Chapter 416 Well Both Enjoy This (1/2)

”No! That's impossible!” Emily was dumbfounded and just couldn't believe what Jacob did. She looked at him for a few moments, trying to discern his real intentions. When she finally understood, ”You're really determined to keep me from seeing Beryl, aren't you?”

Jacob nodded slowly, his eyes closed for the duration. ”Yes.”

”But why? I am her mother and you sent her away without so much as a notice, let alone a proper discussion with me!”

”Speak for yourself.” Jacob, poker-faced, looked straight at her with a stern gaze and calmly continued, ”I seem to recall that you decided not to consult me when you went to the clinic to get the baby aborted, the baby which I am the father of. Seems to me that we just did the same thing, right?”

Emily was speechless, ”….”

”This is my way of punishing you.”

A punishment? He knew exactly how much she cared about and loved Beryl, so he did this exactly to spite her?

”Just, rest easy tonight. I'll be back early.” Jacob pecked Emily's forehead, clearly trying to clear the air of what just happened.

Emily studied his handsome face and found it an unreadable mask. As if there was a thick mist that clouded his mind.

What the hell was he planning?

An answer quickly started to form on her mind.

Everytime Jacob leaves, Emily becomes a prisoner in the grand villa—a gilded cage. She's even prohibited from stepping on the garden just outside the place.

Jacob was making a treasure of her, a hidden treasure locked in a vault.

In someway, Emily realized her assumptions were correct.

From that point onwards, Jacob came home early and took some time to spend with Emily. He was unfazed and even looked satisfied even when Emily outright ignored him.

He just wanted to hide Emily in his gilded cage forever.