A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 114

"Jacob, how dare she mock me!" Tina complained. Tina wanted so bad to split up Jacob and Emily, especially after seeing them being intimate in front of her.

Jacob didn't even look at Tina, as he said,"I like to hear her laughing. Emily, please laugh more for me."

Emily looked back at Jacob and laughed obediently,"Hahaha..."

Tina had reached the breaking point of her patience. You could see the anger first in her eyes, then a tension of her muscles, and the inability to think clearly soon followed. She tried hard to fight against the urge of flipping the table in their faces. She was so overwhelmed with anger that she lost her appetite.

She glared at Emily angrily, as her fingers curled into a fist. She could see Emily's neck snapping in her mind and it felt good.

Oddly enough, even though Tina was drunk with rage, she did not walk away. Instead, she forced herself to suppress the anger and sat still.

However, neither Jacob nor Emily gave her any attention, as they merrily carried on with their lunch. Occasionally, Jacob would feed Emily with his own spoon.

Tina wasn't sure whether she was more jealous or angry at Emily, as she looked at her scornfully and said,"Emily, you don't look like you've used to eating western-style cuisines, right?"

Emily froze and dreaded what was about to come out of Tina's mouth.

"When eating a steak, you need to hold the end of your knife and fork and put the forefinger on the handle. You need to hold the meat in one place with your fork, cut a mouthful of meat with the knife, and then dip it in sauce before putting it in your mouth," she said. Tina continued, disdainfully,"This is a general rule for eating a steak. Emily's table manners aren't exactly up to standard and the way she ate looked awkward."

'Hum, what a country bumpkin! Even the blood that flows in her vein is cheap!'

Emily bit her lip softly and looked up at the beautiful and arrogant girl in front of her.

Tina was certain she had hit a nerve this time.

"In essence a steak is just a piece of beef. It's up to me how I want to enjoy it. To me it's simply eating the food, instead of a performance of etiquette,"

said Emily, sounding modest and calm, as if she wasn't affected by Tina's words at all.

Tina did not expect Emily to be so eloquent and well-spoken. She fought back, with a coldness in her tone,"It doesn't matter what you think. I'm afraid it would only embarrass Jacob. After all, he is so prestigious..."

"Enough." Jacob finally broke his silence. There was a momentary flare of anger in his face.

"Jacob..."

As resilient as she was, Tina was just not willing to give in. The last time she had complained about Emily to old Mr. Gu, and as a result, Emily had to move out of Tyrone Mansion. She thought that Jacob would at least be considerate of his father and treat her better, but surprisingly, Jacob was still the same! He did not give her a good look at all!

How was there even a comparison between her and Emily? She was far more better than that lowly Emily could ever be!

"Even my patience has its limits," said Jacob. Burning rage hissed through Jacob's body like deathly poison. He was too disgusted by Tina's presence to even look her in the eye. "Tina, leave, now." he commanded.

Having been shown the door by her crush, was awkward for Tina to stay there even though she had a thick skin. She stomped her feet on the ground and ran out with her dress lifted, followed by a loud bang, as she slammed the door behind her.

Emily looked at the door innocently and asked,"She is just a girl. Perhaps you were too cruel to her?"

After all, they had known each other for a long time. Their families were closely connected, whether in business or in daily life. Would it be appropriate to worsen the relationship between their families?

"So you want me to treat her nicely?" Jacob replied with a question.

"No..." Emily realized that she had said something inappropriate as soon as she finished her words.

'This is not something I should interfere with.' Emily thought.

Although Jacob knew what she was thinking, he did not call her out. Instead, he squeezed her rosy cheeks, and said,"Did you forget about the time she tried to hurt you? Why would you defend her? The problem is, you always remember the goodness in people, but you also forget the bad."

Emily tried to dodge away from his hands, but she admitted that he was right. Tina was never nice to her, so why should she bother being nice to her? Emily always made an effort to be the nice person.

However, the next time Tina were to insult her without reason, as she did today, Emily wouldn't be so forgiving anymore.

Emily peeked into Jacob's face secretly.

The fact that Jacob was on her side, comforted her and made her at ease.

After lunch, they both went back to the company. Jacob gave her a lot of books to go through, which made Emily's head spin like a ferris-wheel. "Do I have to read all of these books?" asked Emily.

"Not only do you need to finish reading all of them but you also need to understand what's in them. If you have any questions, you can come and ask me," replied Jacob. Jacob asked the staff to set up a small office desk for Emily, right next to his, so he could supervise her.

Emily silently cried in her heart,"... fine."

...

A few days later, a luxury car cruised down the road at high speed.

Inside the car, David glanced at Rita who was sitting on the passenger's seat. Casually, he said to her,"You're already a few months pregnant, so how about you move to my mansion in the west coast? The environment's nicer there, and apart from that, it would be more convenient for me to take care of you and the baby."

Rita, however, was determined to make life a living hell for him. On a daily basis, she would ask him to be the driver; fix the computer and the light bulbs; bathe and feed the cat, and even have him fetch her a midnight snack in the middle of a rainy night. However, these were noting compared to having him plunge the toilet!

David was the third master of the Xu clan. Having him do all of that was no easy feat. But in the end, he had to keep Rita happy, even if it caused him not only to lose his appetite, but also much of his weight.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!

On top of that, there was nothing he could do or say to Rita. Although there were times when he wanted to scream at her, he had to bite down on his frustrations and put up with all her demands. Because of her, his life was just an endless series of misery, one day after another. The best thing to do was to teach her a lesson.

"Do you mean you want to live with me?" asked Rita, as she lazily opened her eyes. It was hard to determine whether she was amused or annoyed.

David wanted to deny, but after much consideration, he confessed,"Yes, it would be more convenient for me to take care of you if we lived together."

"I refuse," Rita turned him down without any consideration.

"But why?" David was puzzled. So far he has willingly put up with everything she had asked of him, without question. There wasn't another man on this planet who was more tolerant and understanding as him, but still she wasn't happy with it.

"No specific reason," replied Rita.

"You must have a reason behind? You see, Emily moved into Tyrone Mansion so that Jacob could take better care of her. I think you should do the same, even though Emily moved out later on..."

"She moved out? Why?" asked Rita, as she suddenly sat up straight. She was obviously very concerned about her friend.

"You don't know?" asked David. Although David was confused by Rita's sudden change in attitude. He furrowed his eyebrows and explained to her,"Actually Emily was not pregnant, so she moved out from Jacob's house. She got angry when people gossiped that she was just trying to cozy up with the Gu clan with a fake pregnancy. Fortunately, Jacob blocked the news from spreading."

Somehow the news managed to reach the public, all thanks to Tina. That's how David found out about it. However, since Rita was never really interested in matters concerning the upper class of Jingshi City, she wasn't aware of the news. Besides, since Emily did not tell her, Rita figured Emily would have had her reasons for choosing to do so.

After all it wasn't something worth advertising, so it was understandable that Emily didn't choose to tell her.

"Emily isn't like that. I believe there must have been some kind of misunderstanding."