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

outraged by such boldness on Emily's part. "I have to say, the way you are acting now only

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

course I want to see. Every

comfort his rage. Before she knew it, he

sudden nature of his action, a bit of skin

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

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

didn't you tell me about this? It

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

absolutely

you, but you

up to his chest, leaving him breathless. But he didn't know whether the cause of

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

from her wound spiralled all across her body. She had to bite her lip from the pain of

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

the couch and watched Jacob 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

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

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

know. You tell me. Did I bring the first aid kit

do you know how to

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

sealed her lips and said

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

swab touched her wound, Emily

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

were quivering, yet she squeezed out

as if something had punched a