A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

"No."
Emily calmly said, "You don't have to make these romantic gestures anymore. Whatever your purpose is, it's of no use to me."
"Why won't you believe me?"
Jack persisted. With eyes as deep as the sea, he gazed into her eyes. "Is this about Rose?
I've already separated from her."
"Separated? If I say I hate her, and I want you to make her experience every bit of misery I've ever experienced, will you do that
for me?"
"Emily, how could you be so cruel?"
Jack couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Answer my question."
Jack remembered the state Rose was in when she left reluctantly, and his heart softened with pity. "Emily, Rose only did those
things to you to make me happy. It wasn't personal. She is innocent. If you want to dish out your anger, you can come to me,
okay?
"Hahaha..."
Emily sneered, unable to tell whether she was more disappointed or more bitter. "You're protecting her?
Everything that had happened to me was your doing?
So it was you who ordered those ruffians to rape me?"
Her accusations made Jack frown in an instant. He lowered his voice and asked, "Do you think I was behind that? If that's true
then why did I save you?"
"Who knows."
At that moment, the romantic atmosphere that was purposefully created by Jack had been completely destroyed by their dispute,
and it was spiralling downwards from there.

Jack tried his best to restrain his anger. "Emily, if you don't want to be with me, you can just say so. You don't have to make
excuses."
"Do you think I need an excuse to not be with you?"
Emily dropped a bomb on him, shoved his hands away, and turned around to the roadside to hail a taxi.
Jack watched with his eyes wide open, as she got in the taxi, and then he started his own car to follow her.
The fireworks exploded in the sky, with vivacious colours, one after another, but unfortunately, the protagonists had already left.
Emily returned home without warning. When she got in, she saw her father and mother sitting together, trying to sort things out.
When they heard her voice, they move around quickly as if to hide something from her.
"What are you doing?
Why are both acting so strange?"
Emily looked at them doubtfully, when suddenly her father lost his temper. "Go go go! This does not concern you!"
"All right."
Emily was exhausted, both physically and mentally, and she did not want to question what was going on. Just as she was about
to turn around, she caught a glimpse of something red behind her father.
What was it?
Money?
Emily's eyes sharpened, then she reached forward and grabbed the big bag hidden at the back, when her father was not paying
attention. As the bag was unzipped, bundles of money fell out one after another.
"Where did you get so much money?"
The expression in her father's face changed drastically as he rushed up to grab it. "That's my money. Give it back to me!"
Emily did not know where she had found the courage and strength from, as she pushed him aside and asked furiously, "Is this
from Jack?"

Shocked, Emily turned her attention to Debby, who lowered her head in shame.
Anger boiled deep inside Emily, hot as lava. For the first time in her life she had lost her temper to her parents. "Whether he is
my boyfriend or not, you shouldn't have taken his money! It's not right!"
"Jack will be my son-in-law sooner or later, so what's the big deal? Does he expect to take my daughter without paying any
price?"
Debby muttered in the corner, "This is not what we asked him for, but what he volunteered to give..."
"You......"
Emily had run out of patience trying to make her parents understand. She put the money back into the bag and proceeded
towards the door.
"Wretched girl, where are you going?
Leave the money!"
Emily's father flew down the stairs, cursing at her, unwilling to give up his money.
Emily, however, ran much faster than he could. She soon reached the bottom of the stairs and saw Jack.
"Keep your money!" Emily threw the bag at him in anger, as she said, "Don't try to bribe my parents ever again!"
Her father cursed at Emily when he came downstairs and saw her talking to Jack.
Jack did not even try to catch the bag, instead he allowed the bag to fall at his feet. He watched as Emily turned around and ran
away, his heart full of pain and anguish.
How did things get so bad between them? Emily...... Did she no longer want to be with him?
Jack wouldn't have it!
The weather in Haicheng City had always been inconsistent. Suddenly, a thunderstorm crackled from above, as streaks of hot
silver split the sky, welcoming the downpour.

Jack stood there in the same place, as the heavy rain soaked his whole body. He looked up at the window of Emily's house and
shouted, "Emily, I will not give up!"
Emily shut herself in her room, and listened to the sound of the rain hitting her windowpane from outside. A small crack slowly
appeared on her hard-hearted expression.
Lost in deep thoughts, she looked out the window. It seemed like she could not move her sights away. Instead of Jack himself,
she was thinking of her pure and beautiful youthful years with him.
All those years ago, when she had given him her all, watching him grow from a big boy to a man. Emily would be lying if she said
she had no feelings for him at all.
But not all mistakes could be easily forgiven. After all the things that had happened, they could never go back...
A tiny glitter of a tear slipped from Emily's eyes. She gently wiped it away and closed the window without hesitation.
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, as the loud thunder and lightning raged against the skies.
Emily rolled herself up in a quilt and huddled in bed, cosily. Outside her door, was the voice of her anxious and worried mother,
"Emily, Jack is still standing outside in the rain. That child is so stubborn. What if he catches a cold or a fever? Go down and ask
him to come up now!"
Emily's father was even more angrier, "Insolent girl!
Hurry up and call him in! What good is it for you to offend Jack and his family?
You're really starting to piss me off!"
"Andrew, calm down. I'll talk to Emily..."
Emily tried her best to ignore their words, but suddenly a loud thunder crackled outside the window, "Boom..."
Frightened, she jumped out of bed, and opened the window to look down, when her eyes met with Jack's.
An inexplicable sense of pity came over and overwhelmed her.

Ever since they were together, this man had always managed to somehow melt her heart. It was the same as when Jacob was
at her house the last time.
Emily kept telling herself that she was not soft-hearted. She stressed that fact in her heart. However, if Jack fell sick, it would be
far worse as he'd certainly take the chance to put the blame on her.
'Yes, that's it!'
She seemed to have come up with an ingenious idea, as she grabbed the umbrella from under the table, opened the door and
handed it to her mother.
"Mom, give him this and tell him to go. Otherwise the neighbors will gossip later."
Debby was still trying to persuade her, when Emily suddenly opened the door and handed the umbrella to her. "Oh, good."
Emily shut the door behind her and sat down against the door with a dispirited expression on her face.
However, just a few minutes later, Debby used Emily as an excuse to invite Jack in, who was soaking wet from standing outside
in the rain.