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..."

her, ' Cherry added in her

sudden his voice

words didn't feel as good as she thought it would. Instead, she felt a sense of malice in his voice. "What are you saying? What

the fire in the man's eyes, Cherry stood up and stepped away from Jacob without

could escape and pulled her back. "Why are

the hell do you want to do to me?" Her

a knife, could

immediately, "It wasn't me!

you," Jacob replied with certainty, seething in

smart enough to surmise the truth, since every evidence showed that Cherry was the

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

me!" Cherry denied

glanced down the cliff, and for a brief moment his cruel eyes turned tender. "Emily, don't worry.

with all her might. "Ah!

die! She didn't want to

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

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

cell in her body was begging him not to move any

I admit it! Bear! Please forgive me. Let's

could crush her skull between his fingers. "You deserve to

deserve to die as well, ' thought Jacob

had lived

was, he wondered whether Emily felt cold. or alone. Did she long to have him at her side as

he didn't want to

soon as he'd send this bloody culprit to

Cherry cry out in fear. She pleaded, "Please don't do this. I don't want to die! I don't

die. Nobody in this world wants

about that

heart out, "I'm begging you not to let me