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.

the other merciless things she had heard from him before. She held his hand and answered

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

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

want to see. Every part of you belongs to me

rage. Before she knew it, he ripped off the gauze without

action, a bit

her as beads of

be a serious one. As if it weren't bad enough

me about

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

was absolutely

but you just wouldn't believe

up to his chest, leaving him breathless. But he didn't know

still raw and unhealed, he would have never ripped off the gauze

pain 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 had just occurred to him, Jacob ordered, "Sit

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

stood up and reached out her hands to take the first aid kit. "I can

and be quiet!" Jacob dismissed her. However, it seemed as though he was trying to hide his real emotions behind his

asked. She watched curiously as he opened the first aid kit and took out some bandages.

tell me. Did I

how to

eyes. He got irritated by the lack of faith she had in him and asked, "You don't think I

lips and said nothing in

scoffed at her and shook his head quietly. He then paused to take a good

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

Jacob forced her fingers apart and put her

white as a paper, and her lips were quivering, yet she squeezed out a smile and answered, "It's

as if something had punched a big hole in his heart.