Facade of Love

Chapter 291 Running into Trouble

I nodded with determination, helping Charlie push through the thick underbrush that lay ahead. The path was a real challenge, tangled with dense shrubs and littered with sharp thorns that made every step a battle.

Charlie, nursing an already injured leg, winced with pain at each accidental scrape.

To prevent any further damage to his leg, I led the way, hacking through the branches. He called out to me with concern in his voice, “Yvette, don’t use your hands on those thorns. Use this.”

I glanced back to see him snapping off a long branch and could not help but smile. “I should’ve grabbed some sturdy ones back when we left the forest…” Mid–sentence, I caught sight of something slithering on the right side of Charlie’s neck. My heart skipped a beat as I realized what it was.

Charlie, noticing my sudden silence, turned his head towards me.

“Freeze!” I gasped, my whole body tensing up.

He halted, a crease forming between his brows. Thankfully, he listened and stayed still, his body tensing as he asked, “What’s going on?”

right side, my heart pounding out of my chest. I managed to choke out, “There’s a…”

get to finish. The snake struck at Charlie’s neck, and without a second thought, I grabbed the serpent

of its slimy skin made my flesh crawl. A sudden pain in my

me suck in a breath, and instinctively, I

hand at the black snake I had just tossed

to grab it, but the bush was a fortress of thorns, and his hands were no match for the slithering escape artist. He ended up with nothing but a hand full of cuts, bleeding like crazy. I shouted at him, my skin breaking out in goosebumps, “Forget it, Charlie! Those thorns will tear you up. Don’t hurt yourself

He spun around, concern etched

grabbed my wrist. His face went from cool to full–on alarm mode.

spread across my wrist. I blinked in surprise as he… was he sucking the wound? Being this close to him weirded

only then noticing the black blood he spat out. I was frozen, my mind racing. A regular

291 Running into

Charlie hurt, if we could not find help or antivenom soon, I was in

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