A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 111 Stop There

Grim-faced, Jacob tore off Emily's clothes with such force that several buttons fell to the ground.

Emily stiffened in fear, remembering the way he had behaved like a beast the other night.

'All in all, I'm just a toy for these men who occasionally have some interest in me, ' she thought bitterly.

Somehow, she felt wronged. 'I'm a human being! I have feelings too! Why are they treating me as if I'm a toy?'

"Why are you crying?" Jacob asked coldly, interrupting Emily's thoughts.

She blinked and realized that tears were streaming down her face.

Looking at her tears made Jacob feel somewhat guilty, but then he remembered what he had seen in the elevator and became angry again. "Go and take a shower. I don't like the smell of another man on your skin."

As he spoke, he pushed Emily into the washroom in his office.

Puzzled and scared, Emily stood still in the washroom, wondering why Jacob was asking her to take a shower.

Seeing her stand there without moving like a pitiful rabbit, Jacob raised his eyebrows at her. "Well? Are you expecting me to come in and help?"

But as soon as those words left his mouth, the door of the washroom slammed shut on him with a loud bang, leaving him speechless.

Emily looked around and found that the washroom was well-equipped with a shower head and bath supplies. She slowly began taking a shower. As she lathered the soap onto her body, she heard Jacob

speaking to someone outside. And several minutes later, she heard a knock on the door.

"Your clothes," came Jacob's voice.

Emily tensed up and answered,"Just leave them at the door."

Without saying anything else, Jacob left the clothes at the door. After a while, he saw the door open a crack, and Emily's milky and slender arm appeared before his eyes. With her porcelain skin, she was really a beauty.

Her slender arm felt around before finding the clothes, then drew back quickly before the door was slammed shut again.

Jacob's eyes darkened when he saw the door slam, and he swallowed hard before turning his eyes away from the door.

Several minutes later, Emily opened the door and walked out wearing the new set of clothes. She was barefoot, but when she saw the pair of brand-new slippers at the door, she hesitated for a moment before slipping them on and walking into the office.

Jacob was busy typing away on his laptop and barely spared a glance at her.

Emily was now wearing a business suit which didn't reveal too much skin. More importantly, the smell of another man on her skin was gone. Instead, she was emanating a soft minty vanilla scent.

It was the scent of the shower gel that Jacob frequently used, but right now, the fragrance made him calm down with the thought that Emily belonged only to him.

Seeing Jacob lost in thought, Emily hesitated about whether to approach his desk because she didn't know what the man would do to her.

"Stop there," Jacob ordered, suddenly breaking the silence. "Stand against the wall and don't move."

'Why?'

Emily thought, confused, but she didn't ask any questions out loud. Instead, she stood against the wall obediently, secretly relieved that Jacob hadn't asked her to do something more terrible.

Jacob knew that she must have been thinking about the night he had behaved like a monster. But in his defense, Emily had really driven him up the wall that night.

'How is she so confident that I'll let go of her? What a naive girl!

She still hasn't learned that I won't let go of someone if I want both their mind and body. And I want her to give herself to me willingly instead of being forced by me.

But it's not the right time yet, ' Jacob thought sullenly.

The face of his foster father suddenly crossed his mind, and Jacob's face darkened.

Emily continued standing against the wall like a naughty schoolboy who was being punished by his teacher. Since she had nothing else to do, she watched Jacob as he worked.

He was minding his own business as if she wasn't even in the room, with his slender fingers busily typing away on the keyboard. Although his face was blank, he looked really charming then.

The truth was, there was no man who was more perfect than Jacob.

He was a rich and powerful man with a delicate face and a good body. And on the rare occasions when he set aside his cold demeanor and revealed how tender he was, there was no way any woman could resist falling in love with him.

'There's no reason for such a perfect man to fall in love with me. Even if he says he loves me, he probably loves me like other people love their pets, ' Emily thought.

As time passed, she began to feel her back and her waist ache. But every time she tried to relax, Jacob would glance at her coldly, making her stand straight again.

In the end, even her ankles started to tremble. 'I never knew how tiring it would be to just stand against a wall.

Is Jacob punishing me for what I did in the elevator?' she thought. But she felt lucky that he wasn't punishing her in some other cruel way, so she put even more effort into standing straight, like a little sapling trying to grow toward the sun.

"Come here," Jacob said, a hint of a smile crossing his face when he saw Emily trying to stand straighter. But it quickly vanished as he thought, 'Emily is a girl who I can coax into doing something, but not coerce.'

"Okay," Emily said sweetly, finally relaxing. Although she was walking toward Jacob, she could hardly feel her legs.

When she was just a step away from him, she stumbled and nearly hit the ground before Jacob caught her in his arms.

He felt his anger completely dissipate as he held the little girl tightly in his arms. He chuckled and asked,"Did you forget how to walk?"

When Emily struggled against his arms, he suddenly touched her ankles and began to rub them softly, making the aching disappear.

The atmosphere was suddenly cozy and peaceful, and neither of them talked about what had happened in the morning.

Suddenly, they heard knocking at the door. Someone was right outside.

Emily sprang to her feet like a frightened rabbit, stepped away from Jacob's arms and stood there with her head lowered.

Jacob glanced at Emily before answering,"Come in."

His secretary, Leo, walked in and said,"Mr. Jacob, the meeting will start in a few minutes. I have already prepared everything."

Jacob nodded and tapped his fingers against the table. "Come with me to the meeting."

Not realizing that Jacob was talking to her, Emily stayed silent.

Leo stole a glance at Emily and thought, 'I never imagined that Mr. Jacob would bring a lady into his office. How incredible!'

When the realization hit her, Emily opened her mouth to reply, but Jacob quickly added,"She will be my assistant and help me with the meeting."

"I see," Leo answered absent-mindedly.

In his mind, he thought, 'She's not so much your assistant as she is your woman.' Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

'Me?

When did I become his assistant?' Emily thought.

"Can't I just stay here?" she asked timidly. 'I don't know anything about being an assistant. What if I screw everything up?' she thought.

"No, you can't," Jacob answered firmly. "This is the first step you have to take to leave your comfort zone, so you have to come with me, no arguing."