As Rowan followed behind them, he was sulking. He was eager to poke Zephyr with a needle when he saw him touching Cordelia sometimes.However, he thought about it, and he would prefer to see them loving each other.He smiled.In the end, he decided to stop being their third wheel. Just when he turned around to get the attendant to show him out, he suddenly noticed two secretive shadows flash by.“Who is it?” he shouted.The two people ran toward the cockpit quickly. Having a bad feeling, Rowan chased after them.There seemed to be some commotion when he arrived at the cockpit.“Anybody here?” His heart sank. He stepped forward to knock on the door.In the few seconds when he fell silent, ocean waves were the only thing he could hear.A loud noise suddenly echoed. He dodged immediately. The two people who rushed out of the cockpit aimed their guns at him.His heart jolted.They were Matthew’s men!One of them said to him coldly, “Mr. Irwin, whatever is happening here has not
“I know even if you don’t tell me. After all, only a few people in the world want me dead!”That man’s face was pale as he revealed a sly grin. “Hah, Mr. Z, you want to know who sent me here?”He lifted his bloody finger and pointed at Rowan.“What nonsense!” Rowan was enraged. “You’re Matthew’s man!”That man smiled and crawled to the side with his wounded body. He leaped and soon disappeared into the ocean.Cordelia was still shocked. She walked over while shaking.Zephyr hugged her tightly.“W-What exactly happened?”The blood stains on the deck were terrifying, and it was the same for the wounds on Rowan’s face.Rowan sighed. “They’re Matthew’s men. I’ve seen them before. But I don’t know how they managed to sneak in and get onto the yacht.“When I saw them, they had just walked out of the cockpit—”Rowan suddenly recalled something as he spoke to this point. He panicked.“Perhaps they changed the route in the cockpit!”Cordelia and Zephyr looked around.Indeed, the y
Cordelia fell into the cold ocean water.She felt like she was surrounded by darkness. No matter how she struggled, she could not get out of the coldness and saltiness.She wanted to call for help, but the water blocked her nose and mouth. A suffocating sense of despair was surging…Someone held her hand in the dark.She thought it was Zephyr, so she held tight to it. However, the hand was not as thick as Zephyr’s, but it was strong… Her mind was blank, and she heard someone calling “Cordelia” continuously as she was in a daze…She coughed hard and spat a lot of water out before waking up slowly.She saw two worried faces.“You finally woke up!” Zephyr helped her up carefully.She realized she was lying on a beach.The storm had passed, and the sun had risen. The surface of the sea was shiny—it was peaceful—but it was unfamiliar.“Where… are we?” Cordelia was lost.She saw Zephyr looking clumsy, Rowan too.As her memories returned, she could not help but be shocked by the s
“No need.” Rowan got up. “It’s minor. Also, I’m a doctor. I should be able to handle it myself.”Subsequently, they went on their own tasks.As expected, they found a lot of food in the storeroom beneath the cabin.The beddings in the bedrooms were brand new. There were many daily necessities in the small kitchen. They had everything.Cordelia even found compressed biscuits and instant food in the cabinets.“Wow. It’s small, but it has everything!” she said while smiling. “We don’t have to worry now.”Zephyr looked around. “I think there’s no electricity.”At that moment, a noise came from the cockpit.They walked over quickly and saw Rowan studying a manual. He pressed some buttons, and the lights in the cabin were turned on after a beep.“This is the button to control the circuit.“ Rowan looked at the two of them. “I guess there’s still some electricity left in the yacht, but it’s not much. Let’s be careful about it. Then we should be able to survive for a while.”Cordelia
Zephyr was astonished. “Mr. Irwin, you’re… minding this too?”“What? I can’t?” Rowan glared at him. “I’m—”He was hesitant to speak halfway through his sentence. He coughed. “You two haven’t gotten married, right? What do you think it looks like when you sleep together before you’re married!?”Zephyr glared at him.He had no idea what was up with Rowan. He was sometimes nice to him, but he picked on him most of the time. When he was nice to him, though, it was because of Cordelia.“Zephyr!” Cordelia ran to the front and waved at him excitedly. “Come look, quickly!”“What is it?”“This is a mountain spring, right?” She said with a smile, “I see that it’s flowing down from the mountain.”“This means that there’s fresh water here!” Zephyr smiled as well. He then scanned around and observed carefully, going to a tree.“What is it?”“Centrolis has this tree too…” He considered it and said, “This means that we’re not far from Centrolis.“Josiah and the others should be able to fin
“I hooked up with no one,” Kelly said flatly. “We… just got to know each other coincidentally.”Nelly’s gaze was vicious as her red lips pulled into a mocking smile.“Hah, my baby sister’s so pretty that even when she’s ill, there’s a man going after her!” Her sharp nail ran across Kelly’s face. “If this face is ruined, I wonder what Josiah will look like when he sees you again.”“You won’t do that.” Kelly looked at her.Her pale and beautiful eyes were resolute.Nelly hated this gaze. She was scared of it as well.“You really think I dare not?” She gnashed her teeth and clenched her fingers to choke Kelly.Kelly furrowed her brows as suffocating fear and despair crept up to her.Kelly uttered with great difficulty, “Nelly, if… I really disappear from this world, you’ll lose everything too!”With her sore spot hit, Nelly let go slowly, but her gaze was still sinister.“If you ruin my face, my injury will be in the open.” Kelly smirked. “You wouldn’t want anyone to see what yo
It was already the fifth day on the island.The sun was bright these days, and the island felt lively with the large surface area of greens and exceptionally fresh air.If they were not here because of the mishap, they would have really wanted to treat this trip as a vacation.Not much food was left, so Zephyr had been trying to catch fish in the sea since yesterday. His luck was decent, and they got to drink fresh fish soup that night. He also found tools like axes and stuff at the bottommost area of the cabin and came back with some logs from the forest.Cordelia’s gaze on him was increasingly more admiring.If she had drifted to this island alone, she definitely would not have had such a good time. With this man here, everything was different.Her heart ached for the blisters on his hands as she combed through his disheveled hair. Looking at his face, which had not been shaved for days, she suddenly giggled.This was another side of Zephyr that Cordelia had never seen.Rowan
Cordelia went to the deck after her shower.The sun was right in the center of the sky currently, so it was most probably noon. It was already fall, but it was still quite warm. The deck was toasty from the sun and felt comfortable under the feet.Cordelia saw Rowan sitting at the bow.Rowan noticed her as well and turned back to greet her.“Mr. Irwin.” Cordelia nodded with a smile.Rowan gestured for her to take a seat beside him.“Where’s your boyfriend?” he asked her with a smile.“He’s gone to wash the clothes.” Cordelia pointed at the forest. “By the spring.”Rowan gave it a thought and went closer to her to ask, “Does he usually do the laundry when you two are home?”“We have a helper at home, and she usually does the chores.”Rowan creased his brows. “So, this brat is lazy and doesn’t do anything?”Cordelia smiled awkwardly. She did not understand why this older man was poking his nose into everything.Maybe it was because his children were not around him, and he sti