A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"Do you like it?" Jacob asked. He turned to look at Emily. Emily opened her mouth to say something, but felt as though she had a fish bone stuck in her throat.

She remembered how one night, she and Jacob had watched a TV show together with a scene where the hero and the heroine watched the sunset together. At that time, she had told Jacob that he should take her to watch the sunset again.

She had not expected it to happen today. Emily felt her eyes start to burn. She forced her tears back.

The sun was almost all the way down now, leaving only a partially red sky and scattered clouds. The sea breeze continued blowing, setting the crimson ocean waves in a glittering, calm dance.

After a while, Emily finally spoke in a hoarse voice. "It is so beautiful, Jacob. I like it very much. Thank you."

Jacob looked at her with tender eyes and said, "You know I'll do anything to make you happy. I promise to fulfill your wishes one by one. And when you get better, we'll go see the kids together."

Emily bit her lip, willing her tears to stay where they were. She looked at the sky once again and felt the sadness in her heart slowly dissipating. She grinned at Jacob brightly, her face full of hope. "I can't wait."

Jacob grinned at Emily as well and said, "In the meantime, focus on getting better, okay?" Before Emily could answer, Jacob started messing up her hair. They started laughing as if they had no care in the world.

Emily playfully pushed Jacob away, and Jacob chuckled. Jacob murmured, "When you're all better, we'll bring the kids here and watch the sunset together." Emily simply smiled and wrapped her arms around Jacob's neck. . . . . . .

The next day was a busy day for Louis.

"Mr. Ke, I'm done with today's documents. The clock just struck noon." His assistant's voice rang through Louis's earpiece. Louis was napping on his office desk when the call came in.

eyes and stretched

was fast." Louis glanced at his watch to confirm the time.

deal with the old documents as well as the new ones yourself. You're such a great example to all your employees. No wonder our company has gained a firm foothold in the domestic market over a short period of time." His assistant's voice was full

to show too much emotion at the praise. After work,

into the car and ordered his driver to drive

shone brightly, and cotton-like clouds floated in the clear, blue sky. Louis rolled his

to buy something from the cake shop," Louis

nodded and pulled over at the cake shop

was not a dessert person as he did not like sugary foods, but as the uncle of the

kids asking him for food all the time, Louis could not help shaking his head and smiling to himself. They might

and delicious fruit cake, Louis went back to his car and instructed his driver to drive home.

go back for. But when he checked his phone screen, all he found was a few promotional messages.

did not bother reading them and just pressed the delete button.

changed from a gray, bustling city to green, tranquil

and other similar words appeared in

had something to do with his

smiled bitterly. He knew about her condition and the reason why she had left her three children with him.

company and the children. It was really difficult for him to take care of the

had no experience

' Louis told himself. He smiled at the thought of that. Although the three kids could be a little naughty sometimes, it did