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.

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

on Emily's part. "I have to say, the way you are acting now only arouses my suspicion even more.

his words, Emily let go of his hand. She took a deep breathe and answered, "Fine! You can look if you

to see. Every

didn't comfort his rage. Before she knew it, he ripped off the

to the sudden nature of his action, a bit of skin accidentally peeled

turned pale instantly. The pain almost killed her as beads of sweat trickled down

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

tell me about this? It

glance at the back of her hand. The skin

was absolutely

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

breathless. But he didn't know whether the cause of it was his rage or something else.

still raw and unhealed, he would have never ripped

all across her body. She had to bite her

something had just occurred to him, Jacob ordered, "Sit

pace out the study. A minute later, he came back with a first aid kid in his

reached out her hands to take the first aid kit. "I can do it

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

the first aid kit and

know. You tell me. Did I

know how to dress

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

and said

then paused to take a good look at her wound, before he dipped a

second the antiseptic swab touched her wound, Emily shook in

and put her hand on his. He continued to clean the wound and asked, "Does it

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

thumped painfully, as if something had punched a big hole in his heart.