A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 297 Be Good At Lying

Emily leaned over to gently pat the cat on the head, and then she said with a faint smile on her face, "Meow!"

The cat nuzzled her hand, with its eyes squinted joyfully. Then it suddenly jumped up and put its front paws on her legs. The cat seemed to want to cuddle.

Emily gently touched its forehead, and said regrettably, "Sorry, I'm pregnant, so I can't be near you so much."

She really didn't care anymore but she thought she couldn't afford to take the risk.

"Meow, meow, meow..." The cat looked unhappy so she just kept rubbing her hand.

"Well..." Emily just continued to pat her head.

In the meantime, no one noticed that a passer-by had casually taken a photo of this whole scene. When he returned home, he posted the photo on the Internet.

"What a lovely day! I came across a beautiful and kind girl petting a very cute cat." This was the caption that was posted along with the photo.

In the photo, the sunshine was radiating against the girl and it looked beautiful. On her leg was an orange stray cat. She was patting its head gently. The scene looked touching and made you all fuzzy in your heart.

Due to the angle and light, it would be hard to tell who the girl was - the face wasn't shown and so was the pregnant belly.

But it only took Jacob just one glance to know that it was Emily.

He knew Emily like the back of his own hand - he would recognize her everywhere.

Jacob was still angry over Emily leaving but he felt relieved knowing she was safe at the very least.

Sam tracked down the location of the photo, "Mr. Jacob, the photo was taken in C City so Miss Emily is most likely staying there."

"It's C city?" Jacob squinted slightly. He kept the photo saved on his phone and rang up the number of an old friend.

David's heart jolted when he saw that Jacob was calling him, "Jacob?"

"Have you seen Emily?" His voice sounded cold and harsh - no niceties, no anything, straight to the point.

David recalled Rita's warnings so he had no choice but to lie, "I haven't, sorry. I would've told you if I've seen her though."

Jacob became taciturn - only his gusts of breath could be heard over the phone.

This made David feel a bit guilty thinking Jacob might trick him into doing something. Or did he already know?

After a moment's silence, Jacob spoke again, "Well, if you get any news, I'd like you to tell me right away."

David hung up the phone. He was so nervous that his palm was sweating. Did Jacob believe him? Well, if Jacob knew he was lying, he would probably be angrier or something...

At the thought of this, David was relieved slightly.

Jacob gripped his phone tightly - he was seething.

Well, well.

It looked like they were just cheating and lying to him now.

Bang! Jacob landed a fist on the table - rattling the cups and plates on it. Then he growled, "Sam, book me a plane to C City."

He paused for a moment after he disconnected the call - afraid that David would find out that he already knew Emily was there

If Emily found out, she might flee again, but he couldn't take that risk. He needed to get Emily back.

...

Emily went home and found Rita and David still out. So Aunt Zhang suggested that she lay on the couch first to relax which would also be good for the baby.

The afternoon sunshine wasn't as bright as it was that morning. Emily was lost in her thoughts just relaxing and taking in the warmth. She was just looking out the window when she glanced at a villa nearby that looked a lot like Rita's.

Aunt Zhang had just walked in holding a bunch of vegetables in her hand. She saw what Emily was looking at so she explained, "That's David's villa. Rita wouldn't let him move in so he just bought another one nearby.

"Oh, okay," Emily said. But in her mind, David would still find a way to live here anyway. That villa was just for formality.

Aunt Zhang continued, "Since it looks the same as this one, David often mistakes this one for his especially when he's drunk so Rita sometimes just lets him stay here. You know what? There's actually one more thing..."

Emily calmed down at their conversation because it was an entirely different topic.

Around dusk, Rita and David finally returned to the villa.

David held his son tightly in his arms, insisted on staying for dinner, and then said, "Aunt Zhang, it's time for dinner."

Rita bit her tongue so she wouldn't say anything. David was feeling a bit too comfortable in her villa and it made her feel uncomfortable. But Emily was here and she didn't want to make a scene.

"Emily, how are you feeling today?"

"I'm all right," Emily responded. She really was already feeling better.

Then Rita said in relief, "If there's any problem, just let me know, okay. Don't hide anything from me," she winked.

So when they were all sitting together at the table, Emily paused for a moment until she finally announced, "I've decided that I'm going to fly to M country to deliver the baby."

Rita was stunned for a while. Then she asked, "How did you decided on this? This is such a big decision especially that it's coming from out of nowhere. Is anything wrong with the baby?"

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"No," Emily said in a low voice, "It's just not safe. I'm afraid Jacob will find me here soon enough. I just want to be sure and the only way I can do that is if I go abroad. Rita, I don't want Jacob to find me."

David had a different expression on his face when he heard this so he admitted it to them, "Jacob called me today."

Suddenly, Emily's face paled and her lips were pursed.

Rita immediately looked at David, then asked gravely, "When did he call you? I didn't know that."

"You were at the bathroom when he called." David grew solemn too as he roughly recounted what they had talked about, "Maybe, he really doesn't know?"

"No, it's more possible that he knows." Emily's face was white as a sheet. She said nervously, "No one else knows him better than I do and maybe he just wanted to catch you in a lie but

I'm pretty sure he just wanted to catch me here by himself. "