Chapter 338 You Stole My Boyfriend

Jacob put his hand over Emily's hair, firmly leading her head into his passionate kiss. His tongue
searched her mouth for all the wrong answers.

"Oh…" Emily moaned, "What's the matt–" Emily, who was hesitating to kiss Jacob, was distracted by
the sight of a person standing behind her lover. Her heart was racing out of fear that the person she
saw was the person she thought it was.

She angled her head to see a better view of the person and indeed saw who she had always feared to
see during the specific circumstance. It was Beryl.

Emily pushed Jacob towards the door way and kissed him harder so that she could block his view.
Once she was able to get Jacob out of the room, she shut the door and broke away from the kiss. She
took a brief moment to pause and attempted to leave.

But how could Jacob let her go? He could not let her off easily as he was caught in the moment. He
pulled her in again and once again made their lips meet. His fingers made way to touch her lips as he
asked Emily, "Did you kiss me on purpose?"

"I didn't." Emily denied. She turned and pushed him away.

Jacob immediately expressed his grief through a painful frown and Emily noticed this; she got scared
and thought maybe she accidentally touched his wound.

"You… Are you okay?"

Jacob replied, "It hurts."

Emily searched Jacob for where it could still be hurting. "I'll take you to the hospital." she insisted



but Jacob took her by the waist and told her, "You don't have to. You could just kiss me and the pain
would go away."

Emily processed what Jacob just said to her and when she finally understood what he meant, she
pulled away with great force and conviction. "Don't fool me. I know you're not hurt. Leave my house
and don't stand in front of my door waiting for me to come back into your arms."

"Alright," Jacob simply agreed to her wishes and took her hand. They walked down the stairs together
like nothing bizarre just happened.

Emily couldn't help but get a little nervous from thinking about Beryl, so she tried to take her hand off
Jacob's. She pulled away but Jacob, being the stubborn man that he was, refused to let go. She had
no choice but to follow his lead.

Emily noticed a Maybach parked downstairs. She wondered how that got there and asked Jacob,
"When on earth did you get here? Is that your car?"

She left out some questions like how Jacob knew where she lived because she thought it was a silly
question to ask.

"Just a moment ago." Jacob answered, "Not too long ago. Don't worry about it." He was clearly leaving
a lot of parts of the truth out. "I'll give you a ride to the company." Jacob offered.

Emily shook her head, "I don't need you to do that. I have my own car."

"Well, do you want to sit in the passenger seat or would you prefer to be more comfortable in the
back?" Jacob asked as if Emily hadn't just turned his offer down. He opened the door and smiled,
"Please, Emily."



Emily stared at Jacob in silence; she was speechless. This guy really had the guts to be consistently
insistent even after she gave him her harshest refusals.

He also would not stop lying to her to get what he wants and she was not surprised at this
Machiavellian act. Lying as a means that justifies the ends without exception is the signature of any
man from the Gu Clan.

At first, Emily didn't want to compromise with this man at all. However, getting him out of her premises
is her first priority. She did not want Beryl to find him anywhere.

In fact, Beryl wasn't his daughter and it wouldn't matter if he knew about her, however for some
unknown reason she felt that it's better to keep it a secret to protect her child.

The sight of Emily succumbing to his persistence made Jacob smile. He got inside the car and began
to drive to Lu Jewelry.

It was a rather quiet ride. None of the two initiated conversation and settled for the white noises within
the vehicle.

But the silence surrounding them was the kind they were both comfortable in. Emily, being able to
emotionally detach from Jacob, had found a way to deal with him without freaking out. She was relaxed
and composed.

They both just let it all be.

Suddenly, Jacob decided to break the silence. "I have to go for a while."

"Huh?" Emily asked. She stopped musing when she noticed that Jacob was staring at her. She quickly
looked away and asked him where he was going.

"I'm going to A Country."



"Are you insane?" Emily asked with a scoff. "That country could be in turmoil. Why would you want to
go there?"

"To handle something." Jacob replied.

Emily frowned. "Can't you go some other time?"

"I can't. It's an emergency." Jacob answered under his voice.

