A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Rose sensed a hint of pity and remorse in Jack's eyes. She bit her lip and feigned concern,"Emily, do you think you are the only
one that is hurting? What about Jack? Your betrayal broke his heart into a million pieces because of how much he loved you."
'You are right, ' Emily thought, 'I betrayed Jack. He used to be nice to me, but I cheated on him with another man.'
Encouraged by Rose's words, Jack's facial expression suddenly turned stern and cold,"How dare you say that I have lied to you?
You're the one who was lying to me all this time. Emily, does it feel good to date another man when you are with me?"
'He knows about Jacob then, ' Emily raised her head with no emotional fluctuation in her eyes. Her patience was wearing thin, as
she soon got tired of trying to make Jack understand that he was wrong about her.
None of her explanations were met with any positive reactions.
"You are right," Emily uttered,"but it seems like you have played a better game than me."
Jack was expecting a pitiful explanation from Emily, but he did not expect Emily to own up to her mistakes so easily.
Disappointed by Emily's lack of remorse, he cursed,"You really are a bitch!"
"Oh, are you talking about yourself?" Emily wanted to laugh at Jack's words, but she could not laugh, nor could she express her
feelings at that moment.
"The man who saved me when I was buried under the ruins on the day of the earthquake," Emily asked,"it was not you, right?"
Emily finally dropped the bomb on Jacob. That was her actual purpose of visiting Jack, but she never thought that Jack would
shock her with such a big "surprise".
'It was really thoughtful of Jack, ' Emily thought ironically.
Jack totally blew a gasket, unable to tolerate Emily's arrogance. His face contorted with rage, as he suddenly grabbed Emily's
shoulders so hard that it seemed like he was going to crush her bones,"You are right. I did not save you that day! It was Jacob!
Are you happy now?! You two have been making fun of me from the very beginning!"
Actually, Emily found out about the truth from Sam, but she needed to be absolutely certain, so she needed Jack to admit to his
misdeed.
"Why did you lie to me?"
'Why?

Because I am jealous of Jacob! Because I did not want to accept the truth!
Do you know how hard it was for me to disguise myself in front of you?' Jack cried in his heart.
However, instead of confessing his innermost thoughts to Emily, Jack burst out laughing and arrogantly replied,"Obviously, I lied
to you to earn your trust."
"What about that car accident? Was that also a part of your plan?"
Jack was stunned by her question. As a matter of fact, that day when the car was about to hit Emily, before he could even think,
his body moved on its own to protect Emily from being harmed.
At this point, Rose, who was standing beside Jack and listening to Emily's words silently, felt nothing but guilt, because she was
the driver who intended to knock over Emily that day.
And she was certain that Jack didn't mean what he had said to Emily. Although, he concealed his real emotions, the fact that he
was still in love with Emily was very clear to Rose. "Of course!" said Jack,"Do you know who was driving that car that day? It was
Rose, but she did it under my instructions. I pushed you away in the last minute and got myself injured, just so I could earn your
trust. It was all under my control."
"You betrayed me, and I got even with you. An eye for an eye. By the way, do you really believe that Jacob loves you? Yes, he
may have saved you, but you are only a toy in his eyes."
Rose was moved by Jack's words, because she didn't expect that Jack would take the blame for her.
Emily suddenly remembered how agitated she was when she learned that Jack was having an affair with another woman.
Ironically, at this moment, she felt completely apathetic, even though one could assume from her exhausted face that she must
have broken her heart.
"Well, I see," said Emily.
'This is ridiculous, ' she thought, 'Jack had an affair with another woman at first, and now I am to blame for everything.'
Emily dreamt of marrying Jack and spending the rest of their lives growing old together, but now reality had beaten her
imaginations.

She should have never gotten back with Jack. Nothing in their relationship was real, except for the ridiculous, pitiable lies and
betrayals.
"Jack," Emily took a deep breath, stared at Jack's eyes and word by word uttered a sentence that was as hard as a heavy rock
slamming into Jack's heart,"We are done."
Emily gently covered her swollen left cheek, turned her back and walked away without taking another look at Jack and Rose.
'It's all over. They have nothing to do with me from now on.'
"Jack, we are done." Emily was long gone, but her hoarse voice was still echoing in Jack's mind.
Jack felt broken, as if his heart was shattered into tiny little pieces, robbed of the tape and glue necessary to put his soul back
together.
...
Meanwhile, Emily did not shed a single tear. She just hailed a taxi and left Theodore Villa.
When she was halfway home, her phone rang. She took the phone out of her bag and saw Jacob's name popping on the screen.
She paused to think for a second and then pressed the "decline" button.
A few seconds later, the phone rang again.
Just when Emily was about to decline it again, she saw a different name on the screen—"Rita He". She quickly answered the
call.
"Hi, Emily. I'm back home in China."
"Rita?" Emily asked with joy in her voice,"Where are you now? I can come and pick you up."
It was such shame that Emily had become estranged from Rita because of Rose's slanderous statements. After Rita went
abroad, Emily hadn't been in touch with her ever since.
So when Emily received the call from Rita, she was beyond ecstatic.
Rita's voice resonated from the other end of the line again,"Emily, I am now at the Jingshi City Airport, can you come and pick
me up?"

"Of course, just wait for me. I will be there soon."
Emily quickly asked the driver to drive her to the airport. She didn't want to meet Rita like that, so she dabbed some power buff
over her face and forced herself to smile in the mirror.
Jingshi City Airport.
Emily caught sight of Rita as soon as she arrived at the airport. With short hair, a delicate face and a blackish green coat, Rita
attracted a lot of attention from the bystanders.
"Emily!" Rita cried out, waving her hand at Emily.
Emily ran to Rita and hugged Rita tightly,"It's nice to see you again."
Rita embraced Emily back and replied,"You too!"
Words weren't necessary to express their joy!
Since Rita had just come back from abroad, Emily decided to take her out for dinner. However, to Emily's surprise, Rita had other
plans as she suggested that they go to a bar for a few drinks.
Emily gladly agreed. She didn't know what Rita had been through in a foreign country, but she sensed that Rita was also
preoccupied by something and wanted to drink her sorrows away. Besides, they could take care of each other if one of them got
drunk.
'There will never be anything like that one-night stand, ' Emily thought.
At the bar, Emily tried to keep her drinks to a minimum so that if Rita got drunk, she would be able to take Rita home. Ironically,
Emily was the first one to get drunk.
Rita exuded a sense of solitude, as she watched the people on the dance floor. "We should enjoy life while we can."
Caught in the spirit of the occasion, Emily was completely drunk and lost in her own world, reminiscing about her horrible day.
"Rita, I feel bad, like very bad."
"You should not drink too much," said Rita, as she grabbed Emily's glass away from her, but Emily quickly took it back.

With the glass in her hand, Emily giggled, but then her eyes welled up with tears.
"I have been such a fool."