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Emma was also quite smart. Once she calmed down, she immediately understood what I meant. She wanted to say something. but I had already opened the car door and pushed her out.
Seeing several people swimming toward us, I shoved her again, urging her to leave quickly.
In the face of life and death, survival would become an instinct for veryone. So even though she didn’t wish me harm or want to leave me behind, she swam away with tears in her eyes.
Not long after she left, those so–called “rescuers” surrounded me
When they noticed someone had swum away, they exchanged hand signals underwater , planning to send some after her and others to capture me.
Realizing this, I quickly pointed at myself, trying to tell them that was the one they were looking for. Then I turned and swam in the opposite direction, hoping to lure them away and buy her more time to escape.
But even though they understood my gesture, they didn’t believe me. They still sent people after her.
They were very fast. Despite swimming with all my might, they caught up to me quickly. They shoved my head underwater, and I couldn’t move at all.
Against these professional assassins, my Taekwondo skill was completely useless.
I could barely struggle.
They seemed to want me dead by making it look like an “accidental” drowning. They didn’t kill me directly, just kept shoving my head down, trying to drown me.
Water kept rushing into my nose and mouth, choking me until I couldn’t breathe. The suffocating, near–death sensation triggered some flashbacks to the past.
I had once walked into the sea, trying to commit suicide to get my parents‘ attention. I really did lose my footing and nearly drowned.
Back then, on the verge of death, Irvin appeared, rescuing me from drowning. At that moment, he truly felt like an angel to me.
I guess that was when I first started falling for him.
Maybe this was karma for not cherishing life then, that I had to die in the water in the end.
Just before I lost consciousness, I vaguely saw someone swimming frantically toward me.
I wasn’t sure if it was real or just a hallucination. When I looked at him, it was like seeing how Irvin had once swum toward me, saving me from suffocating agony.
As I blacked out, I couldn’t see who it really was.
I didn’t get to see the terrifying rage in his eyes, as if he wanted to burn the whole world down, when he saw me lying limp, like
lifeless doll.
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I also didn’t witness how ruthless he was, taking down the people I couldn’t even fight back with just a few moves.
By the time Noah arrived, William had already carried me to shore performed CPR, and made sure I was out of danger.
At the sight of Noah, he immediately handed me over and asked him to take me to the hospital.
Just as Noah was about to get into the car, William said, “Don’t tell her I was the one who saved her. Be smart, if you’re trying to win her heart, playing the hero is the easiest way to make a girl fall for you. D
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“Don’t feel bad , thinking you’re lying to her. You were the one who told me to save her, so technically, you did save her. ”
Noah looked at his uncle, wanting to say something, but William shoved him into the car. “Hurry up. Get her to the hospital.”
Matthew felt bad for William, seeing how he had saved me but didn’t dare to take any credit for it.
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