The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 800

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Zeph loved both Nicole and Poppy. He had to find a way to do right by both of them without hurting either.

He and Nicole had both been reborn. They knew just how ugly people could be.

She looked at him. “What would you do in Poppy and I ever fought over the storage space?” 1

There was no safe answer.

It hadn’t happened, and Zeph didn’t know what he would do, much less what the right choice would be.

“Nicole, the storage space is yours. Don’t get yourself worked up over what-ifs.”

Nicole let it go.

If that day came, they would deal with it then. There was no sense making herself miserable over something that might never happen.

If she kept thinking like this, she would start doubting everyone and creating problems that weren’t there.

The tectonic plates collided, the land sank, and the whole planet was in chaos. The landscape changed, the currents shifted, and nothing worked the way it used to.

They drifted east in the morning, then south that afternoon. The currents were as unpredictable as a moody child, leaving them constantly on edge.

Nicole spotted several groups of survivors at sea. Some had escape pods, rafts, or motorboats. Others clung to life rings.

Everyone did whatever they could to stay alive. Some drifted away in the distance. Others floated right up to the pod and pounded on it in desperation, screaming for help.

Both looked like foreigners, though Nicole couldn’t tell where they came from.

Keeping her own group alive was hard enough. She pretended not to see them.

After several days adrift, the wind eased and the waves finally settled. Brilliant sunshine streamed in.

Nicole closed the curtain for an afternoon nap.

The next time Poppy opened her eyes, the escape pod sat aboard a yacht.

The yacht floated quietly on the calm water. Nicole opened the hatch and climbed out, stretching in the sunshine.

Poppy stepped onto the deck, so delighted that she even bounced on her toes a few times.

Cola perked up as well, circling them with his tail wagging, “Woof!”

For the first time in days, they felt alive again.

The ocean stretched as far as they could see. With nowhere to go and no reason to motor around, they let the current carry them. It saved fuel, too.

They left the anchor up. There was too much they didn’t know about the ocean, and if disaster struck again,

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they might not have time to haul it in.

With no wind or waves, the yacht barely seemed to move.

Nicole brought out a beach umbrella and lounge chairs, then poured herself a glass of juice to keep within

reach.

Staying alive mattered, but they needed to enjoy themselves when they could. Otherwise, life was just one misery after another.

Soon, all four of them stretched out on lounge chairs beneath the umbrella, sunglasses on, enjoying the

sunshine.

The sun felt gentle, but the UV rays were strong.

Zeph couldn’t sit still for long. He started rubbing sunscreen onto Nicole, making her squirm and laugh as his hands tickled her skin.

Poppy quietly covered Cola’s eyes. “Shh. Don’t look.”

After two hours on deck and a leisurely lunch in the sea breeze, Nicole headed back to her room for a nap.

The water looked calm, but caution was second nature to Zeph. He stayed on deck to keep watch.

Worried he might get bored, Nicole asked, “Wanna do some fishing?”

She had fishing gear in her storage space, probably from Felix’s study. It looked expensive, easily worth six figures, if not more.

Zeph wasn’t much of a fisherman, but he could always give it a try.

Nicole brought out the gear and some bait. “Careful. Don’t let a shark pull you overboard.”

Zeph smiled. “Then you’d be out a husband.”

He was getting better at flirting by the day.

Nicole brushed her fingers along his chin, then headed to her room with a satisfied smile.

A luxury yacht had its perks. The bed was enormous and comfortable, every bit as good as a mattress with a seven-figure price tag.

She slept soundly and woke two hours later, feeling completely refreshed.

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