Chapter 1418

“Ah!” With her back to Mitchel, Marlowe was startled and jumped, the towel in her hand slipping from her grasp and tumbling into the basin below.

She spun around to see Mitchel awake and observing her.

Seeing that Mitchel had woken up, Marlowe was delighted.

A grin spread on her face, and her eyes sparkled as she said, “You’re awake, finally! If you hadn’t woken up, I was planning to toss you back into the sea tonight.

Mitchel, taken aback by her cheerful proclamation, found himself at a loss for words.

Wincing, he shifted his weight and struggled to sit up.

His gaze fell upon the makeshift bandages adorning his shoulder—messy and uneven, barely covering the wound well enough to stem the bleeding.

Suppressing the urge to smooth out the wrinkles of the bandages, Mitchel directed his attention back to Marlowe.

“Did you bring me back from the beach? Thank you.

Marlowe, keenly observant of Mitchel’s lingering weakness, held back any comment, her lips pursed.

She thrust a bowl of soup into his hands, her expression stern.

drink up and then get

my grandfather to find out I’ve hidden a mystery

Mitchel set it aside momentarily, his focus shifting to checking his pockets as he

realizing it was missing, he sighed inwardly, figuring he had been unconscious for quite a

family would start to worry, especially his grandfather, who

if his phone were with him, he guessed it would unlikely be functional after

and asked, “Can I borrow your phone to make a

“My phone?” Marlowe echoed.

seemed to recall something as her brow

I don’t

at her revelation, his instinctive frown mirroring

can someone not have a phone

about all the annoying messages and

“I said I don’t

back

just decided to stop using it

Her explanation rang true.

since her phone had been out of service, she had chosen to remain disconnected from the constant stream of messages and issues that had plagued

felt better that

in, Mitchel asked, “Do you have a landline

shook her head in

there’s a

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