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.

she had heard from him before.

"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

hand. She took

to see. Every part of you belongs to me

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

his action, a bit of skin accidentally peeled off with the gauze.

instantly. The pain almost killed her as

bad enough already, he had made it worse by

me about this?

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

was absolutely terrifying.

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

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

told him that her wound was still raw and unhealed, he would have never

had to bite her

immediately. As if something had just

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

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

seemed as though he was trying to hide his real emotions behind his harsh words.

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

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

know how to dress a

irritated by the lack of faith she

lips and

Jacob scoffed at her and shook his head quietly. He then paused to take a good look at her wound, before he dipped a cotton swab in

wound, Emily shook in pain and

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

paper, and her lips were quivering, yet she squeezed out

thumped painfully, as if something had punched a big hole in his