Jacob's face clouded. He cast a look to Sam, who was waiting at the door, and coldly told him to come
inside.
Sam hesitated for a second before entering the room, then he went inside. "Mr. Jacob, Miss Emily,"
said reverently.
Emily blushed and went silent for embarrassment. Jacob instead sounded clearly annoyed by this
inappropriate interruption; "Sam, what's the matter?" asked him bitterly.
"Mr. Jack came to his senses."
"Is Jack awake?" said Emily, coming immediately out of her silence. "How is he doing?"
Sam was going to tell them that Jack was badly injured. But before he could say anything, he noticed
that Jacob was staring at him, a dark and slightly worried look on his face like he was not willing to
know whether Jack recovered since that bad injury. Then Sam went on,"Mr. Jack is all right."
"Okay good, we hope for the best. Now I must ask you to leave," said Jacob. He sounded very upset
like it was unwise for Sam to stay longer in the room. 'I will cut his pay, ' Jacob thought.
Following his instruction, Sam walked out and closed the door behind him.
However, it was too late to continue their conversation: Jacob was fine, but Emily couldn't think about
anything but Jack. She didn't even notice that Jacob was as displeased by the news as a kid when
given broccoli for dinner. Then she asked,"Jacob, can I go to see him? After all, if he was injured, it was
also because of me..."
After what happened, Emily still cared for Jack, and this was making Jacob very irritated. "No," he said
harshly.
"What? You... How can you do that?" Emily said in disbelief.
"Do what?" He replied, with that arrogant grin stuck on his handsome face.
"You are very mean. You don't have the right to tell me what to do... I tell you. If you do not change your
attitude, I'll stop loving you..." With that said, Emily hoped that Jacob would change his mind and let her
go. Instead, something that she wasn't expecting happened: Jacob kissed her on the lips again.
Emily was caught by surprise, but she did not move as Jacob kissed her. Then he bit her lower lip,
slowly moved back and said,"This is your penance for saying you won't love me anymore. Next time
you tell me something like that, it will be worse"
"……"
Emily was staring at Jacob, her mouth shut.
After a while, Jacob moved and let go of Emily. Her face was so cute; her look was sweet and her body
so delicate. He thought to cast his arms around her body again, but Jacob kept his composure and just
rubbed her head with his right-hand fingers. "First you tell me, what happened after you left the
barbecue yesterday?" he asked.
Upon mentioning what happened, Emily panicked. Her fingers were trembling as her hands grasped
Jacob's jacket tightly. She took a deep breath, then said,"Yesterday I wanted to go out to take some
fresh air. I didn't go far from the villa. Then there was a river nearby... I was washing my hands into the
water when someone behind suddenly pushed me!
I never learned how to swim, so I was dead scared! I struggled to climb out of the river, when I was
almost out on my feet, someone hit me with a stone and I fainted... From then, its all black!"
While she was speaking, Jacob was holding her hands tightly. He wanted her to know that she was out
of danger now. He looked at the bandages wrapped around her forehead; if he could, he would take
the pain for himself. He continued,"Then?"
"Then when I woke up, I was already lying on the ground along the riverbank. So I got on my feet and I
looked around in search for something familiar. I was close to a small, but dense forest. It was there
when I met the black bear..." While she was speaking, her eyes told Jacob she was reliving that
horrifying moment as she continued with her trembling voice,"Finally, Jack appeared and saved me, but
he was injured trying to scare away the bear. So can I go to..."
Jacob interrupted Emily again. He didn't want her to go and see Jack in this condition even if he had
saved her life. "Whoever hurt you needs to pay for this. I swear I will find him."
Emily nodded approvingly. All of a sudden, an image pictured in front of her eyes, a detail that she
thought she had forgotten. "I remember a purple dress. I remember it looked like a woman dress..." she
said.
A woman who wore a purple dress…
At these words Jacob already thought about some suspects, then he stood up and said,"I'll take care of
this for you. Do not worry. Just stay here and rest. If you need something, just call me..."
"Okay…" After a few seconds, while the man was leaving the room, Emily spoke with a high
voice,"Jacob! I want to see Jack. Can I go?"
However, Jacob neither stopped nor answered. He just walked out of the door.
Emily punched her bed angrily. 'This man ignores me and thinks he can tell me what to do. He's going
too far!'
……
Just after Jacob was out of the villa, he met with Sam.
