A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Only God knows what goes on in this madman's mind. Perhaps he will cook up an unpalatable breakfast," Rita taunted David, as she glanced at him with mischief.

David, however, didn't feel embarrassed at all. He gently placed the hot pot on the table.

Emily and Rita looked at the pot and found chopped herb-medicines and vegetables in the porridge. They were all minced meticulously so that the two women could not make out what kind of herb-medicines and vegetables there were in the pot. The unpleasant smell of the medicine in the porridge eventually spread out in the dinning room.

Now, Emily was ready to believe what Rita was saying about David's cooking. Not only did the dish not look appetizing at all, even the porridge seemed a bit burnt. Emily felt hopeless, and yet she optimistically convinced herself that may be the porridge would make up for its unappealing smell with its surprisingly good taste...

"What the hell is that?" Rita exclaimed with a disgusted expression on her face.

David sighed and rubbed his nose. Even he couldn't help admitting to himself that the porridge in the pot could hardly be presented as food. "You told me that you've been suffering from menstrual cramps recently. So I consulted an old herbalist doctor and got this herbal prescription from him. This pot of porridge was cooked according to the prescription. Regardless of how it looks, this herbal porridge will do good to your health," he explained.

"Are you sure it will do good to my health? I think I will probably suffer a serious case of food poisoning after I eat it," Rita answered, as she covered her nose with her hands.

David quickly replied, "It's safe to eat. Really. I've tasted it."

David's interaction with Rita was so entertaining that Emily could not help but burst into laughter. The depressive thoughts of Jacob gradually faded away from her mind in this fun-filled, loving atmosphere.

Under David's expectant gaze, Rita reached out to fill the bowl with porridge, with a doubtful expression on her face, before tasting it...

"Well, what do you think?" he asked. David, who had never cooked anything in his life before, looked like a student waiting for his homework to be evaluated by his teacher.

Rita's face turned green, and even though she did not speak, she frowned at him with an obvious expression of disgust on her face. She couldn't even find the words to describe the taste of the porridge.

On the other hand, Rita's lack of consideration, upset David, as it was a severe blow to his pride and confidence.

Disheartened, David wanted to sit down and rest for a while, but since the seats beside Rita were already taken by Emily and Dylan, he had no choice but to sit right across Rita.

and apologized sincerely, "Emily, I'm sorry for what happened last night. I shouldn't have imposed my

few seconds before she figured out what he

riddled with guilt, because she had kept the truth about why Jacob wanted to kill the unborn child in her from them, and not only that, she was using their trust to cover

had done something shameful,

question for Emily, so she couldn't let

I'm sorry, ' she apologized

my best to help you. You can stay here

that it was not the right time to tell them the truth. She forced herself to control her emotions and then simply answered, "Thank

that anymore, Emily. We are friends," David replied, as he took a stealthy glance at Rita's face, only to be caught by her eyes looking straight at him. David raised his eyebrows and gave Rita

snort. Apparently, she did not want to see his smug face, thinking that it was immature for an adult to strive for her praise and compliments all the time. She took a spoonful of

He spat it all out within a second and then started

by the minute. It was the only way

sight of his baby son's repugnance for the porridge he had cooked himself, but he tried to put

porridge really that dreadful? But it tasted good to him when he had a taste.

truth. He turned around and looked at Emily, with a glimmer of hope in his eyes. If everyone found the porridge absolutely repulsive, he would give up cooking and never go into

a heavy burden on her shoulders and she muttered,

afraid of getting food poisoning, as she looked at the porridge

right? Emily can't eat that due to her pregnancy," Rita reminded, and pulled Emily out of her dilemma.

once glimmered with hope, was now completely dim. Hopeless and crushed, he said,

it's that bad. Maybe we can all eat it together," Rita said, looking at

menstrual cramps, he made an effort and sought help from an

anything in his life... Rita remembered when she learned how to cook just so she could please him, but unfortunately,

when David did something nice for her, Rita could not stop herself from thinking about what she had sacrificed for him before. The

women had soft hearts. Even if Rita's heart was cold as ice, one day it would melt, just as long as someone