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 hand and answered gently, "It's disgusting! I don't want to bother

are acting now only arouses my suspicion even more. Is it a fake wound? Are you playing this trick to

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

Every part of you belongs to

Before she knew it, he ripped off the

sudden nature of his action, a bit of skin accidentally peeled off

pain almost killed her as beads of sweat trickled down

weren't bad enough already, he had made it worse by ripping off the skin on the back of

you tell me about this?

back of her hand. The skin under the gauze

absolutely

and said, "I told you, but

sharp pain shoot up to his chest, leaving him breathless. But he didn't know whether the

raw and unhealed, he

pain from her wound spiralled all across her body. She had to bite

immediately. As if something had just occurred to him,

the study. A minute later, he came

hands to take the first aid kit. "I can do

though he was trying to hide his real

did as he had asked. She watched curiously as he opened the first aid kit and took out some bandages. "Are you

Did I bring

how to

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

and said

He then paused to take a good look at her wound, before he dipped a cotton swab

the antiseptic swab touched her wound, Emily

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

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

if something had punched