A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Emily left the hotel by herself and took a taxi back to Tyrone Mansion. On her way back, she wept silently.

After returning to her room, she went to the bathroom and took off her clothes. Then she turned on the hot shower and stood under it. The hot water kissed her body, soon filling the bathroom with steam.

Emily slumped into a state of torpor as if nothing could cheer her up. The hot water flowed through her whole body, scouring every inch of her skin.

Emily was a traditional woman, and she had thought that she would be committed to Jacob only. However, after being tricked by Jack into believing that she had sex with him, her world came crashing down around her. She felt eternally stained, as if nothing in the world could wash away the filth off of her body.

"We both know that the thing Jacob hates the most is betrayal, be it mental or physical. If he finds out that you've slept with me, do you think he will still love you?" Jack's words reverberated in her ears. Every word was like a hammer hitting at Emily's heart.

Emily's mind scrambled, wondering when Jacob would come back, and how she would explain to him, and what she could do to deal with all of this.

Emily kept washing herself over and over until her skin turned red due to the heat of the hot water. When her body went numb, she went out of the bathroom and slowly put on her clothes.

Although she didn't want to break up with Jacob, Jack blackmailed her with a picture he had on his phone that could easily cause a misunderstanding between her and Jacob. Jack threatened to send it to Jacob if she did not comply with his demands. Moreover, since she couldn't come up with any reasonable explanation to give to Jacob, she decided to hide away in shame before he was back.

Emily knew that running away from her problems would only make things worse, but at this moment, she just wanted to lock herself away from the rest of the world. She didn't want Jacob to know about the horrendous incident she had suffered.

After taking a bath, Emily packed up her clothes and moved back to her previous apartment. While she stayed there, she did not receive any calls from Jacob, so she assumed that he must have been too angry to call her, but on the other hand, she also felt relieved.

Although Emily left Tyrone Mansion quietly and there were only a handful of people who knew this, soon Jack learned about it from an informer, as did the Tao clan and Emily's foster parents.

Andrew and Debby were the first two people who came to visit her.

After all, they had raised her. Emily could not go against her conscience to shut the door on her foster parents. She opened the door and let them in.

no inclination to take care of her and her husband, made Debby sad, but she never complained about her biological daughter. Instead, she changed her mind to focus all her attention towards Emily, showing her care and love.

sincerely repent and earnestly reform herself. From the bottom of her heart, she only cared about how much money Jacob would give her if she pretended to

feeling helpless from her heart and soul. She said in a weak voice, "Dad, Mom, I've broken up with him. I'll find you another house. Just

up with Mr. Gu? He is so rich and powerful! You will never find another man like him. Why would you break up with him? Don't be silly and petulant, or you will

say, you've been very wayward these days! You'd better get along well with Mr. Gu and keep your relationship with him. Don't act out

asked in a sarcastic tone, "What's wrong? Did you hit your head on the way here?

We are only trying to do what's best for you! We love you!" she answered Emily. Debby spoke with a lot of confidence, without the trace of doubt on

least he could do

loose a torrent of abuse towards her parents. After a pause, she said, "Please go

why are you being so stubborn..." said Debby. Having lost all patience, Emily rudely interrupted her mother by simple

come out! We need to talk to you!" Andrew and Debby yelled from the outside, hammering at the door— "Bang, bang,

on the floor, frustrated and exhausted. Her joyless eyes were a pitiful sight. Hearing her foster parents yelling outside the door, drove tears out of her eyes, like

her life was so different she could barely

to break up with Jacob, whom she had loved

you burn everything in your life to ashes?' she asked herself, feeling alone and despondent.

tired for hammering and shouting. Finally, they decided to

that took over the atmosphere. Emily's loneliness was consuming her, like

light was obliterated by the rapidly falling night sky. Soon she was surrounded by the darkness, as her breathing sped up rapidly. The eerie

was leaning awkwardly the whole time, when she got up

at her knees and she wondered at the extent of her injuries. She

muttered, looking at the lamp overhead, with tears

separated from Jacob, she began

devastating blow—she had had sex with Jack, albeit, it was only her mere conjecture, but she was totally convinced by Jack's deception. So when Jack coerced her into breaking up with Jacob, she compromised. Soon after, everything in her life had spiralled down into the