Unexpected Fiancée

Chapter 143 Falling into the Sea

After all, there was no signal on their phones in the vast expanse of the sea. Jane wasn't sure if the necklace her grandfather gave her would be able to send out a distress signal.

"We will definitely be able to," Patrick said, looking into her eyes with his eyebrows raised.

Patrick had never seen a transmitter like this before. Wasn't Jane's grandfather just a country gentleman? How could he have such high- tech equipment?

His deep gaze couldn't help but show some curiosity. His fiancée was not simple.

However, if Jane didn't say anything, he wouldn't deliberately ask either. He liked her for who she was, regardless of her identity or family background.

As they got closer and closer to the sea surface, Jane looked around and saw several islands in the distance.

A wave of excitement surged through Jane's heart as she was about to tell Patrick when she heard his magnetic voice say softly in her ear: "Jane, do you see that island over there?"

"Mhmm." She nodded. "I was just about to tell you about it."

Patrick chuckled lowly and whispered by her ear: "Are we telepathic?" As soon as he finished speaking, his thin lips lightly touched Jane's earlobe. Suddenly an electric feeling spread throughout her body making it tingle all over.

Jane blushed at this man who still knew how to flirt even at this time: what kind of person is he?

"Don't mess around,” she turned away from him and looked towards the distant island instead.

If there is fresh water on that island then they might have hope! But how long would it take them to swim there from here? Would Patrick's food last until then?

Could Grandpa really receive their distress signal and come rescue them?

While lost in thought suddenly came Patrick's low voice again: "Can you swim?"

"Mhmm." She nodded again

Patrick took out life jackets from his backpack and carefully helped put one on for Jane before saying: "We'll swim together towards that direction.”

"Mhmm." She replied faintly hoping they could get lucky enough to encounter passing ships for rescue along their way

The two slowly descended into the water until they were very close to its surface now; The vast ocean stretched endlessly ahead of them with waves crashing against each other creating loud roars echoing through space filling up everything around them

Once again fear gripped onto Janes heart; although she can swim well but facing various dangers amidst these endless waters made anyone feel uneasy

"About to fall into the water, hold your breath,” Patrick calculated the timing and untied the rope that was tied around them. He tied his and Jane's life jackets together.

The two held hands tightly as they fell into the sea.

Jane choked on several mouthfuls of seawater, which filled her mouth with a salty and fishy taste that was unpleasant.

"Jane, are you okay?" Patrick turned his head to look at Jane beside him and asked with concern.

“I'm fine. How about you?" The surging waves hit Jane's body, causing some pain. She held onto Patrick's arm tightly.

Patrick hugged Jane naturally and kissed her forehead. "I'm fine. Listen to me; we need to swim together towards that island.”

After speaking, Patrick let go of Jane and made a beautiful leap using standard breaststroke towards the direction of the island.

The wound on his arm began to ache faintly again from a few days ago when he protected Jane from Annie's stabbing attack. It had already begun scabbing over without any problems before this incident in seawater caused it to reopen again.

Patrick furrowed his eyebrows slightly but suppressed the pain forcefully because he was now Jane's emotional support pillar - her solid reliance - so he couldn't show any discomfort or else she would worry about him too much; he didn’t want that for her sake.

Jane followed closely behind as both swam forward together with all their might despite increasingly larger waves making it difficult for them every time they tried moving forward even just a little bit more than before each time they did so due to being pushed back by opposing winds against their efforts by these same waves pushing against them in this direction away from where they wanted desperately reach - towards safety on land at last!

Looking up ahead at what seemed like an ever-distant island now compared with earlier moments ago when it appeared closer than ever before because of these strong currents working against them both relentlessly without mercy nor respite whatsoever since then...

She panicked slightly as she spoke out loud: "Patrick! It seems like we're getting farther away from the island..."

Patrick also noticed this fact too late because right now is precisely when there is an opposing wind blowing directly against their efforts while trying hard swimming toward safety ashore!

Although he had already put forth all possible effort available within himself thus far until exhaustion set in completely long ago... the relentless ocean current continued pushing harder still forcing them further away instead no matter how hard either one tried fighting back valiantly against its unyielding power...

So after thinking carefully for just a moment longer than usual given such dire circumstances facing both themselves right now... he finally spoke up calmly yet firmly: “Let us rest here awhile first then conserve our energy until this wind dies down somewhat later on hopefully soon enough!”

Jane agreed wholeheartedly knowing full well there wasn't anything else left for either one except waiting patiently while holding onto each other tight enough not letting go under any circumstance whatsoever no matter what happens next!

Patrick held her tightly. "Jane, don't be afraid, just hold on a little longer."

“I'm not afraid," Jane felt a flutter in her heart. With Patrick by her side, she inexplicably felt at ease. Even if there were great storms ahead, she wasn't scared.

The two of them drifted further away with the waves.

After what seemed like an eternity, the winds and waves began to calm down.

"Drink some water to replenish your energy,” Patrick took out a bottle of mineral water from his backpack and handed it to Jane. "After the wind dies down, we'll swim towards that island over there."

"Okay." Jane took a few sips of water and passed the bottle back to Patrick.

He put it back into his backpack without drinking any himself.

"You're not thirsty?" Jane asked in surprise.

“I'm fine,” Patrick replied calmly. In the vast ocean, fresh water was essential for survival. Even if they made it to the island later on, there might not be any fresh water available. That's why these bottles of mineral water were especially precious - he wanted to save as much as possible for Jane's sake.

Jane naturally understood that he wasn't really unthirsty - warmth flowed through her heart at this realization.

Night fell; a crescent moon hung in the sky above them while moonlight spilled over onto the vast sea below - its blue waters shimmering with beautiful ripples and frothy waves dancing around them in circles...

If they weren't in such dire straits right now but instead swimming together with their loved one on this sea surface... how romantic would that have been?

"Jane, now that things have calmed down we need to swim towards that island as soon as possible." Patrick looked off into distance before speaking up which interrupted Jane's thoughts about romance once again...

The island was faintly visible; if they didn't hurry up and make their way over there soon then encountering another storm would be disastrous! “Yeah let's hurry!" After drinking some water earlier on had given her some energy back again so she turned around quickly but accidentally bumped into Patrick's wound...

"Hiss..." A soft sound escaped from him...