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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.

of the water in the hidden stream

as she entered the water, but she clenched her teeth and continued

herself and swam forward at a consistent speed while

up with her and guarded

silently calculated the time in her

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

reckoned that she could persevere for another two minutes. Though it would

her positive thoughts as she found success within reach, there was suddenly an intense pain in her

lightning, she felt the same pain she experienced in the maze. You know, the feeling of your skull being

her best to stifle the pain

going! Keep going! Veronica, you can’t die here! Think about your parents who adopted and cared for you! You still have a

to cheer for

down significantly. He sensed that something was off, so he quickly swam to her side and grabbed her around the waist to

“Umph… Umph…”

rush of water was gushing into her nostrils and mouth.

noticed that, his heart skipped a beat as he immediately wrapped his arms around her. Without much hesitation, he planted his lips on hers and

waters and the

his lips tightly pressed against hers. He held his gaze intently and continued to pass on a firm message with his eyes. ‘Roni, stop struggling. I’ll get you

the breath of air, she felt some slight relief. Despite the overwhelming torture that could easily diminish any human spirit’s for survival, she saw his firm gaze and managed to stifle the

drag out more than

keep going any further and the intense pain in her skull was tormenting her to the point that her entire body convulsed from

As more water entered her mouth, her body

was pained to see her in such a state, but he clenched his teeth and continued to their destination. They were getting closer to the exit

was on the brink of