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.

sentence was nothing compared to the other merciless things she had heard from him before. She held his

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

his hand. She took a deep breathe

I want to see. Every part of you belongs

it, he ripped off the gauze without a

sudden nature of his action, a bit of

pain almost killed her as

He didn't expect her wound to be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough already, he

about this? It looks

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

was absolutely terrifying.

you, but you just wouldn't believe me. I'm sorry.

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

was still raw and unhealed,

to bite

almost immediately. As if something had just occurred to him, Jacob ordered, "Sit

out the study. A minute later, he came back with a first aid kid in his

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

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

how to dress

in her eyes. He got irritated by the lack of faith

sealed her lips and said nothing in return.

good look at her

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

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

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

something had punched a big hole in his