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.

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

surprised to hear that you are just one of those girls who desperately wants to marry him," Emily replied calmly. She stared back at Jennifer

in the end. The point is that person won't be you, because you

about to reply at these insults, but Jennifer continued talking with that irritating

am saying

are talking about,"

"You know that I can't understand why you are not with Jack already... It's the best choice for you and

have no right in telling me what to do. Plus you know nothing; you don't know

how badly have you hurt him? And all because you are not mature enough. I don't

she was thinking about Jennifer right know, but

stood up and headed for the door, but Jennifer blocked her way out, "Don't rush away. There is more... it's not easy for me to speak with you Miss Emily, so let's

them stood there staring at each other. Finally, Emily

as she was going back to the table. She wouldn't

else do you

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 just want to have a talk. Plus, if I seriously wanted

her, he will get angry with me and I

actually want to thank you,

what?" asked Emily. Emily appeared

the Tao family, aren't you? If they were going to take you with them, you would have been the perfect candidate for Jacob... But

are pregnant, you fool, ' Jennifer laughed at this

the two girls exchanged some tense looks. Remaining silent 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 right now or let her talk a bit

was the truth, that

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 couldn't bear to

that her mood was hitting the rock bottom, Jennifer couldn't