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.

the other merciless things she had heard from him before. She held

have to say, the way you are acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it a fake

of his hand. She took a deep breathe and answered, "Fine! You can

I want to see. Every part

she knew it, he ripped off the gauze without

the sudden nature of his action, a bit of skin accidentally peeled off

pain almost killed her as beads of sweat trickled down from

didn't expect her wound to be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough

you tell me about this? It looks

The skin under the

was absolutely

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

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

and unhealed, he

pain from her wound spiralled all across her body. She had to

let go almost immediately. As if something had just occurred

A minute later, he came back

hands to take the first aid kit.

and be quiet!" Jacob dismissed her. However, it seemed as though he was trying to

watched curiously as he opened the first aid kit and took out some bandages.

me. Did I bring the first

know how

irritated by the lack of

lips and said nothing in

take a good look at her wound, before

swab touched her wound, Emily shook in pain and subconsciously clenched her

It will only make your wound worse." Jacob forced her fingers apart and put her hand on his. He continued

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

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