Ex-husband's Sweet Trap novel Chapter 61

"Don't be afraid. Just hold me tight."

The wind whistled in her ears, making her eardrums hurt. Despite this, she could still hear his gentle voice like a warm current flowing into her heart. She shrank onto herself and held on to him tightly.

Once they were at the appropriate height, Henry pulled on the string to open the parachute on her back. They went from terminal velocity to a gentle drop.

Only then did Luz dare to open her eyes. The panic in her heart had gradually subsided.

"Thank you for coming to save me."

Over the past day, she had thought of him several times, but she never dared to let herself hope. She was afraid that she would not be able to bear the disappointment.

However, he came. Just when she thought she was about to die, he appeared in front of her like an angel from heaven.

"Then how do you plan to repay me?"

Henry's voice was as light as the parachute. She didn't know how to answer and how to repay him. Did he really need her to repay him?

A gust of wind blew them off course, but she wasn't worried. As long as they can land safely, she was fine.

Although the speed of their fall had been slowed down considerably by the parachute, it was still pretty fast. Henry tightened his grip on Luz and cushioned their fall with his body, rolling as they hit the ground to negate as much of the impact as possible.

Luz felt his breath catch and become heavier as they rolled, which made her blush. The position of their bodies was quite compromising, but when they finally reached the ground, she was relieved. She had escaped certain death.

Henry let go of her arm and struggled to sit up. "Take it off."

"Oh."

Luz had never used a parachute before. She was so flustered that she didn't know which clasp was the right one. After several minutes, she hadn't separated from the parachute behind her.

"Still as stupid as before."

Henry narrowed his eyes and stretched out his hand.

She rebuked him silently in her heart. She wasn't stupid, she was just inexperienced with a parachute.

The belt that she had struggled with unbuckled without any fuss by Henry's hand, but he suddenly collapsed on her shoulder, as if enveloping her in an embrace. Luz's heart rate accelerated again. She didn't know what to do with her hands. What is Henry doing?

"Henry, you... I..."

She would admit that Henry's appearance made her heart skip a beat, especially when he threw himself into danger for her.

"We..."

She stammered for a long time, not knowing what to say. She let him hug her.

After holding him for two or three minutes, Luz realized that something was wrong. She quickly pushed the man on her shoulder. She didn't use much strength at all, but Henry fell backwards onto the ground.

"Henry Maynard!"

"Henry, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that his eyes were closed, she shouted in a panic. Only then did she see that the back of his chest had been soaked in blood, and the white shirt was now a startling red.

"Henry, you've been shot! Don't scare me." She remembered the gunshot she had heard earlier. It wasn't her imagination after all. He had taken a shot for her.