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, '

a sudden his voice changed. "I've been waiting for you for a

had imagined it, Jacob's sweet 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 do you

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

arm before she could escape

do you want to

as a knife, could cut

frightened that she denied immediately, "It wasn't me! I

with certainty, seething in

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

so long by the cliff just to get his hands on this vicious woman! Revenge was so close he could

wasn't me!"

down, just like you pushed her." Jacob threatened Cherry as he glanced down the cliff, and for a brief moment his cruel eyes turned tender. "Emily,

all her might. "Ah! You must be crazy! Let me

want to die! She didn't want to die

to win Jacob's love, she would rather

cliff. He was

when she looked down the the cliff before, but now every cell in her body was begging

it! Bear! Please forgive me. Let's

woman in disbelief and wished he could crush her skull between his fingers. "You deserve to die," he said.

deserve to die as well,

hope, Jacob was slowly losing his sanity. Although, he had lived without Emily before, he couldn't imagine

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

he didn't want to

soon as he'd send this bloody culprit

in fear. She pleaded, "Please don't do this. I don't want

want to die. Nobody in this world wants to die.

about that before you

cried her heart out, "I'm begging you not to let me go! Emily isn't