A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 1598 Take The Initiative Tonight

Darren felt like he was in a dream. He was in so much disbelief that he couldn't stop rubbing his eyes again and again. After a while, he finally accepted the fact that what he was seeing was real. Bonnie was out of prison and casually sitting on the assistant's chair while reading a few documents.

Noticing that the door to the CEO's office swung open, Bonnie turned around and saw how surprised Darren was. The silly and absolutely adorable look on his face made it hard for Bonnie not to giggle. And since this was the first time Darren heard her laugh like that in a long time, he couldn't help but pinch himself to check if he was still in a dream.

It didn't take him long to come back to his senses. But when he did, he ran straight to her like a madman and immediately held her in his arms in a warm embrace. “Bonnie! Why are you here? How did you get out?“

he asked with enthusiastic curiosity. After countless losses to Jacob and with no progress on getting her out of prison, seeing her there was too good to be true, especially since he was at his wit's end trying to get her out of there.

Upon hearing him, Bonnie slowly stepped back and calmly spoke to him. “A girl named Siena walked into the prison and just took me away. When we were outside, she told me that you were a good man and asked me to take good care of you.“

Although Bonnie had had no contact with the outside world for so long, she knew that something must have happened between Darren and Siena. But since she was finally free and she knew that Darren was loyal to her, Bonnie was grateful that Siena had come into their lives.

Bonnie's words made Darren think of the gift that Siena had talked about the last time they had seen each other.

'This has to be the best gift I've ever gotten in my entire life!' With that in mind, Darren pulled Bonnie into his arms and embraced her tightly, as if he was never letting go of her again.

From that moment on, he promised to himself to never let the love of his life go through something like that ever again.

When they were done with their happy reunion, Darren tried calling Siena to thank her. Unfortunately, there was no answer after many attempts. Even on the internet, she was nowhere to be seen. It was like she had completely disappeared from the world. Later that day, Darren used his many contacts and found out that Siena was the illegitimate daughter of the mayor of Jingshi City.

Because of that, he couldn't help but think that she had disappeared to keep a bit of her dignity. But no matter her reason for leaving, he regretted the fact that he wouldn't be able to thank her,

and that their short time together had ended on a bitter note.

Meanwhile, Jacob had just been informed of Bonnie's release from prison. But instead of being angered by it, he had no intention of doing anything to his rival. After all, Emily was good friends with Bonnie, so if he did anything to her after what she had been through, he would probably end up sleeping on the sofa that night. Nevertheless, he didn't care since Bonnie's release didn't have that much impact on him.

After all, Darren and Jacob were destined to compete with each other. As long as the KING Group wanted to butt heads with the HT Group, Jacob would gladly oblige. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

A few weeks later, Darren hadn't made a single move to start his battle again with Jacob. After a few more weeks, news spread that Darren himself had closed down the casinos in F Country. Then, more news came that Darren had left Jingshi City with Bonnie after stepping down from his position in the KING Group. Because of this, Jacob couldn't help but think that his rival had headed off to meet Bonnie's parents, and maybe even propose to her.

After talking to a few of his informants for a couple of days, his suspicions were confirmed. Darren had really left for good, and he planned to live the rest of his life with the girl he loved.

No matter how hard it was to believe, Bonnie had managed to change Darren. Just like how Jacob was with Emily, Darren was willing to do anything for Bonnie. No matter how cheesy it might sound, the power of love was truly unbelievable.

Being left with no opponents all of a sudden left Jacob feeling a little strange. However, he knew exactly what to do in this kind of situation since he had thought about it for so long. While looking at the traffic outside of his office window, Jacob started to think of what he really wanted in life moving forward. Suddenly, Emily's and his children's faces popped up in his mind. Right after that, he let out a little laugh and a smile for being silly to even think about what he really wanted.

After a while, Sam came to Jacob's office with an envelope in hand.

