A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 1461 Create A Disturbance

"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. Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.

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.

Emily wanted to walk over, but she hesitated, remembering how she had been set up before.

"Who's in charge here? I want to see your superior! Can anybody fix this? Is this how you treat your clients?

You've gone too far!" the woman yelled at the staff. She wanted to talk to someone in Emily's position.

After a while, Emily rubbed her temples, attempting to avoid the headache she knew was coming. As calmly as possible, she walked over to them. She didn't get too close to the woman this time. Frowning, she asked, "What happened?"

The woman's eyes were red with tears. Upon seeing Emily, she came to her senses and asked, "Are you Emily?"

The latter nodded with hesitation. That did it. The woman swiftly stood up and charged toward Emily. If several staff members hadn't intervened, she would have immediately gotten to Emily.

Emily was shocked. She wondered if the woman was here to somehow pull her into yet another mess.

The woman fell onto the floor. All the while, she did nothing but scream. "My daughter was kicked out of the hospital because of you. I want an explanation!"

At this point, Emily remained confused. She had no idea what had happened. Seeing that the woman had been making trouble for a while now, she had to turn to the staff for some clarification.

"What happened?" she asked them.

After a short discussion, everything became clear.

It turned out that Emily's foundation had helped a depressed girl some time ago. She was only eighteen and had been raised in poverty by a single mother. Her parents had divorced ten years prior. Because of the girl's background, the foundation had regularly transferred a large amount of money to her account every month for her check-ups and medication.

There had been no issues during the first two months, but during the third month, the girl had said that she would no longer receive treatment. She had then voluntarily severed her ties with the hospital.

All of a sudden, the girl's father could no longer be contacted. His phone number was now out of service. It was then that the girl's mother had marched to the foundation and accused them of not sending the girl's money on time, causing her treatment to stop.

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.