A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Jennifer was quite relaxed and made some tea for Emily and herself. She boiled some water and in a blink, the tea was hot and ready. Then Jennifer sat in front of Emily, "Jacob used to like my tea a lot. Miss Emily, please try some," urged Jennifer.

"No, thanks," answered Emily. Mr. Gu did not invite Emily for a cup of tea. They both knew that.

Out of thin air, Jennifer started laughing, "Oh, I'm so sorry Miss Emily! I forgot you can't drink tea in your current condition. What a pity!"

It was an apology but actually, it sounded rather ironical.

Emily's face darkened, 'She knows about the baby too? Damn. How many people on earth?' But either way, she just smiled back and said, "Actually I don't like tea, so don't feel pity for me."

"Yes, of course," answered Jennifer after recovering her composure. Jennifer rubbed the cup in her hands to check if it was chill enough to drink, then took a sip. Her eyes were staring at Emily. Then she moved on speaking, "Let's make this point straight, Miss Emily. Mr. Gu invited you here because I asked him to do so. You are here for me. I hope you don't mind, do you?"

"So, you saw me now. Do you need anything else?"

"You are not as I imagined you were my dear. I dare say you are quite interesting," said Jennifer with a piercing look.

"I would've never imagined I was so important for you, Miss Jennifer," answered Emily ironically.

"Well, yes. You are very peculiar, Miss Emily." Jennifer placed her cup just in front of Emily, "Either way, one can be interesting in many ways my dear... but not all of them are something to be proud of."

Emily stayed impassive, "Then I will be the kind of interesting that Jacob wants."

Those words hit Jennifer like some bullets piercing through her heart.

She needed a couple of minutes to smooth down the anger and go back, "Do you love him? You can't pretend love. You have to cultivate it and keep it safe."

Emily stared at her, saying nothing.

continued, "Miss Emily, Jacob is mine. We will marry and there is nothing you can do about

girls who desperately wants to marry

said, "But still, it doesn't matter who will marry him in the end. The point is that person won't be you, because you are

under the table. She was about to reply at these

why I am saying this, right?" asked Jennifer

you are talking

at Emily closely. She seemed to try to look directly into her soul, "You know that I can't understand

couldn't help but interrupt at this point. It was enough. "Miss Jennifer, you have no right in telling me what to

responded readily, "Do you understand how badly have you hurt him? And all because you are not mature enough. I don't know how can you live

mouth was way more polite than what she was thinking about Jennifer right know, but she was able to chill down and speak calmly, "If you have nothing else to tell me, I would go

out, "Don't rush away. There is more... it's not easy

two of them stood there staring at each other. Finally, Emily sighed and walked back.

impulsive, ' Emily thought this as she was going back to the table. She

else do you have to say,

Jennifer looked at Emily as if she was reading her mind plain and clear, because she said something unexpected, "Rest assured. I don't want to hurt you. I

will be here any moment. If he sees that I mistreated her, he will get angry with

to thank

Emily appeared puzzled as she heard

If they were going to take you with them, you would have been the perfect

sex with him and now you are pregnant, you fool,

and without letting her 'enemy' notice that those words had hit her like an arrow, Emily wondered whether it was better to slap her face

the truth, that

it resembled more of a cold war in its crucial acts. The strategy was politeness, but the guns were the words. In the end, Emily seemed to be the one who lost more from the battle. She was exhausted and

Jennifer couldn't help but smile, broadening her lips and showing