A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Words had left Emily. Her mouth hung with lips slightly parted and her eyes were as wide as they could stretch.

"Well, you..." Emily searched her mind for something reasonable to say, but her mind was blank. All the while, Jacob's eyes desperately searched hers, waiting for a feedback.

Suddenly, Jacob's phone started ringing, breaking the uneasy tension in the atmosphere. Emily breathed a sigh of relief, as she thanked the phone for saving her in her mind.

Jacob, however, was quite disappointed by the call, blaming it for interrupting such an important moment between them. He reached into his pocket and answered the phone impatiently, but just after a few seconds the blood drained from his face, leaving behind a sickly pallor. He listened quietly and then locked Emily in a serious gaze.

"The babysitter finally confessed. Leona was behind it all," said Jacob.

Emily's face contorted with a venomous outburst. "Just as I had suspected. I knew it was her."

Who else would want Emily dead?

"The babysitter asked to see you, but I refused her," he said. Jacob knew that Emily was too weak to even walk around. There was no way Jacob would allow Emily to leave the hospital and see that wicked babysitter. Was the babysitter not ashamed of what she had done? How dare she ask to see Emily?

"Give me the phone. I would like to ask her why she did such a horrible thing to me." Emily reached her hand out to Jacob and insisted. Emily had never been unkind to Zoe, the babysitter. She couldn't understand why a kind and simple person like Zoe would betray her trust.

"Here you go." Jacob handed the phone to Emily.

Emily held the phone close to her ears but didn't speak a word. After a few seconds of silence, Emily heard Zoe crying from the other end of the call. She seemed remorseful.

"Miss Lu, I didn't mean to harm you. Please forgive me. I beg your forgiveness. I was forced to do it against my will, Miss Lu. Please give me another chance. I want to make up to you," Zoe pleaded.

"You said you were forced. Well, I would like to know why someone forced you to poison me. And why were you appointed to carry out such treachery?" asked Emily.

It was all because of my husband. He owed them a fair amount of gambling money, and they threatened to cripple him if he failed to pay his debts. Miss Lu, I had no

a deep breath. "You wanted to save your husband from his debtors at the cost of my life. Wow! You must be a saint! Is my life

more chance. I am so sorry. Please forgive me. Please..." Zoe begged incessantly on the phone, "Miss Lu, you are one of the kindest

hear one more word from Zoe. She calmly handed the

right? It is up to you to decide what you want to do with her. If it makes

contemptuous smile, "No. I have no right to dispose of her. It's better to hand her over to the police. I believe that the law will give me justice. I

matter what reason drove one to commit a crime, once they pursued their selfish interest at the cost of harming others, they no longer deserved forgiveness.

now on, she would not show mercy to those who didn't deserve it. The law would provide just

said, "The police was unable to arrest Leona, or should I say Rose, because she destroyed all the evidence. Do you

you. This is a private grudge between me and her. It's time to put an end to it," she answered. As it were, Emily realized that Jacob was the only person she could trust whole-heartedly and rely on in the world. She was grateful to Jacob for always being there to support her and protect her every time she was in trouble. Drawing back from her memories, Emily went on,

delighted to see that her attitude towards him had softened. "Remember, no matter what you

four years ago. For that reason, he did not root out

well that the right person to punish them was not him,

time, their days were numbered.

hospital after making a full recovery. She received an invitation card from Leona, inviting her to attend the engagement banquet of

name "Magee". It reminded her of

that Magee was a very kind gentleman,

did he fall in love with someone like Leona? Why did he even agree to marry her? It was a pity

the

idea, she was resolved to find the truth

later, Emily made an appearance at

attracted much attention in Z country. Although the strength of Lin Group couldn't match Gu Group's, which was a century-long enterprise, they were still popular in

a result, almost half of the celebrities in the business circle attended