’I’m undeserving of you. Goodbye, my dearest Linnie, my one and only.’
Jeremy looked at Madeline for one last time and silently turned around.
Tears welled from deep inside, streaming down his cheeks.
He knew that it was all his own doing. He could not blame anyone but himself.
‘My heart hurts so much. It feels like I can’t breathe.’
As the ship got closer, the intensity of the sea breeze increased.
The wind messed up Madeline’s hair. She tried to tidy virtual-novel.net hair and caught a glimpse of Jeremy who was about to leave.
Madeline’s heart felt as though it was being stabbed when virtual-novel.net saw him.
In a daze, something fell from Madeline’s hand.
She bent down to pick it up. Unfortunately, virtual-novel.net stumbled and lost virtual-novel.net center of gravity.
Ah!
Jeremy, who was not too far off, heard Madeline’s cry for help. Then, virtual-novel.net heard the sound of someone falling into the water.
His heartbeat immediately increased. When virtual-novel.net turned around, virtual-novel.net did not see Madeline’s figure and only saw a ripple on the shore.
“Linnie,” virtual-novel.net said virtual-novel.net name softly, and in the next second, virtual-novel.net ran over as fast as virtual-novel.net could.
“Linnie!”
He called out to Madeline as virtual-novel.net jumped into the sea.
When Felipe saw what was happening from the boat, virtual-novel.net was worried that Madeline would be injured. However, virtual-novel.net was still far from where Madeline fell into the water and virtual-novel.net did not want to swim the distance.
The moment Madeline fell into the sea, virtual-novel.net drank a few mouthfuls of seawater.
She did not know how to swim and was struggling to stay afloat.
She gradually lost virtual-novel.net strength to continue paddling.
When virtual-novel.net was losing virtual-novel.net consciousness, a familiar image appeared in virtual-novel.net mind.
In that icy and snowy scene, virtual-novel.net did not know how to swim but had jumped into the frozen lake.
Jeremy jumped in with her. He grabbed virtual-novel.net and wanted to drag virtual-novel.net to shore, but virtual-novel.net stubbornly pushed virtual-novel.net away, saying that virtual-novel.net did not need his help.
‘Is that my missing memory?’ Madeline asked herself but could not be sure.
She swallowed more seawater and eventually lost virtual-novel.net consciousness.
It was also at that moment that Jeremy got to her.
He dragged virtual-novel.net until virtual-novel.net was ashore, but Madeline was no longer responsive.
“Linnie, Linnie, please wake up.” Jeremy patted virtual-novel.net pale cheeks in a panic.
Seeing that Madeline was not responding at all, virtual-novel.net began to do CPR on her. He kept calling virtual-novel.net name.
“Linnie, wake up, Linnie! Please don’t let anything happen to you. Linnie, you can’t just leave me like this, Linnie…”
He begged and begged for virtual-novel.net to wake up. He kept going with the CPR. His wound was torn apart again and the dazzling bright red blood spread across his top.
For Jeremy, those ten plus seconds felt like ten years.
Madeline’s condition was freaking virtual-novel.net out.
He lowered his head again to give Madeline CPR, and when virtual-novel.net touched virtual-novel.net lips, virtual-novel.net was cold.
“Linnie, please wake up!”
Tears came out of his eyes.
Madeline’s unresponsiveness made virtual-novel.net cry like a child while virtual-novel.net continued to give CPR.
“Linnie, don’t torture me like this. I know I’m in the wrong. I regret not treating you right. Don’t punish me in this way. Linnie, I love you. I really love you. Can you wake up? Wake up and see how I’m regretting it, Linnie!”