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.

sentence 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

only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it

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

see. Every part of you

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

sudden nature of his action, a bit of skin

pain almost killed her as beads of sweat trickled down

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

you tell me about this?

and cast a serious glance at the back of her hand. The skin under the gauze had peeled off,

absolutely

but you

But he didn't know whether the cause of it was

Emily had told him that her wound was still raw and unhealed, he would

a sharp 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

Jacob let go almost immediately. As if something had just occurred to

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

first aid kit.

quiet!" Jacob dismissed her. However, it seemed as though he

asked. She watched curiously as he opened the first aid

know. You tell me. Did I bring the

know how to dress a

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

sealed her lips and

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

Emily shook in pain

Jacob forced her fingers apart and put her hand on his. He continued to clean the wound and asked, "Does it hurt

her lips were quivering, yet she squeezed out a smile and answered,

painfully, as if something had punched