Chapter 608
’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 her hair and caught a glimpse of Jeremy who was about to leave.
Madeline’s heart felt as though it was being stabbed when she saw him.
In a daze, something fell from Madeline’s hand.
She bent down to pick it up. Unfortunately, she stumbled and lost her center of gravity.
Ah!
Jeremy, who was not too far off, heard Madeline’s cry for help. Then, he heard the sound of someone falling into the water.
His heartbeat immediately increased. When he turned around, he did not see Madeline’s figure and only saw a ripple on the shore.
“Linnie,” he said her name softly, and in the next second, he ran over as fast as he could.
“Linnie!”
He called out to Madeline as he jumped into the sea.
When Felipe saw what was happening from the boat, he was worried that Madeline would be injured. However, he was still far from where Madeline fell into the water and he did not want to swim the distance.
The moment Madeline fell into the sea, she drank a few mouthfuls of seawater.
“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 her 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 him out.
He lowered his head again to give Madeline CPR, and when he touched her lips, she was cold.
“Linnie, please wake up!”
Tears came out of his eyes.
Madeline’s unresponsiveness made him cry like a child while he 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!”
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