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.

staggered over with his heart pounding in fear.

shouted, "Edward, go up

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

their efforts as they made their way down

with the stretcher, Nicholas following

swiftly undid the rope around him and dashed

as she lay on the stretcher, and he couldn't tell if her chest was still moving.

honestly terrified that she was no longer breathing, and his extended hand hung mid-air as he

sigh of relief upon feeling the

doctor who came with the rescue team bolted to them, carrying a

ordered, "I want her to be fine before we reach the

so she didn't protest at his manhandling and merely

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

soft, Nicholas heard her clearly and

her wounds are grazes, showing that she tried her best to reduce the velocity as she went,"

bloody mess. It looked as though her skin had practically been peeled off, which shocked everyone who saw it.

as they made

his heart throb in pain as