At the Tyrone Mansion, The "cold war" between Jacob Gu and Emily Bai lasted for a week. This time, the problem between them could not be easily solved unless one of them was willing to give in and compromise to the other.
At late night as usual, Jacob came back to the mansion drunk.
He drank too much wine today. He hoped to numb himself with alcohol, but the results were obviously not what he expected.
Jacob was quite sober now, more sober than ever.
In fact, he was sober every night when he entered the mansion. This kind of sobriety gave him pain. Why? Because it drove him to remember of Emily's betrayal again and again like a broken record.
Because of his deep love for Emily, he couldn't tolerate anything that would desecrate it.
How could this happen?
It shouldn't be like this!
It was like a thorn in Jacob's heart. No matter how hard he tried to ignore, the thorn still couldn't be pulled out. It kept stinging him all the time. It hurt so bad and he couldn't sleep at night.
He felt trapped in a deserted island and there was no way to ask for help nor find a way out.
The small lamp in the room emitted a dim orange light. Despite the lamp's warmth, his heart felt cold.
Was she afraid of the darkness again? Or the lamp was just open for him?
Jacob couldn't help looking over the bed.
Emily seemed to have fallen asleep. Her face was enveloped by the dim light. Jacob found a long-lost sense of tenderness from her face, but he knew how rotten she was behind that tender face.
Over these days, Emily treated him coldly. Her eyes, which had been full of happiness before, were filled with disappointment now.
This made Jacob annoyed and irritated.
Why should Emily be disappointed with him? She was the one who betrayed him after all! Did she really think she could undo what had been done if they just broke up? How dare she?
Emily had just fallen asleep when she felt something heavy pressing on her and was running out breath. She opened her eyes and found some drunken man kissing her.
Things like this happened every night. No matter how indifferent they were to each other during the day, but at night, the man was like a fierce beast, pestering her with strong passion.
Emily lied on the bed numbly, letting him do whatever he wanted to do with her. "Do you think this means anything?"
When he heard what she had said, Jacob stopped for a moment. He could hardly recognize her expression in the dim light but certainly could feel the iciness in her voice. He replied flatly, "Yes."
"Well, do what you wish."
With that said, Jacob didn't want to continue anymore. He arched his body, which was supported by his arms, and looked down at the woman lying under him. He spoke up, "Jack has been transferred to another place. No one knows if something would happen to him. What do you think?"
Speaking of this, it was surprising that Mr. Gu was so generous in this matter. But Mr. Gu had no other choice since his weakness was in Jacob's hands. Jacob clearly understood what Mr. Gu most cared about.
"You didn't have to test me." Emily closed her eyes slowly. She felt very tired but her thoughts and heart were uneasy, "I hate him more than you do."
Her voice muffled weakly.
Jacob inevitably thought of the words Jack said before leaving.
After the matter was brought to light, what Jack said was intended to make Emily feel better or he just told Jacob the truth? Or maybe it was both?
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