Will You Marry Me, Again by Pear Heart

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 as more. people started

“I’ll come too!”

“Me too!”

We might be of

still feeling a numb sensation in her legs and one of her arms was injured, she continued to run

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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 be swept away by

no time to lose. Maia immediately broke one of the glass

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

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

tree branch and reached out to grip the edge of the little girl’s

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

Maia had come to save her,

a rope

toward the direction of the hotel. She noticed a few guests

Maia would never be able to swim back with the little

ready to catch

the people at the hotel started hurling the rope toward

finally able to grab

my arm as support to move higher.

“I can’t!

too tired!” the girl

can do it!

she had to ensure the girl was safe. Hope was just within an arm’s

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

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

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determination. It was admirable how such a young child could muster such

difficulty to signal those in the building. When the guests saw her sign,

minutes later, the child had managed to reach the second

on! We’re coming for you