A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Mark stared at Tina quietly and the disappointment was evident on his face.

Tina was disoriented by Mark's slap, but when she slowly came to her senses. She began to laugh hysterically. "Mark, don't you think you're being too dramatic? Love? What's that?" she taunted.

Repulsed, Mark pursed his lips, as he did not bother to give her an answer.

Suddenly, Tina's face transformed, as if she had finally discarded all her masks and disguises. "Do you really believe that you can control me? Give me what I want, or else, get out of my sight!" Tina yelled.

"I am not going anywhere," Mark said calmly, "Try to calm down, Tina."

"How can I calm down? My inside is going crazy right now! You and everyone else are driving me mad!" she cried out. Suddenly, a bolt of white hot lightning crackled against the black sky, illuminating Tina's wide-eyed, ugly face, as she appeared like a terrifying beast emerging from the half-light of the encroaching night.

Mark turned around to pick up a box of withdrawal pills and said, "Here, take this! This will help with the pain for now."

Tina knocked down the box and screamed, "Get out!"

Disheartened, Mark bent down silently and picked up the box. He opened the lid, took out one pill and put it in his mouth.

Before Tina knew it, Mark pulled her face close and kissed her with raw intensity. The first moan escaped Tina's lips. Their tongues entwined, and he sent the bitter pill into her mouth.

By the time Mark pulled away, Tina was breathless, gasping for air. The pill was long gone, swallowed by Tina.

However, the withdrawal pill was not strong enough to suppress Tina's pain, as she began to curse Jacob and Emily like a madwoman.

However, she never mentioned Mark, as he had never been important enough to her. She did not even want to hate him...

This was going to be another sleepless night.

...

the meantime, when Jacob came back to the Gu Consortium, he found that Jack had made many changes right under his nose. However, since Jacob had a solid foundation

one was Mr. Gu.

patience just to see how much Mr. Gu could tolerate. Unfortunately, from the looks of it, Mr.

However, much to everyone's surprise, Jacob was a majority shareholder

ten years. Eventually, everyone had to pay the piper someday. No matter who he was, Mr.

to attend to. The killer of Emily's parents was still out there and if he wanted to prove Emily's innocence, he would have to find out the truth behind their deaths. Only then would Emily

to report the news of Emily's arrest. The headlines read—"

cast aside by

up most of fake news,

exposing themselves to insult Emily!" Jacob snapped. Driven mad with anger, Jacob slammed his fist on the

him, gingerly, said, "Mr. Jacob we must find the murderer quickly and soon the rumors will disappear

"I know that. Let's begin our investigation with the Tao

sir," said Sam.

anyone. Jacob had his men in the station and he came over every night like it was his second home in the city. His very presence pressured the chief of police and

Emily's heart was at unease as she hated being locked up

hate her parents enough to kill them? Before long, she started to imagine killing them in the same

scolding her with their white pale faces. "Why haven't you avenged our death? You

restless sleep, it was already dawn. Dazed, she

policewoman said, in a cold

the paper in front of her for a while, before she finally understood what the policewoman was talking about. Emily widened her eyes in disbelief, and said, "That's impossible. The investigation isn't over yet. I am not

the crime or not!" the policewoman hummed coldly. She reached out and caught Emily's finger to dip it

gone and she was not in the same detention

my fingerprint! I did not kill

disposition had changed. She was no longer swayed