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 hand and answered gently, "It's disgusting! I don't want to bother your

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 you

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

to see. Every part of

she knew it, he ripped off the gauze without

the sudden nature of his action, a bit of

as beads of

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

tell me about this? It looks so

of her hand. The skin under the gauze had peeled

absolutely

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

chest, leaving him breathless. But he didn't know whether the

told him that her wound was still raw and unhealed,

breath as the pain from her wound spiralled all across her body. She had to bite her lip

if something had just occurred to him, Jacob ordered,

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

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

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

curiously as he opened the first aid kit and took out some bandages. "Are you

me. Did I bring the first

you know how

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

paused to take a good look at her wound,

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

your fist. It will only make your wound worse." Jacob forced her fingers apart and put her hand

as white as a paper, and her lips were

had punched a big