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?”

need to save her!” Maia replied. The atmosphere in the room instantly shifted as more. people

“I’ll come too!”

“Me too!”

all go! We might be of help

room stood up and hurried after Maia. Even though Maia was still feeling a numb sensation in her legs and

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onto a handrail. However, the handrail was slowly coming loose. There was a chance

one of

due to the strong currents and her injuries, she was just barely able to stay afloat as she struggled to swim closer to the

little girl kept crying for her mother as she tried her very best to

nearby tree branch and reached out to grip the edge

her face. Both her legs and arms were throbbing

to save her, she quickly held onto her

voice broke through. “Ms. Maia, we’ll try to get a rope to you. You can put it around the

hotel. She noticed a few guests were standing at the partially flooded

the current and the condition of her body, Maia would never be able to swim back with the

to

nodded as the people at the hotel started

countless tries, Maia was finally

arm as support to move

“I can’t!

too tired!”

do it! Don’t give

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

herself with Maia’s arm as support. Maia proceeded to tie the rope around the

she told the child, “Listen carefully, don’t let go of the

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It was admirable how such a young child could muster such courage even when she

those in the building. When the guests saw her sign, they started to reel the rope

few minutes later, the child had managed to

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