Jennifer was quite relaxed and made some tea for Emily and herself. She boiled some water and in a
blink, the tea was hot and ready. Then Jennifer sat in front of Emily, "Jacob used to like my tea a lot.
Miss Emily, please try some," urged Jennifer.
"No, thanks," answered Emily. Mr. Gu did not invite Emily for a cup of tea. They both knew that.
Out of thin air, Jennifer started laughing, "Oh, I'm so sorry Miss Emily! I forgot you can't drink tea in
your current condition. What a pity!"
It was an apology but actually, it sounded rather ironical.
Emily's face darkened, 'She knows about the baby too? Damn. How many people on earth?' But either
way, she just smiled back and said, "Actually I don't like tea, so don't feel pity for me."
"Yes, of course," answered Jennifer after recovering her composure. Jennifer rubbed the cup in her
hands to check if it was chill enough to drink, then took a sip. Her eyes were staring at Emily. Then she
moved on speaking, "Let's make this point straight, Miss Emily. Mr. Gu invited you here because I
asked him to do so. You are here for me. I hope you don't mind, do you?"
"So, you saw me now. Do you need anything else?"
"You are not as I imagined you were my dear. I dare say you are quite interesting," said Jennifer with a
piercing look.
"I would've never imagined I was so important for you, Miss Jennifer," answered Emily ironically.
"Well, yes. You are very peculiar, Miss Emily." Jennifer placed her cup just in front of Emily, "Either way,
one can be interesting in many ways my dear... but not all of them are something to be proud of."
Emily stayed impassive, "Then I will be the kind of interesting that Jacob wants."
Those words hit Jennifer like some bullets piercing through her heart.
She needed a couple of minutes to smooth down the anger and go back, "Do you love him? You can't
pretend love. You have to cultivate it and keep it safe."
Emily stared at her, saying nothing.
Jennifer continued, "Miss Emily, Jacob is mine. We will marry and there is nothing you can do about it.
You got your chance but you threw it away."
"I'm not surprised to hear that you are just one of those girls who desperately wants to marry him,"
Emily replied calmly. She stared back at Jennifer coldly.
Jennifer smirked and said, "But still, it doesn't matter who will marry him in the end. The point is that
person won't be you, because you are not enough."
Emily clenched her fists under the table. She was about to reply at these insults, but Jennifer continued
talking with that irritating voice.
"You know why I am saying this, right?" asked Jennifer gently.
"I don't know what you are talking about," answered Emily.
"Hush, you know it well instead." Jennifer stared at Emily closely. She seemed to try to look directly into
her soul, "You know that I can't understand why you are not with Jack already... It's the best choice for
you and your baby..."
Emily couldn't help but interrupt at this point. It was enough. "Miss Jennifer, you have no right in telling
me what to do. Plus you know nothing; you don't know the truth."
And Jennifer responded readily, "Do you understand how badly have you hurt him? And all because
you are not mature enough. I don't know how can you live with this burden."
"Miss Jennifer, you have gone too far," answered Emily shortly. What came out from Emily's mouth was
way more polite than what she was thinking about Jennifer right know, but she was able to chill down
and speak calmly, "If you have nothing else to tell me, I would go now."
Emily stood up and headed for the door, but Jennifer blocked her way out, "Don't rush away. There is
more... it's not easy for me to speak with you Miss Emily, so let's start over."
The two of them stood there staring at each other. Finally, Emily sighed and walked back.
'I'm pregnant now. I should not be impulsive, ' Emily thought this as she was going back to the table.
She wouldn't want to play her cards until she found out Jennifer's purpose.
'Let's see what else do you have to say, '
But Jennifer looked at Emily as if she was reading her mind plain and clear, because she said
something unexpected, "Rest assured. I don't want to hurt you. I just want to have a talk. Plus, if I
seriously wanted to hurt you, you would not be here already."
'Jacob will be here any moment. If he sees that I mistreated her, he will get angry with me and I am not
that dumb, ' Jennifer thought.
"And, I actually want to thank you, Miss Emily."
"For what?" asked Emily. Emily appeared puzzled as she heard this.
Jennifer went straight, "I know that you are the biological daughter of the Tao family, aren't you? If they
were going to take you with them, you would have been the perfect candidate for Jacob... But you are
pregnant now."
'And the father is Jack. You had sex with him and now you are pregnant, you fool, ' Jennifer laughed at
this idea in her mind.
With this said, the two girls exchanged some tense looks. Remaining silent and without letting her
'enemy' notice that those words had hit her like an arrow, Emily wondered whether it was better to slap
her face right now or let her talk a bit more.
Even if that was the truth, that was none of her business.
The two kept talking a bit more, even if it resembled more of a cold war in its crucial acts. The strategy
was politeness, but the guns were the words. In the end, Emily seemed to be the one who lost more
from the battle. She was exhausted and couldn't bear to listen to one more of Jennifer's stupid
insinuations.
"So, I do thank you very much. Without you I would have never got my chance to marry Jacob,"
continued Jennifer. Looking at Emily in the face and sensing that her mood was hitting the rock bottom,
Jennifer couldn't help but smile, broadening her lips and showing her sharpened fangs. Emily was
about to leave the room again but at that moment, Jennifer turned her attention to someone else who
was entering the room, "Oh, Jac."
That name hit Emily like a thunderbolt. She slowly turned around. She was embarrassed yet another
time Jacob saved her from an uncomfortable situation.
'Jacob... Finally you arrived, ' thought Emily.
Jacob was attending a business meeting and read Emily's message some hours late. When he looked
at his phone he rushed to the Gu's Mansion.
He was worried that Mr. Gu was up to no good with Emily.
When he arrived, he was relieved to see that Emily was okay and apparently talking friendly with
Jennifer.
But still, he checked Emily from head to toe to see if she had something out of place. When he made
sure she was fine he could finally have a seat lighthearted.
"Why did you come to see him? Who took you here? Don't just follow a stranger!" asked Jacob to
Emily.
Emily spoke much more easily now. She felt that all the tension she had accumulated with Jennifer was
finally evaporating. "Mr. Gu is not a stranger. He is your..."
Jacob interrupted her abruptly, "In the future, you will never go to a place you don't know for a person
you have never meet, understand? I was really worried!"
"Come on Jacob. Relax. It's not that serious..." Emily murmured.
"Promise me," Jacob pushed.
With a low and gentle voice, Emily agreed and Jacob smiled as if to thank her.
Then he rubbed delicately her hair with his right hand. If Jennifer wasn't here to see, now he would
have hugged and kissed Emily already. Maybe a little tougher than usual, as to remind her of staying
away from trouble.
Jacob knew that Mr. Gu was not well known for his kindness and mercy. Emily didn't understand at that
time in what risks she was incurring into.
Luckily, it was a false alarm.
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