A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Mom…" Beryl was overwhelmed when she saw the sad look on Emily's face. She reached out her small hands to wipe off the tears streaming down Emily's face. "Mommy, please don't cry. I'll be a good girl from now on," she promised.

This just made Emily cry harder. As she held Beryl's tiny body against hers, she felt worse because she felt like she wasn't a good enough mother to her.

"Mom, I'm sorry. Please don't be sad."

"Beryl, it's not your fault. It's mine." Emily wiped off her tears,"I promise I'll spend more time with you from now on. All right?"

Beryl nodded her head and tears welling up in her eyes,"Okay."

They went to bed, but Emily, with Beryl in her arms, couldn't sleep. She didn't fall asleep until it was almost dawn because she had a lot on her mind.

So the next morning, Emily didn't wake up in time so she had to hurry going to the office.

Beryl stood at the door, still half awake. "Mom, be careful. Don't run!"

Emily's heart melted at this that she almost wanted to bring her to work today. But she realized that now that Jack knew where she worked, he might ambush her in her office and thus, see Beryl.

"Okay, just wait mom here at home. The tutor will be here soon. Be a good girl for mommy?"

"Okay," she said smiling.

Emily bent down and kissed Beryl's cheek. It was still difficult for Emily to leave Beryl even though it was for work. She found it hard to be apart from Beryl even if it was just for a minute. Maybe, she'd feel better later on.

As expected, another bouquet was waiting for her when she arrived at the office. The roses were pink today instead of red and they looked like they were freshly picked.

She didn't even give it a second glance as she dumped it into the trash bin.

to notice this and couldn't help but come up with their assumptions - they started to gossip

and someone's already

flowers are always so beautiful, how could she just

soon enough. It's a pity, she's beautiful and all

could not care less

like Jack wouldn't take no for an answer. Around noon, he sent for a car to the

was informed of this,

wants to... help out? Because

other way around. So if anyone ought to be helping out anyone, it should be Emily to Jack. Jack was

wasn't stupid enough to fall for it,"Where is

at the lobby

busy and I have

clan. But she shut her mouth when she saw the

to feel dispirited. What was he doing

frustrated, Jack saw several female employees from Lu Jewelry going down. So he decided

man wanted to talk

I am." Jack smiled charmingly,"I just want to know what Miss Lu

they already guessed that

like Manager Lu, don't you?" one

without hesitation,"I was wondering if any of you could help me win her

handed it to them. He was so casual you wouldn't have thought he was handing out thousands and thousands

didn't see the harm in helping Jack especially if

double your efforts. She's a bit hard to win over because

seen her interested in anything else. By