The Wrong Woman

Chapter 176

Suzanne found herself teetering on the brink of losing

consciousness. It was as if she had been swallowed by an endless abyss of despair and fear. She trembled in the water, unable to catch a single breath.

In that fleeting moment, death loomed close, and Nathan’s image flashed through her mind. Confronted with the specter of death, he was the sole anchor she clung to desperately.

In a startling twist of events, Sally abruptly released her grip, instead simulating a struggle as if she were drowning, her cries for help piercing the air. “Help!”

Suzanne faintly heard Sally’s desperate pleas, followed by the sound of two splashes.

Her consciousness teetered on the edge as fear filled her, yet she persisted in her struggle, bobbing up and down in the water.

As she emerged from the water’s surface, her hazy eyes caught a glimpse of Nathan’s figure, carrying Sally toward the shore..

Was it an illusion? Why was Nathan here? Did he just save Sally?

The unsettling sensation of dread assured Suzanne that this was no dream. Nathan had returned, opting to rescue the drowning Sally over

could not swim. In that instant,

inch, her body descended, suffocating in the chilling embrace of the water, the eerie weightlessness plaguing her

abruptly. She was lifted upward by a

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heard Oliver’s voice anxiously shouting, “Hold

there!”

to cling to life. Death appeared more appealing. Life was a burden too heavy to bear, too painful to endure, and she was uncertain how

of the abyss, Suzanne felt weightless as she descended deeper and deeper.

felt her soul returning to her body. As her eyes snapped open, above

accompanied by Oliver by his

laced with concern as he tightly held Suzanne’s hand.

contrasted with Suzanne’s icy fingertips. She’ withdrew her

expression faltered as he observed Suzanne’s retreat distant gaze. A pang

of rescuing Sally, Nathan failed to notice Suzanne submerged beneath

a fear that prevented her from

swam back with Sally in his arms, Suzanne

already swum toward Suzanne, driven by the urgency of saving lives. Nathan couldn’t leave Sally, who couldn’t