A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Emily was not completely gullible. She knew that Tina was deliberately trying to make her life a living hell, but she chose to bear
it.
Having spent the past few days with Tina, apart from her endless bragging and provocation, Emily learned that Tina and Jacob
had known each other since childhood. They drifted apart when Tina had gone to M country for two years, but Jacob would
eventually marry her. That fact was unchangeable.
When Emily found out that Jacob had been promised to Tina since childhood, she felt regretful. She had had sex with Jacob, and
they even had an affair...
Driven by guilt, Emily decided to tolerate Tina's transgressions.
After all, Tina was only a girl whose spoiled attitude was just a byproduct of her lavish upbringing. Emily decided to keep a civil
and professional relationship between them.
However, what Emily didn't know was that Tina had deliberately made up all those stories in order to make her withdraw in
disgrace.
It was true that Tina's family and Jacob's family were on good terms in the past, but their relationship was only limited to their
grandfathers. After Tina's grandfather passed on and the power fell into Tina's parents and her brother Mark, their friendship with
Jacob's family gradually faded. Sometimes there were rivalries between the two families.
It was purely by chance that Tina met Jacob, the adopted son of Gu family. She fell in love with him at first sight, and had been
pursuing him ever since.
The Tao and the Gu family intended to reunite their bonds with marriage, so that their relationship would gradually blossom
again, but Jacob did not accept Tina.
Tina, however, was unwilling to give up, so she waited for him. Meanwhile, Jacob was in no hurry to get married, so he was
unaffected by Tina's resilience.
It wasn't until Tina almost killed a girl from a wealthy family by pushing her into a deep lake in the Gu's mansion for being in love
with Jacob, that Tina's parents decided to send her off the M country for her education.
From the day she got back, her mind was completely preoccupied with Jacob. Anyone who dared to have a second look at
Jacob was considered an enemy.

The next day, Emily, who stayed up late designing, handed the restored designs to Tina again.
Tina who grew tired of creating difficulties with Emily day after day, decided that Emily's work was tolerable this time, so she
mercifully let Emily go.
The next step was to make the finished products.
Rose had not shown herself in a long time, but she had been paying attention to Emily's daily activities. Realizing what was
going on, she selflessly offered Tina a scheme through Jasmyn.
Tina was very happy with the plan, so she decided to adopt it and put it to the test.
A week later, Tina sent someone to pay off the remaining bill and bring the jewelries back. The next day, she came to the LA
Company with a group of bodyguards behind her.
"You are a genuine Jewelry company. How dare you cheat your customers by selling fake goods to them?"
Emily came out of her office to see what the commotion was about when she just heard the last sentence. Without a second
thought, she retorted,"That's impossible. Our company never sells fake goods."
As soon as Tina signalled her bodyguards, they laid out the jewelries on the desk. "I have already inspected them. They're all
fakes, made of cheap garbage. If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll call the police and have them close down your
company! And you'll rot in prison for the rest of you life!
She had a domineering look, implying that she was a person of great influence. This intimidated the timid employees as they
looked at Emily helplessly. They pleaded,"Miss Emily, what should we do..."
Victor was not in his office, Jacob had always been aloof regarding client relations, and the order was dealt by her, so she had to
come up with a solution to settle the problem.
"Take it easy. We didn't sell fake products, neither did we do anything wrong." Emily calmed herself down. She looked at one of
the employees and said in a mild voice: "Go and ask the inspection department to have a look at the jewelry first."
The employee seemed to have found a mainstay in Emily. He calmed down, and did as Emily had instructed.
"Miss Emily, these jewelries are all made out of cheap inferior goods..." Emily's heart dropped gradually to the floor, upon hearing
the report from the inspection department.

How could it be possible?
Their company was very cautious in handling those jewelries. Was there a rat among the employees? Or was it Tina who
purposely switched the original set with a batch of fake goods to put the blame on her?
Emily went dubiously to inspect the jewelries by herself. The jewelries even had the unique logo of the LA on them. For a
moment, she couldn't tell what was going on.
"I've told you it is fake." Tina looked down at her arrogantly and said,"You know they are false. I don't need to say more about it,
right? I can't believe you tried to deceive your customer. You really lack moral character."
"Miss Tao, please listen to me. We will have a thorough investigation about the matter..."
"The evidences are all here. What have you got to say for yourself? I'll call the police right now. It's not a small amount. I don't
know how many people will be sentenced to jail. What would you say to that, Emily?"
"Don't do this..." Emily was completely nonplussed. She was trying to figure out where the problem originated from, as she
believed it could not have been the company's fault...
Victor had told her to take good care of LA company, but she wasn't expecting to deal with a mess of that proportion. Nothing
could happen to the company, not while she was in charge.
"Miss Tao, we really did not have anything to do with this. There must be a misunderstanding. We might as well discuss about a
reasonable compensation, and everything can be negotiated..." Emily had never felt so inferior before, but now she was ready to
put her face on the floor for Tina to trample on and play with.
Tina sneered,"You think this is about the money?"
"Either way, apart from calling the police, what other solutions are you willing to accept?"
This was just what Tina was hoping for. She turned away and pretended to ponder for a few seconds. After a while, with a
reluctant expression, she slowly said,"Okay, you can apologize to me."
'Apologize?'
Emily looked at the arrogant girl in front of her, stupefied.

For a while, the LA staff on the spot looked at each other with utter confusion. They just couldn't believe the once aggressive rich
girl would suddenly accept such an easy compensation...
However, they did not linger on that for too long. If Tina didn't have any problems, they didn't have any problems complying with
her demands.
Emily bowed her head sincerely to Tina, and said,"It was our negligence. I am sorry for the inconvenience you have suffered."
Emily took the blame upon herself. She would not admit that LA company sold fake products. Because they hadn't had a proper
investigation yet, but since an apology was due, as a representative of the LA company, she had to do what was right by the
company.
After Emily, the staff behind her followed suit, apologizing in chorus,"Sorry, Miss Tao."
Dissatisfied, Tina sneered,"It's not enough."
Emily made an extra effort to speak kindly,"Miss Tao, what would you want me do to show our..."
"Emily, I want you to kneel down and make an apology."
All of the sudden, the entire room went silent.
Looking at Tina with disbelief, Emily asked,"Miss Tao, what did you say just now?"
"I said, get down on your knees and apologize to me." Tina burst out laughing. Her eyes as beautiful as a crescent moon, but full
of malice. She then said,"That's all you have to do to put this behind us."
Of course, Emily heard her loud and clear, her expression stagnated and her body stiffened.
Soon Emily realized that what Tina actually wanted was not to settle the dispute, but she wanted to insult Emily and trample on
her self-esteem.