Chapter 143 Falling Into The Sea
Chapter 143 Falling into the Sea
After all, there was no signal on their phones in the vast expanse of the sea. Jane wasn''t sure if the
ne her grandfather gave her would be able to send out a distress signal.
"We will definitely be able to," Patrick said, looking into her eyes with his eyebrows raised.
Patrick had never seen a transmitter like this before. Wasn''t Jane''s grandfather just a country
gentleman? How could he have such high-tech equipment?
His deep gaze couldn''t help but show some curiosity. His fiancée was not simple.
However, if Jane didn''t say anything, he wouldn''t deliberately ask either. He liked her for who she
was, regardless of her identity or family background.
As they got closer and closer to the sea surface, Jane looked around and saw several inds in the
distance.
A wave of excitement surged through Jane''s heart as she was about to tell Patrick when she heard
his maic voice say softly in her ear: "Jane, do you see that ind over there?"
"Mhmm." She nodded. "I was just about to tell you about it."
Patrick chuckled lowly and whispered by her ear: "Are we telepathic?"
As soon as he finished speaking, his thin lips lightly touched Jane''s earlobe. Suddenly an electric
feeling spread throughout her body making it tingle all over.
Jane blushed at this man who still knew how to flirt even at this time: what kind of person is he?
"Don''t mess around," she turned away from him and looked towards the distant ind instead.
If there is fresh water on that ind then they might have hope! But how long would it take them to
swim there from here? Would Patrick''s foodst until then?
Could Grandpa really receive their distress signal ande rescue them?
While lost in thought suddenly came Patrick''s low voice again: "Can you swim?"
"Mhmm." She nodded again
Patrick took out life jackets from his backpack and carefully helped put one on for Jane before
saying: "We''ll swim together towards that direction."
"Mhmm." She replied faintly hoping they could get lucky enough to encounter passing ships for
rescue along their way
The two slowly descended into the water until they were very close to its surface now; The vast
ocean stretched endlessly ahead of them with waves crashing against each other creating loud
roars echoing through space filling up everything around them
Once again fear gripped onto Janes heart; although she can swim well but facing various dangers
amidst these endless waters made anyone feel uneasy
"About to fall into the water, hold your breath," Patrick calcted the timing and untied the rope that
was tied around them. He tied his and Jane''s life jackets together.
The two held hands tightly as they fell into the sea.
Jane choked on several mouthfuls of seawater, which filled her mouth with a salty and fishy taste
that was unpleasant.
"Jane, are you okay?" Patrick turned his head to look at Jane beside him and asked with concern.
"I''m fine. How about you?" The surging waves hit Jane''s body, causing some pain. She held onto
Patrick''s arm tightly.
Patrick hugged Jane naturally and kissed her forehead. "I''m fine. Listen to me; we need to swim
together towards that ind."
After speaking, Patrick let go of Jane and made a beautiful leap using standard breaststroke
towards the direction of the ind.
The wound on his arm began to ache faintly again from a few days ago when he protected Jane
from Annie''s stabbing attack. It had already begun scabbing over without any problems before this
incident in seawater caused it to reopen again.
Patrick furrowed his eyebrows slightly but suppressed the pain forcefully because he was now
Jane''s emotional support pir - her solid reliance - so he couldn''t show any difort or else she
would worry about him too much; he didn''t want that for her sake.
Jane followed closely behind as both swam forward together with all their might despite increasingly
larger waves making it difficult for them every time they tried moving forward even just a little bit
more than before each time they did so due to being pushed back by opposing winds against their
efforts by these same waves pushing against them in this direction away from where they wanted
desperately reach - towards safety onnd atst!
Looking up ahead at what seemed like an ever-distant ind nowpared with earlier moments
ago when it appeared closer than ever before because of these strong currents working against
them both relentlessly without mercy nor respite whatsoever since then...
She panicked slightly as she spoke out loud: "Patrick! It seems like we''re getting farther away from
the ind..."
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Patrick also noticed this fact toote because right now is precisely when there is an opposing wind
blowing directly against their efforts while trying hard swimming toward safety ashore!
Although he had already put forth all possible effort avable within himself thus far until exhaustion
set inpletely long ago... the relentless ocean current continued pushing harder still forcing them
further away instead no matter how hard either one tried fighting back valiantly against its unyielding
power...
So after thinking carefully for just a moment longer than usual given such dire circumstances facing
both themselves right now... he finally spoke up calmly yet firmly: "Let us rest here awhile first then
conserve our energy until this wind dies down somewhatter on hopefully soon enough!"
Jane agreed wholeheartedly knowing full well there wasn''t anything else left for either one except
waiting patiently while holding onto each other tight enough not letting go under any circumstance
whatsoever no matter what happens next!
Patrick held her tightly. "Jane, don''t be afraid, just hold on a little longer."
"I''m not afraid," Jane felt a flutter in her heart. With Patrick by her side, she inexplicably felt at ease.
Even if there were great storms ahead, she wasn''t scared.
The two of them drifted further away with the waves.
After what seemed like an eternity, the winds and waves began to calm down.
"Drink some water to replenish your energy," Patrick took out a bottle of mineral water from his
backpack and handed it to Jane. "After the wind dies down, we''ll swim towards that ind over
there."
"Okay." Jane took a few sips of water and passed the bottle back to Patrick.
He put it back into his backpack without drinking any himself.
"You''re not thirsty?" Jane asked in surprise.
"I''m fine," Patrick replied calmly. In the vast ocean, fresh water was essential for survival. Even if
they made it to the indter on, there might not be any fresh water avable. That''s why these
bottles of mineral water were especially precious - he wanted to save as much as possible for
Jane''s sake.
Jane naturally understood that he wasn''t really unthirsty - warmth flowed through her heart at this
realization.
Night fell; a crescent moon hung in the sky above them while moonlight spilled over onto the vast
sea below - its blue waters shimmering with beautiful ripples and frothy waves dancing around them
in circles...
If they weren''t in such dire straits right now but instead swimming together with their loved one on
this sea surface... how romantic would that have been?
"Jane, now that things have calmed down we need to swim towards that ind as soon as
possible." Patrick looked off into distance before speaking up which interrupted Jane''s thoughts
about romance once again...
The ind was faintly visible; if they didn''t hurry up and make their way over there soon then
encountering another storm would be disastrous!
"Yeah let''s hurry!" After drinking some water earlier on had given her some energy back again so
she turned around quickly but identally bumped into Patrick''s wound...
"Hiss..." A soft sound escaped from him...