The Spoiled Girl

Emily thought about her stillborn child, and she still couldn't help being sad. With tears welling in her eyes she spoke, "If you have forgotten, I can remind you of everything that you did to hurt Jacob and me... Speaking of being sorry, you should feel sorry for everything."

Jack's face turned gray. Every word she said stabbed him in the heart like an ice-pick. Then he closed his eyes in disappointment. He was afraid to look at the expression on her face.

It was true that he had brought all these troubles on himself.

This was retribution for all of the bad things which he had done.

He had no right to blame others.

"I'm sorry, Emily."

"You don't have to tell me you're sorry." She realized her gaffe and wiped away her tears, "You lost the use of your legs because of Beryl. You saved her. I really thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. I will do my best to make it up to you."

She knew that it was a great blow to him to be paralyzed. But she had suffered no less than he had.

Who should be the one to blame? It was hard to say.

"You can contact me after you make up your mind." She wrote down her contact information on a nearby notepad, then she set it down on the desk.

However, he grabbed her hands suddenly and held on so tightly with an expression of panic on his face, "Emily, please don't go. Please listen to me... I don't want any compensation. I just want..."

She struggled to pull away his hands, "What do you want?"

He looked at her intensely, with eyes full of guilt and regret, and unspeakable sadness. When he spoke, he enunciated every syllable with great difficulty, "I just want your forgiveness..."

Her eyes met his unflinchingly, and after a moment she released her fingers one by one before replying firmly, "That's impossible."

She was obliged to thank him and compensate him for Beryl. But she would never forgive what he had done.

Those were injuries so grave as to be carved into her very bones. When she had thought that Jacob had died it was as if she had wanted to die also.

That was the most desperate moment in her life.

And the second child she lost.

She was not a saint, and she would never forgive

run over by a speeding car.

Another thought hit him then. What if they had been kidnapped because she was his wife and Beryl his daughter?

Anxiety was an unfamiliar feeling to him, and he was ready to turn over the whole of Jing City to find her if need be.

Soon, his subordinates had located their whereabouts though.

Emily took Beryl to the cemetery to visit her foster parents, and then they went to the hospital to visit a patient.

The relief was instant, but when he saw the name of the hospital, he became furious.

How dare she go to see Jack without his permission!

Great! Did she still have feelings for her ex-boyfriend, hence the secret visit?

She even took their daughter with her. Did she want to find a new daddy for Beryl?

She hadn't even had a chance to answer him, when she saw him take a note from his pocket. Slowly he opened it to reveal the exact slip of paper which she had written her contact information on for Jack!

"How did you get that..."

He ripped the paper to pieces, cutting her off. Throwing the shreds down negligently, they flurried to the floor like snow.

Suddenly she had an intensely cold sensation at the pit of her stomach.

She understood now that he was angry.

"You just can't change your nature, can you?" Rising, he crossed the space between them with a few long strides, "You seduce other men behind my back when I am not at home. Tell me. How many times have you done this before?"