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.

from his backpack and help

the island over there as soon as we hit the

a plan," Annabel answered

she prayed that they would be lucky enough to be spotted by a

two of them slowly

peaks of

sea looked

breeze blew and stirred up waves,

Annabel grew nervous

swim, there were all kinds of danger that lurked underneath the

about to hit the

Rupert perfectly timed it.

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

each other tightly, the two plummeted into the

Annabel's

"Anna, are you okay?"

to look at Annabel

"I'm fine.You?"

turbulent waves hit her body, making her struggle to

took this as an opportunity to pull

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

saying that, Rupert let go of Annabel and started swimming towards the

with salt water, the wound on his arm

in protecting Annabel, he was stabbed

started

wound cracked open again after being soaked in

knitted brows, Rupert managed to endure the

critical moment, he was Annabel's life support.He couldn't afford to show any

on her plate

enough, Annabel was oblivious to his pain and swam behind him as best

waves seemed to

two of them were dragged by the

to keep

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

the waves are pushing us away from

Rupert already knew this.

that they were swimming against the direction

the waves kept pushing them

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

way,"

leaned against each other

they had life-vests, so they didn't

kept roaring, and the wind

gritted her teeth and held onto Rupert's

wave came