A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 35 Pepper Spray

Jack looked back at Emily, who was just looking at him, puzzled. Obviously she heard what Sam had said.

Jack feigned apathy, but his heart was screaming out in anguish, hoping Emily would say something to make him stay...

As long as Emily sincerely begged him to stay, he would stay. Even it would displease Jacob.

Emily stared at Jack, and slowly opened her mouth to say something as if she had heard the calling of Jack's heart.

"Go away."

Jack was dumbfounded; his heart was broken. "Emily..."

"Mr. Jack, time is running out."

Sam reminded him from the side.

"I know. You don't have to keep saying it!"

Frustrated at Emily's reluctance to hear him out, Jack was so irritated that he stormed out of the ward and yelled, "Go!"

Sam nodded, closed the door for Emily, and followed Jack.

Meanwhile, Jacob was sitting at the table, in the VIP room of the hospital. With his hands crossed, he observed Emily in the monitor. His eyes were as dark as midnight sky.

After a while, he opened his laptop and began to work on tomorrow's official duties. Occasionally he would look at the monitor to check up on Emily.

Several hours later, Jacob's cell phone rang. It was Sam.

"Mr. Jacob, Mr. Jack was caught in a car accident on his way to the airport."

"Who was the driver?"

Sam paused and stuttered. "It's Mr. Jack."

Jacob sneered, "Intentionally?"

Sam did not respond directly. He only said, "I have checked the car, but I couldn't find any problems with it. Mr. Jack's explanation was that he got distracted while driving."

"Where is he now?"

"The nearest hospital to the airport. He suffered an injury to his arm, but nothing serious."

"Let him stay where he is."

Jacob hung up the phone. The disappointment in his face was clearly visible.

So, Jack was playing tricks with him.

Now that Jack was injured, Jacob would not be able to send him to the branch in M Country at the moment. Even if Jacob insisted on it, the master of the house, his grandfather would not agree.

Early next morning, Jacob still arrived at the company on time even though he did not sleep all night.

Sam was also on time. When he entered the office, he reported to Jacob right away. "Mr. Jacob, Mr. Jack has asked to be transferred to the hospital where Miss Emily is. He also wants to be in the ward next to hers."

"Not gonna happen."

Jacob did not lift his head, his eyes were still on the paper, reading.

"However, Mr. Jack went against my advice and transferred himself to the hospital without doctor's permission."

Jacob finally lifted his head and glanced at Sam coldly.

Distressed, Sam quickly added, "But Miss Emily has left the hospital early in the morning. She has already gone to work."

Jacob lowered his eyes again and then signed his name on the document. He gently said, "You can not even give me report clearly. Your two week's salary will be deducted on your next pay-check."

"Yes, Mr. Jacob."

Sam went out of the office with a disheartened face.

……

In the hospital, Jack was depressed because he found out that he had failed to get what he wanted.

'Emily, you are a horrible woman! Do you know how much I've had to sacrifice for you?'

If he had not been in a car accident, he would have been on the flight to M Country right now!

What about her?

Emily just left him like this?

While he was lost in his thoughts, the sound of footsteps from outside the ward, brought him back to reality.

Suddenly Jack's face brightened. He thought that Emily might feel guilty and came back for him. When he was thinking about it, the door was pushed open.

"Jack, I heard that you were in a car accident. Why are you so careless?"

Rose frowned and moaned with concern, "Where does it hurt?"

"Just a little injury to the arm."

There was a hint of disappointment in Jack's eyes, but it quickly passed. His tone did not sound welcoming when he said, "You are really well-informed."

"That is because I care about you so much."

Rose did not care about his nasty attitude. Instead, she sat by the bed and looked at his injury carefully. "Does it hurt?"

"No."

"Jack, promise me..."

Rose gently held his hand and said, "In the future, you will always be careful and mindful of yourself."

The sense of concern and warmth in Rose's voice, gave Jack the relief he needed. He held her into his arms. "I'm fine. You are so gentle and considerate, unlike Emily..."

"Emily? What does she have to do with this?"

Rose astutely captured the word and pretended to ask in a casual way.

Jack did not intend to tell her everything. He ran his fingers down her long hair and replied, "Nothing."

Rose lowered her head gently, as her long eye-lashes concealed her vicious emotions from Jack.

Emily?

Just now she happened to meet Emily at the hospital gate. Although it was inevitably a small confrontation, she just wanted to mislead Emily into thinking that Jack was responsible for everything that happened last night.

Rose understood that Emily might not completely believe her, but once the seeds of doubt were planted, they would take root and sprout. In the future, it would be rather difficult to pull them out.

Emily didn't tell anyone about what happened to her. She just stressed the fact that female employees should not work too late, and it was best to go out in a groups during late hours.

As for herself, she had become a little more sensible and cautious. For the sake of her own safety, she no longer worked overtime and her bag was equipped with several bottles of pepper spray. Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

Another day after work, Emily went out of the company alone, and walked to the subway station. After that night, she did not want to take a taxi anymore. She figured that a subway filled with people could give her more security.

However, much to her disappointment, Emily noticed that she was being followed again.

What was it about her that attracted the bad guys?

There was no one around. Emily secretly took out the pepper spray from the bag and held it tightly in her hand. She listened to the footsteps behind her, and counted in her heart.

'One...Two...Three……'

"Zzzzzz--" Emily turned around almost instantaneously and used the pepper spray. Amidst the white mist, she faintly saw a tall man who had somehow evaded her spray attack.

Following her in such a furtive manner, he must not be a good person!

Emily didn't let her guard down. When she used the pepper spray again, a gust of wind came in and blew the toxic chemicals from the spray into her eyes.

"Ouch……" Suddenly, she was overwhelmed by excruciating pain that was burning her eyes out. Soon, the tears from her eyes flowed down her face like a waterfall.

'It's all over.' This time she really shot herself in the foot. She used it for the first time and ended up using it on herself!

Panic-stricken, Emily tried to make a run for it, when suddenly someone caught her hand. She cried out helplessly, "Don't touch me! Go away!"

The man forcibly drew her away and forced her to sit on a step. Emily then heard his gentle voice again, "Don't move. Don't wander around."

The voice was very low, but it was also kind of familiar. This put Emily's mind to ease. She asked, "Who are you? What do you want from me?"

No one responded to her words. Soon, she realized that the man had disappeared. However, half a minute later, he was back with a bottle of mineral water in his hand, "Lower your head a little."