A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Jacob was just lying in bed next to Emily, doing nothing. The awkward silence filled the space between them.
"Are you still awake?" he whispered.
"Yeah..." Emily opened her mouth for a second, and then fell silent again.
Jacob had sensed that Emily was itching to say something to him, but he had no intentions of forcing her. After a while, he
leaned his head closer to Emily's belly, put his ear against it and asked softly,"Are you awake too, my little darlin'?"
Nonplussed for a moment, Emily could not hide her amusement,"What makes you think that the baby will understand your
question?"
"I just know it," Jacob chuckled, and then he continued in a confident manner,"Hey, my little baby. Why are you so upset today?
Tell me."
'He was more like a baby, ' Emily thought, amused by his childish nature. "Upset? How did you know..."
She suddenly paused, when she thought of the fact that Jacob was actually talking to her.
'Did he ask if I am upset?' Emily wondered.
Anyway, she shouldn't be surprised if Jacob found out that there was something wrong with her, because she was not good at
concealing her emotions. Meanwhile, Emily did not know whether she should tell him about her problems or not.
"My little baby has something important on its mind, I guess?" It looked like Jacob was talking to the baby in Emily's belly, with a
tender and loving tone, but Emily knew that he was actually asking her,"Would you like me to kiss you and hold you in my arms?"
"Please don't do that," Emily muttered in a low voice. Since she did have something weighting on her mind, she was not in the
mood for jokes,"I am tired. Good night."
With a clear look of disappointment in his eyes, Jacob's smile turned upside down.
'Why won't she share her secrets with me?'
The next day, Emily spent the whole morning in torment, sitting in her office trying to ease her worries. When suddenly the phone
rang.

"Well. Emily, have your prepared your answer?" From the other end of the line, Jack's smug and ambitious voice came in and
doubled her worries.
Irritated by his attitude, Emily asked,"How do I know that you're not lying to me?"
Jack snickered,"I knew you would say that, so I prepared something for you."
After a few seconds, Emily suddenly heard the voice of her father over the phone. He sounded like he was panicking out of
helplessness,"Emily! Emily! It's me! Just give them money and save me! Hurry!"
Emily's pupils dilated with shock when the voice of her father pierced her mind. She did not expect that things would go so bad,
so quick.
Jack really meant it when he said that he would play hard on her. He literally kidnapped her father, with the intention of
blackmailing her and ruining her life!
"I thought that you might not believe me, so I had my men get on the line at Haicheng City. Now do you think I am lying? Emily,
do you understand what I'm saying? Or maybe you want to video chat with your father?"
"Enough!" Emily yelled, interrupting his words; with her fists clenched in anger, Emily forced the words out of her mouth,"Jack,
what made you become a monster? It's quite remarkable."
For a moment there was no response from the other side, but then Emily heard Jack laugh,"If anyone on earth knows how I
became a monster, it's you." Unexpectedly, Emily sense some sadness in Jack's voice.
Even to this day, Jack still had feelings for Emily.
Fiery rage burned in his heart every time he thought of Emily smiling brightly at another man. Although Jack was the one who
betrayed Emily, he couldn't bear to see Emily in the arms of another man.
Unfortunately, it was impossible for Emily to smile at Jack ever again,"Jack, I loved you dearly once. It was you who ruined our
relationship, time and time again."
Emily's declaration struck Jack heavily. For a few minutes there was just silence, as if he was choking on a fishbone.
'"Loved"? She loved me once?'
"I don't love you any more, Jack."

"Emily..."
"We should have never been together in the first place, but since we did end up falling in love with each other, why not just let
bygones be bygones and we can go our own separate ways?"
Somehow the sincerity in Emily's voice punched a hole in Jack's heart as he almost said "yes" to her, but then he quickly
stopped himself from doing so.
Emily wanted to make a clean break with him! Jack, however, would not allow it!
"Wow, for a moment there I thought I was going to fall for it...but sorry. I know it's just bullshit," Jack sneered and
continued,"You'd better make an appointment with some doctor for your surgical abortion. Perhaps then I will give you the
chance to discuss about what to do with your father."
Then he hung up almost immediately, leaving no chance for Emily to say anything else. In truth, Jack was afraid that he would
change his mind if he continued to talk with her.
There was no more sound from the other end. Having felt like she had just battled an army, Emily leaned back in her chair, pale
and shivering.
She placed her hand on her flat belly, and then lost herself in deep and complex thoughts.
All of a sudden her thoughts were interrupted by a man's angry voice from behind,"Why didn't you tell me that Jack is
blackmailing you?"
Startled by the voice, Emily dropped her phone to the ground. When she was about to pick it up, a hand with slender fingers
picked it up from the floor and placed it in her hands.
"Jacob..." Feeling guilty, Emily had no courage to look at Jacob's eyes, but she asked,"What brings you here?"
In fact, she was more worried of how long Jacob had been standing there. Did he hear everything?
"If I were not here, would you have secretly aborted the child to save your father?"
"How do you know..." Emily was stunned, but before she could finished, she instantly realized that she had said something
wrong, as Jacob's face turned more and more gloomy. "I mean," she quickly added,"how do you know what happened to my
father? I've never thought about the abortion. I was planning on telling you everything later, but since you are here now..."

Struck with severe anxiety, Emily was completely at a loss, unable to calm herself down the day before. Thus, she never realized
that the best way to solve the problem wast to ask for Jacob's help. On one hand, Jacob was actually powerful enough to help
her, and on the other hand, Jacob was the only one she knew who could help her.
In fact, she had made up her mind to ask Jacob for help, after her phone conversation with Jack. However, it was embarrassing
that Jacob had already found out about it before Emily even acted upon her idea.
Jacob stared at Emily, coldly. His hard expression did not soften even when Emily continued her explanation.
"Please...Please believe me..." Emily couldn't help but feel worried, as she held Jacob's hand tightly,"My head was spinning
when I learned what had happened to my father. Otherwise, I would have come to you for help sooner."
"I do believe you, but the problem is, you don't believe me," said Jacob.
Feeling suffocated, Emily had opened her mouth but the words weren't coming out.
Jacob pulled her close, and stared deep into her eyes. Then he signed and said,"If you had trusted me, you would have been
able to tell me everything. And if you had told me earlier, your father would not have been in their possession. But you didn't.
Instead, I had to find out about everything like this."
That's why Jacob had come to LA Company. However, little did he expect, that he would hear Emily speaking with Jack over the
phone; and because Emily gave all her attention talking to Jack, she did not hear Jacob's footsteps approach her.
Emily also didn't know that Jacob had heard her say,"I loved you once".
It broke Jacob's heart as he almost stepped forward to take the phone away from Emily at once, but he somehow kept his
composure.
Guilt-ridden, Emily murmured,"I'm sorry..."
Jacob stopped thinking about what Emily had said to Jack before, and pinched her cheeks with both hands,"I am you man and
the father of the baby in your womb. The only person you need to trust is me.
So don't keep any secrets from me in the future, or I will see to it that you suffer the consequences."
Emily nodded, still somewhat dazzled but touched,"Thank you, Jacob. And my father, he..."
"I know," Jacob gently rubbed her cheeks, which went pink after he pinched them. He assured her,"He will be safe. I promise."