A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Emily raised her head to follow the voice, but as soon as she saw who was standing by the door, her facial expression hardened.
It was Jack.
Although his head was wrapped with white bandages, his radiant face remained unaffected. He grinned slyly, causing the nurse
standing in the corner to blush timidly.
"Emily, are you looking for me?"
With a flicker of disappointment in her eyes, Emily replied,"No."
"No? Is that all you want to say to the person who saved your life?"
The lack of enthusiasm on Emily's face dimmed Jack's mood. He waved at the nurse to leave them alone. Soon, it was just the
two of them in that big ward.
"What do you mean?" Emily was alarmed by what Jack had just said. What was he trying to say?
"You have been in a coma for the past two days. Don't you remember how well you treated me when we were both buried under
the ruins?"
Jack said, as he glared into Emily's face with dark, resentful eyes, angered by the change in her facial expression.
Nonplussed, Emily stared at Jack in disbelief, and said,"You mean you were the one buried with me under the ruins?" 'That can't
be true!' she thought. "I...I was with..."
'I was with Jacob, ' she knew it in her heart.
"Yes, you were with me. Don't you remember being with me all those days? Who else did you think I was?" Jack's gaze
captivated Emily. Recalling the scenes of the day Emily got rescued, he wanted to burst out raging, but somehow he managed to
keep himself calm.
What did he see on that day?
He saw Jacob and Emily buried close to each other under the rubble. When the two were rescued, they were found in each
other's arms, unconscious. From a bystander's point of view, it seemed like they were a loving couple who could not bear to be
apart, even under such dire circumstances.

Jack suddenly understood everything after seeing them like that.
Shocked at what he had witnessed, he was churned by the anger deeply within him and was hungry for destruction.
Overwhelmed by confusion, he struggled to bare the pressure of the raging sea of hatred in his heart.
He laughed at himself for having been played like a fiddle, since the very beginning. But who would have thought that a man like
Jacob would have anything to do with Emily?
Never in a hundred years could Jack have expected Emily to have an affair with Jacob!
Jacob was the main architect behind everything all along. Jacob wanted to transfer Jack to a different city; he sided with Victor
and invested in the LA Jewelry Company. He did all those things for Emily!
While he kept Jack in the dark, and played him for a fool!
Drunk with hatred, Jack had half a mind to kill both Emily and Jacob before they returned to consciousness!However, he put his
malicious thoughts to rest. On one hand, he still loved Emily, and on the other, he did not want Jacob's punishment to be so
quick!
"I do not know,"
Answered Emily. She could feel her heart beat faster, nervous and guilt-ridden.
Jack collected his thoughts and took a deep breath,"Are you refusing to accept the fact since you are safe now? Well? Since
you've drunk my blood, you are mine now."
Emily suddenly raised her head, when she remembered that the man in the debris had said the exact same thing to her...
'So it really was Jack?'
Emily tried to remember everything she could about the man, but he never said anything about himself to her. Confused, Emily
did not linger on her doubts for long, instead, she just assumed it was Jacob based on intuition.
Jack was cleverly trying to throw her off her previous assumptions. She was beginning to doubt everything she knew because of
what Jack was saying. She wasn't sure whether it was Jack or Jacob anymore.
Suddenly, a question popped up in her mind,"What about your throat?"

A devious glint flashed in Jack's eyes, as he raised his hand and rubbed his throat to lower his voice,"I took some medications."
In Emily's memory, the voice of that man was also hoarse. Thus, she couldn't tell whether Jack was speaking the truth or not.
She observed him suspiciously, and when she saw the bandages around Jack's wrist, she changed her impressions of him
again.
Jack, who was trying hard just to remain calm, was not sure whether he had succeeded in planting the seeds of doubt in Emily's
mind or not.
The injury on his arm was real, but he got it in a car accident when he was driving to Yunshi City in a hurry after he had heard the
news about the earthquake.
The wound on his wrist, however, was a complete sham. Jack came up with this idea when he saw the wound on Jacob's wrist.
As a matter of fact, Jack, too, was surprised by Jacob's wound. Why would Jacob save Emily by sustaining her life with his
blood?
It could only mean that Jacob really cared about Emily!
Just the mere thought of the idea sickened Jack. He had made up his mind to get Jacob as far away from Emily as he could!
"So... are you feeling better now?"
Emily asked furtively. Immediately, Jack realized that he had already won the first half. "I suffered internal bleeding and a heavy
loss of blood, but I am all well now. Don't worry," he replied.
In truth, everything coming out of Jack's mouth was a lie. He was just replicating Jacob's injuries. However, Jacob's actual
injuries were far more serious than what Jack had described. Mr. Gu, Jacob's foster father, had to send a helicopter to take
Jacob back to Jinshi City for better treatment.
When Emily heard the words "heavy loss of blood", although she was unsure, she felt guilty from the bottom of her heart,"I'm
sorry..."
Jack concealed his real smile,"You don't have to say sorry."
Emily still had doubts in her mind, because she imagined that the man with her in the ruins had to have been in a critical
condition, whereas, Jack, looked well to her.

Then she realized that if the mystery man really was Jacob, then Jack would have found out about them by now. And if Jack had
known about them, he wouldn't have been so calm as he was then.
Moreover, Emily had believed that the man who kissed and hugged her in the debris must be Jacob. But what about Jack? He
might do those intimate things to her, too.
'Maybe I really mistook Jack for Jacob?' Emily doubted.
"What brings you here?"
"Jacob dispatched me to another city to deal with the business of a branch company. But I have been concerned about you. The
moment I heard the news about the earthquake, I drove here in a hurry." Jack said without batting an eye. While in fact, only the
first half of his explanation was true, and the next half was all but a lie made up deliberately by him. "Jacob is still handling
business overseas; otherwise, I wouldn't have had the chance to come see you."
"Jacob is abroad?"
"Yes. What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Emily realized that she was giving away too much with her expression, so she quickly cover it up. The suspicion in her
mind gradually disappeared, 'Jack, why...
Why did you save me? If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten injured, let alone suffering under those ruins for days..."
As a victim of the earthquake, she obviously understood the despair and pain in such a desperate situation, although, she'd
rather not recall the memory of her traumatic experience.
"My silly girl," Jack felt relieved secretly. Emily was so gullible that she believed Jack's words. "I am willing to do anything for
you."
His words made Emily choke up in tears. It took a while before she finally was able to speak up,"Jack, thank you, I..."
Jack took Emily's tender hand gently and said,"You know, an apology is not what I want."
"I'm sorry, I......"

Jack's grip on Emily's hand tightened. Having almost run out of patience, he wanted to ask her directly whether she had rejected
him again and again in the past because of Jacob!
Emily, however, failed to notice his gloomy face, as Jack's grip was starting to hurt her arm. She cried out in pain,"You're hurting
me..."
Jack instantly collected his thoughts, let go off her hand and forced himself to be more tender,"Sorry, please take as much time
as you need, and I will wait for your answer, okay?"
Emily remained silent.
Jack did not force Emily to give him an answer at once. When he stepped out of the ward, his face suddenly turned dark, as the
hatred in his eyes reappeared, like there was a bigger storm brewing on the horizon.