Chapter 8

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Natalie's foot burned with an agonizing pain as she started to sink.

The elderly lady, Emma Spencer, was gasping for air. Her leg had seized up from a sharp sting on the bottom of her foot, and being in deep water, the situation could have turned dire without Natalie's help.

As Emma looked on with, increasing concern, Natalie vanished beneath the water's surface. "Miss, are you okay? You must get out of there right away!" she called out.

Despite the searing pain, Natalie managed to push herself back to the surface, her heart pounding.

Emma noticed the blood in the water and the stains on Natalie's clothes. Her eyes filled with dread as she realized someone had tampered with the pool.

but she was

energy was ebbing. She fought to get out but ended up collapsing next to Emma. The world spun,

draining our strength, Natalie said, her clothes soaked, her foot bleeding profusely. The wound

her own strength ebbing away. "It's okay. My bodyguard will be here any moment. Thank you for saving me. Without you, I would have died here today." Emma's

The bodyguard rushed over, panic in

"Quick, take her to the hospital.

let me take

her to

carried Natalie to the hospital. As

out, picked up Emma, and shouted, "Help! Someone has fallen into the water." Just then, Emma's grandson, Murray Spencer, arrived to collect her and, hearing the call for help, hurried over.

the looks of any woman, but with a masculine grace that was

the good-looking man before her, her eyes widening. Compared to the distant figure of Easton, someone like Murray was more

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