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

part. "I have to say, the way you are acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it a fake wound? Are you playing this trick to win

hand. She took a deep breathe and answered, "Fine! You can look if

want to see. Every part of you

she knew it, he ripped off the gauze without a word.

bit of skin accidentally

instantly. The pain almost killed her as beads

didn't expect her wound to be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he had made it worse by ripping off

tell me about this? It looks so

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

absolutely terrifying.

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

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

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

her wound spiralled all across her body. She had to bite her lip

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

Jacob pace out the study. A minute later, he came back with

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

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

the first aid kit and took out some bandages. "Are you going to treat

You tell me. Did I bring the first aid

know how

the lack of faith she had in him and asked, "You don't think I

and said nothing in

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

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

your wound worse." Jacob forced her fingers apart and put her

and her lips were quivering, yet she squeezed

something had punched a