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

to the island over there as soon as we hit the

a plan,"

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

of

see the white peaks of the

sea

and stirred up

Annabel

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

hit the water.Hold

Rupert perfectly timed it.

he tied his life-vest to

each other tightly, the two plummeted

filled Annabel's mouth,

"Anna, are you okay?"

look at Annabel

"I'm fine.You?"

body, making her struggle to

as an

he said gently, "I'm fine.Now,

Rupert let go of Annabel and started

with salt water, the wound on

ago, in protecting Annabel, he was stabbed in

wound started

open again after being soaked in the

knitted brows, Rupert managed to

he was Annabel's life support.He couldn't afford to show any weakness.He couldn't let Annabel worry about

worries on

oblivious to his pain and swam behind him as best as

waves seemed to get

of them were

so difficult to keep on swimming

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

said, "Rupert, I think the waves are pushing

Rupert already knew this.

had noticed earlier that they were swimming against the direction

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 swimming to the

the only way," Annabel

leaned against each other for

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

roaring, and the

and held onto Rupert's

after wave came towards Annabel