Portman, Jacob She quickly befriends him while flirting with him, but as the story progresses, she begins to warm up to him and falls in love with Jacob. However, since he is married to an actress (whose career he is not willing to put on hold), he never acts on his feelings for her. She also loves his son William who lives with them. In the end, they both realize that what they feel for each other is not right and so they part ways peacefully after deciding not to ruin their lives because of their feelings. However, later on, when Portman starts dating a woman named Eva (who is also married) things take a twist when Emma realizes that Eva is actually Jacob's wife! This makes her fall out of love with Jacob instantly even though they still remain good friends. In the end, Eva ends up leaving Jacob for another man which causes him to drink himself into a drunken stupor one night where he crashes his car into a tree. But thanks to Emma who saves him by pulling him out of the car before it explodes, he survives this accident intact and remains alive even after Eva leaves him for another man.