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.

no answer from her, and he staggered over with his heart pounding in fear.

and shouted, "Edward, go up and get help down here!

so relieved to see that the rescue team had arrived. Nonetheless, he knew that now wasn't the time as

as they made their

they returned with the stretcher, Nicholas following closely

at the top, he swiftly undid the

face was void of color as she lay on the stretcher, and he couldn't tell if her chest was

no longer breathing, and his extended hand hung

let out a sigh of relief upon feeling the warmth of her hand.

who came with the rescue team bolted to them, carrying a medical case.

the sight of the doctor, Nicholas grabbed the poor woman and ordered,

gravity of the situation, so she didn't protest at his manhandling and merely nodded. Then, she placed

her examination, she couldn't help

her clearly and asked in

any fractures. Most of her wounds are grazes, showing that she tried her best to

at the sight of Tessa's palms which were covered in injuries. They were an utter bloody mess. It looked as though

made their

and he felt his heart throb in pain as it filled