A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Slightly flustered, Emily asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Jacob replied calmly, "There is something on your face."
Having said that, he casually reached out and gently rubbed her left cheek with his fingertips.
"Oh."
Emily was a little hesitant at first, but then she decided to play along.
The couple had a good time while they had dinner together.
Emily's mind was pacing with thoughts as she ate quietly. If Jacob were to give up courting her and stop talking about that
matter, there was no reason why they couldn't be ordinary friends. It would be pointless to break off a good relation and make a
mountain out of a mole hill.
Not to mention the fact that Jacob had helped her a lot.
Jacob may have looked busy with his food, but in reality, his mind was all on Emily, always thinking about her.
Clearly there was nothing extraordinary about this woman, and yet, there was something about her that had touched his heart.
When they were done with dinner, Emily paid the bill and breathed a sigh of relief.
Emily was relieved at the fact that she and Jacob managed to have a simple meal together without being driven by any other
underlying motives. 'Nothing could be better than that, ' she thought.
Emily didn't know that it was just one of Jacob's tricks.
As a matter of fact, Jacob was angry with what she had said that day, but if he'd allow that reason to drive a wedge between
them, he would be fulfilling her wishes.
......
Over the next few days, Jack kept sending flowers to Emily, but each time she would just throw them into the trash bin. Jacob
found this to be highly satisfying.

One day, Emily habitually threw away the flowers, and then returned to her apartment from work. At first glance, she saw a man
standing at the door, looking lonely.
As soon as Jack saw Emily, his handsome face lit up a big smile. "Emily, you are back! I have been waiting for you for a long
time, and I've brought your favorite strawberry cake. Today is..."
"Get out of here, now! Don't make me say it again."
Emily's face was as cold as ice.
The smile on Jack's face disappeared accordingly. "Emily, will you stop making a wry face at me?"
"Did I beg you to look at my face?"
"Emily, I am serious..."
"I don't care whether you're serious or not."
Emily walked around him, as if he were a stranger, and took out the keys from her bag to open the door. "And I don't like
strawberry cakes anymore, just like I don't like you."
"I do not believe you!"
Jack refuted, unwilling to believe what she had said. He shouted, "Have we not been good before?
You liked me and I liked you..."
Emily sneered and smiled, pitifully, "It was you who ruined my love for you."
"Emily..."
Jack was about to say something, but she slammed the door on his face - "Thud!"
Jack stared at the door blankly. His heart felt empty, unlike how he felt before, unlike the first time he had hugged her there. As if
something was slowly moving away from his hands, slowly but surely...
'No. I won't let that happen.'

As for Victor, he found out that "the paramour" was not him. He clearly made a big mistake about him and Emily. Not having
found Emily's paramour yet, Jack assumed that he was still hiding, unwilling to show his face to Jack out of fear.
Emily was unlikely to let go of her boyfriend who she had been dating for three years for some coward like this!
Jack assumed that Emily's current attitude towards him was a result of all the negative things from their past. If he could express
sincere remorse about his wrongdoings, he would still have a chance at winning her heart back!
The slightest hint of hope, gave him peace and solace. Facing the door, he said, "Emily, I won't give up. If you don't open the
door now, I will stand here and wait for you all night long!"
Jack figured that the 'battered-body trick' was going to come in handy, so he was determined to stay there as long as it would
take. He firmly believed that Emily would eventually give in and open the door for him.
"I really don't know where he gets his confidence from."
Behind the door, Emily snorted and cast aside Jack's words like they were nothing.
Meanwhile, she heard a "tapping" sound behind her, as if someone was using a keyboard. She quickly turned around to look
where the noise was coming from.
Much to her surprise, there was a man sitting on her sofa!
The man sat leisurely on the narrow sofa, with a laptop on his lap. His eyes fixated on the screen as his slender fingers typed
quickly. He sat there nonchalantly, like he was in his own living room...
Emily was shocked, unable to find words to express her thoughts, "Jacob, you, you, you..."
The man raised his head and looked her. He closed the laptop screen and threw it on the coffee table. He got up and slowly
walked towards her.
"You don't like strawberry cakes. What about chocolate cakes?"
"What?"
Emily was puzzled by his question, "Yes, they're all right."
Just as long as it wasn't from Jack... 'Hey, what is that big cake on the table for?'

Before she could ask him, Jacob's deep voice rang in her ear, "Emily, happy birthday."
Birthday... apparently, it was her birthday.
Emily suddenly realized, that's what she was trying to remember all day, but she was too busy to think about it. No wonder Jack
had brought the cake she used to like...
"Jacob, how did you know that today is my birthday?"
Jacob looked at her face and replied, "I am your boss. It is no surprise that I know when your birthday is."
All right, now Jacob had the last word in the LA company.
Emily whispered, sarcastically, "I have never seen such a considerate boss who buys cakes for his employees on their
birthdays..."
Despite her sour comments, her heart was actually touched by his kind gesture, so she did not want to question what his
intentions were.
Jacob smiled, from ear to ear, not realizing that he looked like a child asking for the teacher to praise him. His voice went high
pitched as he said, "Then, you've seen it now..."
Before he could finish talking, Emily covered his mouth.
"Can you hold it down. Jack is still outside..."
The both of them were there at the same time. Did they meet each other? No, if they had met, there would have been a fierce
fight!
Jacob let Emily pull him in closer. He got angry when he thought about the time he was trapped in the closet because of Jack.
"Are you afraid that he will find out about us?"
Emily still had her hands on his mouth when he spoke, causing the hot air from his mouth to tickle her palm. She quickly let go of
him and said, "Of course, I am!"
Jacob's face grew even darker.

Emily perceived his dissatisfaction and quickly added an explanation, "If you two end up fighting because of me, I will be the one
to blame for it.
Let's try and keep the peace between us..."
There was no way she could have let them see each other there. What a annoying thing!
Although Emily's explanation did not satisfy Jacob entirely, his anger was diminished, as he whispered a sentence, "..."
"What?"
Emily didn't hear him clearly. She hesitated when Jacob asked her to come closer at first, but soon she leaned her head towards
him to listen.
"Doesn't it feel like we're in a clandestine love affair?"