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.

before. She held his hand and answered gently, "It's disgusting! I don't want to bother

have to say, the way you are acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it a fake wound? Are you

at his words, Emily let go of his hand. She took a deep breathe and answered,

want to see. Every part

it, he

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

killed her as beads of sweat trickled

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

me about

serious glance at the back of her hand. The skin under the gauze had

absolutely terrifying.

bitterly and said, "I told you, but

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

was still raw and unhealed, he

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

go almost immediately. As if something had just

A minute later, he came back with a first aid kid

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

it seemed as though he was trying to

the first

Did I bring the first aid kit

you know how to dress

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

lips and said nothing

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

the antiseptic swab touched her wound, Emily shook in

wound worse." Jacob forced her fingers apart and put her hand on his. He continued to clean the wound and asked, "Does it hurt

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

as if something had punched a big hole in his