No Strings Attached

Chapter 431

"Mr. Hayes, we've combed through the nearby waters, and I'm afraid Mrs. Hayes..."

The search and rescue team leader's words were cut off mid-sentence by lan's sharp command. "Keep searching. She has to be alive!"

Despite his own creeping dread that Clara's chances were slim, lan clung to the belief that she wouldn't leave him behind.

Edwin's expression was somber as he turned to lan. "Heidi's been badly burned. Her face is disfigured, and her vocal cords are damaged. Paolo pulled her from the fire. Do you want us to bring her back?" At the mention of that name, lan clenched his jaw hard. "Send the orders. No matter what, she must survive. To die like this would be too easy for her."

Edwin nodded, his voice saturated with regret. "lan, we need to steel ourselves for what's to come," he said, gripping lan's shoulder with a firm, reassuring hand. His words rang with a somber note, resounding in the silence that followed.

With the storm raging as it was, Clara's odds of survival were low, especially with her deep-sea phobia. If it had been a river, with its less fierce currents and shallower depths, there might be hope. But this was the deep sea.

search team for five days and nights, not closing his eyes once. Yet there

still in these waters, we would have found her by now. You should go rest. I'll take the team and look elsewhere. All we can hope

the likelihood was impossible, but in such situations, everyone held on to a glimmer

his pocket. It took several attempts to light it,

into the distance. His voice was a

to spoil her. Fate

this, lan took several more harsh drags on his cigarette. The coldness in his eyes

just unable to

exactly what I wanted. When Clara and I get married, I'll make sure Heidi is there to

heart - the best kind of

heartache was evident as

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