Feel the Way You Feel, My Love

“No, you can’t say no. You have to help me!” Jacqueline interrupted in a shrill tone.

Though he was not in the same room as her, Jackson thought he could imagine how desperate she looked at that very moment.

“Jacqueline, you should stay at the villa and repent. Maybe Shane will let you off easy out of pity. If you make a run for it now, you’ll only piss him off,” Jackson sighed as he doled out his advice.

Jacqueline vibrated with anger as she yelled, “What do you mean I’ll piss him off? I bet you’re the one scared of pissing him off! You coward!”

“How else should I look at you? You claim that you love me, yet you’ve never once confessed your feelings to me. What is that if it isn’t cowardice? Now that I’m stuck in the villa, you won’t come and save me after my begging. You’re nothing but a coward.”

Jackson smiled bitterly, feeling like a knife had stabbed straight through his heart. “I guess you’re right, Jacqueline. A coward like me can’t save you.”

Dejected, he prepared to hang up.

Jacqueline, on the other hand, was dumbfounded.

him into rescuing me! I didn’t think he would actually admit to being a coward. He’d rather admit

hatred for Jackson ballooned, as did the

reminded herself that he was her only lifeline. She could say any manner of harsh words to him, but severing ties with

swallowed her anger and pleaded, “Jackie, are you

“Jacqueline, I can’t help you out of this, nor can anyone else in this

of love; there’s nothing wrong with it. Jackie, you have to save me. I’m going mad in this villa. I think I’m starting

person. He became upset at her pitiful cries. “How can

be stuck in this place forever. I can change for the better elsewhere. Jackie, I’m begging you. I’m going to

“B-but-” Jackson hesitated.

to my request. You know better than anyone else that once someone sets their mind on wanting to die,

Jackson released a self-deprecating laugh before saying, “I must’ve owed you my life in the

was finally able to smile. “You’re the best, Jackie. I always