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, "It's disgusting! I don't want to bother your

have to say, the way you are acting now only arouses my suspicion

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

want to see. Every part of

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

the sudden nature of his action, a bit

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

enough already, he had made it worse by ripping

me about this?

the back of her hand. The

absolutely

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

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

Emily had told him that her wound was still raw and unhealed,

from her wound spiralled all across her body. She had to bite her lip from the pain of it all. "Mr. Jacob, will you

As if something had just occurred to

the study. A minute later, he came

stood up and reached out her hands to take the first aid

dismissed her. However, it seemed as though he was trying to hide

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

you know how to dress

her and caught doubt in her eyes. He got irritated by the lack of faith she had in

sealed her lips and

then paused to take a good look at her wound, before he

second the antiseptic swab touched her wound, Emily

her fingers apart and put her

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

as if something had punched a big