"We've searched everywhere, Mr. Gu. We were watching Mrs. Gu like a hawk, but..."
The fact that this particular bodyguard had a hard time finding the right words to say infuriated Jacob. The last thing he wanted to happen was for Emily to be hurt once again, but his men's incompetence made it seem inevitable.
Jacob stood up and walked towards his office window. He stared blankly outside for a moment, and the whole room was starting to emanate a feeling of loneliness. A few seconds later, he said in a threatening tone, "But what?" I'm warning you, if you can't find Emily, don't dare show your face to me ever again!"
Jacob's harsh words frightened the bodyguard so much that his body started to tremble in fear.
The bodyguard scrambled to think of something to say. Then, he remembered that Taylor had visited Emily earlier and told this to Jacob. When Jacob heard this, his eyes widened in shock. He had had a bad impression of Taylor since their first meeting, but he hadn't expected her to go this far.
"I see!"
Jacob quickly hung up the phone.
It seemed like he had everything figured out. After thinking for a few moments, he pounded his fist with all his might on a nearby desk. Almost everything on that table fell to the ground and caused a sound similar to glass shattering.
Jacob called his assistant and told him, "I need you to find Emily and bring her back safely. Do whatever it takes!
His mind started to fill with thoughts of what Taylor could've possibly done to Emily. As a result, he became even more anxious than he already was.
After all, he had a reason to think that way since Taylor had already done something to hurt Emily before.
Jacob took out his phone once again and dialed a familiar number. "Hello?"
Louis was a little puzzled as to why Jacob would call him out of the blue.
"Louis, let me just tell you one thing. If anything bad happens to Emily, I'll make sure Taylor will suffer the consequences!"
Upon hearing Jacob's threat, Louis was left speechless. He had no clue what was going on, but, he wasn't simply going to let Jacob talk to him like that. He replied, "What happened? Did Taylor do something?"
Jacob's anger grew when he heard Louis's questions. He was Emily's brother, but he didn't even know a single thing about what had happened.
"Aren't you ashamed of yourself? You're her brother for crying out loud! Why don't you ask Taylor what she's up to?"
Louis could easily sense that Jacob was furious at that moment. However, the way he spoke about Taylor didn't seem appropriate to him.
Louis just wasn't going to let Jacob continue tarnishing Taylor's name like that. For that reason, he replied to Jacob in a serious manner, "I admit that I have no clue what happened, but you can't talk about Taylor like that. I won't allow it."
"Well then, let me inform you that your sister is missing. And the last person she was seen with was Taylor. If anything happens to Emily, I'm sure Taylor had something to do with it."
Only then did Louis realize what was going on. However, he knew in his heart that Taylor was innocent. Taylor wasn't the type of person to cause harm to anyone, especially to Emily.
"Stop talking nonsense! Taylor wouldn't do such a thing!" said Louis.
"Aren't you forgetting something? Didn't Taylor cause harm to Emily in the past? I've never trusted that woman from the beginning. I sure do hope you're right, or else, you're going to lose the woman you love."
Before Louis could say anything in response, Jacob had already hung up the phone.
The sound of the disconnected call peeved Louis. Unfortunately, there was nothing else he could do at that moment.
He tried calling Taylor, but there was no answer. The fact that he still didn't know what was truly going on made him even more anxious than before.
It was natural for Louis to think that Taylor had nothing to do with Emily's disappearance. After all, she was the woman he loved the most, and Emily was his sister. There wasn't a single reason in his mind as to why Taylor would cause harm to her.
"Mr. Ke..."
Louis's assistant uttered as soon as she entered the office. However, Louis just passed her while he ran outside.
"Let's talk about it when I come back."
Louis turned his head around to respond while running. The assistant was left confused and could only stare at his back while he was running. Feeling a bit disappointed, she looked at the documents in her hands and quietly left the office.
Along the way, Louis's concern for Taylor started to grow, fearing that something bad might've happened to her as well. Or maybe, she had made a mistake. Maybe she had hurt Emily without meaning to.
"I see. Thank you very much!"
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