A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

After everything Jacob had said, Darren was just an inch away from completely losing his temper. But the thought that Bonnie
was suffering entirely because of him forced him to control his anger. With that said, Darren clenched both of his fists under the
table and tried his best to calm himself down.
“I swear I won't take revenge on the Gu Family. From now on, the Xu Family and the Gu Family will not meddle in each other's
affairs anymore.“ Taking Darren's whole life into consideration, this was his biggest admittance of defeat. Even though he wanted
to tear Jacob into pieces with his own hands, he had to give up this fight for Bonnie's sake.
Unfortunately, Jacob had very little reason to believe in Darren's promise. As his rival, he couldn't believe a single word that
came out of his mouth. 'Did Darren ever think of letting me go when he set me up? How could he ask me to be so kind now?'
Jacob thought.
“Mr. Xu, do you really think I'll let you off that easily? Everyone in the business world knows what kind of man I am. I am a bully
who will always seek revenge even for the smallest grievance. Anyone who offends me can be sure that I'll get them back. The
fact that you want me to forget everything that you've done to me and live the rest of our lives as if we've never known each
other makes you a truly naive man. Since I've known you, I've never feared going up against you.“
Jacob stood his ground. He made it very clear that he would never hand over Bonnie to Darren.
At that moment, Darren felt utterly humiliated. He lowered his head in embarrassment, something he had never done since he
was a child. Jacob's words made him truly feel like he was a man incapable of anything.
Darren finally understood why Jacob had agreed to meet him. From the very start, there were no deals to be made. He was only
there to add insult to injury and stomp on a man who was already on the ground.
With this realization, Darren finally snapped. He rushed over to Jacob and punched him right in the face.
Jacob was stunned and unable to dodge. He hadn't expected that Darren would act this way. But Jacob wasn't a man who would
back down from a fight. In a blink of an eye, he got back up and started throwing punches of his own.
The two of them were the greatest businessmen in the city, but they fought like professional boxers.
Punches were thrown back and forth, leaving no room for each other to catch their breath. After a while, Jacob had the upper
hand. With his last punch, Darren was knocked down to the ground.

Jacob suffered a few bruises on his face and body. On the other hand, Darren looked like he'd been beaten up by more than a
dozen men.
Knowing he had already won, Jacob picked up his coat and turned around to leave. But before doing so, he looked straight into
Darren's eyes.
Then, he uttered the most cold-hearted words a man could ever hear.
“It's quite unfortunate that Bonnie chose such a weak man as a lover.“
After that, Jacob strode away without looking back.
Darren couldn't get up no matter how hard he tried. In his mind, Jacob's words were absolutely right. He was a useless man who
couldn't even protect the woman he loved.
“Ahhhhh! Oh my God! What happened here?“
A shrill scream suddenly came from a waitress when she peered throw the window of the private lounge.
Realizing that the restaurant staff was about to come, Darren slowly crawled to a chair to sit on.
Since a single bottle of red wine was the only thing on their table, the restaurant staff worked quickly to serve their food.
Unfortunately, the fight was already over and the whole place was in shambles before they could arrive.
Standing outside the private room and seeing the mess inside, the staff were hesitant whether they should go in or not.
Nobody knew how it had happened and why the guest inside was badly bruised.
Mustering up the last of his remaining strength, Darren shouted at Harlan, who was standing outside. “Harlan, go pay the bill. I
need to go home.“
Without wasting another second, Darren stood up and walked out of the restaurant. While driving home, sadness suddenly
overcame him. He couldn't face the fact that he wouldn't see Bonnie there.
When everything was settled in the restaurant, Harlan rushed to the manor as well.
As soon as Darren arrived at the manor, the image of Bonnie's smiling face filled his mind. Every nook and cranny of that house
was filled with good memories with her.

