A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Jacob put his hand over Emily's hair, firmly leading her head into his passionate kiss. His tongue searched her mouth for all the wrong answers.

"Oh…" Emily moaned, "What's the matt–" Emily, who was hesitating to kiss Jacob, was distracted by the sight of a person standing behind her lover. Her heart was racing out of fear that the person she saw was the person she thought it was.

She angled her head to see a better view of the person and indeed saw who she had always feared to see during the specific circumstance. It was Beryl.

Emily pushed Jacob towards the door way and kissed him harder so that she could block his view. Once she was able to get Jacob out of the room, she shut the door and broke away from the kiss. She took a brief moment to pause and attempted to leave.

But how could Jacob let her go? He could not let her off easily as he was caught in the moment. He pulled her in again and once again made their lips meet. His fingers made way to touch her lips as he asked Emily, "Did you kiss me on purpose?"

"I didn't." Emily denied. She turned and pushed him away.

Jacob immediately expressed his grief through a painful frown and Emily noticed this; she got scared and thought maybe she accidentally touched his wound.

"You… Are you okay?"

Jacob replied, "It hurts."

Emily searched Jacob for where it could still be hurting. "I'll take you to the hospital." she insisted

but Jacob took her by the waist and told her, "You don't have to. You could just kiss me and the pain would go away."

Emily processed what Jacob just said to her and when she finally understood what he meant, she pulled away with great force and conviction. "Don't fool me. I know you're not hurt. Leave my house and don't stand in front of my door waiting for me to come back into your arms."

"Alright," Jacob simply agreed to her wishes and took her hand. They walked down the stairs together like nothing bizarre just happened.

Emily couldn't help but get a little nervous from thinking about Beryl, so she tried to take her hand off Jacob's. She pulled away but Jacob, being the stubborn man that he was, refused to let go. She had no choice but to follow his lead.

Emily noticed a Maybach parked downstairs. She wondered how that got there and asked Jacob, "When on earth did you get here? Is that your car?"

She left out some questions like how Jacob knew where she lived because she thought it was a silly question to ask.

"Just a moment ago." Jacob answered, "Not too long ago. Don't worry about it." He was clearly leaving a lot of parts of the truth out. "I'll give you a ride to the company." Jacob offered.

Emily shook her head, "I don't need you to do that. I have my own car."

more comfortable in the back?" Jacob asked as if Emily hadn't just turned his offer down. He opened the door

stared at Jacob in silence; she was speechless. This guy really had the guts to be consistently insistent even after she gave

this Machiavellian act. Lying as a means

However, getting him out of her premises is her first

Beryl wasn't his daughter and it wouldn't matter if he knew about her, however for some unknown reason she felt that it's better to keep it a secret

his persistence made Jacob smile. He

None of the two initiated conversation and settled for the white noises within

to emotionally detach from Jacob, had found a way to deal

let it all

silence. "I have to

noticed that Jacob was staring at her. She quickly looked away and asked him where

to

country could be in turmoil. Why would you want to

something." Jacob replied.

you go some

Jacob answered under his voice.

in time. If the war comes to a halt

you have to

Jacob

in no position

life?'

they arrived at Lu Jewelry, Jacob leaned over to pop the seat belt out for Emily. He bowed to kiss her on

echoed into Emily's ears, making her heart beat fast. However, at the same

reciprocate his sweetness and just told him her parting words, "Have a

walked away from him without remorse. He deeply loved

not focus on her job. When it was finally time

no signs of Beryl who would usually come out to greet her, but

Zoe, "Why didn't Beryl come out today? Is she doing something

kind of ambiance Emily was feeling. Zoe glanced at the door, "She hasn't spoken since this morning. It looks like

Emily; could it be