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.

was nothing compared to the other merciless things she had heard from him before. She held his hand and answered gently,

on Emily's part. "I have to say, the way you are acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it

his words, Emily let go of his hand. She took a deep

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didn't comfort his rage. Before she knew it,

sudden nature of his action, a bit

pain almost killed her as beads of sweat trickled down from her

didn't expect her wound to be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he had made it

me about

and cast a serious glance at the back of her hand. The skin under the gauze had peeled off, revealing raw,

was absolutely

at him bitterly and said, "I told you, but you just wouldn't believe

Jacob felt a sharp pain shoot up to his chest, leaving him breathless. But

him that her wound was still raw and unhealed, he

her body. She had to bite her lip from the pain of it all.

Jacob let go almost immediately. As if something had just occurred to him, Jacob ordered, "Sit

A minute later, he

to take the first aid

and be quiet!" Jacob dismissed her. However, it seemed as though he was trying to hide his real

did as he had asked. She watched curiously as he opened the first aid

know. You tell me. Did I bring the

know how

eyes. He got irritated by the lack of faith she had in him and asked, "You don't think

her lips and said

to take a good look

wound, Emily shook in pain and subconsciously

her fingers apart and put her hand on

paper, and her lips were quivering,

heart thumped painfully, as if something had punched a big