Her Revenge Was His Regret (Shirley and Gilbert) novel Chapter 373

"You don't have to force yourself to put up with anything. You owe Irene's family nothing. Like I said, you shouldn't have to suffer even a little, not for anyone, not even for me.

"If anyone ever makes you uncomfortable, you stand up for yourself. I've got your back.

"Anyone at all."

Sherry's heart was pounding. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't moved.

All the fatal flaws in Gilbert, all the things she'd feared the most—they didn't seem to exist in Lucas.

Sherry, embarrassed, changed the subject. "So how did you know we'd be in trouble on the lake? I saw tons of search and rescue boats out there."

The uniforms looked identical—highly professional, all the same style.

She thought she'd seen a logo on the boats, blurry as it was... and it felt similar to the ones on the cars in their convoy.

"If they wanted to hurt you, this lake was their first choice. It's known as the Killer Lake."

"Killer Lake?"

Sherry and Yelena exchanged looks. They'd never heard of it.

"A lot of deaths have happened here recently. So many people drowned that people started calling it that. Someone dies here almost every year.

"At first, people thought it was normal—big lakes have accidents. But once it became every single year, people started saying it's cursed.

"It destroyed the local tourism industry. That only started this year. Some still come without knowing, but it's not popular anymore.

"You can guess what they planned when they sent you two here."

"So all those boats were yours? There were so many, I thought it was a huge tour group! They practically covered the whole lake."

Not even professional rescue teams sent out that many boats.

Yelena wasn't blind. Even in her panic, she'd seen the mass of ships closing in.

Two staff members in their boat had seen them too. She'd just been too scared to think clearly at the time.

Now it all made sense. The boats were for them. Or rather, Sherry—and she was just tagging along.

"Oh my god... You brought all these people just for Sherry."

Yelena turned to them with a teasing grin.

"I'm officially giving you my permission to pursue my best friend. You're way better than Gilbert."

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