A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 149 I Feel Safe With You

Blushing in considerable embrassment after listening to the nurse's explanation, Emily offered profuse apologies,"I'm so sorry. I didn't know that."

Soon, after the nurse left, Emily was left alone in the room with Jack. To her surprise, when she was staring at Jack, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked back into Emily's eyes.

"I didn't know that you were so concerned about me, Emily," he said. With a smile in his soft, appealing eyes, he continued,"I'm so glad you came to visit me."

After gawking at him for a moment, Emily gave Jack a bleak look as if she had recalled some bad memories, and said,"I don't have any concern for you.

I just want to check whether you are dead or not."

Right after she had said that, regret filled her face as she feared that her words may have been too harsh on Jack, who was a seriously injured patient.

"You're lying. I heard how you cried to that nurse just now," Jack said, grinning from ear to ear. He continued,"You care a lot about me. You've got to admit it."

"I thought you were in coma!" she exclaimed.

Flustered, Jack explained without hesitation,"No. I came to myself long before you came. I was just sleeping, and I woke up when I heard the noise."

"Then why didn't you open your eyes?"

"I was afraid to put you in a more awkward situation," he replied.

'You are right. That was a very awkward moment, ' Emily thought ironically.

She blushed with embarrassment after she remembered what she did to the nurse. Unexpectedly, Emily lost her temper, stood up and said,"Thank you for saving me. Since you're alive and well, I must go now."

She turned her back to Jack, but failed to take a step towards the door because Jack had grabbed her arm. He pleaded,"Emily, could you stay here with me for just a few more minutes?"

Emily stood there frozen on her path, before she managed to turn around to look back at Jack. At a loss for words, she just stared at him silently.

"I have had a taste of my own medicine. Is that not enough to satisfy your anger? Since we narrowly escaped with our lives yesterday, do you think you can give me another chance so that we can start again?"

Emily looked directly into Jack's eyes and took a deep breath to prevent herself from being unstable,"So? You want to force me to make up with you because you saved me?"

"That's not what I meant..." he replied.

"I'm glad to hear that's not what you meant, Jack. I am grateful that you saved me, but it doesn't mean that I will forgive you," asserted Emily. Emily drew her hand back from Jack's hands, pretending to show no emotion, and said,"I hope you won't do anything as stupid as you did that day for me."

"Emily, I love you so much..."

"No, you don't." To Jack's surprise, Emily was beyond calm at that moment. "If you had loved me, you would not have done anything to hurt me. You're just feeling upset because you can't accept the truth that I am with Jacob now.

I'll bet that, if I had cried myself a river all day after you cheated on me, you wouldn't even bother to look at me. Now you just don't want to admit that you have been defeated by Jacob."

Jack's face turned pale at Emily's words. He wanted to explain and prove to her that she had the wrong impression about him, but at that moment, he could not find the right words to express himself.

'If that were true, I would not have saved her, risking my own life, ' Jack thought. Deep down he knew clearly how he felt about her, but unfortunately, getting Emily to believe him was another case.

'Because I was a liar who did countless bad things to her. I hurt her so badly that she would never believe me again.'

Emily bit her lips, and turned round again to leave. This time, what caught her by surprise was a familiar looking man standing at the door. From the man's expressionless face, it was hard to determine whether he was angry or not.

With her heart pounding, Emily stuttered, guilt-ridden,"Ja...Jacob..."

"You should not be here," Jacob said, in a mild voice.

"I was just here to check up on Jack," she replied meekly. Emily snuck into the villa because she knew that Jacob would not be pleased if he found out that she wanted to visit Jack. She realized that getting caught by Jacob red-handed was worse than asking for his permission. 'How long has he been standing there at the door? I hope he doesn't take it the wrong way and get mad at me.'

Emily felt uneasy just thinking about it. Jacob, surprisingly, didn't show any signs of anger. Instead, he calmly said,"So are you leaving now?"

"Yes," Emily nodded honestly and walked towards Jacob.

With his long, slender legs Jacob strode towards her and lifted her to his chest. "Your wounds haven't healed up yet. You need to get more rest," he said, lovingly.

Emily put her arms around Jacob's neck and said in a low voice,"Okay."

Meanwhile, Jack, who was just a forgotten bystander, felt like someone had stabbed him in the heart with a dagger. He laid there, silently and helplessly, watching Emily in Jacob's arms.

All he could feel was jealousy, hatred and contempt.

Jacob walked out of the villa, with Emily in his arms. When the two guards at the gate nodded to him, he suddenly asked Emily,"When did you learn to threaten my guards? 'Taking advantage of you', huh?"

Ashamed, Emily turned her face away but could not withhold a short peek at Jacob's expression. When she found that there was no expression on his face, she became alerted. "Are you angry at me?" she asked.

"No," Jacob opened his thin lips and answered.

'Actually, yes, ' he thought to himself.

"You're lying!" Emily exclaimed. She seemed to have seen right through him, as she continued,"You are angry!"

Emily knew that Jacob would not let something like that slide so easily.

"Yes, I am," Jacob admitted, shortly after. He fixated his deep eyes on Emily as he said,"I am angry with myself, because I could not protect you when you were in danger."

'If I had kept Emily by my side, this would not have happened to her, ' he thought.

Pausing for a moment, Emily felt a tinge of warmth in her heart, all of a sudden; she comforted,"Don't blame yourself. Look, I'm all right now."

"Thank God..." he murmured, and he finished the rest in his mind, 'Thank God, you're all right.'

Seeing the love for her in Jacob's eyes, Emily put her arms around his neck. She reached to his lips and kissed him softly before pulling herself away. "It's okay. I can protect myself," she whispered.

Emily's words seemed to work like magic, turning Jacob's self-hatred into passion as he leaned over to kiss her. She quickly covered her mouth to stop him from doing so.

"You naughty little girl. I'll have my chance when we get back home," he said.

"Mr. Jacob," Sam unintentionally interrupted their intimate moment as he popped out of nowhere, and continued,"Everything was done as you had ordered."

Jacob nodded, with no expression in his face, and replied,"I see. Well done."

Sam quickly nodded back at Jacob and left without giving second glance at Jacob and Emily. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Emily, who had buried her head in Jacob's chest, could not contain her curiosity as she overheard Jacob and Sam speaking in riddles. "What were you talking about? Can you tell me?" she asked.

"Nothing to trouble you with," Jacob answered seriously, as he continued,"Just about that accident. They caught that bear and found out who was behind this all along."

When Emily heard this news, she held onto Jacob tightly and pressed her face to his chest. Jacob's fast paced heartbeat made her feel calm and secure. Then she said,"I see. You know what? I feel safe with you by my side."

Love and compassion appeared in Jacob's eyes, as he said,"I know."

In truth, he had kept some secrets from Emily. For instance, how Lynn, who planned on harming Emily, met her miserable end.

Jacob asked several men to drag Lynn to the same river where the accident took place and forced her to experience what Emily had experienced. As to whether Lynn could survive from that terrible ordeal, Jacob didn't care about it at all.

Moreover, Sheila's face was still swollen like a tomato from the slap her face had received from Jacob. The next day she was fired from the company, without even a proper excuse.

However, Jacob firmly believed that, it was unnecessary to tell Emily the truth in case she became sympathetic and guilt-ridden.