Their Punching Bag Became The Storm novel Chapter 60

Chapter 60 Whitney Slaps Emily Twice under Camera

Whitney watched as the two lifeguards coughed up some seawater under the medics‘ care. They were awake now. So she stepped out of the crowd.

The moment she moved away, a towel was gently placed over her head.

And her back touched a wet chest.

Whitney and Ryan were soaked. Through the thin clothes, Whitney could clearly feel the warmth of Ryan’s skin.

In the air was his scent. It smelled like sandalwood and cedar.

Whitney froze for a moment. She pressed her hand on the towel.

She immediately turned around and took a step back.

She looked up and saw a pair of smiling, clear eyes.

Ryan bent his head a bit. His hair was messy from being rubbed with a towel. It made him look relaxed and very attractive.

“Dry your hair,” he said.

Whitney’s lashes fluttered. Her hand, still on her head, started moving unconsciously.

Her movements were gentle, a little flustered.

Ryan chuckled softly.

Whitney’s ears buzzed.

Her heart did a little flip.

The next moment, a hand, still wet but warm, covered the back of hers.

Whitney tried to step back.

But Ryan moved her hand away. He put his hand on the towel on her head and started drying her hair.

“I already told Cohen to turn on the water heater,” Ryan said. “Let’s go take a hot shower and change clothes. The wind will get stronger later. You’ll catch a cold.”

Whitney blinked. She almost said, “I’m fine. Worry about you.”

But for the sake of his feelings, she just nodded. “Okay.”

[So this is love after almost dying? Ryan is drying Wild Beauty’s hair.]

Wait, “we?” “hot shower?” Are we supposed to be listening to this?]

[Take a hot shower together? Ryan, you’re so bold!]

[So… camera stays on in the shower, right? We paid for membership; we get full access, yeah?]

This scene was sweet as a romance drama.

No wonder the audience went wild.

They were absolutely obsessed.

Ryan’s fans were confused, thinking, ‘Huh? What’s going on? This isn’t right.

They wanted to tell everyone to calm down. They wanted to shout that Ryan should be for all his fans.

But then they looked at Whitney on screen. And the comments were all [She’s so cool!]

So they stayed quiet.

Suddenly, someone shouted very loudly. “Oh, my God!”

Not far away, Darian came running over, with two staff members helping him walk.

He stumbled straight to Ryan.

He looked at Ryan, then at Whitney.

His face was so full of worry that he looked like he might cry.

He had just woken up after passing out. In the director’s room, he had watched the footage of Whitney and Ryan nearly getting swallowed by the waves. His heart nearly stopped.

Now, seeing them safe with the lifeguards, he dragged his shaky, weak legs and ran all the way to the shore.

Behind Darian came Chase and Emily.

Chapter 50 Whitney Slaps Emily Twice under Camera

Chase looked just as worried as Darian. When he saw Whitney, he pushed through the crowd. “Whitney!” His voice was hoarse. He sounded angry, like he was grinding his teeth.

Whitney glanced at him, then looked away, and smiled at Darian instead.

Chase’s face went dark. “Whitney, don’t you have anything to say to me?”

Whitney lifted her eyes slightly, a hint of mockery in them. “What’s there to say between you and me?” “Whitney!” Chase was pissed by the way she talked to him. He squeezed her name out between his teeth, His eyes turned cold, too. “You think just because you saved them, you can be proud of yourself?”

She was his own sister. He wanted to show he cared.

He wanted to yell at her, “You made it back safe this time, but what you did was still way too dangerous.” He thought, ‘What if something went wrong?

‘If something had happened to her, she would have lost her life in

He didn’t like Whitney.

there.

But that was only because she always fought with Emily. Because she always turned their peaceful home into a noisy, arguing mess.

But when he saw her sharp, rude attitude, all his caring words got stuck.

And it made him even more upset.

He felt like Whitney was treating him worse and worse.

Whitney let out a small laugh. “Idiot,” she said. Then she turned her head and looked at Ryan.

Her attitude said it all, “Dumb idiot. Stay away.”

Chase’s face went completely dark. He pointed at Whitney and started yelling, “Do you have to talk to me like that? Do you even know how dangerous that was? What if something had happened? What would Dad-”

“Whitney.” Emily suddenly raised her voice, cutting Chase off.

She darted out from behind Chase, eyes brimming with tears–tears of joy, it seemed. “I’m so glad you’re okay,” she said, looking at Whitney. “If something had happened to you, I would never have forgiven myself.”

As she talked, tears rolled down her face. “Chase was so worried about you after you went to help. He stood in the director‘

s booth the whole time watching you and Mr. Pierce. He was so afraid something would happen to you.

“Whitney, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t know what to do right now.”

Emily stopped Chase from saying more angry words.

She twisted all of Chase’s worry and harsh words, making it sound like he cared for Whitney only because what she did was helping Emily.

This wasn’t the first time Emily had come running out all nervous like this.

Whitney knew exactly what Emily was worried about.

She raised an eyebrow and looked down at Emily’s fake, dramatic face.

Then Whitney curled her lip, saying, “I’ll show you what to do right now.”

The moment she finished speaking, she slapped Emily right across the face.

The sound was sharp and loud.

In an instant, everything went quiet.

The staff members standing nearby were completely shocked.

No one expected Whitney to hit Emily, right in front of the camera, right in front of Chase.

That slap stunned Emily, too.

It took her a few seconds to react. She slowly raised her hand to cover her red, swollen cheek. Tears started falling from her wide eyes.

“Whitney, you…” She was crying so hard she could barely talk, looking so pitiful.

Whitney raised her hand again and slapped Emily’s other cheek.

Chapter 61 Really Disgusting