Grim-faced, Jacob tore off Emily's clothes with such force that several buttons fell to the ground.
Emily stiffened in fear, remembering the way he had behaved like a beast the other night.
'All in all, I'm just a toy for these men who occasionally have some interest in me, ' she thought bitterly.
Somehow, she felt wronged. 'I'm a human being! I have feelings too! Why are they treating me as if I'm a toy?'
"Why are you crying?" Jacob asked coldly, interrupting Emily's thoughts.
She blinked and realized that tears were streaming down her face.
Looking at her tears made Jacob feel somewhat guilty, but then he remembered what he had seen in the elevator and became angry again. "Go and take a shower. I don't like the smell of another man on your skin."
As he spoke, he pushed Emily into the washroom in his office.
Puzzled and scared, Emily stood still in the washroom, wondering why Jacob was asking her to take a shower.
Seeing her stand there without moving like a pitiful rabbit, Jacob raised his eyebrows at her. "Well? Are you expecting me to come in and help?"
But as soon as those words left his mouth, the door of the washroom slammed shut on him with a loud bang, leaving him speechless.
Emily looked around and found that the washroom was well-equipped with a shower head and bath supplies. She slowly began taking a shower. As she lathered the soap onto her body, she heard Jacob speaking to someone outside. And several minutes later, she heard a knock on the door.
"Your clothes," came Jacob's voice.
Emily tensed up and answered,"Just leave them at the door."
Without saying anything else, Jacob left the clothes at the door. After a while, he saw the door open a crack, and Emily's milky and slender arm appeared before his eyes. With her porcelain skin, she was really a beauty.
Her slender arm felt around before finding the clothes, then drew back quickly before the door was slammed shut again.
Jacob's eyes darkened when he saw the door slam, and he swallowed hard before turning his eyes away from the door.
Several minutes later, Emily opened the door and walked out wearing the new set of clothes. She was barefoot, but when she saw the pair of brand-new slippers at the door, she hesitated for a moment before slipping them on and walking into the office.
Jacob was busy typing away on his laptop and barely spared a glance at her.
Emily was now wearing a business suit which didn't reveal too much skin. More importantly, the smell of another man on her skin was gone. Instead, she was emanating a soft minty vanilla scent.
It was the scent of the shower gel that Jacob frequently used, but right now, the fragrance made him calm down with the thought that Emily belonged only to him.
Seeing Jacob lost in thought, Emily hesitated about whether to approach his desk because she didn't know what the man would do to her.
"Stop there," Jacob ordered, suddenly breaking the silence. "Stand against the wall and don't move."
'Why?'
Emily thought, confused, but she didn't ask any questions out loud. Instead, she stood against the wall obediently, secretly relieved that Jacob hadn't asked her to do something more terrible.
Jacob knew that she must have been thinking about the night he had behaved like a monster. But in his defense, Emily had really driven him up the wall that night.
'How is she so confident that I'll let go of her? What a naive girl!
She still hasn't learned that I won't let go of someone if I want both their mind and body. And I want her to give herself to me willingly instead of being forced by me.
But it's not the right time yet, ' Jacob thought sullenly.
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