"Mr. Jacob, our men caught the black bear during their search. Now It is anesthetized and locked in a
cage," said Sam.
Jacob asked,"Are you sure it is the one that attacked Emily and Jack?"
"Yes, Mr. Gu." said Sam promptly,"Our men found out that black bears disappeared from Iceland many
years ago. We believe that this black bear came from outside. In this season the black bear is typically
hibernating, but here in Iceland the climate conditions favors the awakening of those beasts. Thus our
idea is that the bear was transported while it was asleep, and once it arrived here on the island, the
bear woke up. When Miss Emily found it, the bear was probably still confused, that is why it attacked
her."
Jacob stared intently at Sam without saying a word. When Sam was about to repeat himself, thinking
that perhaps he wasn't listening, Jacob spoke.
"Tsk," he snorted,"A woman pushed Emily into the river. She tried to drown her. Even if Emily would
have been able to swim, the river stream was too strong, and she would be carried until the sea, where
she would have surely died. Plus, even if Emily would have been lucky enough to survive and get
safely out of the river, there was still a ferocious beast waiting for her. This woman was trying
everything to kill Emily."
Shocked by his words, Sam kept listening to Jacob, his face incredulous.
"A woman wearing a purple dress… Come on. Go and find this woman for me! Bring here even all the
men wearing purple clothes at that damned barbecue," Jacob commanded.
No matter what it would take, Emily had to be avenged and the responsible must be punished. This
was how Jacob was thinking in this moment. He was ready to kill them if he had to.
"Yes, sir."
It was not a big deal to find all the people invited at the barbecue. Then, Sam identified all of those
wearing a purple dress or clothes from some pictures taken by a few guests. Now, all of those people,
both females and males, who wore something purple at the barbecue was gathered in the hall on the
island.
Jacob was in the hall as well in front of all of them, his face completely cold.
Jacob cast pierced looks to each one of them. That gaze was like a stab into their hearts. Everybody
had a pale face and they were trembling as like the temperatures in the room dropped suddenly.
"Which one of you left during the middle of the barbecue yesterday?" Jacob asked.
Everybody heard about the accident, and it was also known that Jacob and Emily were close. Clearly,
Jacob thought that one of them was the responsible, but no one had the guts to admit to having been
out. Jacob's eyes were red with anger, and the people were too scared. Suddenly the quiet room
became very loud.
"Mr. Gu, I never left the barbecue!"
"Yes, he saw me."
……
"Shut up!" The room turned quiet again. Jacob was losing his temperament and said,"I'm not interested
in your nonsense. I know that the person who tried to kill Emily is among you. If he or she will not stand
up and speak the truth, I will have to consider all of you as the accomplices."
The way he talked and moved made him look like a mad man. He paused for a second and
continued,"I will kill all of you rather than let that person go. I can tell the media that all of you were
involved in an air crash on your way home, and they will believe me. Your poor families will get
compensated, of course."
Their blood chilled out as Jacob said those words. In the room was breathed an air of madness and
terror.
In fact, everybody knew that Jacob was not joking at all. He had money, and even more importantly, he
had power. People like him could do whatever they wanted to do.
Jacob was believed to have softened over time, most probably because of Emily. It was a huge
mistake. They completely forgot that the cold-blooded Jacob, the one that did not care about anyone
was always there, especially now when his beloved woman's life was in danger. He would have
climbed high mountains, swam through a whole ocean, or even killed those people if necessary. And
those poor folks knew it.
Jacob cared about nothing except… His beloved one, Emily
up and speak the truth, | will have to consider all of you as the accomplices."
The way he talked and moved made him look like a mad man. He paused for a second and
continued,"! will kill all of you rather than let that person go. | can tell the media that all of you were
involved in an air crash on your way home, and they will believe me. Your poor families will get
compensated, of course."
Their blood chilled out as Jacob said those words. In the room was breathed an air of madness and
terror.
In fact, everybody knew that Jacob was not joking at all. He had money, and even more importantly, he
had power. People like him could do whatever they wanted to do.
Jacob was believed to have softened over time, most probably because of Emily. It was a huge
mistake. They completely forgot that the cold-blooded Jacob, the one that did not care about anyone
was always there, especially now when his beloved woman's life was in danger. He would have
climbed high mountains, swam through a whole ocean, or even killed those people if necessary. And
those poor folks knew it.
Jacob cared about nothing except... His beloved one, Emily
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