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. She held his hand

sneered, outraged by such boldness on Emily's part. "I have to say, the way you are acting now only

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

to see. Every part of you belongs

it, he ripped off the gauze without a

bit

almost killed her as

be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he had made

you tell me about this? It

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

absolutely terrifying.

said, "I told you, but

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

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

her body. She had to bite her lip

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

A minute later, he came back with

take the first aid kit. "I can do it myself. You don't

seemed as though he

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

don't know. You tell me. Did I bring the first aid kit for a

do 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 nothing in return.

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

her wound, Emily shook in

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

her lips were quivering, yet she

thumped painfully, as if something had punched a