The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me novel Chapter 53

With a bright moon up in the sky, Sarah was running fast in the woods, sweaty and panting, until a winding river blocked her way. She had to slow down.

Marco quickly caught up with her, but he didn’t pant at all. He obviously didn't have much of a problem with running in the woods.

The river was clear and shimmering in the moonlight. Suddenly, Sarah stepped into the river.

Marco thought she was trying to commit suicide. He was so panicked that he instantly grabbed her arm and said, “Miss, what's bothering you? Why are you trying to kill yourself?”

Sarah was confused at first. She looked at him and paused before she chuckled, “You thought I jumped into a river to commit suicide, didn’t you? But the river is too shallow to drown oneself. I just wanted to take a cold shower in the river.”

She was all sweaty and steamy from running so far. She hoped a cold shower would help clear her mind to figure out what to do next.

As for suicide, it never crossed her mind.

It was true that she had loved John Walter, but she wasn’t so caught up in it that she would throw her life away. At the end of the day, she loved herself the most.

“Sorry, Miss… I overreacted.”

Marco scratched his head in embarrassment. He immediately let go of Sarah’s hand, stepped ashore, and turned his back to her.

Looking at the back of the young man, Sarah thought to herself that he was really an honest boy who was quite different from the young men she had known before.

The river was so shallow that the water was still up to her chest when she was in the middle of the river. Standing in the cold water, she took off her shirt and threw it onto the bank. Now she was in her underwear, almost equivalent to a bikini.

She was swimming happily in the river when something cold and squishy suddenly wrapped itself around her left ankle. She felt a sharp pain. It seemed that she was bitten.

“Ah!”

She cried out in pain. She quickly lifted her left leg above the water. A thumb-sized greenish snake was wrapped around her left ankle.

“Ah…”

She let out a cry of shock, “Snake, a snake…help…”