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..."

for her, ' Cherry

sudden his voice changed. "I've

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

stood up and stepped away from Jacob without a conscious thought.

escape and pulled her

was not himself anymore. "What the hell do you want to do to me?" Her voice cracked and

His sight, as sharp as a knife, could cut her into pieces,

denied immediately, "It wasn't

Jacob replied with certainty, seething in

since every evidence showed that Cherry

this vicious woman! Revenge was so close he could almost taste it with

it wasn't me!" Cherry

Jacob threatened Cherry as he glanced down the cliff, and for a brief moment his cruel eyes turned

from him with all her

She didn't want to die at

was the only way to win Jacob's love, she would rather not win his love at all!

to the edge of the cliff. He

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

Bear! Please forgive me. Let's just

he could crush her skull between

deserve to die as well, ' thought Jacob despairingly.

had lived without Emily before, he couldn't imagine going through something like

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

didn't want to keep Emily waiting

he'd send this

fear. She pleaded, "Please

want to die. Nobody

you think about that before you pushed Emily

her heart out, "I'm begging you not to let me go! Emily isn't dead! Your dear Emily is still