SPOILED GIRL, VOLUME 2 - Season 11 Episode 53

Jacob was sitting idly on the couch in the living room downstairs. He playfully threw his phone in the air and caught it a couple of times while maintaining a dangerous smile on his face.

The thought of sending Darren a big “surprise” excited him greatly. Jacob was going to make Darren pay for his transgressions against his loved ones.

Suddenly, he heard footsteps from behind, so he quickly put his phone away, concealing his feelings, and said, “Are you feeling better now?”

Jacob’s voice came out of the blue and took Emily by surprise, but she quickly came to and gave him an apt response.

“I am fine,” Emily replied timidly, and she lowered her face to keep him from seeing the blush on her cheeks.

It turned out that Jacob was the best antidote for the drug Darren had given her. After one night of intense love-making, she was absolutely fine.

Emily couldn’t remember much of what had happened, but the touch of his familiar gentleness reminded her just how much she had missed Jacob. What followed, however, left Emily utterly stunned.

“Then, leave!”

After giving her a cold glance, Jacob walked to the dining table and started to eat his food. His actions made it clear that he didn’t want Emily to stay there at all.

Emily deliberately ignored this cold and harsh attitude. All she could think of was his gentle touch that warmed her heart. However, her eyes dimmed in confusion when she thought about Jacob’s attitude the last couple of times they had slept together.

After all, it wasn’t too long ago when he had forced himself on her and claimed her as his sex slave. Afterward, when he was finished, he had left her alone in the bed and then kicked her out of the house.

However, last night was different. Although she could barely keep a clear mind, she knew there was a big difference in the way he had touched her last night. Just the thought of it gave her sweaty palms and butterflies in her stomach.

Emily bit her lip, hesitating to say anything. After a while, she finally walked over to Jacob’s side and slowly said, “Where are my clothes?”

There was no way Emily was just going to walk out the door without any pants and with only Jacob’s shirt to cover her body.

She felt anxious to approach him because she was afraid he was going to get angry with her. However, after what had happened last night, a sense of hope emerged inside her heart and she decided to give it a try.

“Michelle left one of her skirts in the drawer upstairs. I think it should fit you. You can wear that.”

Jacob dropped these words casually. He continued with his meal willy-nilly without even raising his head to look at her.

Meanwhile, Emily’s heart fell to the ground when she heard those words. His words felt like a stab to the heart, spreading excruciating pain all over her body.

Michelle had left her clothes in this house—that was the only thought on her mind.

“If you don’t want it, then I am afraid you might just have to walk out like this,” said Jacob.

“Okay, I’ll go and have a look.”

Emily forced a smile in a reluctant manner. She derided herself for still hoping that he had feelings for her. Lowering her head slowly, she clenched her fists. The bitter heartache left her self-esteem crushed.

She felt dizzy as she struggled to keep her balance.

It wasn’t the first time she had fooled herself into being hopeful.

As she slowly staggered to the bedroom, her tottering steps didn’t even earn her a glance from Jacob. It seemed as though he didn’t care about her at all.

Tears glazed over her eyes as she quickly looked away to keep them from crashing down.

As per Jacob’s suggestion, Emily found a short black skirt in the drawer. It was clearly something she wouldn’t wear.

That could only mean that it was definitely Michelle’s.

Bearing the pain in her heart, Emily put on the skirt. Whatever traces of hope she’d had left inside her head were now gone.

At first, a part of her had hoped that the skirt might be hers and Jacob just didn’t know about it. Unfortunately, the truth was far from her expectations.

She couldn’t shake away the thought of them being together in this same room out of her mind. They had made love in the same bed.

Emily’s heart bled with agony, and she clutched her chest as if it would make her feel better. Without a word, Emily stormed out. Since he despised her so much, she finally decided to stay away from him.

“Why did you save me?” Emily mumbled under her breath just before walking out the door. Her voice was too low to be heard and soon vanished into the air.

However, Jacob’s eyes narrowed, implying that he had heard what she said, and he immediately put down his chopsticks and crossed his arms. He leaned back on his chair and said, “Oh, and about that, I need you to do me a favor in return. Please make sure you tell Louis to cooperate with HT Group.”

When Jacob uttered those words, his knuckles whitened as he clenched his fist tight.

He did that to conceal the pain so Emily would believe him.

Darren had targeted Emily before. The Ke Family could be next on his list. The only way to keep them safe was to force them into cooperating with him.

“Jacob?”

Hearing what he had said, Emily was shocked. Her head went blank. She turned around and gave him an unbelievable expression. She asked, “What do you mean?”

She had taken the bait, as a trout might have taken a grasshopper. Emily was now fully convinced that Jacob had saved her life only so he could get the Ke Family to cooperate with him.

The mere thought of how heartless Jacob had become filled her with an unbearable sorrow. All he seemed to be concerned about was his own selfish ambitions.

She couldn’t help but wonder if she would ever be anything other than a bargaining chip to him.

“Miss Emily, I guess I didn’t make it clear enough. Let me put it in another way.”

Jacob cracked a rather irreverent smirk on his handsome face. Then, he playfully put one leg over the other and raised an eyebrow arrogantly, “The reason I saved you was to get Louis on my side.” “Jacob, you are nothing more than a greedy scumbag!”

Emily screamed at Jacob as anger filled her heart and turned her face red. She ran over to him and looked straight into his eyes.

She didn’t know how this man standing in front of her could be the same Jacob she had fallen in love with.

He didn’t care about her at all. He only cared about what he could gain from saving her.

“I thought you already knew what kind person I was a long time ago?” Jacob looked away, pretending that he didn’t deem her worthy of his eye contact. He shrugged his shoulders and replied, “Whatever you have to say, I don’t care. Just remember to pass on the message to Louis.”

Emily saw the clear contempt he carried for her in his eyes. Her heart sank. The disappointment felt like someone had ripped her heart into pieces.

“Jacob, I am going to ask you again. Why did you save me?”

Right after she uttered those words, Emily felt an urge to slap herself in the face. She didn’t know why she was so desperate to hear something different because the answer couldn’t have been more obvious.

Emily couldn’t figure out why she was setting herself up for more heartache, and she wondered why her pride wasn’t stopping her.

“Everyone in the Ke Family cares a lot about you, don’t they?”

Jacob didn’t answer her question directly, but his reply was clear enough for Emily to understand what he meant. Since Emily was the apple of everyone’s eye in the Ke Family, by saving her, Jacob was looking to use her as leverage to partner the two families.

Emily nodded her head, sneering to herself. ‘Are you happy now, Emily?’

“What if I don’t?”

Emily could feel the anger coursing through her mind and everything was vivid and clear. Her voice was cold as she enunciated each word carefully.

“I believe you and Hunk are smart people. I’m sure you of all people will want to keep this on the hush-hush. After all, being naked on Bill’s bed is not something to be proud of…”