from you? I have gotten what I wanted from you," he said, with a brazen-faced expression.

"It can't be true! I don't believe it…" Emily muttered and refused to believe his words.

Jack sat beside her, then he reached out to pinch her delicate chin, forcing her to face him. "Nothing is impossible. Do you think I wouldn't be aroused by a woman lying naked in my bed?

woman was the love of my life," he said.

repulsed, Emily shoved his hand away, as she bit her lips hard and then said,

not shameless, would I be able to have you here?" he asked. Suddenly, as the agitation within him grew, he continued, "As a matter of fact, Jacob is more shameless than I am. Otherwise, he would not

you!" Emily

his voice and said, "Emily, I love you. I can give you

guilty of his past sins. However, as the old saying went— a fault confessed is half redressed. Why was she reluctant to give him a chance to correct

fair to

me, what the hell have you done to me?"

done all I have ever wanted to do," Jack said, with an expressionless face, as he spaced the words for emphasis. "I do not

here! Get out!" Emily yelled, as she could no longer restrain her anger.

and impolite behavior did not anger him. He just put down her clothes on the bedside table and said in a soft voice, "Calm yourself down. I'll come back

that, he turned to open the door and went

the room, Emily sat back in horror, feeling utterly deflated,

she could not tell whether what he had said was true or not. However, just the mere thought of his claims, swam up in her thoughts and a

it

myself that he didn't touch me, will I really believe it from the bottom of

this to

very much to blame. If I hadn't insisted on seeing him, none of this would

despair, she pulled the quilt towards her and buried her

and she could scarcely breathe. After her eyes had run dry, she leant forward and

listening to the sound of vomiting inside, and his heart ached for Emily. He bit his thin lips nervously, concerned for the woman inside the room. Jack almost pushed the door open and rushed in, but, he fought off his impulse and stood still. Instead, he took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it up.

go beyond that. Emily, being the simple-minded girl that she was, fell from his deceptions, believing

when he saw Emily lying naked under the quilt in his bed, every fibre of his being begged him

his desires. He didn't want to take advantage of her perilous state. He had no intentions of making her hate him more than she already did. Jack planned to tell her the truth, but only when the timing would best suit his machinations.

Jacob, consequently, letting her realize that

for a long time at the door, before he twisted the