While Victoria curses Katrina in her mind, gnas.h.i.+ng her teeth in anger, she suddenly sees her figure in the distance.
Katrina leaves the washroom to find a large crowd dancing in the center of the hall. To avoid disturbing the dancing couples, she takes a detour at the sides.
Next to the dance floor is an indoor swimming pool. Katrina gathers up her skirt carefully and keeps her distance from the crowd as far as possible.
Victoria sees Katrina walking alone by the pool.
On the other side, Aaron"s vision is blocked by the dancing guests, and he can"t see what"s happening.
An idea suddenly comes to Victoria"s mind. She takes Benjamin and moves to the direction of Katrina"s location. Although they seem to be dancing on the surface, Benjamin can feel the force in her movements.
"Hey, Victoria, what are you doing?"
Completely out of the loop, Benjamin confusedly follows Victoria"s footsteps away from their normal dance track.
In a blink, Victoria appears behind Katrina.
She extends her arm forward…
Completely unguarded, Katrina screams and falls into the water.
Then Victoria pulls Benjamin back to the crowd.
Benjamin suddenly realizes Victoria"s purpose. It turns out that she wanted to push the woman into the water.
Although Benjamin is surprised, Victoria has been his best friend for many years, so he takes her side. He seals his lips and says nothing, choosing to remain silent.
Suddenly hit by a strong force, Katrina falls into the pool. Her survival instincts make her struggle desperately in the water as she tries to reach the edge of the pool.
But she doesn"t know how to swim at all. The more she struggles, the farther she gets to her goal. Her body keeps sinking, and the cold water pours into her mouth and nose. Even breathing becomes difficult.
"Help!"
She desperately tries to emerge from the water and shout for help.
The drowning feeling fills Katrina with fear.
Is she going to die here today?
Her fall into the water immediately causes a great stir at the party.
"Someone has fallen into the water!"
"Go and have a look!"
The music stops suddenly. The guests stop dancing and run over.
Many people are standing by the pool; men in smart suits and women in expensive evening dress and everyone seems to falter because they"re so well-dressed. Katrina feels herself getting farther and farther away from them.
The splash of the water blurs her eyes, making it nearly impossible for her to see what is happening on the ground.
Her strength is eventually exerted, and she has no strength to call for help anymore. The moment she opens her mouth, the water will immediately gush into her throat.
"Go and find someone to help!"
"The security guard! Where is the security guard at the scene?"
Although people are hurriedly calling for help, no one is willing to condescend to go into the water to save her.
After all, they"re all upper-cla.s.s people with their own ident.i.ties and status. They most likely don"t want to get their expensive clothes wet and get themselves in such a mess.
In the crowd, Benjamin can"t bear it anymore. Just as he"s about to take off his suit, Victoria holds his hand and whispers, "The security guard is coming."
Although she doesn"t like Katrina, she"s not malicious enough that she wants to drown her. She makes her suffer a little more.
Besides, such a grand occasion is attended by elites from all walks of life. How could the security on the scene be so inadequate that someone will drown in the pool?
Drinking champagne in the lounge area, Aaron sees people running to the edge of the swimming pool and shouting that someone has fallen into the water.
Never one to get involved in the bustle, Aaron is calm and relaxed as he drinks his champagne soberly.
But he suddenly thinks of Katrina.
That stupid woman has been in the bathroom for so long. Why hasn"t she come back yet?
The person in the water couldn"t be...
When the thought comes to mind, Aaron immediately drops the goblet and strides towards the swimming pool.
As he pushes through the crowd to the side of the pool, he immediately sees one of Katrina"s heels on the edge of the pool.
d.a.m.n it, it"s really her!
Aaron"s eyes are unspeakably gloomy when he jumps straight into the pool without even taking off his suit.
Katrina has already exhausted all her strength and has sunk to the bottom of the water.
Aaron dives towards her and reaches for her slim waist. He pulls her out of the water and carries her to the ground.
The clothes soaked in water are heavy, not to mention the weight of two people.
Seeing Katrina"s closed eyes and an unconsciousness, Aaron gets unspeakably upset and worried.
She just went to the bathroom, but she ended up falling into the water. This woman keeps worrying him.
The moment he"s negligent, she gets in trouble again.
"Somebody"s in the water! Please make way! We"ll immediately rescue..."
When the rescuers come to see Aaron swimming with Katrina towards the ground, they immediately choose to shut up.
Carrying Katrina to the ground, Aaron presses hard against her chest several times until Katrina coughs out some water and finally opens her eyes.
Aaron"s handsome face appears in front of her. He"s completely drenched. His originally neat hair is now hanging in front of his forehead. He seems to be immensely worried.
This is the first time Katrina has seen such an unkempt Aaron, who looks a lot more awkward than his usual dapper and elegant appearance. But it doesn"t affect his good looks at all.
Did Aaron save her just now?
She"s safe!
Katrina originally thought that meeting Aaron in Hadley City was the worst thing to happen to her.
But he"s the one who rescues her when she"s in danger. No matter how far he is from her, he still comes.
Katrina smiles and calls out his name in a low and soft voice, "Aaron."
She wants to tell him that she"s fine so that he doesn"t worry anymore.
Unexpectedly, she loses consciousness after she calls his name.
"Mr. Wilson, there"s a room available over here. Please come over to change your clothes and take a bath."
Aaron walks into the room with a sullen face and Katrina in his arms.
This stupid woman!
How could such shallow water almost drown her!
She"s so weak!
How was she raised? She"s so stupid beyond redemption!
Despite the scorn, Aaron still takes off her wet clothes and helps her into clean and dry clothes to keep her from getting sick.
He doesn"t change his clothes until he finishes caring for her.