The Spoiled Girl

At Theodore Villa.

The curtains that hung around the mullioned windows were so thick that light failed to pass through, instead they cast a murky shadow over the room. The atmosphere was dull and depressing, the air thick with a strong stench of alcohol circulating around.

Jack half leaned against the sofa with his hair disheveled. He wore a wrinkled piece of cloth that used to be a shirt once, wrapping his long fingers around an empty bottle. There were also several lying on the floor like soldiers killed in battle.

The shallow depth of his thoughts consumed him, when suddenly he heard a knock on the door.

"Yes?" Jack furrowed his eye-brows and mumbled with a struggling voice.

Jack's condition confused and disheartened his keeper; his aide-de-camp. How did everything spiral downwards to this sorry excuse for a life?

What was so special about Emily that made powerful men, Jacob and Jack, fall for her so madly?

'Emily is a turbulent disaster. She shouldn't have been allowed into the Gu Family in the first place. If it were not for Jacob…' he thought.

"What?" Jack asked indifferently, barely in his senses.

"Sir, we've got Rose," the man reported.

Even in his alcoholic stupor, Jack's heart rate rose a little and his eyes light up with sparks of resentment. He staggered to his feet, swaying a little and asked, "Where is that bitch?"

"Here. She is all yours now," said the man, as he turned around and made a gesture. Before long, his subordinate dragged Rose into the room by her arms.

Rose's clothes were once high end, but with enough wear and dirt anything could look like rags. Her skin was hidden behind layers of grime and her hair hung as a tangled mop of brown and grey. The vain, conceited mask she once wore so proudly was no longer present to hide her ugliness from the world. Considering how she looked, perhaps even a homeless person would have more dignity than Rose at the tip of his fingers.

The guard kicked her from behind, and she immediately fell to her knees before Jack.

Jack sneered down at her with utter disgust. The very sight of Rose made his insides curl

r saving her life. It was what she would have done, if it were a stranger in Jack's place.

"No way. You are not going anywhere," he asserted. Jacob started to get angry. 'It's not like Jack is dying. Why bother?' he wondered.

Emily sighed, and said, "What are you worrying about, Jacob? I didn't have to tell you, but I did because I wanted you to know that I don't care about the past, Jack, and everything."

"I know you don't, but what about Jack?" he asked.

"That's why I am going this time. I will put an end to all of this, and I need you to trust me, okay?" she said.

Jacob remained silent for a while, then he replied slowly, "Fine, but take some of my people with you and come back soon."

"Wow, I am impressed. You've made progress. Love you, babe," she said, with a smile on her face.

Jacob regretted it the moment he said yes to Emily. Jack could rot in the deepest corners of hell for all he cared. He didn't want Emily to see him at all.

But before he could take back his words, Emily kissed him through the phone then hung up.

"..." Jacob held his phone to his face, not knowing what to do.

He shouldn't have agreed. Now the only thing he could do was call his guards and make sure that they would keep an eye of Emily, in case something went wrong.

But even that didn't make him feel better.

'I will have to give him another lesson when I get back, ' Jacob said to himself.