A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 36

Since Emily couldn't see anything, she was cautious and reluctant to follow his words. "What do you want to do..."

Before she was done talking, she felt her head being pushed down by a big hand. When she tried to struggle, her eyes suddenly felt a sense of coolness.

The man was pouring water on her face to get rid of the chemicals from her eyes.

"Try to open your eyes a little bit, " He suggested.

Emily didn't sense anything alarming about him, so she obediently followed his suggestion. He then poured a small amount of water in the palm of his hands and carefully cleaned her eyes. He was very gentle and caring with his movements.

All of a sudden, a strange realization dawned upon her. Emily asked tentatively, "Jacob, is that you?"

Although he had kept his voice down on purpose, Emily's instincts were telling her that she was right.

The man didn't seem to pay heed to what she said, instead he looked at the red circles around her eyes carefully. His fingertips touched her wet eyelashes softly, causing a single drop of water to fall from her eyelashes.

"Such a silly woman."

'I can't believe she pepper sprayed herself. I have never seen such a clumsy woman before.'

The man placed a soft handkerchief in Emily's hand. She fumbled while using it to wipe her eyes. It took a while before she could completely open her eyes, but it still burned, slightly.

"Sir?" She looked around her, but the man who helped her just now had long gone.

Alas! Was she wrong about the guy?

Emily returned home, with thousands of questions on her mind.

The next morning, Emily met Jacob in the company.

Every time Jacob visited LA company, he always kept a low profile by using the VIP channel. Therefore, no employee in the whole company, apart from the senior executives, could ever meet him.

This time, however, Jacob came out of Victor's office. They two walked side by side in the corridor, with a deadpan expression on their pretty faces.

Emily tried to avoid being seen by her two bosses, but, unfortunately, she had failed. In order to make it look like she wasn't deliberately avoiding them, she decided to bite the bullet and walk forward.

"Mr. Gu, Mr. Gao."

Jacob did not even look at her, as if she had been just a transparent mass of air.

However, Victor nodded at her and said, "You have done a good job lately. Keep it up."

Victor wanted to pat Emily's shoulder for encouragement, but he stopped his hand in mid air and pulled back, at the thought of how jealous Jacob could be.

"Thank you, Mr. Gao." Emily didn't pay much attention to Jacob either. Victor's compliment had made her as happy as a pupil who had just been praised by the teacher.

Seeing them interact in such a way, annoyed Jacob, as his face darkened immediately. There was an unnatural aura of darkness around him.

Victor cleared his throat, and finished his words quickly, "I will have to go abroad for some time, so I intend to leave the company's affairs to you temporarily. If you have any problems, you can ask Mr. Gu for assistance."

Emily quietly looked at Jacob and nodded her head, "Yes, of course."

"All right, that's it then."

Victor walked forward with Jacob as soon as he finished speaking, while Emily walked away in the opposite direction.

"She's already walked away. What are you still looking at?" Victor's voice was filled with banter.

Jacob turned around, and cast a short glance back, "None of your business."

"Tsk, now you can just burn your bridges."

Seeing as how Jacob pretended to be oblivious to her, Emily couldn't tell for sure whether it was him near the subway station yesterday. On the bright side, at least they maintained a clear line between them.