A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 349 Won't You Try Loving Me

After a successful event at the Starry Night model competition, Lu Jewelry was welcomed into the domestic market with open arms. Their company stock soared sky-high, and as a result, the staff wages faced a considerable increase. The whole company was buzzing with joy.

In the meeting room, Emily had just concluded the meeting with her staff. As soon as she stood up, she started to feel light-headed.

"What's the matter, Miss Lu?" The assistant quickly helped keep her feet.

Emily held onto the table and steadied herself within seconds, "I'm okay. Perhaps I have been working too hard in the past few days."

The assistant nodded, "You'd better get a good rest today!"

"Well, yeah. I know," Emily agreed. Soon, the dizziness disappeared. Emily came back to her own office and lay on the sofa for a rest, falling in thought.

It's not like she didn't understand what Jack had said yesterday. Emily wondered if Jack's motive was to deprive her of being with Jacob just because she didn't want to be with Jack.

In fact, when she returned, she had no intentions of getting back with Jacob again.

However, it was not so easy to let go of deep-rooted feelings as if they were nothing. Hurt could be thoroughly put down, but love could not.

Emily couldn't help caring for Jacob.

In any case, she would have to return to D country again some day. It was probably best not to think too much about it. Besides, she had something more important to do.

After resting for an entire afternoon, Emily felt fresh and rejuvenated. Outside the window, the sky was overcast. For reasons unknown to her, a hint of sadness burrowed deep in her heart.

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Inside the community, since the weather outside was cool and the sun was nowhere in sight, the babysitter took Beryl downstairs to play.

Beryl carried the puppy dog in her arms with a big smile on her face. When she came out, she gently placed the puppy on the floor and said, "Run, baby!

See! You are as fat as a ball now.

Do you mean to roll on the ground?"

The little puppy wiggled its butt at her and suddenly dashed forward, as if to show that it understood her words. Soon, it freed itself from Beryl and sprinted forward with joy.

"Baby! Don't run so fast. Wait for me!" Beryl ran after the little puppy.

While the babysitter, ran after her and cried out nervously, "Beryl, please be careful! Don't run so fast!"

"I know, Auntie Zoe is getting more and more wordy now." Beryl couldn't help sticking her tongue out as she slowed down and breathed heavily.

The little puppy, however, ran faster and faster. It even looked back and wagged its short tail at Beryl. Before long, it ran into an obstacle.

"Ouch!" Dazed, the puppy looked like a silly little cartoon character.

"Baby!" Beryl finally caught up to him, and was about to walk over, when the babysitter grabbed her tiny hand from behind.

"Beryl," she said. Jacob looked down at the silly little dog at his feet. The corner of his lips slowly curved upwards and his low magnetic voice sounded as pleasant as the cello, making people feel good about him.

"Huh?" Beryl soon realized that the obstacle her little puppy ran into was the leg of an adult man. She looked up and saw a familiar, handsome face, "You..."

Jacob walked over to Beryl and asked gently, "Do you still remember me?"

The little girl was just about knee-high to Jacob. Fair and soft, like a glutinous rice ball wrapped in the slightly thicker clothes. Her face was round and chubby, with adorably delicate features. She looked as beautiful as an angel.

Jacob was sure that this girl was his and Emily's daughter.

It was as if Jacob could hear the sound of his blood flowing in her heart. He felt her uniqueness, felt the ties of blood that bound them together, since the first sight of Beryl. That's what it felt like.

The babysitter seemed a little alarmed by Jacob's presence. She pulled Beryl's little hand and stepped back. Beryl, however, showed no fear. She patted Zoe's hand as if to comfort her and said, "Don't be afraid, Auntie Zoe. He is not a bad guy."

Zoe burst out laughing when she heard Beryl talk like an adult. "How do you know that, Beryl?" she asked.

"Because he is handsome. A handsome person can't be a bad person," answered Beryl.

Beryl's innocent answer amused her a lot, but she did not dare to say anything more in front of the stranger. The last thing she wanted to do was offend someone, especially the noble-looking man in front of her.

But then again, Miss Lu was often surrounded by men interested in her. One more better looking than the last, and definitely richer...

Jacob knelt down on one knee and smiled back at Beryl, "I know, you remember me, right?"

They had met each other twice. The first time was on the road, where they saw each other from separate cars. The second time was in the mall. They made eye contact with each other from afar, one upstairs and the other downstairs.

What a pity! Little did he know then that Beryl was actually his daughter. If he had known about her, they would have met each other much earlier.

"I do remember you," she answered. Beryl's eyebrows furrowed, as if she had remembered something she wasn't happy about. The plaintive look on her tiny face, melted Jacob's heart. "You are the uncle who kissed mommy at the door." NôvelDrama.Org owns © this.

Jacob gasped, finding himself at a loss for words.

The babysitter didn't know what else to say either.

For someone who had a reputation for being well-composed and forthright, Jacob found himself at an impasse here. After a long period of awkward silence, he finally squeezed the words out of his teeth, "You must be mistaken, little girl."

The babysitter coughed and cleared her throat. Her face turned red with shame. She took Beryl's hand and said to Jacob, "Sorry, sir. I have to take her back now..."

Beryl seemed annoyed by something. She pushed away the babysitter's hand and said, "I am not mistaken. But, mommy said that she doesn't love you. Only those who love each other should be together, so you can't be with my mommy."

Jacob frowned, his face darkened upon hearing Beryl's harsh words, but he hid his displeasure and said, "Then who does your mommy want to be with?"

"Mommy didn't say that," she answered. Beryl sensed a change in his mood, and assumed that Jacob felt depressed because he couldn't get together with her mommy. So she comforted him, "It doesn't matter if you can't be with my mommy. She doesn't love you, but I do."

Jacob smiled, overwhelmed by the warmth that was filling his heart. "Huh?"

"So, uncle handsome, do you want to make me your girlfriend instead?" Beryl asked, as she looked at him with her big, round eyes, which sparkled like tiny stars when she spoke. "I am so lovely. Why don't you try loving me? Then we can be together forever!"

She always talks like a little grown-up person. Jacob was amazed by her boldness, unable to decide whether he wanted to laugh or cry. "Beryl, is that the "LOVE' you mean?" he asked.

"Does it have other meanings?" Beryl raised her tiny little chin slightly, and confessed, "The first time I saw you, I thought you were very handsome. And I wanted you to be my boyfriend ever since!"

Jacob pinched her cheek gently and said, "Naughty girl. You're too young to worry about getting a boyfriend."

"I don't want a boyfriend, I just want you. How are you so good-looking?" she said. First and foremost, Beryl planned to keep the handsome uncle for herself, while leaving other things to be decided later on.

The babysitter who watched the whole episode from beginning to end, felt nonplussed, and didn't know how to react. 'I never thought you were such a little fire-cracker, Beryl. I feel like I don't know you at all, ' the babysitter mused.