Chapter 5 Overwhelming Darkness (2/2)

the reputation of the family was not at stake.

Jack wondered whether it was because Jacob had already found out about his visit to the police station.

The more Jack thought about it, the more certain he became. 'Yes, that must be the reason, ' he thought. He figured it wasn't because Jacob had caught him red handed, forcing himself on Emily just now, as it would apparently be a waste of his time to attack Jack for a stranger. Jesus!

With regards to Jacob, he would just have to be more careful in the future. But as to Emily... How dare she betray him! He swore to find Emily's mysterious lover, as he wanted to bash his head in for touching his girlfriend!

Emily spent the next few days in peace, away from Jack's harassment as he was confined to this hospital bed. However, the news of their break-up had spread all over her company like wildfire. To add to that, thanks to Rose's lies, everyone in the company regarded Emily as a shameless woman for cheating on her boyfriend which finally led to their break-up.

Emily sneered at the thought of that. 'Is she talking about herself?' mused Emily, wondering how Rose could be so shameless as to lie to everyone and frame Emily in such a vicious way.

Although, in disdain, she refused to defend herself; she was affected by the rumors anyway. Not only was she demoted by Mr. Hua on all accounts, she was also made to be one of Rose's assistants.

Rose couldn't be more complacent, as she believed she had won over Emily again. Rose had been jealous of Emily for being a far more talented jewellery designer than her. 'So what?' Rose snickered at the thought of Emily's demotion. From now on Emily would have to follow her orders obediently!

That day at work, Rose deliberately arranged a lot of work for Emily, so that she would have to work overtime in the company.

By the time Emily had finished her work, it was almost 9 PM. When she got out to leave the company, she found that everyone had already gone home, and she was the only one left in the office.

She packed up her items and was about to leave, when she noticed that the door of the office seemed to have been locked from the outside.

Emily had no doubt in her mind that Rose was behind this.

She was confused and lost in her thoughts when she suddenly heard a 'pop'. Soon after, the lights in the office had gone off and all of a sudden the entire office was shrouded in darkness.

Emily's complexion turned pale. She was beginning to feel claustrophobic and the dark atmosphere reminded her of the traumatic experiences of being kidnapped, she suffered, when she was just a child.

In fact, Rose was well aware of this fact as they had been friends for so long.

It was too dark in the office to see anything. Emily calmed herself down, fumbled in her bag for the phone and then clicked on the address book.

She tentatively called a few colleagues for help; they all answered her in a few perfunctory words before hanging up quickly, as if they had come up the excuses together. Rose's involvement in the matter was obvious.

Emily didn't have many friends; to make matters worse, whatever friends she had, were living in other places.

Emily hesitated for a moment before deciding to call Jack. At the very least, she had hoped that he would help her for old time's sake.

Unfortunately, all her hopes were in vain as Rose answered Jack's phone.

On the other side of the call, Rose moaned, enticingly. She figured Rose meant to provoke her and show off her intimacy with Jack. She could also hear Jack vaguely, panting in the background.

Nauseated by the noise, Emily couldn't help retching in disgust before hanging up quickly.

She realized it was stupid of her to call Jack for help.

After a brief moment of self-loathing, Emily sat down against the wall and held her phone tightly, not knowing who to ask for help.

She was overwhelmed by the darkness and the eerie silence that had taken over the room. Emily felt more and more frightened with each passing minute. The traumatic memories of her kidnapping in her childhood gradually recurred in her mind, emerging from her anxiety of the darkness around her. Despair and fear flooded her thoughts once again, overwhelming and almost suffocating her.

”No, I can't stay here...” Emily started to become upset, as tiny beads of sweat poured out of her forehead. She gripped her phone firmly, scrolling up and down on the screen, until the name ”Jacob” appeared.