A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

From the balcony at the end of the floor came a whiff of cigarette smoke.
Jack walked towards the balcony and found Jacob coughing in the corner. The next moment, Jacob's fist was whizzing towards
Jack.
Jack quickly jumped sideways, evading Jacob's attack. With disdain in Jack's eyes he said," Jacob, you are not as nimble as
before."
Jacob stared at him expressionlessly, retaining a natural aura of power.
Due to Jacob's physical condition, he was no match for Jack at that moment. Jack snorted," I've heard that you got badly injured.
Shouldn't you be in bed resting instead of disgracing yourself here?"
Jack had always been respectful of Jacob, but that was before he had learned that Jacob was having an affair with Emily! As a
man who also fancied Emily, Jack could not put up with it!
"Maybe it is you needs to behave yourself," said Jacob, his eyes were as cold as ice.
"Hope you can always hold your confidence."
"You lied to her," said Jacob, all of a sudden.
Jack tensed up at Jacob's words, quickly realizing that Jacob was talking about the fact that he had deliberately kept the truth
about the earthquake from Emily. He arrogantly lashed out," So what? What matters is that we have set aside our differences,
and I will do whatever is necessary to keep it that way."
"What is it that you really want?"
Jacob did not believe a single word coming out of Jack's mouth. Jack was notoriously popular for being petty and narrow-
minded; he wasn't the kind of man who could turn a blind eye to what Emily had done to him in the past.
Strangely enough, Jack looked calm as ever, considering the circumstances. What did Jack intend on doing?
Jack could see right through Jacob. Just the memory of seeing him with Emily that day, was like a dagger to his heart. With a
cold face, Jack said," What I do or don't want to do, is none of your business. Most importantly, matters between me and Emily
are exclusive just to us, and you have nothing to do with it."

After a pause, Jacob chuckled," You are right. And I am looking forward to hearing the news of your break-up with her."
His wish was like a curse, piercing through Jack's ears word by word.
"Don't you worry about that. Sooner or later we will get married and have kids."
With these words, Jack and Jacob had declared war on each other. The smell of gunpowder was floating between them.
Jack knew that it would not be wise to go up against Jacob, since Jacob was still the man-in-charge of the Gu consortium. But
ever since Jacob's shady relationship with Emily, Jack could not bring himself to play nice with Jacob.
Jack had finally gotten a taste of it, and he wanted more. Jack dreamt of cutting the ground from underneath Jacob's feet and
taking over the throne of the Gu consortium. His ambitions drove him to believe that the consortium and Emily belonged to him
and that no one could take them away from him!
"Well?" asked Jacob, his imposing manner was quite threatening as he continued," It's not good for a man to have too many
daydreams."
"We will see!"
After Jack left, Jacob punched the wall in anger. He wore the expression of a man whose anger could burn down the entire
world.
Jack's words had gotten to his head.
Meanwhile, Jack was also in a bad mood. However, he still managed to keep his patience when he drove Emily home.
When the car turned into the housing estate, Emily suddenly remembered the day when she was humiliated by netizens, and
Jack did not even try to fight back the rumors online for her. Emily felt disappointed.
However, since she had already decided to give Jack a second chance, she would not rake up the past and she hoped that Jack
would not disappoint her again.
"What are you thinking about?" Emily's thought was suddenly interrupted by Jack.
When Emily finally came to her senses, she found herself standing in front of the door of her home. "Nothing," she quickly
answered.

"Do you remember when you shut me for a whole night," Jack asked sarcastically, as he watched Emily take out her keys, and
he continued," That was very cruel."
It was her birthday that day. Jack had waited outside her apartment for the whole night and left reluctantly because of a call from
Jacob.
'Wait a minute. Jacob?'
An unpleasant thought suddenly invaded Jack's mind, as his face contorted just thinking about it. 'Why did Jacob always
intervene in my business with Emily?'
Why didn't he have any doubts about Jacob's sudden call that day? How long had Jacob and Emily kept a relationship with each
other before Jack found out the truth himself?
Emily caught Jack's awkward expression and asked," What's wrong?"
Jack came to his senses and replied," No. Let's go inside first."
Emily was puzzled, but did not know what to do, so she finally turned the key and opened the door.
Jack had visited Emily's home before. It was small in size, but anyone stepping inside would feel homely and cosy.
Jack's eyes scanned the vicinity. He could not help thinking whether everything in the house was touched by Jacob, whether
everything was used by Jacob, and whether Jacob and Emily had any intimate action in that room.
The more he thought of it, the angrier he got.
Emily had no idea why Jack had suddenly became unpleasant. She did not bother asking him, and went straight into the kitchen
to wash the fruit.
Jack shook his head to keep the crazy ideas from coming in, and threw himself to the sofa. Suddenly, he touched something
hard on the corner of the sofa and picked it up. It was a delicate diamond cufflink.
'A man's cufflink?' Jack's face suddenly darkened again.
The cufflink didn't look like it was one of his, so it must have been someone else's.
When Emily carried the tray of fruits out of the kitchen, she almost dropped the tray when she saw the cufflink in Jack's hand.

"Jack, you..."
Jack turned around to Emily and said," I found this on your sofa."
"May... maybe it's from Mr. Victor. I borrowed a coat from him once, you know." On the surface, Emily managed to keep a calm
face, but deep down she was freaking out, panic-stricken.
She recognized the cufflink without a moment's hesitation. It must have been from Jacob's coat when he visited her on her
birthday.
"Well? Are you sure?" Emily could not tell from Jack's expression whether he believed her or not. She watched as Jack tossed
the cufflink onto the table.
"Yes," Emily nodded and put the tray on the table.
Jack suddenly grabbed Emily's hands, pulled her in his arms and held her tightly on the sofa.
"What's up with you today?" Emily asked.
"Nothing. Just let me hug you for a while."
The girl in Jack's arms was delicate; the fragrance from her body slipped into Jack's nose and slowly calmed him down.
"Emily, can you tell me what happened after we broke up?"
Emily was taken aback by Jack's question. She couldn't find the right words to help her give him an answer with a proper
expression.
The air between them grew thick and room got silent.
They both said nothing to each other for a while. Finally Emily pushed Jack away and asked in a calm tone," Do you really want
to know?"
Jack's throat tightened, as if a beast was trying to break out from within him; if it did manage to break out, everything would go
out of control.
Jack was starting to get anxious, like the walls were closing in on him. The thought of running away from there had crossed his
mind more than once.

"No, now I don't want to know."
That's because he had already discovered the truth.