Chapter 155: 155

Chapter 155

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“Hah!”

“Hah!”

Ana’s breathing grew ragged, her body felt unbearably cold. From afar, she could see the massive yacht beginning to sink.

Meanwhile, she and Alexander were on a lifeboat, tossed about as it was dragged by the huge waves.

Ana was terrified. She had never been in a situation like this before — seeing explosions with her own eyes and gunshots everywhere was utterly horrifying.

But…

“Hang on… please hang on, Alexander…”

Ana cried out with a trembling voice. On the lifeboat, Alexander’s body lay limp, his face deathly pale and his breathing faint.

Ana didn’t know what to do. She was overwhelmed with frustration. In the middle of the sea, as the snow fell heavier and the waves grew larger, Ana tore her own skirt and, with trembling hands, tried to stop Alexander’s bleeding.

Her hands shook at the sight of the blood — blood that reminded her of her father — but her trauma didn’t matter now. Her fear didn’t matter now. What mattered was how to save Alexander.

“Hh!”

Ana’s vision blurred with her tears. For the first time, she saw Alexander looking weak, pale, and helpless. It hurt her heart more than she could have imagined.

Alexander was someone who always looked strong. His sharp gaze could sometimes be frightening, but that side of him made Ana feel safe, because she believed Alexander could never fall no matter what happened.

But what Ana saw now was Alexander truly weakened, and it shattered her heart.

Ana grasped Alexander’s hand and kissed it while crying. “Don’t leave me…”

“Please… hold on…” Ana whispered as if praying. Amid the fear and pain, Ana felt the lifeboat could flip over at any moment because of the massive waves.

And the only person Ana could rely on now was herself.

With her injured hands and breath tightening from the cold air, Ana grabbed the oars and, with all her strength, tried to row the lifeboat.

Even though she couldn’t see anything, her body trembling, Ana kept rowing with all her strength.

“I swear I will save you… you can’t leave me…”

“I won’t let you go just like that…”

“Aaaahhh!” Ana screamed at the top of her lungs, fighting the fear and the cold, rowing as far as she could with her small hands.

But the power of nature was far greater. Ana had no strength left at all. Snow was still falling, which meant they were actually quite close to land, but the storm and the night sky blurred the view.

Ana lifted her face. Her breath was visible in the cold air. She looked at the bright moon with wide, sorrowful eyes.

“Hk!” Very weakly, Ana crawled toward Alexander, who lay still, then lay beside him while hugging his body, rubbing his hand to keep it warm.

With tears continuously streaming down her cheeks, Ana tried desperately to give Alexander even a little warmth. With trembling hands, she rubbed her palms together, and once they felt warm, she placed them on Alexander’s cheeks.

But then…

“Splash!”

A huge wave crashed into the lifeboat, making them even colder.

Ana fell silent, her gaze fixed on Alexander’s face. With trembling lips and a very pale face, she hugged Alexander tightly.

“How about we travel around the world? Choose the most beautiful place and build our home there…”

“I like flowers. I’ll plant flowers all around our house, I…”

“I also like trees, especially fruit trees. We’ll plant many trees so birds and other animals can eat…”

“When I look back, I’ll see you standing there, watching me with a smile and running to hug me. By then we’ll have a son and a daughter. Honestly, I don’t want them all to look like me — I want our son to look like you. Giving birth is painful, but I still want to have many children with you…”

“Doesn’t that sound nice?”

Ana whispered softly, her voice trembling and her expression vacant. Her sobs were no longer audible — only emptiness as she spoke of that dream.

A dream Alexander once spoke of.

Ana turned to look at Alexander, whose eyes were still closed and face pale.

“Hk!”

Ana hugged Alexander tightly again, gripping him firmly as she closed her eyes.

“I think I love you, Alexander… so please fulfill your promise to me…”

“You said we’d build our home on that hill, right?”

“Right?” Ana sobbed, hugging Alexander who still didn’t move.

Ana was so afraid. She was afraid Alexander would leave like her parents did. She was afraid she truly was a bringer of misfortune who caused everyone around her to suffer.

Above the sea with crashing waves, howling wind, and relentless snow falling onto the ocean surface, Ana and Alexander drifted on the lifeboat.

Ana hugged Alexander with all her strength, and if they were going to sink and die, Ana wanted to go with him. She wouldn’t let go of his hand and would keep holding him like this.

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At the same time…

“When you’re about to drown, you must stay calm. Your body will float on its own…”

“And once you’re floating, make sure you regulate your breathing and keep your face above the surface…”

Kai, who had already given up and let himself sink, suddenly dreamed of when he was little, when his father gave him tips on how to survive drowning.

Back then Kai was still very young, so he didn’t really care about those words, but somehow that message suddenly crossed his mind.

“Hk!”

Cough… cough… cough…

At that moment, Kai woke up with his body drifting on the ocean surface…

“Boss…”

“Huh…”

“You’re finally awake…” The subordinate he had saved earlier pulled his boss to the surface, and they drifted on the sea.

In several spots, Kai also saw his other subordinates. Some were still alive because they had jumped before the ship exploded, though of course some of them didn’t make it.

“Huh?” Kai frowned. His breathing felt very heavy, and his head rang…

“KAI…”

“KAI!”

“You bastard! Why aren’t you answering me?! Fred is close — ANSWER ME NOW!”

Sin’s voice sounded very loud, shouting until Kai’s ears hurt a little.

Of course — Sin was terrified after hearing the explosion and getting no response from Kai.

Sin was afraid Kai had vanished with the explosion.

“Uh… you’re so noisy!”

“I won’t die that easily…” Kai whispered weakly.

Kai’s voice made Sin finally breathe in relief.

Luckily, before departing, Kai and his men wore bulletproof vests that could also keep them afloat if needed, so they could all stay afloat with the help of their vests.

Kai looked up at the sky, his face very pale, but then his eyes widened as he remembered Alexander…

“Boss, what about the Boss?”

“He and Ana are safe, right?” Kai suddenly found strength when thinking of his boss. He looked around, and Sin let out a long sigh…

“The location point isn’t too far from you. Freddie will pick you up first, then the Boss…”

Sin said as he saw that the location of his boss and Ana was still close to Kai and the others — in fact, Alexander’s point seemed to be moving toward land.

“Huhhh!”

“Thank goodness…”

“But many of my men didn’t survive, even though we did very strict simulation training…”

Kai’s whisper made Sin and all the men there fall silent. Only the sound of waves could be heard, and then the sound of a yacht approaching.

Freddie truly arrived and lifted everyone who survived from the sea onto the yacht.

Their faces were all exhausted, looking freezing cold. When they boarded the ship, Kai’s many internal injuries caused him to lose consciousness again.

He had truly only woken earlier because of the dream of his father, as if his father came to him in a dream and didn’t want to let Kai follow them too soon.

At the same time, Freddie also managed to find Alexander and Ana lying on the lifeboat, both unconscious, with Ana tightly hugging Alexander.

Unlike the others, Alexander’s condition was truly critical now. The bullet lodged in his body clearly threatened his life.

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Author: Actually, in the plot I originally made, Kai was supposed to lose his life, but it seems that I love the characters in my novel so much, and my heart felt too heavy to let Kai die.

So I changed the plot a little for Kai 😭

Sorry, I hope you like it.