chapter 1927
chapter 1927
In the venue...
Anthony was standing near the front yard when everything happened. The hall was noisy as he conversed with relatives, but it was due to this that he failed to hear the tumult coming from the back.
As he was drinking, he instinctively turned to look for Charmine, only to see her rushing away hastily.
Frowning, he placed down his wine glass and excused himself to run after her to the backyard.
When he arrived at the backyard, he saw the maids carrying Chris to the ground, pressing his chest, while the boy laid on the ground weakly, seemingly unconscious.
Anthony's heart clenched as he sprinted toward them.
"Let me do it!"
He pushed forward and performed a professional cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Chris.
The maids, no longer resuscitating Chris as Anthony took the role, looked around. They then realized in horror that Charmine had not resurfaced from the pond.
They were all too caught up about Chris that they did not realize that Charmine had not come back out after bringing Chris out!
One of the maids said in panic, "Sir, Madam still hasn't come out from the pond!"
Anthony paused at this before turning to look at the still pond.
Instantly, he jumped right into the water. Comment by Bella C: it was river, but its consistently mentioned as pond instead, this is okay, right?
D*mn it! How could he forget to look for Charmine at such a critical moment!?
Anthony jumped in and searched for her anxiously...only to find her lying on the bottom of the pond. Content © NôvelDrama.Org.
She had lost consciousness, her eyes closed and her hair floating around her in the water.
Anthony swam toward Charmine, thoroughly unsettled and anxious.
As he dove toward her, he was startled to find that her ankle was held back by a chain.
His darkened eyes were filled with concentrated guilt.
Charmine must have felt so helpless, being trapped in this water prison... and he? He came too late.
This was his fault.
He deserved to be punished!
With a pained heart, he quickly went over to loosen up the chain on her ankle.
However, the chain was tied into a dead knot, and there was no way to unlock it without a key. 3
Anthony looked for the source of the chain and noticed that it was pressed down by a heavy stone.
He frowned and used up all his strength to push the stone away.
Nonetheless, it was difficult to exert force underwater, yet he used up all of his strength to push it.
Finally...
When he was so close to passing out too, Anthony managed to push away the stone.
Noticing this, Anthony reeled back the chain from under the rock and quickly swam toward the surface with Charmine.
Above the pond...
A crowd had gathered around the pond, and they watched as Nial pressed both hands against Chris' chest. A long while later, water spouted out of
Chris' mouth.
At last-the water had been expelled from him!
With his eyes still closed, he sobbed, "Mommy... Mommy...!"
Everyone around them sighed at the sight.
Nial lifted Chris into his arms and was about to rush over to the hospital when a splash was heard.
Anthony came back out with Charmine, much to everyone's shock.
"How did Chris and Charmine both fall into the pond?" "This pond looks shallow. How could she not have made it up on her own?"
The maid explained, "Perhaps Madam was trying to save the Young Master and passed out when doing so?"
Everyone was astounded to have heard this.
Just like the rumors had it, Charmine treated Chris as if he was her own!
She would risk her life to save someone unrelated to her? It came to no surprise, then, why Anthony and Chris adored her entirely.
Anthony had used up all of his energy and placed Charmine on the ground. He even struggled to breathe as he tried to call for help for Charmine's sake.
However...
No matter how hard they tried to resuscitate Charmine, she did not react at all.