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.

compared to the other merciless things she had heard from him before.

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

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

Every part of you

comfort his rage. Before she knew it,

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

her as beads of sweat trickled down from

froze in 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

didn't you tell me about this?

of her hand. The skin under the gauze

absolutely

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

him breathless. But he didn't know whether the cause of it was his

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

She had to bite her lip from the pain of

let go almost immediately. As if something

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

stood up and reached out her hands to take the first aid kit. "I can do it myself. You don't

dismissed her. However, it seemed as though he was

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

don't know. You tell me. Did I bring the

you know how to dress a

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

sealed her lips and said nothing in return.

to take a good look at her wound, before he dipped a cotton swab in alcohol and cleaned the cut.

the antiseptic swab touched her wound, Emily

apart and put her hand on his.

white as a paper, and her lips were

thumped painfully, as if something had