A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Beryl muttered, "I don't know. I just like him."

"You are still a little girl. You don't know anything about adults..." Emily whispered. She did not want to indulge Beryl's fantasies. At the same time, Emily did not take her words seriously thinking it was just her temporary infatuation. From her point of view, Beryl was a child and her interest in Jacob was just a passing fancy, soon to be forgotten after a few days. "I'll take you to wash your face and brush your teeth. Don't be unruly any more, okay?"

"Okay," Beryl replied quickly. She attempted to placate her mother's anger.

After putting Beryl to sleep, Emily tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. Riddled with guilt, she gave in to the urge of calling Jacob's number, but she regretted it as soon as he answered the phone.

A jovial voice came from the other end of the phone. "Emily!"

Somehow, Emily calmed herself down and apologized, "I'm sorry for what happened today. I was so worried about Beryl that I lashed out at you without any reason. I didn't mean to do that, but please don't ever take her anywhere without my permission. You know, if something happens to Beryl, I'll go crazy."

It was quiet on the other end of the phone. Jacob did not speak, so Emily eventually assumed that he had hung up the phone. Then Jacob's voice rang through the phone again. "I know how you felt," he said in a low voice.

"Thank you for your understanding. If there is nothing else to discuss, I will hang up," she said.

"Okay," Jacob whispered. And just as she was about to hang up, he suddenly added, "Emily, I miss you very much."

Suddenly, Emily experienced a sharp pang of pain in her heart. The nausea swirled unrestrained in her stomach.

Neither of them hung up. Bereft of speech, they listened to each other's quiet, regular breathing. Moments later, their hearts beat faster and their breathing became irregular.

Finally, the silence was broken by Emily's words. "Jacob, let's forget the past.

The past is gone. It doesn't matter what happened back then and who is Beryl's father. She will always be my daughter and the most important person in my life. No one can take her place in my heart," she explained softly.

Their relationship was doomed from the start and there was no way to turn back time.

If they continued to fight their fate and persist on being with each other, it would only make them both miserable.

hung up the phone. She paused to close her eyes and take a deep breath, entombing her memories of him in thick walled ice. Her lungs struggled for breath against ribs of stone and her heart was shattered into tiny pieces.

she do the right thing? At this moment she wasn't so

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tightly that all his fingers turned pale. His black eyes lost their luster, as if he was being dragged into the depths

impossible. I can never forget the past!' Jacob strengthened

his love. How could he let her go?

on him, who acted like a spoiled child in front of him. He missed the sweet times they had spent together in the past. Unfortunately, there was no place for

her love and affection

his displeasure, Jacob found himself in the same position as Jack. They were both stuck in the past, unable to move forward into the

was a forbiddingly

may I come in?" Just then a gentle voice came from outside, followed by a knock on

replied, and he gazed unseeingly

light on Jacob's handsome face, illuminating his gloomy and desolate demeanor. As if lost in dismal thoughts, he stood in one place, expressionless and seemingly hard

came in with the test results and handed it to him. "Mr. Gu, there's been a serious deterioration in your mental

not want to read them. He looked at the psychiatrist,

the fear that you will lose her. If you

found the diagnosis to be inaccurate. "Nonsense. Emily is alive, and

mental instability, as if

the test results. In the ordinary course of nature, your mental condition should have gotten better, but in fact, it's just getting worse. After a thorough analysis,

Jacob

rehabilitation upon Emily's return was unsuccessful and perhaps even counterproductive. When you discovered that Miss Bai was still alive, your heart was overwhelmed with great joy. But in addition to that, it had undesired side effect. You started to worry that you would lose her again. The more you love her, the stronger this feeling will get. Eventually, your

or even lock her up, but you know clearly that it will only push her away. So your only hope is to

went off like a time bomb. Everything went red. His vision blurred as a raging flame curled in the pit of his stomach.

forced his demons back in its cave, because he knew that what the psychiatrist

oversensitive and more anxious. The constant fear of her disappearing as she did four years ago, haunted his thoughts even when he wasn't consciously

way he could keep her by his