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..."
'And enjoy your love for her, ' Cherry added in her heart.
"Huh," Jacob sneered and all of a sudden his voice changed. "I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"Waiting 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 you
mean?"
Intimidated by the fire in the man's eyes, Cherry stood up and stepped away from Jacob without a
conscious thought.
However, Jacob grabbed her arm before she could escape and pulled her back. "Why are you running
away?"
Cherry was terrified, she realized Jacob was not himself anymore. "What the hell do you want to do to
me?" Her voice cracked and her eyes widened. ·
Jacob glared into her face. His sight, as sharp as a knife, could cut her into pieces, and he asked, "You
pushed her down, didn't you?"
Cherry was so frightened that she denied immediately, "It wasn't me! I didn't do it! Don't be ridiculous!"
"It was you," Jacob replied with certainty, seething in anger and hatred. ·
Jacob was smart enough to surmise the truth, since every evidence showed that Cherry was the
suspect!
He had waited so long by the cliff just to get his hands on this vicious woman! Revenge was so close
he could almost taste it with his own tongue.
"No, it wasn't me!" Cherry denied desperately.
"I am going to push you down, just like you pushed her." Jacob threatened Cherry as he glanced down
the cliff, and for a brief moment his cruel eyes turned tender. "Emily, don't worry. I will accompany you
soon after I avenge your death."
Cherry struggled to get away from him with all her might. "Ah! You must be crazy! Let me go!"
Cherry didn't want to die! She didn't want to die at all!
If death was the only way to win Jacob's love, she would rather not win his love at all!
Jacob ignored her screaming and carried her to the edge of the cliff. He was just moments away from
sending her to her death.
Cherry wasn't afraid when she looked down the the cliff before, but now every cell in her body was
begging him not to move any closer to the edge.
"I was wrong! I admit it! Bear! Please forgive me. Let's just talk about this..."
Jacob looked at the woman in disbelief and wished he could crush her skull between his fingers. "You
deserve to die," he said.
'I deserve to die as well, ' thought Jacob despairingly.
Completely devoid of hope, Jacob was slowly losing his sanity. Although, he had lived without Emily
before, he couldn't imagine going through something like that again.
With eyes that could cry no more, he longed to see her once again. Wherever she was, he wondered
whether Emily felt cold. or alone. Did she long to have him at her side as well? What was the point in
continuing to draw breath without her?
Jacob decided he didn't want to keep Emily waiting any longer.
Just as soon as he'd send this bloody culprit to hell.
Jacob let go of one hand, which made Cherry cry out in fear. She pleaded, "Please don't do this. I don't
want to die! I don't want to die!"
'Of course you don't want to die. Nobody in this world wants to die.
Did you think about that before you pushed Emily down?'
"No!" Cherry cried her heart out, "I'm begging you not to let me go! Emily isn't dead! Your dear Emily is
still alive!"
"What did you say?" Jacob's eyes stretched as wide as they could and he threw Cherry to the other
side, "Say that again?"
Cherry curled up into the fetal position and shivered. "She might still be alive. I think I heard her voice
just now. You can see for yourself!"
"You'd better not lie to me," Jacob said with a fierce look in his eyes. ·
"I didn't lie to you. I swear I heard her voice...."
The tears burst forth like water from a dam, spilling down Cherry's face as she had never been so close
to death.
She couldn't believe that she was almost about to meet the same fate as Emily!
Jacob's focus, however, was not on Cherry anymore. He laid on the edge of the cliff and listened
carefully, but he heard nothing.
"Emily! Emily! Can you hear me?"
Jacob shouted desperately, his eyes glimmered with both desperation and hope. He was wishing for a
miracle!
After a long time, he heard a faint sound from under the cliff. Although he couldn't hear anything clearly
his heart leapt with joy.
"Emily! Is that you? It is you, isn't it?" Jacob shouted with all his strength, "Don't be afraid. I'm coming
down soon. Just stay safe!"
When he turned around he found that Cherry had already disappeared. Perhaps she ran away when
he was not looking.
He was in no mood to care about Cherry right now. ·
Jacob was bursting with energy, as he took off the rope from the horns of the old cow. He tied one end
of the rope to a tree at the edge of the cliff and the other end around his waist before he slowly climbed
down the cliff.
As he climbed down cautiously, he shouted her name. "Emily!"
"Help!" A faint sound caught his attention.
Jacob's heart was pounding rapidly. All he knew was that Emily was alive down there.
He climbed down a little further and saw a small tree at the middle of the cliff. And behind the tree was
a cave, from where the sound was coming from.
"Help! Hello? Anybody there? Help me!"
"Help!" A faint sound caught his attention.
Jacob's heart was pounding rapidly. All he knew was that Emily was alive down there.
He climbed down a little further and saw a small tree at the middle of the cliff. And behind the tree was
a cave, from where the sound was coming from.
"Help! Hello? Anybody there? Help me!"
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