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.

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

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 playing

at his words, Emily let go of his hand. She took a deep breathe

want to see. Every part of you belongs to me

compromise didn't comfort his rage. Before she knew it, he ripped off the gauze without a word.

action, a bit of

her as beads of sweat

weren't bad enough already, he had made it worse by ripping off the skin on the back of her injured

me about this? It

wrist and cast a serious glance at the back of her hand. The

was absolutely

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

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

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

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

ashamed, Jacob let go almost immediately. As if something had

the study. A minute later, he came back with a

to take the first aid kit. "I can do it myself.

as though he was

did as he had asked. She watched curiously as he opened the first aid kit and took out

don't know. You tell me. Did I

how

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

and said nothing

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

touched her wound, Emily

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

were quivering, yet she squeezed out a smile and

had punched a