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.

nothing compared to the other merciless things she had heard from him before. She held his hand and answered gently, "It's disgusting! I don't want

acting now only arouses my suspicion even more.

let go of his hand. She took

I want to see. Every part of

compromise didn't comfort his rage. Before she knew it, he ripped off the gauze without a

sudden nature of his action, a bit of skin accidentally

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

a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he had

didn't you tell me about this? It looks

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

was absolutely terrifying.

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

up to his chest, leaving him breathless. But he didn't know whether the cause of it was his rage or something else.

told him that her wound was still raw and unhealed, he

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

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

sat on the couch and watched Jacob pace out the study. A minute later,

stood up and reached out her hands to take the first aid kit. "I can

though

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

tell me. Did I bring the first aid kit for

know how

irritated by the lack of faith she

lips and said nothing in return.

a good look at her

Emily shook in pain and subconsciously

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

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

as if something had punched a big hole in his