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.

from him before. She held his hand and answered gently, "It's

say, the way you are acting now only arouses

his hand. She took a deep breathe and answered, "Fine! You

to see. Every part of you

Before she knew it,

action, a bit

pale instantly. The pain almost killed her as beads of

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

tell me about this? It looks

her wrist and cast a serious glance at the back of her hand. The skin under the gauze had

was absolutely terrifying.

and said, "I told you, but you

him breathless. But he

her wound was still raw and unhealed, he would have never ripped

across her body. She had to bite her lip from the pain of it all. "Mr. Jacob, will you

something had just occurred to him, Jacob ordered, "Sit down! Stay

minute later, he came back with a first

out her hands to take the first aid kit.

though he was trying to hide

as he opened the first aid kit and took out some bandages. "Are you going to treat my

tell me. Did I bring the

do you know how

irritated by the lack of faith she had in

sealed her lips and said nothing in return.

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

her wound, Emily shook in pain and subconsciously clenched her

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

her lips were quivering, yet

if something had punched a big hole in his