A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 379

"Bang!" And just like that, the last thought of defense in Jacob's mind vanished.

There was no way Jacob could refuse Emily. She was like a bittersweet poison to him – he knew it was bad and could only hurt him, but he was still addicted to it.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. But before Jacob could answer, Sam came into the room and said, "Mr. Jacob, Miss Emily, I have the doctor with me now. So, if you–,"

" Not now, Sam. Please leave us alone for now," Jacob gently interrupted Sam without looking at his direction.

Sam didn't say a word in reply. He just carefully pulled the door closed and left with the medical staff right away.

Several hours had passed and it was already evening.

Emily finally woke up, but she felt more tired no matter how much sleep she had. Her body slightly ached when she tried to sit up.

As soon as her eyes adjusted to the light, she noticed that there was no one in the room with her. She felt sad and a little disappointed at the same time for no reason.

Emily owed Jacob her life for saving her last time.

This time it was Emily who saved Jacob's life. 'I think we're even now. We owe each other nothing from now on, ' Emily thought, looking at the dark skies outside the window.

After she finally gained her senses, Emily did not waste any time and immediately got up to leave. She dressed up and left the room as quickly as she could. As she stepped out of the hotel, she abruptly stopped. A thought suddenly crossed her mind and without further thinking, she went to the nearest drugstore and bought herself some birth control pills.

Meanwhile, Jacob was on his way back to the hotel with Emily's favorite porridge. Inside the elevator car, he looked at the porridge in his hand and imagined the smile on Emily's face when she ate it. When he reached the hotel floor, he briskly walked to his room with excitement. But his smile vanished when he came back to an empty room.

He put the porridge down the table and scanned the room, hoping that his eyes were just tricking him. But Emily was nowhere to be found. He could still smell a slight scent of her perfume. When he looked down, he found one of Emily's earrings that she accidentally left and immediately picked it up. He held it in his hands like a cherished treasure.

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Emily came home more exhausted than she usually was, and she was welcomed by Beryl. After having a small talk with Beryl, she immediately went to her room for some rest. She didn't have enough energy, so she just climbed to bed without changing to her pajamas.

Ina was the new babysitter highly endorsed by the Lu family so Emily had high regards with Ina's skills and trusted her very well. But little did Emily knew that Ina already threw her under the bus while she slept peacefully. Quietly she sneaked out and phoned someone as if she was spying Emily for some reason.

It was already late in the morning when Emily woke up. She was so exhausted from last night that her body clock did not work.

Since it was already late and she was not in the mood to face any of those troubles that day, she decided to take a day off from work.

But trouble seemed to have a way of finding Emily even if she did not ask for it.

Jennifer was immediately sent back by Jacob after that day because he wanted to imply that he had nothing or no one to be afraid of now.

If it was for Jennifer, she would rather be locked in Jacob's mansion so that she could stay closer to him and hoped that Jacob would finally notice her sometimes.

But the thought of Jacob sending her back so that Emily would not misunderstand him made Jennifer feel humiliated, as if she was a commodity that was returned when a better replacement arrived.

With her plans of getting close to Jacob got spoiled, she would do anything to return the same favor to Emily.

Jennifer rushed to Emily's place to give her a taste of her disappointment and disgust, and to make the latter unhappy like she was.

"Ding-dong, ding-dong." Jennifer impatiently rang Emily's doorbell. As she stood there waiting for the door to open, she smoothened her new hairdo and dress.

She was very annoyed that she was not able to parade her new look and outfit that day in Jacob's mansion, so the least she could do now was to show Emily that she looked better than the latter.

'I will never be defeated by someone like Emily!' Jennifer thought to herself.

It was late in the afternoon when Emily heard the doorbell rang, but she did not budge. She assumed that whoever it was at the door would eventually leave if no one opened it. Unfortunately, the doorbell continued to ring. There was no one at home at that time except for Emily – Ina was out to buy some food at the supermarket, while Beryl was deeply asleep in the room. Much to her dismay, she got up to answer the door. As she opened the door and her eyes finally adjusted to the sunlight, she did not expect the person who was at her door. Emily paused for a moment and looked at Jennifer with a cold and straight face.

Still surprised, Emily asked coldly, "Miss Jennifer, what brought you here?"