Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 314

With the sound of drums, the boats shot forward like arrows, racing at full speed.

Onlookers at the shore were amazed by the spectacle, and everyone began cheering for their favorite boat team, shouting words of encouragement.

Especially, they ran alongside the boats as they departed

Though Agnes’s group wasn’t large, they were still a good number of people.

They were caught in the middle of the crowd and had to follow the flow of people. All of Agnes’s attention was captivated by the boat race.

Then, she heard a noise and someone shouting. “Someone fell into the water!”

Agnes looked towards the water and saw that it was Mariela.

People’s attention shifted because of the incident.

Everyone started to worry.

However, the embankment was quite high with no steps to get down, and the water level was shallow, making it difficult for even skilled swimmers to get back up onto the shore.

felt extremely anxious

fallen into the water when she wasn’t even standing close to the water’s edge? She might have been

help as she

worry and grabbed Jared Whitfield’s arm, saying, “What do we do? Jared, you have to go and save

that Jared could swim, and he

family even had an outdoor swimming

a skill level comparable to that of

making any moves to jump

Mariela continued to sink

merely pointing and talking but showed no intention of jumping

Agnes began taking off her shoes, preparing to

before she could remove her shoes completely, Jared stopped her with a firm grip

are you doing?” he asked.

I can swim too, don’t worry,” Agnes

remained stern as he glanced

and said, “Alright, you stay here. I’ll go and rescue her”

grateful that Jared

he got into the water, he slowly took off his shoes and clothes, which made Agnes even

water, Manela was still struggling, and it looked like she had only two hands left. If this continued, even if

graceful dive, Jared jumped into the