Chapter 319 A Substitute


    Jack didn''t expect to be ambushed by Jacob as soon as he arrived at the office. Jacob grabbed him by


    the cor. Jack angrily asked, "Jacob, what the fuck are you doing?"


    "Who the hell was that woman you were with today?" Jacob red at Jack.


    Jack''s heart started to beat rapidly - Jacob knew. Jacob knew Emily was alive.


    "Which woman?" he pretended to not know.


    Jacob couldn''t keep calm, "In the coffee shop! The woman who looks like Emily!" he said hastily.


    ''Fuck! How could he have known? Now he''s just going to have you followed now!'' Jack thought to


    himelf.


    Jack may have been cursing Jacob in his mind but he remained calm as he talked to him, "Are you


    saying Emily''s alive?" Jack asked mockingly.


    Jacob started to question what he saw because of Jack''s attitude.


    "Well, who the hell is she?"


    Jack pushed his hand away. With a scowl in his face, he said, "Who is she? She''s the substitute I found


    for Emily, got a problem with that? You can have her if you want. I mean, there are so many girls out


    there who look like Emily. There''s even one in Tao''s if you''re interested."


    Jacob looked at him fixedly. His eyes were as sharp as a knife. He said firmly, "Don''t you ever talk


    about Emily like that again."


    "You think you can get away with what you did? You killed Emily, you don''t even deserve to say her


    name."


    Jack''s words pierced Jacob - he almost felt the blood oozing out.


    Jacob''s face had turned pale, his heart was hurting, and he was having difficulty breathing.


    Jack just discovered Jacob''s weak spot. As he looked at the pained look on Jacob''s face, he took


    delight, "I''ll make sure you get what you deserve for doing that to Emily. So stay alive, will you? Let me


    be the one to destroy you."


    After which, Jack just turned around and left. Jacob immediately put a hand on his chest and took a


    deep breath. His eyes werepletely dark that you could barely see the whites in it.


    It was on that day four years ago that his world would change forever - never have the lights turned on


    since.


    ...


    Time passed by quickly and Emily didn''t have much to do anyway so she decided to take Beryl out to


    y.


    Beryl jumped in joy. Naturally, she was thrilled with this news, "Mommy, where are we going to y?"


    she asked excitedly.


    Keeping her hands on the steering wheel and her eyes on the road, Emily answered, "We''re going to


    the amusement park. Are you excited?"


    Beryl shrieked, "Yes!"


    Emily took the chance to make Beryl practice her Chinese, "Beryl, for today, we''re going to speak in


    Chinese, okay? Let''s start now!"


    Beryl nodded and answered "yes" in Chinese.


    They continued to chat as they headed to the amusement park.


    But as soon as they arrived, it started raining.


    Beryl looked upset, "Mommy, are we still going in?"


    Emily looked at her apologetically, "Beryl, it''s raining, I''m so sorry, honey."


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    "Okay, then," Beryl tried to hide her disappointment but she couldn''t as in the next moment, she was


    already crying.


    Emily bit her lip. She rolled the car window down to stick her hand out - checking to see how heavy the


    rain was. She rolled it up and looked at Beryl sadly, "The rain''s too heavy, I''m sorry. But we can go


    somewhere else, if you like."


    Beryl wasn''t in the mood anymore, but she still asked, "Where?"


    "Well, there are amusement parks in the mall too. It''s just not as fun but there are lots of children there.


    Don''t worry, mommy will take you back here when the weather clears up, okay?"


    "Okay," Beryl nodded but she was still upset.


    Emily added, "For the meantime, how about we get some strawberry cake?"


    Beryl felt slightly better at this, "Thank you, mommy," she said cheerfully.


    Emily turned her car around and headed for the newly built shopping mall in the center of Jingshi City.


    She took Beryl straight to the amusement area.


    They had a lot of facilities here. It isn''t as fun and as versatile as the ones outside, but at least, this was


    safer. There were also a lot of children that were Beryl''s age that was also ying while their parents


    watched them from outside.


    Beryl rarely got out so she wasn''t used to being in a ce as busy and as jammed as this. Her eyes lit


    up when she saw how many children were ying - she dashed in excitedly.


    Emily wanted to hold her back but she couldn''t. So she just reminded her, "Beryl, be safe, okay?"


    She knew that being overprotective wouldn''t do any good so she just let her daughter be.


    Nheless, Emily still kept a close eye on Beryl.


    Beryl was enjoying her time in the yground - she even made a few new friends.


    Even if they didn''t speak the samenguage, they were still excited to y with one another and


    communicated via different gestures.


    Emily couldn''t help butugh at this scene - she also felt relieved.


    However, half an hourter, Beryl came out alone, looking sad and dejected.


    Emily was flummoxed and worried, "Beryl? What''s the matter? What happened? Are you


    ufortable?"


    Beryl shook her head and said, "Mommy, I don''t want to y any more."


    "Why? Didn''t you enjoy ying? And I thought you made some new friends."


    "I don''t want to y with them any more," Beryl said. She was obviously sad.


    Emily asked, "Did you fight with them?"


    "No," Beryl pouted and opened her arms as if to ask for a hug. "Mommy, they kept asking me why my


    daddy isn''t here," she said.


    Emily''s heart tightened at this. She stooped to enclose her daughter in a hug, "What did you say?" she


    asked, concerned.


    "I told them I didn''t have a daddy and then theyughed at me." Even though Beryl could barely


    understand them, she was sensitive enough to sense what was going on - and they wereughing at


    her and judging her.


    Her spirits were instantly crushed.


    Emily held her tighter, "That doesn''t matter, honey. You have me, you have your uncle, and your


    grandparents. You have a lot of people loving you, okay?"


    Beryl didn''t say anything and just buried herself in Emily''s chest. She was greatly affected by this.


    ''Howe everyone else had a dad but her... Was it because her dad didn''t want her or her mommy?


    Or both of them?


    Then mommy must be very sad about that.'' She didn''t want to make her mommy sad so she changed


    the topic.


    "Mommy," Beryl raised her head and this time, she had a smile on her face instead of a pout, "You said


    you were going to buy me strawberry cake, can I have it now?"