When he realized that he was no longer going to be able to make happy memories with his loved one, rage started to cloud his
mind. Jacob's mockery and his own incompetence kept flashing through his eyes.
Darren felt like a knife went straight through his heart. And the only way to ease that pain was to smash everything in sight.
With sounds of glass breaking, every servant in the manor was filled with fright. No one dared to step forward to stop Darren.
Everyone feared that they would get hurt if they did so.
Harlan arrived at the manor a few minutes later. When he opened the door, a terrifying image greeted him. Almost everything
was thrown to the ground and shattered into pieces. It was like the house had been ransacked by a group of thieves.
Suddenly, Harlan heard more things breaking upstairs. Without hesitation, he ran as fast as he could to check it out.
When he arrived, he saw his boss holding up a blue and white porcelain vase that cost eight hundred thousand dollars.
He hurried forward and grabbed Darren's hand. “Mr. Xu, don't break that. That's Miss Sun's favorite blue and white porcelain
vase. If you break it, what will you tell her when she comes back?“
Harlan's words were all made up in an attempt to stop Darren. He believed that the name “Bonnie“ would bring his boss back to
his senses.
To his surprise, it actually worked. Darren stopped his destructive rampage and turned to the servants outside the room. With a
meek voice, he asked, “Is what he said true? Is this really Bonnie's favorite one?“
Harlan quickly winked at the servants, signaling them to say yes. One of them understood what he meant and boldly came
forward to answer Darren's question.
“Yes, that one is Miss Sun's favorite.“
Their wishes were granted and Darren finally regained his sanity. He gently held the vase with both hands and carefully placed it
on a table.
“Store everything in this room, especially this blue and white porcelain vase. Keep it safe.“ Darren was completely back to
normal again, as if the anger and pain he had shown just now had never happened.
That being said, the servants were still so scared that they couldn't utter a single word.
“Harlan, come with me.“

Darren calmly uttered while walking towards the study room. Harlan quickly followed.
When the two men left, the servants breathed a sigh of relief and began to clean everything that Darren had destroyed.
Meanwhile, Jacob arrived home and also went straight to his own study room. He had a pretty obvious bruise on his face, and he
was afraid that Emily would ask him about it. His plan to avoid that was to pretend to be busy with work all night and only go to
bed when she was asleep.
Unfortunately for Jacob, Emily was a keen woman. It didn't take her much time to find out that he was injured.
“How did you get hurt? And why did you hide it from me?“ Even though Emily was a little upset about Jacob keeping a secret
from her, she still deeply cared for him.
While she was waiting for his response, she applied some medicine on his face.
Jacob cleared his throat and replied, “I didn't want you to worry, so I didn't tell you. And besides, it isn't that big of a deal. It's just
a small bruise.“
Emily rolled her eyes at him and replied, “No matter how small, pain is still pain. So how did you get this wound?“
Jacob thought for a while about whether he should tell her the truth or not. A few minutes later, he finally replied, “There's this
random guy that I offended long ago. He came today and punched me once when I was in the parking lot. It didn't end well for
him because he was no match for me.“
Jacob decided it was better to hide the truth from Emily. He knew she would get mad since she was good friends with Bonnie.
“Well, you should hire two more bodyguards to protect you. Although you're a good fighter, you should prioritize your safety.
Especially since you have a wife and two children waiting for you to come home.“ Emily had very little reason to doubt Jacob at
that moment, so she easily believed him.
After all, given how famous the Gu Family was, it was inevitable for them to have enemies. Jacob's words sounded quite
reasonable.
When Emily was done tending to Jacob's injury, the two of them kissed each other good night and headed to bed.
The next day, Darren went to the police station early in the morning. He decided that the best thing he could do was to just turn
himself in.

While he was walking inside, his face showed the despair he felt inside his heart.
Even after thinking all night about ways to save Bonnie, he couldn't find a way to do so. He couldn't bear to see her suffer
anymore and decided he had to do something to set her free.
Promising himself to never let that woman suffer because of him, he willingly decided to turn himself in.