My Sugar And Your Spice

Chapter 261

had dramatically increased. Amelie was already struggling due to the severe cold of the water, but Jodie’s actions didn’t help. Eventually, Amelie’s entire body sank, and the water rose above her chin and mouth. If this continues, we will both drown. Then, Amelie screamed and shouted to snap Jodie back to her senses.Nonetheless, Jodie had lost all rationality and could not comprehend anything she heard.As Amelie sank lower and lower, Jodie’s anxiety grew, and her grip on Amelie’s throat tightened until she was effectively strangling and choking her.Amelie’s lungs felt increasingly suffocated with each passing minute, her head became heavier, and her strength dwindled. Even though she was weak from suffocation, her survival instincts kicked in, and she slammed a fist into the back of Jodie’s neck. With Jodie out cold, her hand dropped from Amelie’s, and she lay there motionless.After a few deep breaths, Amelie realized she could not swim out of the pond while dragging an unconscious Jodie behind her. Then, she reached over and grabbed a nearby rope, made a loop with it, and placed Jodie’s head in the sling. Later, Amelie tied the rope around Jodie’s waist, securing it to the tangled mass of vines so that Jodie’s head would not sink back into the water. Following that, she swam back to the shore and stumbled along the path for help.Before she could get very far down the path, she came upon Fabian supporting a hobbling Fiona.As soon as he learned that Jodie had been hurt, he promptly set Fiona down and grabbed a few twigs to cushion a spot on the floor before assisting her over to it. “Wait for me here. I’ll be back soon.”Standing beside them, Amelie saw that his hand was bleeding. While Fabian did not come from a wealthy background, he did have silky skin as an actor. There were scratches over his hands from working so quickly to bend those twigs.Meanwhile, Fiona noticed it as well, and pain flashed through her eyes, but she turned away. “Hurry. Don’t let anything happen to Miss Alston.”“Okay.” Before he followed Amelie off the cliff, he shot Fiona one last look.They heard a loud wail from below shortly after reaching the cliff’s edge. Amelie’s heart raced when she realized Jodie was awake, and she sped up her pace out of concern that Jodie would struggle too hard and drown herself again.When she reached the pond’s edge, she realized Jodie was no longer suspended above it. With a sinking feeling, she hurriedly entered the water.Jodie was a delicate woman born and raised in luxury. After being hung there for so long, she might be hurt after falling into the water due to exhaustion.There was nothing to be seen but the eerie green water, and Amelie’s heart skipped a beat at the sight of the ripples dancing across the surface. There was no time to think as she immediately dived into the water.A hand shot out and stopped her. “Miss Alston isn’t here. She’s over there!”From behind her, Fabian pointed to the shore across the pond.She looked up to find Jodie sobbing hard while sitting on a boulder on the shore. Sitting next to her, although at a distance, was Leo.Jodie