A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Jacob was fuming as he glared at her, and his hands were clenched into fists. He was gritting his teeth as he spoke, "Emily, do you really think of me that way?"

Emily just looked at him dazed. Her eyes were getting misty as she began to speak, "I... I'm not..."

Jacob took a deep breath, stood up, and walked out.

Instinctively, Emily reached out to grab his hands but he was already way too far. "Jacob..." she cried out.

Jacob just continued walking as if he didn't hear her until he had finally left the room.

He'd never felt so awful because he couldn't believe that Emily thought of him that way. She didn't trust him and accused him of being so cruel that he would do something like that against her child.

The whole thing left a bad taste in his mouth and left him miserable.

In reality, Jacob immediately regretted slapping Emily. He knew she was pregnant and was suffering from some mood swings. But either way, he shouldn't have done that.

Jacob chose to leave first so that they could both calm down. If he stayed, they might've just said hurtful and mean things to one another due to their emotions.

Jacob stood outside, he fished out a cigarette and lit it up. The cold wind was blowing which helped cool his head down. After a few minutes, he took a few drags before putting his cigarette out and walking back to the ward. When he opened the door, he saw Emily standing by the windowsill.

The window was open, and the wind was blowing. It was freezing cold. Emily stood with her back to him, looking thin and weak, and her loose clothing was dancing along with the wind.

Emily was a delicate woman. If she fell off the windowsill, she would fall to her death because they were on the tenth floor.

Jacob's heart started beating rapidly out of fear. He dashed towards her and grabbed her in his arms. "Emily! What are you doing? Are you crazy?" he shouted.

want to..." Emily spoke incoherently

but he still didn't let go of her.

mind that if Emily really did jump, he couldn't get mad at her anymore

didn't want to jump... I

wanted to get mad at her for scaring him like that but he didn't

her face in his arms and

crying. He picked her up and carried her to the bed. "Don't cry please.

doing was crying but this time, she really let

what she was feeling and he knew that she just needed to let out all

cheesy lines he'd been

her above anything else because he loved her very much. He was often scared that someone might take her away from him. When she was sad, he was sad too - his heart ached and tightened. All he wanted to was hold her and comfort her and shower her with his patience, love

make her drink water every now and then. When she refused to drink, he would drink it for

shouldn't have hurt you. Will you forgive me?" Jacob apologized as he looked at her red and swollen eyes, feeling his heart ache. He took her little hand and put it on his face, as he said, "Come on. You can hit me back as long as you don't get too

and just started to cry again, but Jacob immediately dropped his hand and held her again. He comforted her, "Don't cry, Emily; don't cry. Too much crying can be bad for

herself. Then she opened her mouth and said in a hoarse voice, "Jacob, I've

- he couldn't believe what he'd heard. "Emily, what did you just

Emily repeated in a firm tone.

feeling a bit uneasy. He asked, "You... Uh... Why did you

eyes, and asked, "Even if I didn't change my

sank into silence.

might not be the real father - it was because it was a risky

he would not allowed anyone in the world to hurt Emily, because he loved Emily and no one could take her place in his heart. If Emily died, what would the child matter

and healthy so that they could live together forever, so he would stop at