In the face of a disaster that came so suddenly, those who did not see it coming were unable to react at all.

After all, it came like a bolt of lightning.

At that moment, Winnie thought she could escape, but everything happened too quickly.

She felt the heat of the explosion and was soon caught in the massive wave of water that followed after the explosion. The scene of her turning around and making a run for it seemed so still that it resembled a picture.

Just as Winnie felt as if she was going to be swallowed whole, everything Xavier had said to her just a couple of minutes ago began running through her mind in that split second.

I believe in you, Winnie. I’m also willing to place my trust in the police. However, I can’t trust Zyon or take any chances. I’m terrified of anything and everything bad that might happen to you, so please promise me you won’t put yourself in such a dangerous position again.

Back then, Winnie had promised him she would not rush into dangerous situations anymore, but she did not mean it at all. As a matter of fact, she had only made the promise to placate Xavier.

Winnie believed in herself regardless if people thought of her as arrogant or proud. But alas, a single person’s capability was nowhere near adequate in the face of a massive disaster.

The well-trained SWAT officers were all thrown into the air by the force of the wave and couldn’t fight back at all.

Nonetheless, Winnie mustered all of her strength and ran forward.

As time ticked by, the rumbling above her head grew louder and louder.

The massive piece of steel was about to fall on her, but Winnie only felt one side of her body go numb. Just then, her body was propelled by a force, and she landed about two meters away, completely avoiding the piece of steel.

After that, the turbulent wave crashed onto the shore, a loud rumble resounding in its wake.

Winnie didn’t know what was pressing her onto the ground as the impact of the wave made her feel dizzy, and her mind was foggy.

Fortunately, the tide went away just as quickly as it came.

The water level returned to normal soon after, and Winnie was finally able to breathe in some fresh air.

As she tried to move her body, she felt the weight that was on her back roll off by itself, and the rolling motion was followed by a low grunt.

It was not until she heard the voice that Winnie realized the thing that was on her back was actually a person.

Needless to say, she was shell-shocked when she turned her face to the side to catch a glimpse of the person who had saved her. The person in question was none other than Josiah.

Winnie’s limbs were all intact, and she quickly stumbled to her knees. “Are you all right?” she asked.

Afraid that Josiah would lose consciousness, she kept talking to him while examining his body.

He had flung his body over hers, and it was his selfless gesture that had saved Winnie’s life. He sustained a long and nasty gash over his back. The wound was bleeding profusely, and his torn shirt had long been stained scarlet.

“Josiah! Josiah!” Winnie furrowed her brows. “Can you hear me? Wake up! You can’t die here. Do you hear me?”

“Ouch…” Josiah sucked in a breath and chastised the woman, “God! My arm hurts. Stop shaking me.”

Winnie didn’t realize Josiah had also grazed his arm until he said that. After getting a better look at the state of his arm, she realized the wound was huge.

“Come, I’ll help you up. Let’s go take care of your wounds.” She was prepared to lift Josiah up as she spoke.

However, the man did not cooperate with her. Instead, he pushed her away and broke into laughter.

Winnie frowned in confusion. “Did you hit your head, or did some seawater get into your brain? Are you tired of living already?”

“Of course not! But what about you? Do you not care about your husband?”

“What do you mean?”

Winnie found Josiah’s words to be strange. Despite that, she felt her gut instinct guiding her to turn her head to the side and look.

Winnie listened to her gut instinct and looked to her right, only to see Xavier lying next to her.

No wonder! I felt something break my fall after I got pushed down. It didn’t hurt as much as I had anticipated. It turns out that the pair of arms that grabbed my waist belonged to Xavier!

At that moment, a steel bar had pierced through Xavier’s arm.

end of the steel bar was lodged into the ground, and his blood flowed

but he never winced, not even once. If Josiah didn’t remind me,

“Xavier…”

knelt down beside Xavier and examined his

“Does it hurt? Why didn’t

grazes on his forehead, and the

and gently wiped off the drop of blood on the corner

She held his hand tightly and placed it on her cheek. “Didn’t you save me in

now. He was much faster than me, and he was the one who saved you. By the time I

it? You’re here

“Yeah. I’m sorry, Dumbo.”

ship. If it weren’t for him, this wouldn’t have happened at all! He’s the one who should be repenting. Where else are

his hand out of Winnie’s and

noticed where he was patting, her face instantly

the

her hands from trembling and was about to

the love of my life fell in front

fine!” Winnie stopped what she was doing upon hearing Xavier’s words. She knew this was the aftereffect of the venom

believe we’ll be able to produce an antidote soon,

All three of us are extremely lucky. We survived this

one who forced me to save you. Otherwise, I wouldn’t

but Josiah’s humorous words successfully made her feel

lips into a smile, Xavier agreed, “Sure. Go

to prop himself up—“I’ll buy you guys

reached into his shirt and chuckled

he had pulled out an octopus

was utterly taken aback by the

Xavier

feel as if she had just overcome a disaster.

herself, she wiped the tears from her eyes and said to Xavier, “Wait here. I’ll go get the first aid kit to treat your

I not

accompany me, and take good care of your octopus. After all, you’re supposed to treat us to a meal. It won’t be fresh

rely on me to do all the work. There’s a fish right next to

Winnie chuckle, but she swiftly shot a glare at Josiah and then warned Xavier, “Don’t move about, or you might

that, she

as she did that, the cargo ship behind

caused by the oil tank of the ship instead of a

was

go! We can’t stay here much longer,” said Josiah, his tone laced with urgency. He

an explosion. She did not want to put Xavier in danger

strength and pulled the

crashed right

the water receded, the three slowly got to their feet

in the middle while supporting Xavier

needless to say,

Josiah chuckled smugly. “Haha, I still

a glare. “Is food

it as a pet,” said

Garland.” Josiah chuckled before fishing his phone out of his pocket. “Oh, my phone’s still working. Come, come! Let’s take a

need to?” Winnie

course! We survived two catastrophes. Isn’t

you two are

a gash on my back?

It’s just a gaping hole in my arm. It didn’t injure

right! Say

from Josiah and said, “It’s much

the memory of the trio and an octopus huddled together in the middle of what was

picture went on to become the unchanging wallpaper on Josiah’s phone for many years

had

a distance of over a hundred kilometers every hour. It was twice as fast as

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