Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

Chantelle scoffed "Mr. Lloyd, I never thought you were this kind of person."

Andrew was getting irritated too. "What kind of person am I? I glanced at you once-not even on purpose-and you want to hit me?"

Chantelle's eyes reddened as she bit back angrily, "I'm not talking about that! I'm talking about when we were underwater! Why did you risk your life like that? You shielded me from that hot spring water... Do you know you could have died?"

This sudden outburst and accusation left Andrew completely bewildered. "Ms. Garcia, are you... crying?"

Chantelle pulled her hand back, gritting her teeth, and raised it again to slap Andrew's face.

Andrew thought that if she wanted to hit him, so be it. She had been through life and death with him, which could not have been easy. But surprisingly, the delicate hand stopped just in front of his face.

What had been fierce aggression transformed into gentle tenderness mixed with careful concern as she softly caressed Andrew's cheek. "Mr. Lloyd, I thought I was definitely going to die back there! I forgot to tell you that I actually have a phobia of deep water, especially the kind where you can't see the bottom and there's nothing to hold onto."

trembled, staring at Andrew in a daze. "Thank you for not abandoning me and bringing me out with you. I know that in that situation, you were barely surviving yourself. It would have been understandable if you'd only looked out for yourself and left me behind, but in the end, you still saved

you coming onto me? The situation was indeed urgent back then, but

down to meet Andrew's eyes.

for Andrew's reaction, she

accumulated tension and their narrow escape from death had left every

Andrew's body suppressed and

to the extreme.

soft warmth forcing its way into his mouth, it was like adding fuel to the fire, like

arms around Chantelle, pulling

seemed a bit flustered but

this girl actually