Who Is The Real Boss?

There was no signal in the middle of the sea.

Annabel wasn't sure whether the distress signal would reach her grandfather.

"Of course he'll receive it," Rupert said reassuringly, as though he read her mind.

Truth be told, Rupert had never seen such a signal transmitter before.

Was Annabel's grandfather really just an old man from the countryside? How could he have given Annabel something so high- tech? There was a trace of curiosity in Rupert's eyes as he looked at the woman in front of him.

It seemed that there was more to his fiancee than met the eye.

But he decided against asking her about it.

It was better if Annabel took the initiative to tell him.

What he liked was her, not her identity or her family background.

And now wasn't the time to think about these things.

They were getting closer and closer to the sea surface.

Annabel craned her neck to look around, and she found that there were a few small islands in the distance.

Her eyes lit up excitedly.

Before she could tell Rupert her findings, he spoke first.

"Anna, look over there! It's an island!"

"Yes!"

Annabel nodded.

"I was just about to point it out!"

Chuckling softly, Rupert whispered in her ear, "It seems we have a connection..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he nibbled on her earlobe playfully.

A wave of electricity spread out from her earlobe, making her body go limp.

Annabel's cheeks turned as red as tomatoes.

How could he still flirt with her at a time like this? "Stop it."

She turned her head to look at the island in the distance.

If there was fresh water on the island, they would have a chance at survival.

But she didn't know how long it would take for them to swim to the island from here.

Could the food Rupert packed be enough for them? Would her grandfather receive her distress signal and save her? Annabel was in deep thought when Rupert's voice suddenly pulled her back to reality.

"Can you swim?"

"Yeah."

Annabel nodded.

out a life-vest from his backpack and help Annabel

there as soon as we

a plan," Annabel

lucky enough to be spotted by

of

peaks

sea

stirred up waves, roaring

Annabel

knew how to swim, there were all

about to hit the water.Hold your

Rupert perfectly timed it.

water, he tied his life-vest to Annabel's and unfastened the

each other tightly, the

water filled Annabel's mouth, making her

"Anna, are you okay?"

turned to look at Annabel

"I'm fine.You?"

her struggle to stay afloat.She couldn't help but grab his arm for

an

said gently, "I'm fine.Now, let's swim to

of

come in contact with salt water, the wound on his arm started

protecting Annabel, he was stabbed in the arm

wound started to

cracked open again after being soaked in the

Rupert managed to

support.He couldn't afford to show any weakness.He couldn't let

enough worries on her

to his pain and swam behind

waves seemed to get bigger and more

them were

to keep on

eyes trained on the little island in the distance, Annabel was shocked to find that it seemed to be getting farther and farther away from

said, "Rupert, I think the waves are pushing us away from

Rupert already knew this.

earlier that they were swimming against the direction

best, the waves

he said, "Okay.Stop swimming first.We need to conserve our strength.When the wind stops, we can try swimming to the island

the only way,"

two stopped swimming and leaned

they had life-vests, so they didn't have

kept roaring, and the wind whistled

and held onto

after wave came towards