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.

into the ground, and his blood flowed with the receding

he never winced, not even once. If Josiah didn’t remind me, I wouldn’t have noticed that Xavier was right

“Xavier…”

Winnie’s eyes. She quickly knelt down beside Xavier and examined his wounds, but she

it hurt? Why didn’t you say

and face. He sustained a few grazes on his forehead, and the water that was caught in the pocket between his brow

up his good arm and gently wiped off the drop of blood on the corner of Winnie’s eye. “Do you

She held

lightly. “It wasn’t me. It was Josiah who saved you. My reaction is way slower now. He was much faster than me, and he was the one who saved you. By the time I came over, you

about it? You’re here now, and that’s what

“Yeah. I’m sorry, Dumbo.”

it weren’t for him,

The man slowly pulled his hand out of Winnie’s and gently patted himself

Winnie noticed where he was

the heart

look!” She forced her hands from trembling and was about to pry Xavier’s shirt open, but

as the love of my life fell in front of me, but I couldn’t even react in time to

what she was doing upon hearing Xavier’s words. She knew this was the aftereffect of the venom he was injected with, and not only

able to produce an

of us are extremely lucky. We survived this ordeal, so what

forced me to save you. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have sprinted that fast. Oh right, since we’re all in such a pathetic state, let’s grab

Josiah’s humorous words successfully made

corners of his lips into a smile, Xavier agreed, “Sure. Go ahead and pick whatever you like. It’s on

up—“I’ll buy you guys a meal. I guarantee you it’ll

he spoke, he reached into his

he had pulled out an

aback by the sight of the sea

uttered Xavier after he regained

overcome a

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

I not one of your saviors

After all, you’re supposed to treat us to a meal. It won’t be fresh if it

work. There’s a fish

a glare at Josiah and then warned Xavier, “Don’t move about, or you might exacerbate your wounds! You

that, she

that, the cargo ship behind her

was likely caused by the oil tank of

was bound to

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

an explosion. She did not want to

mustered her strength and pulled the blood-stained bar out of the man’s

crashed

the three slowly got

supporting Xavier and

tall, and needless to

much difficulty, Josiah chuckled smugly. “Haha, I

hearing that, Xavier shot his friend a glare. “Is

you, I’d keep it as a pet,” said Winnie as her gaze

his phone out of his

need to?”

two catastrophes. Isn’t that worth taking a picture for

two are still

gash on my

hole in my arm. It didn’t injure

right! Say cheese,

“It’s much more convenient for me to take the picture since I’m in the middle. Big smiles, boys,

the memory of the trio and an octopus huddled together in the middle of what was left of a ruined dock was burned into a

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

Zyon had obtained

could cover a distance of over a

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