The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 2156

"Put out the fire!"

Everyone knew the inferno was too massive to extinguish quickly.

But they desperately pumped water over the wreckage anyway.

If they were alive, they had to find them. If they were dead, they had to recover their bodies.

Even if the absolute worst had happened, they had to bring them home.

Otherwise.

They would never forgive themselves.

Beneath the surface, Anthony sank into the freezing depths and glanced at his wrist.

The bracelet matched Lottie's exactly, complete with an encrypted tracker.

As long as her bracelet wasn't destroyed, the signal would hold.

And right now.

The tracking interface was flashing perfectly.

She was less than thirty feet away.

Anthony pushed his body to its absolute limits, swimming furiously through the dark water. Just as his lungs were about to burst, he caught sight of a familiar silhouette swimming toward him against the refracted light.

His dead, suffocating heart instantly roared back to life, hammering wildly against his ribs.

Finally—

He grasped his wife's hand and pulled her gently into his embrace.

They broke the surface together, gasping for air.

"Anthony?"

Seeing him there, Charlotte was briefly stunned. A vibrant, euphoric smile broke through the grime and scratches on her face. "The fire was so huge, I almost didn't make—"

The sound of the roaring flames was drowned out.

Before she could finish, he crushed her tightly against him. His ragged, desperate breaths echoed violently against her ear.

She let him hold her.

Charlotte patted his shoulder, whispering softly, "I promised I'd bring you and the babies a present. I wouldn't break my word."

"You..." Hearing her joke about presents at a time like this left Anthony feeling completely helpless, yet fiercely protective.

"Alright, alright," Charlotte murmured, stroking his face. "Let's save Donald and Tansy first."

Tansy?

Following Charlotte's gaze, Anthony saw Donald surface a short distance away.

He was tightly clutching a blood-soaked, unconscious woman.

Just moments ago.

Right as Tansy had shoved Charlotte away to sacrifice herself, Charlotte had clipped the final wire.

So.

The boat had detonated exactly as they leaped into the ocean.

Five seconds later...

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