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.

things she had heard from him before. She held his hand and answered gently, "It's disgusting! I don't want to bother

outraged by such boldness on Emily's 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

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

course I want to see. Every part of you belongs

Before she knew it,

bit of skin accidentally peeled off with the

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

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.

me about this? It looks so

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

was absolutely

said, "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

and unhealed, he would have never ripped off the gauze like that.

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

almost immediately. As if something had

on the couch and watched Jacob pace out the study. A minute later, he came

her hands to take the first aid kit. "I can do it myself. You don't have

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

curiously as he opened the first aid kit and took out some bandages. "Are

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

do you know how

doubt in her eyes. He got irritated by the

lips and said

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

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

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

as a paper, and her lips were quivering, yet

painfully, as if something had