A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 1461

"Honey, don't be angry. He's just a friend whom I ran into. Don't overthink things," Emily explained helplessly.

'A friend?'

Jacob was alarmed by this. Frowning, he asked, "What do you mean he's a friend?"

Emily didn't want to hide things from him. With a gentle smile, she said, "Well, his name is Jonas Lin. He's a returnee. He was abroad for a long time. He had a bright future ahead of him, but for the sake of public welfare, he has given all of that up.

Now that I think about it, I really admire him. Not everyone has such courage."

Jacob's eye twitched. He could not help but hold her tighter. When he spoke, his voice grew lower and lower. "No. You can't."

"I can't do what?" For a moment, Emily didn't understand what Jacob meant.

Jacob's low and magnetic voice resounded in her ears. "You can't admire him. You can admire only me."

'Mr. Jealousy!' Emily thought, quite amused.

She pinched Jacob's muscular arm as she teased him, "I really admire your jealousy."

Jacob tightened his hold around her. "Don't you like it?" he asked, his voice still menacingly low.

Emily was on a mission to keep teasing him now. "If you keep doing this, I will—"

Without waiting for her to finish, Jacob drew her face closer to his. He kissed her, biting her fiercely on the lips. Then, with eyes as sharp as those of a predatory animal marking its territory, he said, "No, you are not allowed to have such thoughts." It was a warning.

Emily glared at him. "We have children together. How could you still be thinking about these kinds of things?"

'Mr. Jealousy is just blowing things out of proportion with all this overthinking, ' she thought. But he had trapped her. How could she leave now?

Seconds after showing signs of calming down, Jacob began making unreasonable demands yet again. "Then promise me that you won't meet this man in private from now on."

Thinking about how his wife had smiled at this other man annoyed Jacob and made him irritable.

Emily rolled her eyes upon hearing these words. However, wanting to comfort him, she obediently nodded her agreement.

The next morning marked the beginning of a bright and sunny day.

After watching Jacob drive to the company, Emily drove to her charity foundation.

She wore a simple chiffon dress today, and she looked absolutely lovely. Even with her bright and simple make-up, she looked charming.

After parking her car, she heard what sounded like crying and howling coming from the lobby.

"You liars! You are murderers! My poor daughter is miserable, and it's all your fault!"

The deafening cries made Emily frown. Subconsciously, she looked up.

She saw a plain middle-aged woman on the sofa. The woman was clearly upset. Her cheeks were wet with tears. Her continuous yelling and cursing had rendered her weak, and she fell into the arms of the people around her. She looked helpless and pitiful.

The staff gathered around her, trying to do what they could to help address her problem. The woman, however, didn't listen. She kept crying out and begging for attention. Emily felt alarmed. If the woman kept this up, she might attract the media.

After some thought, Emily went straight to the accounting office. She asked the accountant to print out this month's financial transactions.

After a close look at the document, Emily learned that the foundation had transferred the money right on the day that they had been scheduled to do so. However, for some reason, the girl had left the hospital.

Emily organized her thoughts and tried to explain the matter to the woman as calmly as possible. "Please have a look at this. This is the foundation's financial statement for this month. We did, in fact, transfer the complete sum of money to your daughter's account on time."

The woman had no interest in the document. She took it, tore it into pieces, and cried out, "You're all nothing but liars! You're lying! I know my own daughter! Everyone must know what a scam all this is! Your foundation is a lie! This isn't a charity at all!"

When Emily saw that the woman did not seem to care about the truth at all, she felt helpless. She felt completely unable to address the issue. However, she knew that if she let the situation escalate, she would have to bear the consequences in the end.

Maybe she should ask for Jacob's help in solving this. After all, he had far more experience than her.

While Emily was busy weighing her options, she heard a gentle male voice coming from behind her. "Miss Bai, what's going on?"

Emily turned around, clearly taken aback. She found Jonas Lin standing not far from her, smiling. He looked dashing in his suit.

She smiled bitterly. "There has been a small misunderstanding."

Jonas Lin calmly strode over. He glanced at the hysterical woman and smiled again at Emily. "It seems that you're in trouble. Do you need my help?"

Emily hesitated upon hearing this.

She had promised Jacob just the previous day never to meet this man in private ever again.

But now, she was facing a work-related problem. This was nothing personal at all, and if this was not resolved immediately, even the HT Group would be affected.