Jennifer looked embarrassed, then she said, "Mr. Gu, what do you mean?"
Jacob looked at her coldly, "Did you send someone to block me from looking into Lu Jewelry?"
"Mr. Gu, I..." Jennifer knew she was already caught and the only thing she could do now was to admit it, "Jacob, I'm doing this for your own good. I just want you to be able to move on. You're still trapped…"
Jacob cut her off, "She isn't just my past!"
"Okay, even if that's the case!" Jennifer said bitterly, "That woman just looks like Emily but she's not Emily."
"As if you know better than I do. Why? Have you seen her yet?"
"No, I haven't..." Jennifer lied.
"Then it's up to me to decide whether it's Emily or not," Jacob stood up looking absolutely ruthless. Then he spoke, "Jennifer, this is the last time you're going to meddle with my affairs. If this happens again, I'll show you no mercy."
Jennifer shrunk at this vision of Jacob - she grew pale and pursed her lips.
"Get out!" Jacob said without even looking at her.
Jennifer hurried out of his office like a little mouse.
Throughout the years, Jacob had done nothing but crush her pride, her self-esteem, and whatever little dignity she had left.
...
That morning, Emily was able to go to work on time.
It was cool outside much to Beryl's delight.
After her class, Beryl's baby sitter took her out for a walk because Emily always said that it was good for her to get some fresh air every once in a while.
As soon as they stepped outside, Beryl kept looking around as if she was looking for something.
"Beryl, what are you looking for?" her baby sitter asked, a bit surprised and a bit curious.
Beryl looked mysterious and said, "I can't tell you. It's a secret."
"So you have a secret, huh?"
"Of course, everyone does!"
The baby sitter responded gently, "Yeah, that's true!"
Beryl frowned at that and pursed her lips, "Zoe, how come you always say I'm right? And you always just agree with me. Shouldn't you have your own opinion sometimes?"
Zoe couldn't help but laugh, "Well, it just so happens that I often agree with you but you're right," she chuckled.
Beryl always liked talking walks outside and she was already ahead of Zoe, looking curiously around her.
It turned out, she was looking for the stray puppy that she was petting the other day. How adorable!
It was a pity that Emily forbade her from petting the puppy again because the puppy might be dirty considering it was a stray. But she really just wanted to look for that puppy again.
Bark! Bark! Out of nowhere, a little samoyed came running towards Beryl.
Beryl was immediately drawn to the samoyed that it had totally slipped her mind that she was originally looking for the stray puppy she saw the other day.
"Beryl, your mother told you not to touch any dogs....." Zoe reminded Beryl but Beryl didn't seem to hear as she had already ran off with the samoyed.
"Beryl! Beryl!" The babysitter tried to chase after her.
Beryl was still a child after all. She was so drawn to the samoyed that all she could think about was running after it until the samoyed stopped in front of a pair long legs and started snuggling against it.
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