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.

last sentence was nothing compared to the other merciless things she had heard from him before. She held his hand and answered gently, "It's disgusting! I

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

She took a deep

I want to see. Every part of you belongs

it, he ripped off the gauze without a word.

action, a bit of skin accidentally peeled off with the

almost killed her as beads

be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he had made it worse by ripping off the skin

about this? It looks so

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

absolutely terrifying.

told you, but you just wouldn't believe me. I'm sorry. This

breathless. But he didn't know whether the cause of it was his rage or

had told him that her wound was still raw and unhealed, he would have never

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

As if something had just

study. A minute later, he came back

the first aid kit. "I can do it myself. You

though he was trying to hide his real emotions behind

the first aid kit and took out some bandages. "Are you

You tell me. Did I

how to dress

up 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 I

her lips and said

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

antiseptic swab touched her wound, Emily

her fingers apart and put her hand on his. He continued to clean the wound and asked, "Does it hurt

face was as white as a paper, and her lips were quivering, yet she squeezed out a smile and answered, "It's

had punched a big