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.

was nothing compared to the other merciless things she had heard from him before. She held his

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

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

course I want to see. Every part of you

she knew it, he ripped off the gauze without a

to the sudden nature of his action, a bit

The pain almost killed her as

to 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

her hand. The skin under the gauze

was absolutely

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

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

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

wound spiralled all across her body. She had to bite her lip from

immediately. As if something had just occurred to him,

couch and watched Jacob pace out the study. A minute later, he came back with a first aid kid

to take the first aid kit. "I can

quiet!" Jacob dismissed her. However, it seemed as though he was trying to hide his real emotions behind his harsh

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

You tell me. Did I bring

know how to

and caught doubt in her eyes. He got irritated by the lack of faith she had in him and asked, "You don't think

her lips and said nothing in return.

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

Emily shook in pain and

only make your wound worse." Jacob forced her fingers apart and put her hand on his. He continued to clean the

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

something had punched a