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.

not going to kill myself... I just want to..." Emily spoke incoherently as she

when he realized Emily was having some trouble breathing - but he still didn't let go of her. "I'll get mad at you if you jump!" he

really did jump, he couldn't get mad at her anymore because

I didn't want to jump... I

At that moment, he just wanted to get mad at her for scaring him like that but he didn't and he couldn't especially when he saw that she was already

sorry…" Emily apologized. She buried her face in his arms and

picked her up and carried her to the bed. "Don't cry please. It hurts me to see

she continued sobbing. Nowadays, all she'd been doing was crying but this time, she really let everything out. She

what she was feeling and he knew that she just needed to let out all that she had been keeping in for

this moment, Jacob finally realized how true all the cheesy lines he'd been hearing on TV was. Like when they

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

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

Jacob apologized as he looked at her red and swollen eyes, feeling his heart ache.

took her hand and slapped himself, which startled Emily. She blinked back 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

to collect herself. Then she opened her mouth and said in a hoarse

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

Emily repeated

but Jacob was feeling a bit uneasy. He asked, "You... Uh... Why

up at his face with a sad look in her eyes, and asked, "Even if I didn't change my mind, would you allow me to keep

into silence.

real father - it was

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

so he would stop at nothing to protect