Chapter 402
As soon as Maeve finished speaking, the atmosphere in the ward visibly froze.
Byron keenly noticed the abnormality in her emotions. His handsome face gradually darkened, and his frown deepened. “It’s my problem to make you have such an illusion, but I need to correct something. Even though we’re divorced, I’ve always treated you as my wife. I won’t equate such insulting words like bed partner with you.”
Maeve’s eyelashes trembled slightly. She was almost convinced by his words, but she still hardened her heart. “I don’t think this has anything to do with what I’m saying. Maybe you’re just used to me being by your side, and that’s not what I want.”
“So, you plan to break up with me?” Byron’s voice turned cold.
Maeve did not answer. She only took half a step back. “I need some time to think about how I should view our relationship.”
With that, she suppressed the sorrow in her heart and turned to leave.
Byron followed the footsteps in the direction she left. It was as if there was a layer of black clouds around him, and even the light in the room seemed to have become gloomy.
He knew exactly what Maeve wanted. It was just that he couldn’t give it to her now.
After leaving the hospital, Maeve had yet to calm down from the cold wind when she suddenly received a call from the Mcdaniel family’s.
The servant told her that Gilbert had been talking about her recently. He wanted to call her over for a meal, but he was afraid of disturbing her work. Recently, he had been in low spirits and had eaten very little dinner.
Maeve felt a little guilty. She had been too busy recently to visit Grandpa Gilbert.
She had originally planned to stay behind to accompany Byron tonight, but she did not expect things to turn out like this.
It couldn’t really be considered a quarrel. From beginning to end, they were both very rational, even when they were having an argument.
However, whenever she thought that Byron was willing to be completely honest with Serena, an outsider, but refused to face the problems together with her.
She just couldn’t be rational. She had even almost blurted out the word ‘breakup‘ just now.
Retracting her thoughts, Maeve asked the servant if Gilbert was resting now. If not, she would go over now.
After getting a negative answer, Maeve went to the shop to buy some gifts and drove to the Mcdaniel family’s old residence.
The car suddenly stopped halfway up the mountain.
Maeve
saw that something
was blocking the road ahead. She unbuckled the seatbelt and got out of the car to check.
When she got closer, she realized that the dead tree by the roadside had fallen. Although it was not big, she couldn’t drag it away alone.
Maeve took out her phone and was about to call the Mcdaniel family when she felt a sudden pain on the back of her neck. Before she could turn around, she collapsed to the ground and her phone fell to the ground.
After an unknown period of time.
The salty smell of the sea assaulted Maeve’s face, mixed with a cold wind that pulled her back from the boundless darkness.
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She opened her eyes. The back of her neck was still aching. She was swaying as if she were sitting on a rocking cart. She was dizzy and uncomfortable.
…Roller?‘ Maeve felt that something was wrong and turned to look around.
She was actually at sea!
What she’d thought of as a roller was actually a small, narrow boat. It was also very run–down. There was even water seeping in, making her legs clammy and cold.
She was afraid that it wouldn’t be long before she sank into the sea with this small boat…
Maeve’s gaze turned cold as she recalled the attack she had received from behind before she fainted. ‘Who wants to harm her? Henry?‘
This was the only person she could think of, but Henry’s goal was the jewelry. He might not kill her before he found the jewelry.
“Then who could it be?‘
There was more and more water in the small boat. Maeve tried to paddle the boat with the slurry. At the very least, she had to reach the shore before sinking.
But the problem was that she was surrounded by water and could not see where the shore was.
She lowered her head to touch the blue diamond bracelet on her hand. Due to its size, there was no active distress device on the bracelet. Unless Will happened to be looking at his phone and noticed that there was something abnormal with her physical condition, an alarm would not be raised.
Even so, it would take them at least an hour to find her…
Maeve looked at the water that was almost past her ankles and paddled even harder.
Just as she was exhausted and could barely raise her hand, a moving black dot appeared in front of her.
Maeve’s heart was in her throat. She used the last bit of strength to approach the black dot.
The black dot was also moving. It was much faster than Maeve’s boat and arrived in front of her in a short while.
It was actually a private yacht.
The boat was about to sink, and the water reached Maeve’s waist. She quickly raised her hands and shouted for help.
The people on board did not notice her, and the yacht showed no signs of stopping.
Maeve did not know how to swim. If she went into the water now she would only die.
Moreover, even if she could swim, she could not catch up to the speed of the yacht.
As she watched the yacht drive away, her heart was gradually devoured by despair. She shivered from the cold.
On the yacht, the butler pushed Gale to the deck and said respectfully, “The tools for night fishing have been prepared for you. Have a good time.”
Gale nodded. His gaze inadvertently swept over the outside of the fence. His sharp hearing, which had been trained in the army, caught the cry for help. He focused and asked, “Is someone asking for help at sea?”
“Please wait a moment.” After taking a few steps towards the fence, he took a closer look and reported to Gale in surprise, “Sir, there’s indeed someone calling for help from there!”
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“Tell them to save him.”
“Yes!”
Not long after, Gale’s security
Cam brought Maeve onto the yacht.
When he saw Maeve, who was drenched, pale, and trembling, a trace of surprise flashed across Gale’s eyes. However, he was not in a hurry to interrogate her. He asked the butler to bring her to change the clothes first.
Maeve was so cold that she could not even thank him. She followed the butler and left.
There was hot water and heat in the room. Maeve took a hot shower and changed into clean and refreshing clothes. She was finally alive.
She almost thought she was going to die of cold in the sea.
Maeve patted her cheeks and used the bedside phone to call home. When she found out that the two little ones and Byron were on their way, she immediately told them not to be anxious. She was fine for the time being.
Before she could say anything more to the two little children, the butler knocked on the door.
“Darling, just wait for me at the shore. It shouldn’t take long. Don’t worry about Mommy.” After reminding them, Maeve hung up.
Coming out of the room, the butler brought her back to the deck.
Gale sat in a wheelchair with a row of professional fishing tools beside him. He held a fishing rod in hi waited for the fish to take the bait.
It felt like the leisure life of a retired big shot.
nd and leisurely
“Mr. Soar, thank you very much for saving me just now.” Maeve went forward to thank him. At the same time, she felt a little uncomfortable.
Previously, she had complained about this person in her heart…