Mr. Gu, who was the head of the clan, intently made him go at this very moment in time. If the war
comes to a halt before Jacob could set foot over the country, then it would all be pointless.

Emily hesitated," Will you have to go?"

"Yes," Jacob answered.

Emily stopped herself from saying anything else. She knew she was in no position to keep him from his
will because she isn't exactly his girlfriend.

'What could be so important that he has to risk his life?' she thought, 'Why would anyone in their right
mind do that?'

Once they arrived at Lu Jewelry, Jacob leaned over to pop the seat belt out for Emily. He bowed to kiss
her on the lips and whispered, "Wait for me."

His deep voice echoed into Emily's ears, making her heart beat fast. However, at the same time, she
felt bitter.

She did not reciprocate his sweetness and just told him her parting words, "Have a safe trip." she took
her stuff and left the car.

Jacob stared at Emily's back as she walked away from him without remorse. He deeply loved her.



That day, because of her encounter with Jacob, Emily could not focus on her job. When it was finally
time to clock out, she hurried home.

Just as she entered the door, the first thing that she noticed was that there were no signs of Beryl who
would usually come out to greet her, but the puppy was excited to see Emily with a slipper in his mouth
as a gift for Emily.

Feeling a little strange and suspicious about the situation, Emily asked Zoe, "Why didn't Beryl come out
today? Is she doing something important?"

Zoe felt the same kind of ambiance Emily was feeling. Zoe glanced at the door, "She hasn't spoken
since this morning. It looks like she's mad about something."

"Mad?" Emily asked, For what?" Then it all came back to Emily; could it be that Beryl had witnessed
something from this morning?

Emily felt just as upset and immediately went over at Beryl's door to knock. "Honey, are you okay?
Come out and tell mommy what you're upset about, will you?"

To her surprise, there was no reply. Beryl was usually cheerful and excited, but not tonight.

Emily got more worried. "Mommy's going inside, okay?"

Beryl still refused to respond so Emily took her silence for a yes. She unlocked the door and entered
the room to see that her daughter was hiding underneath the quilts.

"What are you doing, baby? Are you trying to suffocate yourself or something? Is this supposed to be
fun? Can I join in?" Emily was trying to amuse her child so that she would come out, but Beryl still
wouldn't respond so she took the quilts off and found that Beryl's eyes were bloodshot. "What's the
matter?" she asked.



Emily was in the state of panic. She lifted Beryl and put her inside of her arms and asked, "What upset
you? Please, tell mommy."

Beryl sobbed, "I don't want to talk to you anymore," Beryl said, trying to get out of her mother's arms.

"Why? Did mommy upset you?"

Beryl bursted into more tears when she heard her mother's words. "Mommy, you stole my boyfriend!"

"What?" Emily asked in confusion.

She was perplexed, "What boyfriend? Since when did you have a boyfriend? Why didn't you tell me
you had a boyfriend, young girl?"

Beryl was still crying like her eyes were faucets. "The one you kissed this morning is my boyfriend!"

Emily froze when she heard the words that came out of her daughter's mouth. Beryl saw what was
happening that morning after all, she thought, 'but when did Jacob become her boyfriend? Have they
met?'

"Beryl, honey, do you know what boyfriends are?" Emily sighed and wiped the tears off of Beryl's eyes
with her fingers. "Don't cry. He was just mommy's… Friend."

"I know," said Beryl. Her eyes were still as red as a rabbit's. "Mom, don't you remember? I met him the
first day I came to Z country, and we also saw each other in the mall a littler later. I consider him my
boyfriend… in the future."

Emily recollected the information Beryl is telling her. Her daughter must have already told her a dozen
times but she must have not been paying attention. She never thought that her daughter would be
talking about Jacob.



"Beryl, that man cannot be your boyfriend."

"But why?" asked Beryl, "He's handsome, I'm pretty! It makes sense. Why can't we be together?"

Emily had no idea why her daughter knew all of these things. She convinced Emily in a soft voice,
"He's in his thirties and you're only four. That's a huge age gap, honey."

However, Beryl was not convinced by her mother. "Mommy, haven't you heard of that saying? Age and
height difference are just numbers."


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