Chapter 1563 Surprise

“Hmm.“ The dolls were made of soft fabric that she loved so much. Her eyes moved from one doll to
another, admiring the workmanship of each one. Her heart skipped a beat as she still couldn't believe
that Jacob had done this for her. Without taking her eyes away from the dolls, she asked, “Why did you
suddenly think of doing this? We are just having dinner. Don't bother surprising me like this.“

Jacob smiled, pleased with himself. “That's okay. I like seeing you happy!“ Seeing Emily's reaction to
the surprise that he had planned, he realized that he wanted to witness it more in the future. “I want to
surprise you every day if I could,“ he said.

Emily turned to face him, her eyes a little teary. Every woman wanted to feel cherished by the person
they loved, and Emily was so lucky to have Jacob, who truly cared about her feelings, by her side.
Despite being married, Jacob did not stop making her feel loved, as if they were still a new couple.

“I already ordered the food. Come on. Let's have dinner first, in case you're hungry.“

Moments later, the dishes were served one after another. Emily always liked trying new food she had
never eaten. Jacob had already tasted a lot of this food before, so it was not difficult for him to explain
each dish to Emily as they ate the whole course. Emily had such a good time listening to Jacob that
she did not notice the time passing by very quickly.

As soon as they finished their dinner, they decided to leave the restaurant. And as a souvenir, Emily
took a doll from the pile that she was looking at. It was the most attractive one that Jacob had picked
out for her. So while walking on the road with the doll in her hand, Emily attracted the attention of many
passersby.

She whispered to Jacob a little too loudly, “I feel a little embarrassed.“ As if she was a little girl, Emily's
ears turned red on the tips because of embarrassment. Although Jacob found her cute like this, he
didn't want her to worry about other people. “Hey, it's okay as long as you like it. Don't care about what
other people are thinking.“



Emily looked at Jacob and nodded to show him that she understood. Jacob smiled at her reassuringly
and even squeezed her hand a little as they continued walking hand in hand. After getting into the car,
Emily put the doll on the seat. She said to him, “Please, ask them to deliver the rest of the dolls to our
house, or else it will be a waste of money.“

“Okay, if that's what you want.“ Jacob started the car and put its roof down. It was already getting
colder outside and they felt the cool breeze stroke their cheeks. Welcoming the chill of the night, Emily
closed her eyes.

When they arrived at home, Emily went in first while Jacob drove the car to the garage to park it. When
he walked into the house, nearly ten meters away from their living room, he heard a scream.

A scream? Emily? Adrenaline taking over his body, he ran to the room feeling frightened. The room
was a mess when he stepped into it. The cabinet and the drawers had fallen to the floor. Pieces of
clothes were also on the floor while some were on the bed. When Jacob found Emily, she was not
moving and her eyes were wide in shock. He went to her, immediately holding her into his arms. “Are
you okay? It seems like a thief broke into our house,“ he said, trying to keep his voice steady while
thinking about how this could have happened.

Emily took a deep breath to calm herself. She answered, “I'm fine. Where are the others?“ Emily
walked past the mess and went to the kitchen. Jacob, on alert, followed her. The kitchen was a mess
too, but not as messy as the bedroom they had just come out of. Emily found their female servant lying
on the floor, so they both hurried to check on her. Jacob immediately checked her breath and was
relieved to know that she was still alive. “Maybe she just fainted,“ he said to Emily.

Emily, although shocked and still a bit lost, managed to calm down. She let Jacob support the servant
first, holding her head up a little while she took out her mobile phone. “All right, I'll call the police.“



Jacob nodded. “Okay.“ Jacob got down to clearing up the mess, and Emily helped clean the house up.
The housekeeping service company and the security company had also come, so Jacob asked Emily
to go to the study instead.

The mess downstairs was nothing compared with the mess in the study. Everything had been thrown to
the floor, including the books, the lamp, and the papers. The safe next to the bookshelf had been
dragged to the window. It seemed that the person who broke into the house had intended to open the
safe but failed, so instead, the thief had planned to take the safe away.

Sighing, Emily asked with a little exasperation, “What should we do?“ She looked around and found
that other valuable things were still there. This meant that the person hadn't come to steal money, but
for other purposes, and they thought that the safe would contain important things aside from money.

