A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Having run out of patience, Jacob said, "Mind your own business!"

His words didn't infuriate Emily. However, she giggled as though she were amused by his outburst.

Suddenly, Jacob noticed that her left hand was bandaged. He paused and frowned. "What happened to your hand?"

Emily drew her injured hand back at once and answered, "Nothing!"

She hastily blurted an answer to Jacob as she felt embarrassed and didn't want him to find out that she had foolishly fallen for Bonnie's trap.

Emily's answer didn't convince Jacob as much as she would have liked. He strode towards Emily and gripped her arm to force her to reach out her injured hand. He stared at the white gauze, tinted red with blood.

"Spill it! What happened?"

'How foolish is this woman? I go out for a few days on a business trip and you end up hurting yourself like this!' Jacob kept his complaints in his mind.

Emily bit her lip and shook her head slightly.

Her persistence angered Jacob even more and he yelled at her, "Fine! I will check it by myself."

Emily knew how bad her wound was, so she refused at once. "Don't! It's not a big deal. You don't have to..."

"Don't take this the wrong way. I don't really care about you." Flames of anger burned in his eyes, and he continued, "I have eyes and ears everywhere. There's nothing you can hide from me. You've just crossed the line."

Whether it was his business or his subordinates, everyone and everything was under Jacob's control. That also included Bonnie.

However, Emily was an exception.

She was out of his control. He knew nothing about her thoughts and purpose.

This feeling that he had lost control over her displeased him.

from him before. She

part. "I have to say, the way you are acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it a fake wound? Are you playing this trick to win my

let go of his hand. She took a deep breathe and answered, "Fine! You can look if you

I want to see. Every part of you

knew it, he ripped off the

sudden nature of his action, a bit of skin accidentally peeled off with

pale instantly. The pain almost killed her as beads of sweat trickled down

to be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he had made it worse by ripping off the skin on the back of her injured hand.

about this? It

back of her hand. The skin under the gauze had peeled off, revealing

absolutely terrifying.

and said, "I told you, but you just wouldn't believe me. I'm sorry.

leaving him breathless. But he didn't know

that her wound was still raw and

to bite her lip from the pain of it all.

Jacob let go almost immediately. As if something

and watched Jacob pace out the study. A minute later, he came back with a first

and reached out her hands to take the first aid kit. "I can do it

as though he was trying to hide his real emotions

had asked. She watched curiously as he opened the first aid kit and took out some bandages. "Are you going

me. Did I bring the

how to dress

looked up at her and caught doubt in her eyes. He got irritated by the lack of faith she

and said nothing in

good look at

wound, Emily shook in

apart and put her hand on his. He

was as white as a paper, and her lips were quivering, yet she squeezed out a smile and

painfully, as if something had punched a big hole in his