Chapter 239 A Sleepless Night (2/2)

mily sank into despair. Hope. Life. Happiness. All gone. Eradicated. Once where there was light, now only the ghost of imagination remained.

Pain throbbed so violently around Emily's skull that she wondered why it didn't just crack open. At the same time, she put herself in a quandary and did not know what to do and how to come up with a solution.

This night was doomed to be a sleepless one for several people.

Emily could not go to sleep, nor could Jack.

Jack drove to Emily's apartment and parked his car downstairs. He stayed inside, smoking quietly and focused his eyes at Emily's bedroom window, still and motionless.

Jack was under the impression that he could see through the glass and concrete to find Emily's soft figure. However, it was a pathetic way of deceiving himself.

Jack knew that Emily was suffering from despair and melancholia. His heart ached for her, but he also felt somewhat delighted. Although Emily didn't want to be with him at this point, it was better than her being with Jacob.

Jack acknowledged that he had done something villainous and devious. Regardless of what his goals were, he did not achieve them through fair measures. He rationalized his actions on the basis that the ends justified the means.

'I don't regret any of it. If I had to do it all over again, I would do the same thing.

Just as long as I can tear her apart from Jacob's arm and bring her back to me, I am willing to pay the price, even if the price is my conscience.

I have sacrificed so much for Emily. I love her very much, even more than Jacob. Why have I not received anything in return yet? It's not fair, ' thought Jack.

When Jack thought of Jacob, and how he had stolen the girl of his dreams from under his nose, his eyes grew dark, thick with jealousy and hatred. But soon his thin lips slowly twisted upwards with malice.

'Jacob, do you still think you're the all-mighty bastion of the Gu clan?

I wonder how it must feel to rot away in a foreign jail, unable to return to your home, your kingdom. I am going to take your place and trample you under my foot! I swear it!' Jack vowed in his heart.