Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

Chapter 48

Chapter 48 Didn’t You Hate Me?

“What is it?” Aiken turned back to Maia.

“Please be careful.”

“Don’t worry about me! Make sure you take care of my sunglasses, I’ll come get them when I’m back. You should take a break while you can!” Aiken said, flashing an OK sign to reassure her.

“Of course,” Maia promised.

Aiken then left with the others to help the locals.

After what seemed like hours, the winds began to clear up. However, the rain still showed no signs of subsiding.

The rapid water currents were strong and rushed toward the lower areas in the town. Most of the roads were flooded.

Maia looked out through the windows. She saw that the tide was as high as a two–story building. Numerous residential areas around the hotels were completely destroyed.

Maia’s fatigue started to set in and she slowly drifted off to sleep. Suddenly, a woman in the room screamed, “Look! A child! There’s a child in the water!!

“Oh my God! It’s really a child! Is there anyone else who could swim here?”

“All the good swimmers left to help the locals. What should we do now?”

Maia got up and pushed her way through the crowd to check on the situation. She saw a girl, about 7 or 8 years old, struggling to stay afloat in the water.

She looked like she was about to drown. There was no time to lose!

Before Maia realized what she was doing, she was already running towards the main entrance.

A concerned staff member called after her. “Ms. Maia, where are you going?”

room instantly shifted as more. people started to join in to offer

“I’ll come too!”

“Me too!”

go! We might be of help

still feeling a numb sensation in her legs and one of her arms was injured,

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got to the third floor, she noticed that the little girl had managed to grab onto a handrail. However, the handrail was slowly coming loose. There was a chance that it might break anytime, and she would

time to lose. Maia immediately broke one of the glass windows and

her injuries, she was just barely able to stay afloat as she struggled to swim closer to

crying for her mother as she tried her very best to cling to the handrail. Just then, it

a nearby tree branch and reached out

face. Both her legs and arms were throbbing in pain as she told the child to grab

the girl realized Maia had come to save her,

of a sudden, a voice broke through. “Ms. Maia, we’ll try to get a rope to

the direction of the hotel. She noticed a few guests were standing

never be able to swim back with the little girl. This was the only way to save

ready to

as the people at the hotel started hurling the

finally

to move higher. I’ll

“I can’t!

too tired!” the girl

me, you can do

last of her strength leaving her body, but she had to ensure the girl was safe. Hope was just

Maia’s arm as support. Maia proceeded to tie the

“Listen carefully, don’t let go of the rope no

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head with determination. It was admirable how such a young child could muster such courage even when she

building. When the

few minutes later, the child had managed to reach the second floor of the

on! We’re coming for

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