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.

extremely anxious

when she wasn’t even standing close to the water’s

in the water, crying for help as she slowly sank, her voice

grabbed Jared Whitfield’s arm, saying, “What do we do? Jared,

and he was an excellent swimmer at

had an outdoor

once seen Jared swim, displaying a skill level comparable to that of

and hesitated, not making any moves to

as Mariela

the people around them were merely pointing and talking but showed no intention of

to wait any longer, Agnes began taking off her shoes, preparing

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

are you doing?” he asked.

I can swim too, don’t worry,” Agnes insisted.

as he

held onto Agnes and said, “Alright, you stay here. I’ll

was grateful that Jared was willing to go.

he slowly took off his shoes and clothes, which made Agnes

the water, Manela was still struggling, and it looked like she had only two hands left.

graceful dive, Jared jumped into the water.