Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

At this moment, Jean was walking along the beach. Her shoes sank into the sand the moment she stepped on the beach so she took off her shoes and held them in her hand. A wave of spindrift dashed over her calves and soon retreated back to the sea.

She turned back and looked at the top of that hotel. Light blue neon was still twinkling, she frowned a bit.

She thought to herself, maybe those two had met each other by now or they had already made up?

The images of those two getting physically intimate kept flashing in her mind. and she felt that her heart ached.

There were many people by the sea tonight, the weather was great and the view by the sea was broad. She could see the starry sky by just lifting her head. How romantic!.

Several couples passed by her, she looked around. It seemed that only she was all by herself on the beach, so lonely.

She sighed. As she got ready to make her way to the shore, her foot hit something hard. She moved away to find the sole of her foot scratched by the object.

"Tsk......" She frowned and squatted to inspect. It was a sea shell. Since the sole of her foot was scratched, the pain got more intense when the sea water brushed.

She lifted her injured foot and was ready to take a closer look when the wave rushed towards her again. She lost balance and fell onto the puddle of sea water. When the wave retreated, it swept her towards the sea. The retreating wave took her into the sea, wave after wave, she was gradually pulled into the deeper parts.

She thought she didn't get swept too far off and it should be shallow, but when she stretched her legs to touch the ground, the sea water had submerged her shoulders. She panicked upon realizing that.

"Help! I can't swim, Help!" She shouted frantically. A stinging sensation could be felt from her injured foot, it seemed that some sand might have gotten into the wound.

Another wave hit over her head. It made her swallow a lot of sea water!

"Help, help me......"

Many people on shore heard her plead for help but no one moved.

"Is she acting? I just saw her playing by the water there."

"I know how to swim but I have never swum in the sea."

"Lifeguard, quick! Someone is drowning." Someone finally called the lifeguard.

Not far away, Ethan was smoking on the yacht. He raised his head and looked around when he heard someone calling for the lifeguard.

"Ethan, pay no attention to that, let's set out!" Said Sakura who sat beside him. She rested her fair hand on Ethan's arm. Their time alone wasn't easy to come by so she had to cherish it.

Ethan was going to leave but when he looked around he found that the lifeguard was running from the distant and the crowd had no intention to save the one in distress. When he looked out to the sea he saw only a pair of hands on the surface. He flipped the butt of his cigarette and put his hands on the ship helm.

Bang

He drove the yacht fast towards her and jumped off when it was close to her. He jumped into the water and held Jean.

Jean had already choked on too much sea water and was now slowly fainting. She leaned her head to Ethan's shoulder and let him take her to the shore.

On the beach, Ethan laid her on the ground.

"Jean? how did you......"

She was very weak now, her head was heavy and her sight blurred. She knew someone was calling her name.

"Z, Zed......" She called out softly with the last of her strength before fainting.

The crowd started to gather around when they realized she's been saved. One by one they came to watch and some were even ready to record it with their phones.

"Where were you guys when she needed help? Get lost!" Ethan shouted with anger and the crowd of onlookers left one by one.

One hard press after another, he continued performing chest compression on her. Just when he was about to breath air into her, Jean threw up the water she had taken in earlier and woke from the shock.

"Oh...." She leaned over to spit out the remains. Her head was buzzing, she could only hear the sound of wave washing against the shore and it frightened her.

"How are you? Do you feel any better?" Ethan asked with concern.

She shook her head and put her hands over her chest. She didn't even have the strength to talk.

Ethan held her up and walked towards his car.

"Ethan, Ethan!" Sakura drove the yacht to the shore and saw Ethan holding that woman. She got pretty upset, "Damn it! Why don't you die sooner? Why do you choose this time to jump......" Ethan took Jean straight to the nearest hospital. When the doctor examined her and said there was nothing serious with her, he was relieved. He sat beside Jean and kept his eyes on her.

"I thought you were in love with him, seems like you are having an unhappy marriage."

Ethan sighed and placed her hand in his.

"eh......"

She winced a little as she made weak moans and pulled her hand away. She was trying to speak but her throat was aching, most probably caused by the sea water. There was nothing much to explain to Ethan, so she remained silent. She was severely weaken. She was so occupied with decorating the room that she had forgotten about dinner. After having to go through that whole drowning ordeal, she's now both sleepy and tired.

"Jean, have you ever thought that maybe this is God's arrangement for you and me?"

Ethan said as he held Jean's hand again.

Jean was already ridden with fatigue so she let Ethan hold her hand and stared at him helplessly.

She thought to herself, 'To hell with it, who on earth wants to have a relationship with you, a total playboy! Can't you tell that I am starving and weak? Stop that gibberish talk and give me something to eat......' Ethan looked at her depressed face, wanting to touch her cheek but Jean turned away. He felt a little embarrassed and put his hand away.

"I know what you are worrying about, rest assured, I will wait until you get divorced."

Cough...... Cough......

She was about to spit at him but his statement choked her instead.

"What happened, Jean? Doctor! Doctor!"

Ethan rushed out to get the doctor.

Jean used this chance to get out of her bed. She ran out of the ward with all the strength she could uttered and when she tried to call for a cab, Ethan caught up and grabbed her by the arm. "Don't take it too hard, okay? I know Zed must have been treating you badly, but now you have me, I will protect you!" Ethan pulled Jean intensely.

"No, you got it wrong. I wasn't trying to suicide......" Jean explained helplessly. She wanted to escape his grip but couldn't.

He tightened his hold on her in fear that she would suddenly rush out to the road. It was hard to keep her in place with all the struggling so he pulled her to an embrace instead. Meanwhile, Zed was driving back and attempting to call Jean but she couldn't be reached. 0000