Chapter 1048

"Nicola!" Willow cradled Nicola in her arms with bloodshot eyes. Her lips trembled, but she refused to let the tears fall. She whipped out her phone and dialed the emergency line. "Hang on, Nicola! You'll be okay. You have to be!" Nicola lay motionless in Willow's arms with blood pooling beneath her. She was losing more and more blood. Seeing the crimson staining Nicola's dress, Willow realized something and felt her heart break even more. Her heart ached for her foolish friend. Nicola had told her she had given herself to Charles. It was the night Charles had brought back her grandmother's ashes from abroad. He had been drugged with a lethal dose of aphrodisiac, and his doctor had no way of saving his life. He said only sleeping with a woman could save Charles from burning up and dying. Charles refused to touch anyone else. Nicola did not love him then, but she was grateful to him. She could not watch him die, so she tried to save him by sleeping with him. Willow's chest tight