A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 54

"Jack, will you stop following me?" There was nothing Emily could do about Jack.

Jack had been following Emily since she got discharged from the hospital. When she went to the airport, he was there too. Was he planning on staying with her all the time?

"No," Jack refused without any hesitation.

Since neither Jacob nor Mr. Gu was there to keep him on a leash, it was no wonder that Jack was wreaking havoc wherever he wanted.

Frustrated, Emily had lost all her patience with Jack. She turned around and walked away, dragging her luggage behind her.

Jack ran behind her, but within a split second, his facial expression change abruptly," Emily, watch out for that car!"

Startled by Jack's screaming, Emily turned around to see what it was. By the time she saw the car, it was already too late!

Right at that moment, when Emily thought it was all over, someone or something rushed in from behind and pushed her away with a lot of force.

Emily heard a loud "bang" behind her as she fell to the ground. Without a conscious thought, she turned her head, only to find Jack's body lying motionless on the floor in the distance.

"Jack!" Emily screamed out his name and rushed over in a panic.

Surrounded with broken glass, Jack's unconscious body lay upright on the ground, as the blood trickled down from his head.

"Jack, Jack!

Are you okay? Please wake up, Jack!"

Stunned out of her wits, Emily made sure not to move his body without help in order to prevent further damage.

Emily reached for her cellphone and dialled emergency services. Caught up in the frenzy of the moment, Emily completely forgot about the driver of the car.

There was still no response from Jack. Looking at the pool of blood and Jack's lifeless face, Emily wishfully reached out her hand to press his *Ren Zhong acupuncture point, out of desperation.

(*TN: Ren Zhong acupuncture point is one of numerous acupuncture points in human body according to Chinese Traditional Medicine. It is located directly above the upper lip and below the nose. Pressing here could help people recover themselves from shock.)

There's no breathing, movement or any kind of response to touch.

Paralyzed with fear, Emily's body shivered and shrivelled up like she was being electrocuted. Her face began to turn as pale as the moon.

How could that be? Perhaps she was overwhelmed by fear and helplessness.

Biting her lip tightly, Emily reached out again with hope to check Jack's breath. After a few seconds, it seemed like she was finding it difficult to breathe.

Was Jack not breathing? How come?

Sitting on the ground cluelessly and staring at Jack's expressionless face, Emily's heart cried, unwilling to accept what had happened.

After all his betrayal, abuse and insults, she was angry with him and she even hated him to an extent... But she never wished for him to die.

Jack, how could he die like this?

He died saving her...

When Emily touched Jack's face with her trembling fingers, Jack opened his eyes all of a sudden. Emily screamed out loud in relief. She couldn't believe her eyes, as she stuttered," You, you, you..."

"How was I? Am I a good actor?" Jack smiled arrogantly, revealing two rows of white teeth," Eh, why are you crying, Emily?"

Emily had just gotten back to her senses. She raised her hand to touch her face and found out that she was indeed crying. "I..."

"You didn't think I was dead, did you? How silly." Jack sat up and covered the wound on his head with his hand. Seeing Emily like that, made the corners of his mouth point upwards, as he gently said," So, you really do care about me. You just refused to admit the truth... Ouch!"

Before he could finish talking, Emily, with tears still in her eyes, punched him a few times and said angrily," You did it on purpose, didn't you? Do you think that was funny? Jack, you are insane!"

"Okay, okay. I am insane. I'm sorry..." This time Jack was happy to admit his mistake.

Seeing the arrogance in his expression made Emily angrier, as she hit him a couple of times again.

Jack quickly beg for mercy," Emily, please don't. My head hurts. For real!"

Emily immediately stopped to wipe her face," Why don't you just die out of pain?"

When the ambulance finally arrived, Emily watched as Jack was strapped up and carried away on a stretcher. Then she rode on the back of the ambulance with him to the hospital.

Emily wasn't expecting on coming back to the hospital after having been discharged on the same day.

Emily stood outside the emergency room, embarrassed. She wouldn't have been fooled by Jack if she hadn't been too nervous!

Jack, on the other hand, was a happy lad, even though he was in a lot of pain.

Yes. He pretended to be dead on purpose. He wanted to find out how much Emily cared about him, and the result was satisfactory.

Jack's eyes gleamed like bright lights, but the shine wore off very quickly.

Emily was waiting outside, when a doctor came out suddenly and asked her anxiously," Are you the patient's family?"

"I'm not..." But before she could deny it, the doctor interrupted her.

"Your boyfriend has suffered a trauma to the head, which has also caused an internal injury. There is a risk of intracranial hemorrhage. It would be advisable to perform surgery as soon as possible, but the patient is refusing to cooperate..."

Disregarding the issue of their relation, Emily asked in a hurry," Why isn't he cooperating?"

"I'm fine. I just need to be bound up. Why should I have an operation? Don't listen to their nonsense." Jack, who had heard them talking from the inside, yelled out at them.

Emily walked straight in. Annoyed by his immaturity, she almost knocked his head off," What tricks are you playing now?"

Jack looked at her innocently and replied," I'm not playing. I just don't want to entertain their bullshit..."

"Sir, you should think more about your health." The doctor seemed reluctant to hear him out. He had no choice but to say," Miss, please persuade your boyfriend!"

"Jack, it's your body, and you should decide what to do."

Jack shrugged it off and smiled. "I think I'm fine."

Emily slapped him on the shoulder and frowned," You think? A while ago I thought you were dead! Shut up and do as the doctors say! Do you hear me?"

"I'm really fine!"

"It doesn't matter. Just do as the doctors say!"

Jack seemed reluctant at first, but soon agreed," Since you're insisting so much, I will do as you say, but you have to promise me one thing..."

Emily burst into laughter immediately," Do the operation first!"

Jack immediately showed his roguish nature," If you don't promise me, I will not go through the operation!"

"......" Emily stared at him for a few seconds and surrendered," What is it?"

"Can we, make peace?" Jack said with little discretion, and then changed his words immediately when he noticed the change in Emily's facial expression," No. Let's be together again."

"Did you... lie to me on purpose again?"

Emily suddenly remembered how Jack faked his death to win her sympathy earlier, so she assumed that he was trying to trap her again.

Perhaps Jack was taking this opportunity to blackmail her into getting back with him again.

Jack's expression suddenly darkened," If you think so, then so be it."

The doctor urged," Miss, it is not the time to say this right now. You may as well promise him. Every young couples quarrel, but lovers' quarrels are soon mended..."

The nurse standing behind the doctor also nodded," yeah, yeah... "

"I don't think he looks like he's been seriously injured... Are you sure it's not one of his lies again?" Although skeptical, Emily said in a serious tone," Jack, this decision is yours to make, not mine. You should be responsible for yourself. You know that..."