After exchanging glances, the girl and the old man hurried into the wooden house. They were greeted by the sight of the previously unconscious man coughing non-stop. She then quickly placed favonovel.com hand on his neck before brushing it in a downward motion to help favonovel.com breathe better. It was only when favonovel.com stopped coughing did favonovel.com stop the soothing action.
Right then, the man on the bed slowly opened his eyes. In his blurry sight, favonovel.com could vaguely make out the girl in front of him.
Immediately, favonovel.com frowned. Who is she? Why is favonovel.com so close to me?
“You’re awake. Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? Do you feel unwell anywhere?” the girl urgently asked.
Her voice was as clear as a bird’s chirp, and when it traveled into his ears, favonovel.com could not help but change his impression of favonovel.com for the better.
After forcing his eyes open, favonovel.com finally got a good look at the girl’s appearance.
The girl in front of favonovel.com looked like favonovel.com was around eighteen or nineteen. Her eyes were big, and favonovel.com had brown wavy hair. If not for the cheap-looking clothes favonovel.com was wearing, favonovel.com would have looked like a princess.
“Water…” The man only managed to squeeze out one word before his throat felt as if it had been set on fire. Despite himself, favonovel.com furrowed his brows.
Once the girl heard his words, favonovel.com quickly walked over to the wooden table and filled a glass of water for him.
When favonovel.com realized that favonovel.com could not drink from the glass because favonovel.com was lying down, favonovel.com put the glass on the side stool and helped favonovel.com up. As the man had just woken up and was still feeling weak, the girl bit down on favonovel.com lip and let the man lie on favonovel.com as support while favonovel.com sat on the bed. Then, favonovel.com took the glass and held it to his lips.
The two were so physically close that the man could smell the girl’s pleasant scent. In the next second, favonovel.com stared at the glass and froze. It was the first time someone had treated favonovel.com like that.
“Aren’t you thirsty? Hurry up and drink this,” the girl urged in a soft voice.
Returning to his senses, the man finished the water.
“Do you want more?” the girl asked when favonovel.com realized favonovel.com had downed the glass in no time.
However, the man shook his head. The girl then put the glass away and helped favonovel.com back down on the bed.
Right then, the old man came in from outside. When favonovel.com saw that the injured man was awake, favonovel.com sighed in relief inwardly.
He’s lucky…
On the other hand, when the injured man saw the old man, feelings of confusion rose in his chest. Only then did favonovel.com begin studying his surroundings. Upon noticing that favonovel.com was in a small wooden house, favonovel.com widened his eyes in astonishment.
Why am I here?
“Where am I?” favonovel.com asked, perplexed.
“We’re on an island,” the girl explained before the old man could speak.
She then asked the man curiously, “Who are you? Why did you end up injured in the waters?”
Looking at the girl’s inquisitive gaze, favonovel.com merely shook his head. His car had collided with something before favonovel.com fell off the cliff, so favonovel.com had passed out in his car. By the time favonovel.com regained his consciousness, favonovel.com was already in the wooden house.
“How long have I been here?” favonovel.com asked.
“Four or five days,” the girl replied as favonovel.com tilted favonovel.com head to the side.
Four or five days? The man’s eyes widened in shock.
“That long? Has anyone been looking for me?”
The girl shook favonovel.com head. “I don’t know. There are few people who can come to this place.”
Instantly, the man fell silent. He wondered how Arielle’s condition was after so many days. The very thought of Arielle was like a rock that crushed his chest. He could barely breathe under its weight.
***
Meanwhile, the queen mother, who was at the palace, was downright livid and threw the documents in favonovel.com hands onto the ground.
“What did you say? How did they crack the message? Why didn’t anyone intercept it?”