“Mr. Gu, it says here that Darren sent you a letter and a portfolio,“ Sam casually uttered while he handed it to Jacob.

Since this was Jacob's first time hearing from Darren after his disappearance, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Nevertheless, he opened the envelope and, sure enough, there was a letter inside written by Darren.

“Jacob, after years upon years of battling you, this is the day that I'll finally admit that I'm no match for my rival. And now that I'm talking like a changed man, I'd also like to thank you for sending Bonnie my way and making me fall in love with her. I used to think that besting you was all I wanted in my life, like trampling you beneath my feet would give me the happiest feeling in the world. And when I lost Bonnie, it drove me to my breaking point. Every day I spent while she was in prison was a day thinking about how to defeat you. But when she was finally in my arms again, I realized that all of our battles were meaningless. After that, another realization came to me. It was the fact that all I was looking for was a

girl like Bonnie to peacefully spend the rest of my life with. Anyway, the reason I'm writing you this letter is that I want to make peace with you. As long as you don't threaten the peaceful life I have now, I'm sure we'll be able to become friends one day, especially now that we have one thing in common. We both have someone to protect. To prove my sincerity, look at the envelope I gave you. If you end up using it, I'll take that as a sign of agreement. Well wishes, Darren.“

Having finished reading the letter, Jacob went on and checked the envelope. What he saw inside was something he had been searching for for a long time but had never been able to find —a thick pile of documents that showed all of Bill's underground activity over the years. Every evil and heinous deed Bill had ever done was written there, and there was even some proof that he had abducted young children and trafficked them.

With that, Jacob was sure that Darren was speaking from the heart.

After that, Jacob needed time to sort things out in his mind. When he was finally done, he handed the pile of documents to Sam with a smile and said, “Send all of this to the police station. I wish I could see the look on Bill's face when he gets arrested.“

In a matter of hours, police sirens cornered Bill from every direction. It was only when he was placed behind bars in a cold, empty cell that Bill realized that he had been arrested. At his court trial, he was found guilty of all charges, which brought Scott and Louis the utmost joy. With tears on his face, Scott said to Louis, “Brother, it has finally happened. We can now leave the past and live a new life from now on.“

In the evening of that triumphant day, Jacob came back home late. Emily had just finished singing a lullaby to the children to get them to sleep. They met in the living room and, under the warm yellow light, Jacob lovingly hugged her from behind. With their future looking as bright as ever, Jacob couldn't

help but smile and feel warm in his heart. A few moments later, he said, “Honey, I'm so lucky to have you.“

“Hey, keep your voice down. Baron just fell asleep,“ Emily replied while gesturing to him to keep his voice down.

A playful and slightly aggrieved look appeared on Jacob's face when he was scolded. Then, he suddenly picked Emily up and carried her to their bedroom. After gently placing her on the bed, he charmingly asked, “I can speak as loud as I want to now, right? You know how much I hate having to sneak around the house. It honestly feels like I'm having an affair.“

Right after Jacob was finished speaking, he tried leaning on top of Emily. However, she managed to slip away at the last second and say, “Let's sleep early tonight. I feel a bit tired right now.“

With a mischievous smile, Jacob pulled her back into his arms. He knew she was just playing hard to get, so he started to slowly kiss her neck, down to her chest. All of a sudden, Jacob looked at her blushing face and teasingly said, “All right! Let's go to bed now!“

Then, he loosened his grip on her and moved away.

Emily was so embarrassed at that moment that her face was as red as an apple. 'How could he do that to me and leave? Is he intentionally teasing me?' she angrily thought.

The more she tried to figure it out, the more irritated she became. Not wanting to be toyed with, Emily forcefully grabbed Jacob's collar with one hand, pulled him right up to her face, and then turned over to press him under her body.

As soon as Jacob saw her blushing face, he couldn't help but smile.

While looking straight into her eyes, Jacob uttered word by word, “Take the initiative tonight.“