Reclaiming the CEO's Heart

Chapter 74 You Can't Die before Atoning for Your Sin

Avery jumped from the seventh floor with a determination to die. She could only use this way to sever the shackles between her and Jacob.

However, she never expected Jacob to fall faster than her after she hopped off.

She saw him jump out of the window without hesitation. He even used his left foot to push off the window ledge as a stepping stone, accelerating his body towards her.

In the blink of an eye, Jacob was by her side. Avery widened her eyes, and her pupils constricted.

"Is he nuts?" she thought.

Within the swirling snowflakes, Avery met Jacob's icy, furious gaze. He opened his arms and threw himself at her with all his strength, like a fishing net. Avery wanted to escape but failed. She was as fragile as a moth, once willing to enter the fire for a glimmer of light.

After the fire burned her, she regretted it. Her heart was shattered. However, Jacob didn't even spare her body fragments, continuing to crush and torment her, sinking her into the mud. He held her body tightly, and both descended rapidly from the above.

Jason brought an inflatable pillar from the hospital entrance, and the bodyguards rushed over just in time.

Jacob slammed into the inflatable pillar with a loud bang while tightly holding Avery's body. They rolled onto the ground.

Fortunately, the inflatable pillar absorbed most of the impact, so neither was injured. John, who was upstairs, breathed a sigh of relief, feeling lucky he had been well-prepared. Otherwise, Jacob and Avery might lose their lives.

Jason and the bodyguards were dumbfounded in fear. They couldn't know how to explain if something went wrong with Jacob.

Jacob rolled over the inflatable pillar and then hit the ground heavily. He frowned deeply, but he didn't make a sound.

Throughout the fall, Avery was held tightly by him and unharmed.

As she got up, her first action was fiercely slapping Jacob across his face. "Jacob Hill, why did you even take away my right to die? Don't you hate me? You should be happy after I die." Ignoring the pain in his back, Jacob creased his eyebrows and tightly grabbed her slim wrist. Anger still lingered in his eyes.

Like an enraged king of beasts, he gritted his teeth while emitting a growl, "Death is the best release. I want you to live so your dirty and dark remaining years can atone for my sister." Whether because of the extremely low outdoor temperature or Jacob's icy voice, Avery sniffled and felt a coldness spreading through her body, freezing her to the core. After a moment, Jacob stood up and looked down at Avery.

The dim light from the street lamp fell on his face, the sternness on which made Avery shudder.

The sharp lines of his jaw tightened, and the features on his face became blurry due to the heavy snow in the blowing wind, adding a touch of bone-chilling coldness.

The innate sense of superiority he was born with as if he stood above the world, made Avery feel like the humblest one beneath him.

She began to panic.

A deep feeling of powerlessness traveled through her veins and spread into her heart.

She knew that the gap between her and Jacob, whether in terms of status or power, was too enormous. Her actions just now had only further enraged the man standing before her. She knew he would never let her go.

The wind silently blew his clothes. Jacob slowly bent down, extending his hand to lift her chin.

"Avery, this shall be the last time. If you ever think of seeking death again, I'll make the people around you die with you. Nicholas, Isabella, Martin..."

His fingers gradually tightened their grip, the pain bringing tears into Avery's tears. His eyes seemed filled with boundless anger, like a frost-covered windowpane.

"Avery, you cannot die before you have atoned for your sins," Jacob muttered.

He reached his hand towards her, but Avery's first instinct was to dodge and escape.