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?”

Maia replied. The atmosphere in the room instantly shifted

“I’ll come too!”

“Me too!”

go! We might be of help

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

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she noticed that the little girl had managed to grab onto a handrail. However, the handrail

time to lose. Maia immediately broke one of

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

tried her very best to cling to the handrail. Just then, it snapped, and she

and reached

splashing onto her face. Both her legs and arms were

girl realized Maia had come to save her, she

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

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

be able to swim back with the little

to

nodded as the people at the hotel started hurling

countless tries, Maia was finally able

using my arm as support to move higher. I’ll tie the rope

“I can’t!

tired!”

me, you can do it! Don’t give up

the girl was safe. Hope was just within an

with Maia’s arm

told the child, “Listen carefully, don’t let

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a young child could muster such courage

her injured arm with difficulty to signal those in the building. When the guests saw her sign, they started

minutes later, the child had managed to reach

We’re coming for

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