A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

As time went on, Emily paced around the apartment, while Jacob sat on the sofa in a calm manner.
Outside the apartment, Jack just woke up as well. Realizing that it was time for Emily to go to work, he knocked on the door and
said, "Time to get up, Emily!"
Instead of responding to Jack, Emily stared at Jacob with a puzzled look, as if she was asking him for advice.
Unfortunately, much to her disappointment, Jacob answered with a helpless look, "I have no idea what to do."
Distressed, Emily wondered, 'How are either of us supposed to go to work today?' Emily grew more and more anxious as time
went on. Unlike Jacob, who was the boss of the company, she did not have the luxury of sitting around at home. As an employee
of the company, she was expected to be at work on time, or else her attendance bonus could be deducted.
But how could they go out while Jack was still at the doorway? Couldn't Jacob find some way? Emily walked back and forth,
anxiously, lost in thoughts.
Seeing Emily's reaction, Jacob calmly suggested, "Maybe there's a way."
"How?" asked Emily, as she looked at him wistfully, like she was looking for a glimmer of hope.
In her mind, she didn't really care, just as long as Jack would leave her door.
With a hint of mischief in his eyes, Jacob smiled at Emily, "Kiss me, and I'll tell you."
"You..." Unable to come up with any reply, Emily got embarrassed, as her face turned red gradually.
"Otherwise, no way."
"You are being scampish."
Ignoring Emily's reluctance, Jacob remained indifferent as he replied, "Indeed, I don't have to worry about being late for work."
Emily hesitated for a few seconds before deciding to meet his demand. She gathered up the courage to walk towards him as if
she was marching towards a heroic death.
Before Jacob even had the chance to react, Emily went up to him and gave him a kiss. Although it was a short kiss on his cheek,
his heart skipped a beat when her soft lips touched his face like a feather.

It was as if his heart was being wound round and round with a charged wire.
"Hey." Having caught Jacob off guard, Emily pressed her lips and shook her hand in front of him, "Well, you said you'd help if I
kissed you."
When Jacob came back to reality, he couldn't believe that he had lost all his senses to a simple kiss from Emily, "... You."
While Emily patted her cheeks with her hands, Jacob stood up to make a call.
"Jack, come to the company right now, " ordered Jacob in a cold voice.
He hung up immediately, without giving Jack any chance to make a response.
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room became colder. Shocked, Emily turned to Jacob and asked, "What was your... intention?"
Jacob could have called Jack to leave last night if he wanted to, but instead of making the phone call then, he used Jack as an
excuse and spent the night at her apartment.
'He must have planned this all along!' Emily wondered.
"My intention?" Jacob glanced back at her with his dark eyes and said softly, "Don't you know?
I intend on pursuing you, Emily."
Terrified, Emily said hurriedly, with her eyes wide open, "Are you trying to give me a heart attack, Jacob? It's not funny."
"What do you think? Why would I waste my time doing so much for someone who doesn't mean anything to me?" Jacob raised
his right hand towards her face softly, and then rubbed his fingers lightly against her chin.
Ever since the night they slept together, Jacob had fallen madly in love with Emily, and he was certain that she was the life
partner he had been looking for.
However, since Emily could only be persuaded by reason and not by force, Jacob couldn't force her to accept him, but instead,
he had to take it slow this time and win her heart with kindness. Moreover, he had never thought he could be so patient with
women. Needless to say, Emily was the first woman to make him feel like that.
"I didn't catch that, sorry. You didn't say anything, did you?" Emily turned her head and pushed his hand away without much
effort. Then she walked to the door as if she was escaping from Jacob.

Looking outward through the peephole again, she was surprised to find that Jack had already left, leaving behind only a delicate
cake box at the doorway.
"Jack went away." Emily relaxed herself with a deep breath before opening the door and picking up the cake box.
The next moment, Jacob came up to her, forcefully grabbed the box from her hands and threw it into the garbage can in front of
her apartment. Shocked, Emily helplessly looked at the box as it flew towards the can. She sighed in disappointment, 'what a
pity.'
"Expired anyway..." said Jacob in a low and charming voice close to her ears. Looking right into her eyes, he then continued, "It
would not only have a bad taste but it also give you a bad tummy ache."
Nevertheless, Emily understood the meaning behind Jacob's words. Jacob was actually referring to Jack, because according to
him, Jack was only as useful as expired food.
...
When Emily arrived at the LA Company, she realized that she was late, but fortunately, nobody had dared to criticize her.
Victor had gone abroad already, and Jacob hardly stepped into the office. Therefore, as per the saying, "among the blind, the
one-eyed man is king", she felt like the "one-eyed man", since there was nobody to control her there.
Emily, however, was clear that her attendance bonus had to be deducted, as no matter who she was, the rules would have to
apply to everyone.
After the morning meeting, Emily was just about to return to her office when she was called by the female group leader standing
behind her.
"Here you are, Miss Bai."
Puzzled, Emily looked at the Band-Aids that were handed to her. She replied, "Thank you, but I don't need them. I'm okay."
"Are you really okay?" The group leader sounded surprised.
Emily felt even more confused, "What's the matter?"
The group leader winked at her vaguely, "Miss Bai, did you not notice the marks on your face? And your neck, earlobes..."

"What?" Emily was caught by surprise. She realized that she must have forgotten to look herself in the mirror because she had
to leave home in a hurry this morning. What surprised her even more, was the fact that, she didn't feel any pain the whole time,
and she didn't even know when or how she got those marks.
However, when the group leader kindly handed her a mirror, she quickly recognized the mark on her lower lip. 'Maybe I bit myself
in my sleep, ' she thought. Much to her surprise, her neck and earlobes were also partly reddish. Fortunately, it wasn't very
serious.
"Maybe they were caused by mosquitoes. Luckily, it's not a big deal." Emily didn't think about the matter anymore as she was
worrying about another thing at that moment.
Following Emily's reaction, the group leader showed an "understanding" smile and asked with a cheeky look, "Then, do you need
the Band-Aids now, Miss Bai?"
"No, it would be uncomfortable to cover the wounds with Band-Aids, but thank you anyway."
Noticing the seriousness in Emily's face, the group leader laughed out and said, "I'm sure several male employees had their
hearts broken today, simultaneously, as they were staring at you and your marks the whole time you've been at the office. You
know, most of them have a crush on you..."
Emily was more and more perplexed by her words. As a result, she just responded to her, perfunctorily, before returning to her
office quickly.
When she got to her office, Emily became more anxious as she sat down and remembered Jacob's words in the morning.
"My intention? You don't know?"
"I intend on pursuing you, Emily."
The last line was even more scarier than the last time when Jacob said, "I want you to be my woman."
'Is he out of his mind? How could he tell me that he wants to pursue me?' Emily wondered.
Emily was having her breakfast, lost in thoughts, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Rat-a-tat-tat."
"Come in, please."

Emily quickly wiped her hands before the door was pushed open by a female colleague, with a large bouquet of bright roses in
her hands.
"Miss Bai, someone has sent you flowers, again, " said the female colleague with an ambiguous smile on her face.