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Chapter 176

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Suzanne found herself teetering on the brink of losing consciousness. It was as if she had been swallowed by an endless abyss of despair and fear. She trembled in the water, unable to catch a single breath.

In that fleeting moment, death loomed close, and Nathan's image flashed through her mind. Confronted with the specter of death, he was the sole anchor she clung to desperately.

In a startling twist of events, Sally abruptly released her grip, instead simulating a struggle as if she were drowning, her cries for help piercing the air. "Help!"

Suzanne faintly heard Sally's desperate pleas, followed by the sound of two splashes.

Her consciousness teetered on the edge as fear filled her, yet she persisted in her struggle, bobbing up and down in the water.

As she emerged from the water's surface, her hazy eyes caught a glimpse of Nathan's figure, carrying Sally toward the shore.

Was it an illusion? Why was Nathan here? Did he just save Sally?

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Barbara Felder
this is dumb they will never get together don't know what wrong with the author think about stop reading this book
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Susan Samuel
Nathan the jerk fell for Sally's tricks and that nearly cost Suzanne her life. He is always choosing Sally over her. Sally tried to murder her and we will hear the lies that she and Oliver will come up with
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