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

Jacob sneered and all of a sudden his voice

for me?" Far from how she 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

by the fire in the man's eyes, Cherry stood up and stepped away from Jacob without a conscious thought.

arm before she could escape

was terrified, she realized Jacob was not himself anymore. "What the hell do you want to do to me?"

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

denied immediately, "It wasn't me!

Jacob replied with certainty, seething in anger and

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

get his hands on this vicious woman! Revenge was so close

it wasn't me!" Cherry denied

cliff, and for a brief moment his cruel eyes turned

away from him with all her might.

didn't want to die! She didn't want to die

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

the cliff before, but now every cell in her body

it! Bear! Please

wished he could crush her skull between

to die as well, '

lived without Emily before, he couldn't imagine going through something like that again.

felt cold. or

he didn't want to keep Emily

he'd send this bloody

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

you don't want to die. Nobody in this world wants to

about that before you pushed Emily

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