Unexpected Love: Beyond the Shadows of Deceit（559）

Chapter 559
A Call That Changed Her Entire Life novel Chapter 1485

A moment of opportunity was right in front of Jonas and his eyes flashed with determination. He slightly pursed his lips and then raised his head to meet Emily’s gaze. Then, he pleaded with her. “I won’t take up too much of your time since you seem quite busy. But please, just take this gift that I prepared for you. I’ll leave as soon as you take it.”

Half an hour later, someone lightly knocked on Emily’s door.

It was Taylor paying her a visit. When she was met with no response, she slowly opened the door. To her surprise, she saw a man with his back turned, sitting on the sofa. The man could be heard gently whispering some words while holding a pocket watch in front of Emily.

It was Jonas. As soon as he realized that the door was opened, he stopped everything that he was doing. Taylor’s confused gaze unexpectedly met Jonas’s frightening one. Without hesitation, Taylor shouted, “What are you doing here? Get out!”

Taylor knew something wasn’t right. She rushed over to Emily’s side and saw her lying still on the sofa with her eyes closed. When Taylor looked around, she saw some lit incense on the tea table and the pocket watch in the man’s hand. At that moment, she knew exactly what he was doing to her.

He was hypnotizing Emily!

“Stop!” Taylor fiercely exclaimed while covering her nose to prevent herself from inhaling the fumes from the incense. Jonas seemed unfazed, so she kicked his wrist to prevent any further damage to Emily. The moment the watch fell on the ground, she opened her mouth and yelled, “Help! Help! There’s a pervert over here!”

Jonas knew he needed to get away that instant. He endured the pain in his wrist and rushed over to pick up his watch. Taylor couldn’t let this man have another chance at messing with Emily, so she kicked the watch, and it slid under the sofa.

She reached out to grab Jonas’s bandaged arm in hope of restraining him, but the man was able to dodge her grasp. The look on Jonas’s face at that moment was terrifying. He was completely disgruntled and even shouted back at Taylor. “Go to hell!”

A person who had heard Taylor’s plea for help rushed over and said, “Is he here?

Were you the one who called for help? The sound came from this area.”

Taylor took Emily behind the sofa to protect her. When she saw the man at the door, she shouted again with all her might. “Help! Help! This man tried to grope me!”

All of a sudden, the sound of footsteps from a large crowd was approaching the door. Upon realizing that it was impossible to do what he had intended, Jonas ran towards the window to escape. But before he jumped out, he threatened them. “This isn’t over! Both of you will pay for this! Just wait and see!”

As soon as the man’s figure disappeared from sight, Taylor heard a loud thump outside, like the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

In Taylor’s mind, Jonas’s threat was the least of her worries. The only thing she was concerned about at that moment was Emily’s condition.

The people who had rushed over to help forced the door to open. Several of them just curiously stood outside and chatted with each other. Then, someone asked, “What happened? Are you okay?”

After carrying Emily to the sofa, Taylor went outside the office and explained what had happened. Then, she pleaded with everyone to go out and look for Jonas. “The culprit jumped down from the window just now. He shouldn’t have made it far. Please get him. Thank you.”

“Don’t worry. We’ll take care of it!”

“I can’t believe someone would do this to these innocent women! What a scumbag!”

Everyone was utterly pissed. They all had it in their minds that Taylor had really encountered a pervert.

The group of people who had come to help all left in a hurry.

After sending them away, Taylor immediately turned around to check on Emily’s condition. She was out of Jonas’s control, but her eyes were still closed. Her beautiful eyebrows were furrowed in anguish, like she was having a horrifying nightmare.

Taylor knew that she had to wake Emily up as soon as possible, since it was the only way to know if she was fine. Interrupting a hypnosis session was very dangerous, but the consequences would’ve been far more severe if she hadn’t stopped Jonas, given that he seemed to be doing it to Emily with ill intentions.

“Emily, I need you to wake up!” Taylor shook her back and forth, but there was no response. She tried whispering something in her ear that might wake her up.

After some time, Emily finally opened her eyes. Tears started pouring out of her eyes, and she screamed from the pain she felt in her heart.

What Jonas had wanted, unfortunately, happened. Her negative emotions had been successfully incited and had caused her mental state to worsen. The expression on Emily’s face could only be described as a look of helplessness.

Meanwhile, Jonas was still on the run from his pursuers.

After jumping out of the window, he quickly untied the bandages on his hand. The injuries he had suffered some time ago were completely healed. His pitiful getup was just a way to deceive Emily.

He nimbly avoided the surveillance cameras along the way. He completely knew where the blind spots were along the road. Not long after, he jumped into a minibus that had already been waiting for him near the exit.

Regrettably, those who rushed downstairs to chase this man were destined to return empty-handed.

After going around for quite some time, the minibus finally stopped at a residential area. Jonas, who was wearing a peaked cap and a mask, stepped out of the car and entered a tall building. He entered an elevator and arrived at his destination shortly after. Once he was there, he saw a man sitting on a leather chair with his back turned.

“What? Dr. Tang, when did you come here?”

As expected, Emily was shocked to see Taylor there. In her mind, the last thing she remembered was Jonas’s arrival.

“Where’s Jonas?”

Emily asked since she didn’t see him around anymore. However, she soon remembered what Jonas had just done to her, and her eyes darkened. This time, he had really gone too far.

Because of his hypnosis, she had nearly… At the thought of this, Emily clenched her fists in anger. She regretted ever trusting that man.

“Fortunately for you, Emily, I came here in the nick of time. If I hadn’t, the consequences would’ve been unimaginable.”

Upon hearing what she said, Emily held Taylor’s hand and felt very grateful.

She was now fully aware of Jonas’s true nature. It turned out that Jacob had been right all along. She felt a little guilty for not having listened to her husband sooner.

“Taylor, I have to tell Jacob what just happened. He knew from the start that Jonas was a dangerous man, but I…”

Emily stopped herself from speaking. The remorse she felt made it hard to do so. Taylor saw this and held her hand tightly to comfort her. She then said, “I’m sure Jacob won’t blame you for all of this! You don’t have to worry about anything, Emily.”

“Really?” Emily replied in a hopeful tone.

Taylor quickly nodded in response. With everything that had been said, Emily still asked Taylor to come with her. After all, she was still unsure how Jacob would react.

In a situation like this, Taylor had no choice but to agree. After all, she was the one who could explain everything that had happened earlier clearly.

“Are you sure you’re good to go now?”

Taylor was still feeling a little worried. Since Emily had been just hypnotized a few minutes ago, there was still no confirmation if she was really fine. However, Emily dispelled Taylor’s worries just with the look in her eyes. At that point, Taylor realized there was nothing to worry about.