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.

before. She

sneered, outraged by such boldness on Emily's part. "I have to say, the way you are acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it a fake wound? Are

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

course I want to see. Every part

she knew it, he ripped off the gauze without a

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

pain almost killed her as

horror. He didn't expect her wound to be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he had made it worse by ripping off the skin on the back of her injured

you tell me about this? It looks

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

absolutely

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

Jacob felt a sharp pain shoot up to his chest, leaving him breathless. But he didn't know whether

still raw and unhealed, he would have never ripped off the

in a sharp breath as the pain from her wound spiralled all across her body. She had to bite her lip from the pain of it all. "Mr. Jacob, will you let

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

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

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

However, it seemed as though he was trying to

he had asked. She watched curiously as he opened the first aid

tell me. Did I bring the first aid

how to dress a

by the lack of faith she had in him and

her lips and said nothing

her and shook his head quietly. He then paused to take a good look at her wound, before he dipped a cotton swab in alcohol and

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

and put her hand on his. He continued to clean the wound and asked,

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

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