Love My Ex-Wife 87

Chapter 87 Watching Their Intimacy

The call had indeed gone through, and Claire could hear the dialing tone from her phone.

Before it rang more than a few times, the phone and Claire plunged into the lake's icy water.

It was the dead of winter, and the water was bone-chilling. Even though Claire could swim, the cold paralyzed her almost instantly.

It felt as though the blood in her body had stopped circulating, but she knew she couldn't let it end like this.

She had to save herself. If she waited for Frederick, she would likely drown before he could arrive.

Claire fought for her life, using every swimming skill she had ever learned.

But the lake's surface was already frozen. She had fallen through a hole she'd broken in the ice when she went under.

Now, under the water, she couldn't find the hole she had fallen through.

Mustering all her strength, Claire swam to the underside of the

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ice and began pounding on it with her fists, hoping to break through and reach the surface.

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carve out a new hole, just enough to poke through for air

the thick ice weren't

to hold herself in that position, hitting the same spot repeatedly. Soon, she felt her muscles

managed to break the ice. Her head started

the ice. She could barely move anymore. Slowly, she began to sink

still waiting on the shore. They had gone to such great lengths and taken such a risk that they wouldn't leave until

at that

he could, the call disconnected on its

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closing the call screen, he asked Richard to check

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Lake. She was

before Richard sent him Claire's location along with a report of her unusual behavior that

at the location. It wasn't far, and seeing that

hadn't resurfaced. They assumed she must have drowned and started

them.

Frederick supposed to be preparing for dinner? How did he end up here? Could it be that Claire had planned this and sent him her

Frederick arrive filled Diana

hide first. I'll handle

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steady her nerves before motioning, fo Diana to stay

of sight, Caroline jogged

you worried something might

out how to handle Frederick. When she finally reached him, she put on a cheerful

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