Female Novel
Chapter 124
“Nobody moves! He dies if anybody does!” Pierre sounded aloof while he issued his warning.
“Pierre Fowler! How dare you?!” The leader who was being subdued by Pierre was reasonablydispleased, considering that he had just taken control of the site, only to be captured by Pierrealmost instantly.
“Why won’t I dare to hold you hostage?” Pierre pointed the gun at the leader’s head.
“All of you, stay still!” The leader seemed to have finally gotten a taste of fear. Meanwhile, the otherpeople lowered their guns, and that was when their bet began. “Fowler, did you assume that youwould be fine after you have taken me hostage? The entire island is currently in lockdown, so youwon’t be able to escape! You’re not getting anywhere with that small boat of yours!”
Selena wasn’t in the mood to stay and watch, as she decided she would either escape or die tryingto do so. Quickly untying the rope attached to the boat, she started the engine, which fortunatelyroared to life as soon as she did so. Upon noticing that, Pierre dragged the leader with him whilestill pointing a gun at his head. Then, they boarded the boat together, and it wasn’t until they weresome distance away that Pierre kicked him off the boat.
As soon as the leader fell into the water, the rest of them fired at the boat in rapid succession.Selena felt a stinging pain in her leg before Pierre pushed her down beneath him. Due to the shelterthat darkness provided, the people on the island could only shoot blindly, so they didn’t pose muchof a threat after the boat was away from the shore.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?” Despite his questions, Selena looked away as she wasintent on ignoring him.novelbin
“Why are you throwing a tantrum now? We’re now literally in the same boat!” Pierre forcefully turnedher head to face him.
Under the moonlight, she could see him frowning in worry. Is he really worried about me? Hecould’ve told them I’m not his fiancée if he was worried about my safety. It could’ve prevented mefrom getting stuck in this situation.
In the meantime, Pierre lowered his head to kiss her on the lips. This time, he couldn’t stop himself,as he really had a hard time resisting the urge to kiss Selena’s exquisite face. However, Selenasoon realized her leg was in much pain. Feeling the flow of blood from her wound, she pushedPierre away while exclaiming, “I was shot!”
It wasn’t until then that Pierre stopped. “Let me check on it.” Under the moonlight, he found thewound on her leg before tearing a strip of fabric from his shirt to tie it on her calf as a means to stopthe bleeding. “The bullet only grazed you, so it’s not stuck anywhere in you. Bear with it, as I canonly do so much to stop the bleeding for now.”
After he patched up her wound, she ignored him once again. Their boat carried them across theocean without a destination in sight. They went on until the boat stopped. None of them knew why itstopped; it could have been due to a mechanical failure, but in short, it no longer moved. Uponchecking Selena’s injured leg, Pierre said, “It’s no longer bleeding. There might be an island in frontof us, so let’s swim there.”
“Are you kidding me? What if there is no island? If we exhaust ourselves or encounter sharks, we’llbe dead meat!” Selena chided him.
“We’re gonna die anyway if we stay here. Come on!” Pierre took the lead in jumping off the boat.Initially, she didn’t want to get off the boat, but he dragged her out of it nonetheless. Therefore, shewas forced to swim alongside him. Even with one hand holding onto her and a bullet in his own leg,Pierre was a fast swimmer. It was incredible, considering the fact that the bullet only grazed Selena,whereas he was shot right in the leg.
They swam across the tides for a long while until Selena felt like she was almost running out ofstamina. The dreadful near-death experience made her feel like the end of the world was upon her.However, there was no island in sight; perhaps there was really none after all.