A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Anne was taken aback by the coldness in Victor's eyes. Her eyes shifted to the side and became glazed with a glassy layer of tears. As she blinked, they dripped from her eyelids and slid down her cheeks.

"Anne..." Flustered, Victor murmured, seeing the tears on her face. The usual coldness on his expression was replaced by a sense of helplessness so quickly as if Anne had unknowingly flicked a switch in Victor's heart.

"You're very mean," said Anne, feeling wronged. Her eyes and the tip of her nose reddened with shame as she lowered her head and continued crying, like a weak little kid that had been bullied at school.

"I'm sorry," Victor apologized immediately. The sight of Anne breaking down into tears broke Victor's icy heart to pieces. It didn't matter to him whether he was right or wrong anymore. The next second he pulled her into his arms and said,"I shouldn't have said that. I am sorry. It was my fault. Please, don't cry."

'How could I forget that she's not strong enough to handle harsh words? And she's not strong enough to bear such behavior from me, ' he thought.

Resting her head on his chest, Anne grasped this opportunity and said,"I want some strawberry cakes."

Victor's attitude softened as he said,"Okay, I'll get you some, later."

"I want two," she insisted.

"No..." answered Victor.

Anne sniffled into his sleeves and began crying again at Victor's words.

"Well, all right, as you wish," agreed Victor. He thought it was more important to calm her down first, so he promised without delay.

Having achieved her goals, Anne wiped the tears off her face at once. Her tear smudged face made her look like a tender kitten.

"..." Meanwhile, Emily watched and listened to the two of them compassionately, as they argued and then made up within minutes.

Finally, turning his attention to Emily, Victor sneered and said,"Emily, you've tried countless times to escape, but you've failed every time. I think you should give up on trying."

Emily frowned, and asked gloomily,"Did you install a signal jammer on me?"

"Yes. I won't let you escape. The whole region is under my control, so I suggest you stop wasting efforts on trying to contact Jacob. Guards, take her away,"

as he picked Anne up in his arms and walked

lip and followed Victor silently, desperate and

sent Anne to doctors for a complete check-up. When a doctor told Victor that Anne was

night Emily caught a high fever. Perhaps it was because she was exposed to the cold wind, after she gave her

blessing in disguise for Emily to

was unwell, the surgery had to be delayed. 'The later,

...

City,

In her absence, Jacob's whole world was in shambles. He had scoured the entirety of Z Country, but there was no sign of Emily. How could a human being disappear from the face of the

intimidation. He was like an atomic bomb with a short fuse, that could explode given the

they knew that, Jacob was only being polite to them because of Emily. And after Emily went missing, Jacob stopped disguising his resentment for the

disappearance worried Debby. Although Emily was not her biological daughter, Debby still had a soft spot for Emily since she was the one who

Tina, who had a deep affection for Jacob, Debby would be haunted by the crazy thought that it might

by the mere presence of Debby and Andrew, ever since he found that the couple didn't care about their daughter, Emily.

just pretending to

the couple because the

countless days of waiting, Jacob raised his hand all of a sudden and smashed the expensive

porcelain pieces on the ground, Jacob's eyes were full of gloom. He felt anxious at every waking moment as if he

'Emily, Emily, Emily...'

hell are

in the torrid vortex of

phone, which was the only thing on the desk that hadn't been destroyed by Jacob, rang. However, the shrilling ringing, which sounded sweet before, made

came to him from the other end of the phone; Jacob hadn't heard from

is

David was mocking him. He coldly replied,"If you called me for this. You'd better shut up and hang up the phone. And while you're at it, why don't you try looking for your own wife and child first,

You are right! Do you really think I didn't know that it was you and

don't have time for this! Fuck off!" Jacob