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.

merciless things she had heard from him before. She held his hand and answered gently,

only arouses my suspicion even more. Is

Emily let go of his hand. She took

want to see. Every part of you belongs

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

sudden nature of his action, a bit of

her as beads of sweat trickled down from her forehead.

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

about this? It looks so

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

absolutely terrifying.

him bitterly and said, "I told you, but you

felt a sharp pain shoot up to his chest, leaving him breathless. But he didn't know whether the cause of it was his rage

Emily had told him that her wound was still raw and unhealed, he would have never ripped off the gauze like that.

She had to bite her lip from the pain of it all. "Mr. Jacob, will you let go

immediately. As if something had just

Jacob pace out the study. A minute later, he

up and reached out her hands to take the first aid kit. "I can do it myself. You don't have

her. However, it seemed as though he was trying to hide his real emotions behind his harsh

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

don't know. You tell me. Did I

do you know how to dress a

looked up at her and caught doubt in her eyes. He got irritated by the lack of faith she had in him and asked, "You

her lips and

quietly. He then paused to take a good look at

second the antiseptic swab touched her wound, Emily shook in pain

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

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

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