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.

him before. She held his hand and answered gently, "It's disgusting!

acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it

of his hand. She took a deep breathe and answered,

to see. Every part of you belongs to

rage. Before she knew it, he ripped

bit

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

wound to be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he had made it worse by ripping off the skin on the back of her injured hand.

tell me about

wrist and cast a serious glance at the back of her hand. The skin under the gauze had peeled off, revealing raw, pink flesh spotted with blood.

was absolutely terrifying.

"I told you, but you just wouldn't believe me. I'm

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

raw and unhealed, he would have never ripped off

had to bite her lip from the

immediately. As if something had just occurred to him, Jacob ordered,

minute later, he came back with a

the first aid

down and be quiet!" Jacob dismissed her. However, it seemed as though he was trying to hide his real emotions

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

You tell me. Did I bring the first aid kit for a

know how to dress

looked up 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

her lips and said nothing in return.

and shook his head quietly. He then paused to take a good look at

second the antiseptic swab touched her wound, Emily shook in

fist. 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

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

painfully, as if something had punched a big hole