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.

other merciless things she had heard from him before. She held his hand and answered gently, "It's disgusting! I

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?

took a deep breathe

course I want to see. Every part of you belongs to

didn't comfort his rage. Before she knew it,

his action, a bit of skin accidentally peeled off

killed her as beads of sweat trickled

one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he had made it worse by ripping off the

tell me about this? It

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

absolutely

smiled at him bitterly and said, "I told you, but you just wouldn't

breathless. But he didn't know whether the cause

raw and unhealed, he would have never ripped off the

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

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

minute

first aid kit. "I

as though he was trying to hide

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

me. Did I bring

know how to dress

at her and caught doubt in her eyes. He got irritated by the lack of

and said nothing in return.

good look at her wound, before he dipped a cotton swab in alcohol and

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

forced her fingers apart and put her hand on his. He continued to clean the

a paper, and her lips were quivering, yet she squeezed out a smile and answered, "It's all

as if something had punched a big hole