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.

to the other merciless things she had heard from him before. She held his

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?

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

course I want to see. Every

didn't comfort his rage. Before she knew it, he ripped off

the sudden nature of his action, a bit of

almost killed her as

didn't expect her wound to be a serious one. 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?

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

absolutely terrifying.

at him bitterly and said, "I told you, but you just wouldn't believe me. I'm sorry.

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

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

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

and ashamed, Jacob let go almost immediately. As if something had just occurred to

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

to take the first aid

However, it seemed as though

he had asked. She watched curiously as he opened the first aid kit and

I bring the first aid

do you know how to dress a

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

sealed her lips and said nothing in

then paused to take a good look at her wound, before he dipped a cotton swab in alcohol and cleaned the cut.

wound, Emily shook in

her fingers apart and put her hand on his. He continued to clean

lips were quivering, yet she squeezed out a smile

something had punched a big hole in his