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.

was nothing compared to the other merciless things she had heard from him before.

acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it a

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

see. Every part

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

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

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

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

me about this? It

at the back of her hand. The skin under the gauze had peeled off,

was absolutely

you, but you just wouldn't

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

told him that her wound was still raw and unhealed, he would have never ripped

across her body. She had to bite her lip from the

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

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

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

though he was

did as he had asked. She watched curiously as he opened the first aid kit and took out some bandages. "Are you going

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

how to dress

the lack of faith she had in him and

her lips and said nothing

her and shook his head quietly. He then paused to take a good look at her wound, before he dipped a cotton swab in

second the antiseptic swab touched her wound, Emily shook in pain

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

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

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