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“Okay, a bet it is.” As he was worried for her, Matthew had no choice but to agree to the bet. As long as Veronica endured the swim and made her way out, then he would gladly agree to anything she proposed.

“I trust that you’ll keep your words. I’ll definitely make my way out alive for the sake of our bet!” She patted herself on the chest smugly while being full of confidence.

“Yeah, I trust that you’ll succeed.” He nodded slightly and reminded, “Have a go first, I’ll follow closely behind you. Remember the phone.”

“Sure.” She nodded in agreement and soon after, she stood in place and did some warm-ups.

When Veronica was a child, her master had taught her plenty of knowledge that she comprehended everything perfectly.

It was especially so after she had watched the movie ‘A Letter to Dad’ that starred Johnny Depp, which sparked her interest in learning how to hold her breath underwater. Ever since then, she had been learning it from her master.

However, the longest she could hold her breath underwater was five minutes. The two hundred meters swim should be manageable for her as long as she persisted slightly longer.

Veronica, in fact, was betting on her life. After all, she knew that Matthew had sustained a serious injury; with the lack of equipment and strength to overcome the slippery cave and climbing condition, that itself was enough of a reason for Veronica to step in. It would be worrisome to ask Matthew, who was wearing leather shoes in a cave with a high fever and injured hand to even do anything. No matter how much she thought about it, she could never come around the idea for him to swim alone. Can a person running a high fever even swim two hundred meters, let alone getting out alive?

“Matthew, if the two of us succeed in getting out, then we’re life-and-death buddies from now on. It would be virtually impossible for me to date a player like you, but we can become great buddies; that would be quite nice.” She was stretching her thighs while doing warm-up moves for her entire body.

Although it was not nice to be called a player over and over again, Matthew had somehow gotten used to it.

He nodded slightly and glanced at the woman by his side. There was a faint smile in his ocean-deep eyes. “Whatever you say.”

After two minutes of warming up, the two of them stood by the edge of the stream. Veronica stood by the edge of the stream and took a deep breath with the phone in her hand.

“I’m off.” She leaped into the water instantly after the simple ‘farewell’.

As soon as he saw her leave, he waited for thirty seconds before entering the water.

water in the hidden stream was extremely

the water, but she clenched her teeth and

distance felt like an eternity to her. She recomposed herself and swam forward

caught up with

silently calculated the time in her mind as

minutes had gone by, but she was still feeling energized enough to

for another two

just when she was lost in her positive thoughts as she found success within reach, there was suddenly an

in the maze. You know, the feeling of your

best to stifle the pain as

can’t die here! Think about your parents who adopted and cared for you! You

for

could see every move she made from the flashlight of her phone. Although she was swimming along, she had slowed down significantly. He sensed that something was off, so he quickly swam to her side and grabbed her

“Umph… Umph…”

at last, she inhaled. Next thing she knew, a rush of

as he immediately wrapped his arms around her. Without much hesitation, he planted his lips

them—the moving waters and the

struggling painfully in his arms as he kept his lips tightly pressed against hers. He held his gaze intently and

she felt some slight relief. Despite the overwhelming torture that could easily diminish any human spirit’s for survival, she

more than a second, so he pulled

in her skull was tormenting her to the point that her

Glug…” As more water entered her

in such a state, but he clenched his teeth and continued to their destination. They were getting closer

he had used up most of his energy, but the fact that Veronica was on the brink of death persistently popped into