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

want my grandfather to find out

his focus shifting to checking his pockets as he searched for his

figuring he had been unconscious for

friends and family would start to worry, especially his grandfather, who couldn’t

phone were with him, he guessed

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

“My phone?” Marlowe echoed.

she seemed to recall something as her brow

don’t have a

at her revelation, his instinctive

not have a

the annoying messages and issues that having a phone had

“I said I

cut off a while back

to stop using

Her explanation rang true.

out of service, she had chosen to remain disconnected from the constant stream of messages and issues that

felt better

in, Mitchel asked, “Do you have a landline

her head

but there’s a public phone booth

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