A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 93

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?'

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."