Chapter 68


    ra’s eyelids fluttered down gently as consciousness began to fade, her body sinking deeper and


    deeper into the abyss of darkness.


    After what felt like an eternity, warmth enveloped her, and she could sense the steady rhythm of life


    being breathed into her underwater.


    Slowly, ra opened her eyes ton’s chiseled features, etched with concern and fear. She didn’t


    even have the strength to mock herself anymore. Consciousness slipped through her fingers like


    sand.


    As ra sank deeper and deeper,n pulled her hand hard, trying to drag her out. He kept telling


    himself. “ra, you can’t die on me! If you dare, I’ll drag you back from the afterlife myself.”


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    Just then, a lifeline appeared before him. He seized the rope and heaved, pulling ra from the


    murky depths. With one arm around her and the other clutching the rope, he swam towards the


    shore.


    Once onnd,nid ra down and pressed on her chest relentlessly. “ra, wake up,” he


    shouted, “ra,e back to me!”


    But his calls seemed to fade into oblivion. He leaned down to breathe life into her once more, and


    as his lips touched her cold ones, tears blurred his vision. He was terrified she might never


    awaken.


    Just then, someone suddenly shouted, “The doctor’s here!”


    The doctor knelt beside ra, examining her eyes with a grave expression, “Mr. Hayes, I’ll


    do everything I can.”


    “Mr. Hayes, please let go. Any more dys, and it might be toote.”


    Several minutester, ra coughed up water, yet remained unconscious.n carried her to the


    ambnce.


    Outside the emergency room, he stood rooted to the spot, waves of dread churning within him.


    Heidi arrived, clutching his arm, tears streaming, n, I didn’t push ra. She fell on her


    own, jealous of our work trip together. She did this for your sympathy,n, you have to believe


    me. I didn’t push her.”


    Her grandmother Ka came too, pleading for her daughter, “Yes,n, Heidi is innocent. How could


    she harm anyone? It’s ra’s trick. She’s the cunning one, trying to win you back with her ploys.”


    n, do you not trust me?”


    “What do you think?”


    Heidi watchedn with teary eyes. She was about to exin something when the door to the ER


    opened.


    Ian rushed to the doctor, “How is she?”


    The doctor frowned, “She has thssophobia. Weren’t you aware?”


    The doctor sighed, “She’s had a traumatic experience in the water before. Just the sight of it can


    trigger her, let alone falling in Physically, she’s stable, but the psychological trauma is severe. She’ll


    need her loved ones to help her recover”