A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Jennifer! Are you crazy?" Jacob shouted, eyes gleaming with disgust.

"Yeah, I'm crazy!" she exclaimed. Wild-eyed, Jennifer's face reddened, and she scowled,"You drove me crazy. Even if you don't love me, I still want to be with you! At least give me that much, won't you?"

Jacob glared sharply at the desperate woman in front of him and said,"You're delusional!"

"So what if I am delusional?" she said. With a wry smile on her face, Jennifer's eyes dimmed slowly. "Don't you get tired of sleeping with the same woman all your life? My figure is not worse than Emily's. Besides, she is not necessarily willing to be with you right now... Look at me. Am I not good enough?" she pleaded.

The servants were wise to keep away, and only the two of them were left in the large living room.

Jennifer stared at Jacob and slowly started undoing her buttons.

Jacob looked away, as if one more look would sully his eyes. "Jennifer, your behavior is not only insulting to me, but also yourself!" he said.

Jennifer froze where she stood, her face stiffened with embarrassment.

"You must think I am shameless, don't you? But when I decided to do this, I had already abandoned my self-esteem and I had no other choice. If you reject me, I will tell Uncle Gu that Emily is back," Jennifer threatened.

"How did you become such a wretched woman?" Jacob said, with a bitter taste in his mouth.

Suddenly, Jennifer choked up, gasping for air. How could she become such a wretched woman?

She was the daughter of a prominent family, rich and conceited. But ever since she met Jacob, the bane of her life, her entire life changed. What could she do?

Jacob was the inevitable doom she couldn't avoid.

"You have only one minute to give me an answer," she said. Jennifer stopped undoing her buttons, but she didn't button up either. She just stood there waiting for an answer.

winter puddle, robbing them of their usual warmth. His facial expression

wrong. Emily is your weakness,

breath from her mouth, she

seconds later, Jacob

upon hearing what Jacob said. Giddy with excitement, her smile grew of its own accord.

next, brought her whole world crashing down,"When you decided to come here and threaten me, you should have thought whether you could get out of here

shock as if she'd just walked

don't

"You're imprisoning me?"

it's just a precautionary measure. I won't let anyone hurt Emily. Not you and sure as hell not your Uncle Gu."

dressed in all black, came in and

broke her trance. Her face mottled crimson, and she begged,"Jacob, you can't! Do you think you'll be able to keep her safe this way? Do you think that Uncle Gu

back upstairs, as if

secret. The longer the better. Time was of the

night, Jacob had a

a flashback from twenty years ago– a beautiful young lady, swinging on the garden swing, laughing every now and then, and illuminating everything around her with her smile. She was Jacob's mother, and she had

a kind face, was pushing the swing. The couple were as sweet as newlyweds, madly in love

different from what it was now. Jacob had his parents, a younger brother and his

to them seeking help. His, straightforward, capable and motivated attitude got appreciated and soon he was appointed to an important position within

the family and rose to power. Coincidentally, Jacob's parents passed away in a car accident soon after, and the

relative was Mr.

he could be an honest and kind man. What an irony!

ruthless. He relentlessly pursued to get his business established by hook

still a young boy and he didn't know that Mr. Gu was the person behind his parents' death. In