A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Jacob seemed to know something was going on and he walked quickly towards the bathroom with long strides.

He opened the door and saw a woman leaning over the bathtub. She was running hot water while testing the temperature with her slender bandaged hand. The air was steamed up and he could only see her attractive profile. Her long sleek hair was tied at the nape of her neck, but a single lock had escaped and dangled seductively over the warm water.

Perhaps it was due to the heat from the bathwater, he felt a little hot and uneasy. "What are you doing here?" he asked in a husky tone.

"Running water for you," Emily said gently.

"You seem to be quite adept at that. How many people have you ever run water for?" he asked. He could not help a flash of anger racing through his blood at the thought of her having done this intimate act for others.

She knew what he meant and she shook her head, saying softly, "No, I have only ever run water for you."

Reassured by her words, he calmed down somewhat. Swallowing down his boiling emotions, he instructed coldly, "You may go if you have finished."

'There is so much water in that bath. Doesn't she know that she should keep her injured hand away from water? Such a twerp!' he mentally screamed at her.

"Okay. If you need anything, please call me," she said gently as she headed to the door.

He burst into laughter and bantered callously, "So, what now? You want to be my only maid, hum?"

"No, I don't." She quickly denied, but added seriously in a measured tone, "I want to be your wife."

"Phew!" He felt the arrow of her words pierce his heart. Like a seed planted there it took root and quickly twined around his soul.

"You..." He stuttered as he didn't even know what to say to that. Finally he muttered unconvincingly, "It's impossible."

'It's definitely impossible!

Don't even dream it!

She will be the last one in this world that I would marry!' he thought absently.

Of course, he would one day know what it meant to go back on his words.

thoughts that spilled through his mind. Concentrating on the steaming bath,

may I

through the door in a small gentle voice. Her tone and nearby presence

he refused

I'm coming in." Ignoring his reply, she opened

was startled

today? Is she crazy, Emily?' his mind puzzled.

closer, the once fearless Jacob became nervous for the first

that Emily was

Hence, she was even more nervous than him now. She was terrified at

she said in a low voice, lowering

closed the tap, cutting off the

statement of fact, not a question

was running out for them and if their relationship did

chose the

man to love a woman was to let him sleep with her. She did not

hope now was that this could break the deadlock between them.

to do with

curvaceous figure as her clothes clung to her body because of the moist

at her, his eyes deep pools of

with his gaze and her heart fluttered like a caged bird. Weakly she stuttered, "I..I don't. No, I

room and she felt as if the very air was compressed against

"Really?" he asked.

she said.

her head and dared not meet

stared at her crimson ear tips and burst into a mocking laughter. "Twerp! How could you

tears she

suck so badly?

that I never learned to seduce anyone before...' she scolded

embarrassed that it had always been Jacob who had seduced her in