A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Only the sound of Jacob's voice echoed throughout the empty valley.

Jacob's eyes were burning and his chest felt heavy as if it were filled with lead. He could no longer see clearly.

'Is she really really gone? Forever?'

All of a sudden, some memories flashed through his mind and as much as he tried to hold it in, the pain came out like an uproar from his throat in the form of a silent scream. The muffled sobs wracked against his chest.

'I wonder if she felt fear and helplessness before she fell off the cliff?'

Emily was so delicate that she should be taken good care by him, but he failed to fulfil his duty towards her. ·

'Why...why wasn't I the one to fall instead of her ?'

When Cherry finally calmed down, she rushed to the edge of the cliff only to see

a man on his knees staring down the cliff with two eyes filled with sorrow as if he'd lost the most precious thing in his life. ·

Cherry noticed Jacob's tears, and the scene

squeezed the life out of her heart.

In her eyes, Jacob was a strong man with an indomitable spirit who shouldn't have to cry for a woman.

'Why is he crying over a woman?'

The idea that, "men are superior to women" was ingrained in Cherry's mind. The thought of a man crying over a woman was so foreign to her, she felt jealous of Jacob's love for Emily. However, a part of her felt fortunate

that Emily fell over the cliff and died. ·

In that case, Jacob's strong feelings for the woman would belong to her eventually. ·

Cherry sat beside Jacob cautiously and gently comforted him, "Don't be sad. There's no use shedding tears for the dead. You can take me in her place. I will replace her and live for her..."

your love for her, ' Cherry added in her heart.

sneered and all of a sudden his voice changed. "I've been waiting

she thought it would. Instead, she

the fire in the man's eyes, Cherry stood up and

arm before she could escape and pulled

was not himself anymore. "What the hell do

glared into her face. His sight, as sharp as a knife, could cut her into pieces, and he asked, "You

was so frightened that she denied immediately, "It

Jacob replied with certainty, seething in

truth, since every evidence showed that Cherry was the

get his hands on this vicious woman! Revenge was so close he could almost taste it with his

me!" Cherry

down the cliff, and for a brief moment his cruel eyes

get away from him with all her might. "Ah! You

want to die! She didn't want

death was the only way to win Jacob's love,

her to the edge of the cliff. He was just moments away from sending her to her death.

cliff before, but now every cell in her body was begging him not to move any closer

wrong! I admit it! Bear! Please forgive

wished he could crush her skull

well, '

sanity. Although, he had lived without Emily

he longed to see her once again. Wherever she was, he wondered whether Emily felt cold. or alone. Did she long to

decided he didn't want to keep Emily

as he'd send this bloody culprit to

She pleaded, "Please don't do this. I don't want to die! I don't want to

you don't want to die. Nobody

you think about that before

"I'm begging you not to let me go!