Chapter 1145 More Care, More Trouble (1/2)

Emily curled up in their bed and exchanged looks with Jacob. Then, Jacob winked at Emily and haltingly said, ”I guess they are your father and brother, aren't they?”

”Judging from their voices, I would think so.”

Seeing Jacob regard the situation with a grave expression, Emily felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach as well. She reached out with her small hand and stroked Jacob's neck, comforting him softly. Emily soothed in low voice as she nodded slowly, saying, ”It should be fine. My father wouldn't dare do anything to you.”

But neither of them really believed that.

The expression on Jacob's face had become a complicated combination of annoyance, self-accusation, flurry, and tension.

All these moods had become interwoven, painting his face in a kaleidoscope of micro-expressions.

Patting the back of his head, Jacob said ruefully, ”I should have taken you to the Ke Family immediately. I moved the priority to the back of my mind because I had so much to attend to.”

After Emily had been discharged from hospital, the only thought that occupied his mind was to hide her away in his home. The Ke Family fell by the wayside.

If they hadn't talked about Darren previously, Jacob might never have mentioned her brother.

Now, facing Emily's family suddenly arriving for a visit to his house, Jacob was panicked and at a loss for what to do.

Although he loved Emily from the bottom of his heart, he himself even felt ashamed of the fucked up situation and all the miserable things he had done to Emily. Not to mention what he had done to Hunk and Louis, who both had cherished Emily as the apple of their eyes.

”Yvonne, are you here?”

Hunk's roared questioning went unanswered. Ablaze with anger, he snorted and plopped down on the sofa before glancing at Louis who was standing beside him with a complicated but guarded expression.

Louis walked up to his father and asked for patience amid his yelling for a final time.