A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 118

Seeing Emily getting dragged away by Jacob, made Rita laugh out so loud, her eyes sparkled with tears of joy. Her laughter dazzled David. In fact, she had never seen her laugh so whole-heartedly.

"Do you like chicken soup? I can ask someone to make it for you," David asked softly.

Rita kept a smile on her face as she stared at him, with a flicker of amusement in her cold eyes. "Don't bother. You can go about your business. I will take care of myself," she said.

David was already accustomed to being treated like a lackey by Rita after so many days of looking after her. However, since she wasn't giving him any attention, he felt redundant and unwanted. Was he a masochist?

"I'm not busy. I can stay here with you," said David.

Rita slightly curled her lips and said nothing.

Outside the ward, Emily struggled hard to escape from Jacob's hold, but it was in vain. "Jacob, what do you want? Don't beat around the bush and just tell me. And let me go right now..." demanded Emily.

Just as the words fell from her lips, Jacob let go of her. His face turned sour as if someone had poured mud all over his body.

"What's the matter with you? Why are you so upset?" asked Emily curiously, as she had no idea why Jacob was throwing a hissy fit.

Jacob slowly forced Emily into the corner, with a face like thunder. She sensed something was wrong with him, so she tried to slip away, but Jacob pulled her hands and pressed them against the wall, trapping her in the corner.

"Eh…… What do you want?"

"Emily, you made chicken soup for Rita! Why?"

Emily finally understood why Jacob was angry with her. Nevertheless, she didn't think she had done anything wrong. She made soup for Rita because Rita was her closest friend. Emily did nothing wrong; why would Jacob treat her like that?

Emily tried to calm him down, so she explained," Rita is weak right now and needs to be nourished with a proper home-made chicken soup, so…"

Jacob sneered, and mocked her with a childish tone," I don't want to listen to your excuses."

Emily was baffled. 'Is this guy nuts?' thought Emily.

"You never cooked that chicken soup for me!" he said.

Jacob gazed deeply into Emily's eyes, as his pupils dilated slowly. Emily was touched by his aggrieved expression. She found it somehow cute and adorable... Emily's heart melted and her voice turned soft.

"I'll make some nice chicken soup for you when I back home…" she said. Emily capitulated under his expectant gaze.

"Now!" demanded Jacob. Having achieved his goal, Jacob blurted out arrogantly in a non-negotiable tone.

"I have to get back to work soon," explained Emily.

"I'll give you a day-off," said Jacob.

"……" Jacob had arranged everything for her, the only thing she could do was to submit to his demands. "Fine, you win. I'm going to say bye to Rita and then I'll go back home to cook some chicken soup for you," said Emily.

Jacob's eyes lit up with joy as if he had just received the best birthday present of his life. Jacob took her to bid Rita farewell and then took her away.

Sitting in the car, Emily stared at his handsome face and asked," What soup do you want to eat?"

'I've never seen such a ridiculous man in my life. To think that he was jealous of a pregnant woman, ' Emily mused. Emily had never seen Jacob act so childishly before...

"What's your best soup?" he asked.

Emily mulled over his question for a while and then answered," Chicken soup."

"Okay, just make that for me," said Jacob, with great anticipation.

Emily nodded, as she stared out of the window to look at the scenery, and replied," Let's drop by the vegetable market to get some ingredients."

The car soon drove to the entrance of the vegetable market. Emily took the lead in getting out of the car and asked Jacob," Would you like to come with me or wait for me in the car?"

Jacob answered without hesitation," I will come with you."

The vegetable market they were in was famous for its freshness and affordable prices. Emily often came to buy vegetables here. However, compared to the supermarkets, the place wasn't very clean, as the ground was muddy, there were vegetables scattered everywhere and occasionally a fish would jump out from its bucket and splash water on the passers-by.

The sight of dirty water on the ground made Jacob feel nauseous.

When Emily noticed his squeamish expression, she came up to him and helped him. "It is dirty here; don't go any further. You can just wait for me outside," Emily guided Jacob.

"No, I'll come with you," he insisted. All of a sudden, he lifted her and carried her across a big puddle of dirty water in front of him.

Nestled cozily in Jacob's strong arms, Emily's rosy cheeks blushed redder than the tomatoes on the vegetable stalls. "Put me down! There are so many people around watching us..." said Emily, shyly.

Jacob looked for a clean spot in the vegetable market, and then put Emily down gently, while she was patting her face with embarrassment.

In truth, the people around them were not annoyed by them at all. In their opinion, Jacob and Emily were just two people madly in love having an intimate moment by themselves. Besides, they looked very good together.

"Well, let's divide our list and cooperate with each other, so we can buy what we need quickly," suggested Emily. Emily thought carefully and assigned Jacob a task as she said," You can go to the western side and buy some mushrooms and red dates. Remember to buy these from the second shop. There's an old lady who sells the bigger dates. In the meantime, I will go and buy some chickens."

"All right!" said Jacob, sounding excited. Jacob agreed with Emily's decision. Although he had never been in a vegetable market before, it was not difficult for him to find the mushrooms and red dates Emily needed. He followed Emily's plans to a tee, as he bought them from an old lady in the second shop.

In comparison to most of the people there, Jacob was sticking out like a sore thumb, mainly because of the way he was dressed. In other words, he looked rich.

When he was on his way back with mushrooms and red dates, someone shouted at him," Sir, would you like to buy some spareribs? You can buy some for your wife. They're fresh from the butcher's shop."

Jacob was so pleased by the word —"wife", that he decided to buy some spareribs. "Sure, I'll buy some," he said.

"Sure!" The vendor, chopped up the spareribs and put them in a plastic bag. He continued," How about some pig brain, sir? It has high nutritional value. The more you eat, the smarter you get!"

As he thought of Emily who was often slow in responding, he felt like he just had to buy some pig brain to make Emily smarter. "Pack it up for me, please." he said to the vendor.

The vendor was very happy with Jacob, so he said," We also sell pig's feet, fresh and nourishing, full of vitamins and natural collagen. They can help to maintain good skin and keep women young. All women love to eat pig's feet."

Impressed, Jacob raised his eyebrows and said," Well, I'll take some of those too."

After collecting the payment from Jacob, the vendor's face lit up like a Christmas tree. Seeing how easy it was to sell to Jacob, the other vendors started to walk up to him.

"Hello, young man, spareribs stew with wax gourd would be extremely delicious. Would you like to buy some?"

"Or you can buy some corns. They are sweet!"

"I think you should buy some soybeans or peanuts to stew with pig's feet!"

……

Jacob was like the god of wealth in their eyes, as he generously bought whatever they were selling to him. Soon both of his hands were full of groceries he had bought from all the vendors.

An old lady, who was packing the fish she had killed for him, asked him," Lad, are you here by yourself? What about your wife? Did she come with you?"

The sweet old lady didn't have the heart to tell him that he had been fooled into buying a lot of things he might not need. It was quite obvious that he was a rich man who had never been to a vegetable market.

Jacob had no idea that he had been fooled. As far as he was concerned, he had no idea of the rules of the vegetable market, so justifiably, he could be forgiven. "Eh, she is around here somewhere, shopping for something else," he said.

After he paid the old lady, Jacob was walking back to find his "wife" when he saw Emily, who, coincidentally, was also looking for him. "Emily, I am here," said Jacob.

Emily turned around, and was surprised to see the amount of bags Jacob was carrying in his hands.

'Why did he buy so many things? I just asked him to buy some mushrooms and red dates!' thought Emily with confusion.