A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"You had him investigated? What's the use? I'm finally spending my time with actual people and not just a bunch of computer files!" Emily snapped. She had learned that Jacob had paid people to follow Jonas and look into his background.

'Why is he so obsessed with Jonas just because the two of us talked for a bit? How unreasonable!' she thought.

She and Jonas had known each other for a while, and they had met up several times. She thought that the man was quite pleasant, but that was it. He wasn't at all like what Jacob was making him out to be.

This time, Emily was convinced that Jacob had gone too far.

Neither of them was willing to concede, so the fight continued.

Jacob and Emily stayed angry at each other until the following day.

Early that morning, as soon as Jonas spotted Emily from a distance, he knew at once that she was unhappy.

He believed he understood what was going on, but he did not say a word.

For Emily, nothing was more important than getting a good night's rest.

With a faint smile on his face, Jonas walked up to her.

"What's wrong? You don't look that good. Didn't you sleep well last night?" he asked with concern evident on his face.

Without warning, he proceeded to hypnotize Emily. Now, she was going to get some well-deserved rest.

Before Emily could respond to the question, her eyelids grew heavy. Her knees and elbows immediately buckled, and she lost consciousness.

Jonas smiled as he looked at Emily, who was now fast asleep. His eyes were full of silent affection.

when Emily came

just like that? Although now that she thought about it, it made sense. She hadn't really slept that

no! It's noon and I haven't done any work!" Emily screamed in a

witnessed everything. Amused,

gently placed everything that he had accomplished in front of Emily. He

gesture. For a moment, she didn't know

fault. She had fallen asleep during office hours, and if it weren't for Jonas's initiative, she would

really don't know how late I would have had to stay at the office today." Emily gestured to the documents that sat completed in front of her.

could claim that Jonas Lin could read minds, and they wouldn't

today, even without Emily's knowledge, he had taken the initiative to help her out

why he was going out of his way to help her, she felt grateful for

A gentle smiled

he could easily tell what was going through people's minds. He could

do you always go out of your way to

answers, but she had no evidence to support those. In the end, she had gotten tired of guessing, and she had to ask

weren't normally this selfless.

of a friend who has passed away, someone whom I'll never see again. I guess I just felt like doing this because I want us to be good friends." Jonas appeared to have grown sadder all of a sudden,

sorry for him. She hadn't meant to bring up his sad past. "I'm sorry I brought it up.

to look at Jonas' sad face for a second longer. Here in front of her was a man who clearly valued

man. The least she could do for him now was be his

of them, they were being watched right then and

front of his French windows with a

he did not speak. He stood there with his hands