Chapter 24 Kiss You Till You Go Broke
Emily had her head in the clouds, when suddenly her phone dinged with a message.
She picked up the phone, read the screen and then sprang up from the bed.
"USD 100, 000 has been credited to your ount," it read. Emily could not believe her eyes!
Before she could recollect her thoughts, the phone buzzed again—another message came in. It was
from Jacob, saying "100, 000 dors, for a kiss".
''It seems as if I had lifted a rock just to drop it on my own feet, '' Emily thought, agonisingly.
Emily lived a simple life. Any money, which she did not earn by herself, was like a hot potato to her.
Without further dy she texted back," I don''t need it. I''ll transfer it back to you tomorrow."
Jacob quickly replied," I don''t like to owe anyone anything. If you transfer it back, I would owe you a
kiss, and I''d have to give it back to you the next time we meet."
''Give it back to me next time? Oh no...''
Emily felt like her face was burning on fire. She did not want to reply Jacob''s message anymore and
turned off the phone. ''Why, '' she thought, ''why should I do anything as he told me? I will not keep the
money! I have no interest in his "repayment"!''
Exhausted both physically and mentally, Emilyy on the bed and soon drifted off to dreand.
It was, however, an unpleasant dream, in which her mother cried and said that she needed more
money. Emily was as anxious as a cat on a hot tin roof; she did not know where to look for the money.
Once again, Jacob appeared in front of her. With a faint smile on his handsome face he said," Emily.
One hundred thousand dors for one kiss. Kiss me ten times and one million will be yours."
"One million, I repeat, one million in cash.." his voice sounded somewhat magical.
Emily whooped in delight and threw herself onto Jacob; she wrapped her legs around his waist and
said," Jacob, don''t seduce me! Or, I will kiss you till you go broke!"
The dream ended, abruptly. Emily woke up, like her soul had gradually gone back in her body. She
recalled what she did in the dream and felt ashamed of herself.
''Kiss you till you go broke? Gosh, how could I say that to him! The girl who said that in the dream was
definitely not me!''
Emily, however, failed to return the money to Jacob. The next day, her mother phoned her, in tears, just
like she saw in the dream.
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Her mother had borrowed money from all of her friends, and no one else was willing to lend her some
money anymore.
Emily wavered. ''After all, it''s a hundred thousand dors.'' She hesitated and then finally sent a
message to Jacob, telling him that she would borrow the money from him and repay itter in full. Then
she transferred the money to her mother.
When Jacob received Emily''s message, he did not reply it at once. He decided to wait.
A few days ago he had someone conduct an investigation, after which he came to understand why
Emily was in need of money. He decided to wait, assuming that Emily would soon think of him and ask
him for help. He was willing to do anything for her—All she had to do was ask him.
The health of Emily''s father deteriorated day by day. Emily still couldn''t find a job. She lost sleep over
her problems. Jacob''s words haunted her thoughts from time to time.
"I will do anything for you, all you have to do is ask me."
Emily knew that Jacob was a man of his word. However, the thought of what awaited her once she
epted Jacob''s seemingly generous help, made her feel uneasy. She believed that no one would be
kind enough to help her and ask for nothing in return.
But she was at the end of her rope.
On one end of the scale, was her father, and on the other end, was her dignity. ''My dignity, by contrast,
is definitely of little importance, '' she thought.
At the thought of that, Emily bit her lower lip, picked up her phone and called Jacob.
"Emily," Jacob''s voice sounded like he was expecting her call. Although he answered the phone almost
instantly, his voice still sounded indifferent, like before.
"Mr. Jacob..." Emily continued, too embarrassed to make her request. She abruptly changed the
subject," Have...have you eaten yet?"
"Yes."
"Emm, so, what did you eat?" When Emily heard herself talking, she wanted to kill herself at once,
''What am I talking about?''
"Western cuisine," Jacob answered patiently.
Emily never thought that Jacob could be patient with her, while Jacob was actually waiting. Waiting for
the words he wanted to hear.
"Mr. Jacob, I..." Emily took a deep breath, and was about toe straight to the point, when suddenly
she saw a new mail pop up on the screen of herputer.
She paused and clicked on the e-mail. After reading the contents of the mail, she almost jumped up
and cheered for herself!
The mail was sent to Emily from thepany she had submitted her resume to. She just tried her luck,
since thepany was newly incorporated. Much to her surprise, she got the offer without any
interviews. It was a well-paid job, and she could even have an advance on her sry.
She could finally see a light at the end of the dark tunnel.
With no answer from the other end, Jacob assumed that maybe Emily was struggling to ask him for
help, so he immediately tried to steer the conversation," Emily, what do you want talk about?"
He sounded like a wolf luring a rabbit.
Emily suddenly realized that she was still on the phone with Jacob, but she could hardly hide her
excitement," Oh, nothing. I just want to say that the money I borrowed from you, Mr. Jacob, I will repay
it to you as soon as possible!"
Emily said everything in one go and hung up the phone. Since, her good fortunates had offered her
another way out, she would, of course, distance herself from Jacob as much as possible!
The phone was still beeping, but there was no one on the other end anymore. Jacob''s face darkened,
all of a sudden.
Was that all Emily wanted to say to him?
Jacob had long since prepared a trap for Emily; he saw her walking towards the trap; one step more
and she would fall for it, but then? She just turned around and walked away?
Jacob felt out of sorts.
Guessing from Emily''s tone at the beginning, he was sure that she was about to ask him for help. But
then, what happened to make her change her mind all of a sudden?
In the meantime, Emily had already forgotten about Jacob. She found the contact number of the
company and called at once," Hello, I am Emily Bai, I would like to..."
Emily paused for a moment. The voice from the other end sounded so familiar to her that she was
caught by surprise and at a loss for words.
"Emily? You are one of us now."
"Mr....Mr. Victor?" Emily recognized his voice. Shocked and unprepared, she found it difficult to hide her
excitement," Are you the boss of LA Jewelry Company?"
Victor smirked on the other end and replied," Yes. And you will be an employee in mypany from
tomorrow onwards."
Guessing that Victor was going to hang up, Emily quickly said," Mr. Victor, can I ask a favor of you?"
"What is it?"
"I... I want to have an advance on my sry," Emily requested, clenching her fist in embarrassment.
After all, she hadn''t even started her work in thepany yet. But since her father''s health was getting
worse, she had no choice but to go all out.
"How much?"
"Sry for five months... may I?" she asked cautiously. In her mind, Emily calcted that the sry for
five months was 200, 000 dors, which was still not enough for her father''s surgery, but she dare not
ask for more. She felt uneasy as she was not sure whether Victor would agree or not.
Victor did not voice his answer quickly; Emily thought he would refuse her request. She thought about
lowering the number when suddenly Victor asked," Are you in need of money?"
Emily''s mouth twitched. Victor was the third person to ask her this question. The first two times, she
never really told the real reason, but this time, she decided to tell Victor the truth because she felt like
she could trust him.
"Yes. My father is in poor condition and needs urgent medical treatment."
Victor slightly raised his eyebrows," How much will his treatment cost?"
"I have managed to raise some money, but I still need about 660, 000."
"I will lend it to you, if you need it," Victor answered with no hesitation.