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.

things she had heard from him before. She held his hand and answered gently, "It's disgusting! I don't want

such boldness on Emily's part. "I have to say, the way you are acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it a fake wound? Are

She took a deep

I want to see. Every

she knew it, he ripped off the gauze without a

a bit of skin accidentally peeled

as beads of sweat trickled down from

horror. He didn't expect her wound 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

didn't you tell me about this? It looks

of her hand. The skin under the gauze had

absolutely

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

sharp pain shoot up to his chest, leaving him breathless. But he didn't know whether the

wound was still raw and unhealed, he would

breath as the pain from her wound spiralled all across her body. She had to bite her lip from the pain of it all. "Mr.

let go almost immediately. As if something

the study. A minute later, he came

take the first aid kit. "I

it seemed as though he was trying to hide his real emotions behind his harsh words.

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

don't know. You tell me. Did I bring the first aid kit

know how to dress a

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

sealed her lips and said nothing in return.

and shook his head quietly. He then paused to take a good look at her wound, before

Emily shook in pain

worse." Jacob forced her fingers apart and put her hand on

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

as if something had punched a big hole in