“It's Darren,“ Jacob said in a firm tone. “It seems that he was so impatient that he had to break into our
house. He has gone too far.“

Emily also knew about the key. She touched Jacob's arm to comfort him. “Hey, look at me,“ she said.
Jacob turned to her and saw her calming eyes. Now that she had gotten his attention, she hoped that
he would listen to her. “He is impatient, but we know that it is also because he is too flustered. Take it
easy! We can't give him any chance to set us up.“

He looked into Emily's eyes and knew that he could not act too rashly. But that didn't stop him from
ordering the security company to get some more guards, and to strengthen the security system of his
house. Fortunately, no one was hurt this time. And more importantly, Emily was safe. Otherwise, Jacob
would probably have wanted to kill someone.

It seemed that it was that time of the day when everyone was the most energetic. Everybody in the
prison cells were chatting, exchanging one story after another, so the sneers from one cell didn't attract
much attention.



“What bad luck! How can we stay with such a woman?“ A woman leaned against the edge of the bed,
playing with her fingers lazily, but her eyes were fixed on the bed opposite to hers.

The cell was nearly empty aside from the bed. It even had no windows and the beds were put next to
each other. The narrow space of the cell was a little crowded because too many prisoners were in it.
Although it was not ideal, there were just so many law-breakers that the prison could not hold them all
anymore.

In the room, a group of women gathered together, occupying most of the space. However, in one bed
near the corner, there was one petite woman sitting alone who seemed to be in a daze. She was quiet
as she always was, looking at the space in front of her blankly.

“She looks gentle and quiet, but in fact...“ Another woman in the room sneered, “She is really filthy.“

How could Bonnie not know that these people were talking about her?

An inkling of bitterness appeared on her face, but she was quick to conceal it. No one could know what
she truly thought about.

Especially since it was not the first time that they had observed her and been against her since a few
days ago, they looked at her like she was weak, and she did not like that. But fighting back with words
was shallow. They wouldn't get on her nerves.

And she was no longer a little girl who would cry for help whenever she was bullied. She knew she
could stand up for herself. Moreover, what could she do if she was bullied there? If she reported to
anyone that the other female prisoners were bullying her, they would just come back for her twice as
harder. They would make her life inside the cell a living hell and she didn't need that.



Through the daze, she thought of asking Darren for help. But like always, she hesitated to bother him
whenever she recalled how exhausted he already was with his business every day.

Deeply immersed in thoughts, Bonnie didn't notice that the women in front of her had already
exchanged glances with each other several times over that short period of time. They were done
eyeing her. They needed answers.

One woman rolled up her sleeves and stood up. She walked to Bonnie and nudged her. She winked
her right eye and ridiculed, “Hey, how did you hook up with your man? You can share it with us.“

As soon as the woman finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the room.

Bonnie didn't want to talk to these people. She did not want to engage, so she stood up to go to the
corner. But when she turned around, she felt a palm slapping her back. Before she could react, she
staggered and bumped into the iron rack beside the bed.

“Hey, I'm talking to you. Why don't you answer my question? Don't think that you can break the rules
here just because you're beautiful. After all, you are just a shameless whore!“ the woman shouted. With
her eyes wide open, she pulled Bonnie's hair and raised her other hand high, about to slap her on the
face.

The woman was attracting not only the attention of some other women in her cell, but also the attention
and interest of the prisoners in the opposite cells. Every one of them looked excited, and the laughter
was eerily loud as all of them watched for fun.

“Slap her!“ one prisoner shouted.

Another voice from the opposite cell was heard. “Be quick!“



“What the hell are you doing?“ Bonnie couldn't free herself from the woman's hand, and she could feel
the tears forming in her eyes. She didn't want to cry because that would just give them another reason
to hurt her. But it seemed like every bit of her hurt. She closed her eyes, bracing herself, but the slap
didn't come. Instead, she heard a harsh voice.

A woman in uniform walked into the cell and pushed the strong woman away. “It seems that you need a
more practical lesson. You just don't learn, do you?“ She sighed. Then, she turned to look at Bonnie
and said in a softer tone, “Someone has come to see you.“


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