A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Jacob opened the door and carried her inside the car. As if finally straightened out his thinking, he said, "I shouldn't bother trying to reason with you, because it is not possible to reason with women. It's just better to solve problems with sex. If it doesn't work once, I will do it twice."

Jacob's huge stature towering over Emily inside the confined space of the car made her feel uneasy. She drew herself back subconsciously and said, "What are you doing?

"I am solving over problems."

"You are crazy! We're inside a car!"

"Would you like to do it outside the car?"

"Jacob!" Emily felt apprehensive and she panicked, "You are going too far. Do you want to force yourself on me like those animals from yesterday?"

"Did you just compare me to those rapists?" Jacob couldn't believe what he had just heard. He pulled Emily into his arms in a crushing embrace and said, "You've gone too far this time!"

Emily's words stabbed Jacob's heart like a sharp sword, and made him tremble with distaste and disappointment.

Jacob pressed his lips to Emily's in retaliation and squeezed her in his arms. "Damn, must I always force you to obey me?"

Emily felt like she was being strangled by a huge python. Gasping for air, she pleaded, "Let me go..."

"I won't."

"I promise I will listen to you..."

"It's too late now."

An air of ambiguity permeated the car. Jacob kissed Emily again and again, but he did not do anything out of the line.

Jacob hadn't forgotten what she had been through just yesterday. He made sure that Emily didn't feel unsafe in his presence.

they pulled apart, Emily tidied up her clothes and fixed her hair. Her face was red, like a ripe cherry that had just

sitting in front, driving. Occasionally, he glanced at her beautiful

the kind of person who would grow apart from Jacob, if he had not been aggressive enough to pursue their relationship. For instance, four years ago, if he had not forced her to stay with him, they would have never fallen

make her stay with him by any means necessary.

spoke first, "That woman

second and then

the years, her

down, Jacob's Emily was the same person as before.

not so forgiving of those who had hurt her, he

against Delores, even though she tried to kill her

hard one tries to change a

window lost in thoughts. Soon she would have to take Beryl back home, because she didn't want to take advantage of Jacob's help and overstay her welcome at his

then there would be no difference between her and the opportunistic, self-serving women who hung around men for

person. She had already made up her mind about keeping a distance between her

of Jacob's cellphone broke the awkward silence in the car. Jacob

had suddenly turned serious, and she couldn't help asking, "What's

the phone, turned to her and spoke

away?" Emily's eyes

resentment for Leona in her heart. Although, Leona had suffered a miserable fate, she could only

got serious wounds, but she still managed to escape from the close

hiding in some corner of world, secretly spying on her and her daughter, drove shivers down Emily's

on Emily's face, he softened his tone and said, "Don't worry, I'll have her captured. Anyway, she's already contracted AIDS, she won't live long without medical

Emily sighed and shook her head in disappointment. Leona had ruined her own life.

pay for all the bad things she had done to her, but she never thought of punishing her in such a vicious way. If Leona hadn't insisted on constantly causing harm to Emily, she wouldn't have been in

evil" — this old saying explained

time for Leona to meet

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