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.

backpack and

swim to the island over there as soon as we hit the

a plan," Annabel answered

she prayed that they would be lucky enough to be

two of

Annabel could see the white peaks of

the sea looked

stirred up waves,

this, Annabel grew nervous

all kinds

hit the water.Hold

Rupert perfectly timed it.

tied his life-vest to Annabel's and unfastened

tightly, the two plummeted

water filled Annabel's mouth,

"Anna, are you okay?"

turned to look at Annabel

"I'm fine.You?"

struggle to stay afloat.She couldn't help

this as an opportunity to pull

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

Rupert let go of Annabel and

with salt water, the wound on his arm

ago, in protecting Annabel, he was stabbed

started

open again

Rupert managed

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

on her plate at

Annabel was oblivious to his pain and swam behind him as

the waves seemed to get bigger and more

them were dragged by the

was so difficult to keep on swimming

distance, Annabel was shocked to find that it seemed to be getting farther and farther

think the waves are pushing us away from

Rupert already knew this.

noticed earlier that they were swimming against the direction of the

he had tried his best, the waves kept pushing them further away

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

only way," Annabel said

two stopped swimming and leaned

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

roaring, and the wind whistled past

gritted her teeth and held onto Rupert's

came towards Annabel and