Always Been Yours

The men did as Edward instructed while he frantically searched for another rope and went after Nicholas instead of standing around.

Meanwhile, Nicholas carefully descended the cliff, looking for Tessa and shouting her name as he went.

"Tessa!"

Even though he knew that the likelihood of getting an answer wasn't high, he wasn't going to give up, and just like that, he searched for her by going down the cliff little by little until he discovered a clue on a big rock—two drops of blood.

Once he saw that, he quickly looked around.

At the same time, he instructed Edward to help him look around. "Tessa may have fallen from here because I found some blood here. Go and look over there. Let me know once you discover anything."

"Okay. Be careful, President Sawyer," Edward reminded and went in the other direction.

And so, both of them started searching along the trail of blood. Finally, Nicholas found Tessa lying motionless in the bushes and surrounded by blood stains. The sight was such a shock to him that he almost stopped breathing.

"Tessa…" he called out tremulously.

from her, and he staggered over with his heart pounding

run and shouted, "Edward, go up and

waste a single second as he had already started his way up the cliff. Once he was there, he was so relieved to see that the rescue team had arrived. Nonetheless, he knew that now wasn't the time as he scampered over,

efforts as they made their way down with a stretcher.

returned with the stretcher, Nicholas following closely

swiftly undid the rope around him and dashed to Tessa's side.

her chest was still moving. Both

she was no longer breathing, and his extended hand hung mid-air as he hesitated to

was still warm. Thus, he let out a sigh of relief upon feeling

with the rescue team bolted to them,

Nicholas grabbed the poor woman and ordered, "I want her to be fine before we reach the hospital."

protest at his manhandling and merely nodded. Then, she placed the medical box down, planning to attend to Tessa's wounds.

her examination, she couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

Nicholas heard her clearly and asked in concern, "What happened?"

are grazes, showing that

bloody mess. It looked as though her skin had practically been peeled off,

efforts as they made their

and he felt his heart throb in pain