Jacob spoke with tenderness. "Whether you accept it or not, it's your call. But it's still up to me to give it to you or not. I promised you that I will not hurt the baby and I will give the baby the best things life can offer."
Emily didn't know how to answer. She looked at the papers and back to Jacob, "I-I can't accept this..."
Money had never been the reason why Emily chose to be with Jacob, after all.
Jacob said gently but firmly, "My principle is I never take back what I have given away." Then continued, "Come on! Think about it. If I annoyed you just a little, you can drive me away and I will be left with nothing! I will end up in the street!"
"Wait, what? What are you saying?" Emily tried to stop herself from laughing.
"See? If you kick me out, you're going see as a dirty beggar in the street. Alms, alms, please give me alms," Jacob put out a cupped hand around his mouth, making a funny face. Then he turned serious, "See? I am willing to give you everything." He reached out his big hands to hold a Emily's small ones, "Will you try to trust me more, please?"
Emily tried to process what he just did. How crazy could Jacob Gu be? She opened her mouth to speak, "I...I'm sorry."
"If you disappear from my side, I will surely go crazy. Stop running away from me. Please stay with me."
Jacob knelt in front of her with pleading eyes. Feeling guilty, Emily couldn't help but to sigh and nod.
"Now that I have nothing, you cannot abandon me now." Jacob stood up and smiled. He hugged her and rested his chin on her neck. Inhaling her scent, he felt a sense of relief washing all over him.
Emily didn't struggle to break the hug, "How come will you have nothing? It's impossible for you to go out and beg in the streets. You are a member of the Gu Family!"
"Gu Family?" Jacob only sneered, "It's going to disappear sooner or later."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Emily was confused at what he just said.
Jacob decided not to talk about it any further and changed the topic, "Now, Miss Emily Bai, will you come back to me? And we shall live the days together like we have used to?"
Emily thought for a moment before she exploded into a smile, causing Jacob's heart to skip a beat. "Yes!" She leaned foreheads with Jacob and gave him a peck on the lips. "I will stay with you for the rest of our days..."
Someone like him was rare. Despite her shortcomings and the fact that she hurt him badly, he still asked her to come back to him and be with him. How could a woman be stupid enough to let this kind of man go?
Jacob could already breathe easy. Good days were finally coming and he just felt it as he held Emily tightly in his arms.
In Jingshi City Prison, As Rose was being escorted in the prison, she noticed that something was off, "Wait. Is this a prison for males? Why did you take me here? How could you? You could have taken me to a prison for women!"
The jailers who escorted her didn't answer and forcibly threw her into one of the cells.
There were almost a dozen of male criminals in the cell. They stared at her in a dirty way, causing Rose to put her guard up.
"Oh well. Even though she stinks, we got ourselves a woman, boys," One of them laughed.
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