Love Contract novel Chapter 73

"I think we can sign the agreement after dealing with the company's affairs. We're still in the negotiation stage. I haven't made any official announcements within the company yet," said William.

"Alright..." Adam nodded, "Then we'll follow your lead. We can't rush this."

"Okay."

"William, may I ask you a question?" After a short pause, Adam asked, "Why did you sell eighty percent of your company's shares to me?"

That was almost like selling the entire company. Adam felt weird about it.

"Well," said William, and he paused, sticking his hands in his pockets. He answered casually, "Because I'm moving out of the country next year. I don't know if I can work here after I do that."

"Makes sense." Adam nodded to show he understood. He was pretty sure William was hiding something from him, but he didn't press him. "Best of luck in the future, then!"

"Thank you, Mr. Chen." William raised his glass to Adam.

"Cheers!" The two of them raised their glasses leisurely and clinked them together. Then they shared pleasant conversation more appropriate for a festive occasion. That was, until a cry for help shattered the calm.

"Help! Help! Help!"

While everyone was having fun, a woman's cry for help rang out. It sounded like it might have come from the reef, or nearby, at least.

"Oh my God! Someone's drowning!"

"Someone get down here and save her!"

"Help! Help!"

Everyone was panicking, but panic wouldn't help save the victim.

Adam ran down to the shore, and William followed him. As he did that, he looked around and suddenly felt uneasy. 'Where is Mary? Where did she go?'

The sky quickly darkened, and the wind on the sea got stronger and stronger. The waves pummeled the reef one after another. And the din became unbearable, like the roar of the sea god.

"Hurry up! Get in there and save her!" With Adam's shouts ringing in their ears, the bodyguards jumped into the sea one by one.

Clenching his fists, William scanned the crowd, looking for one person in particular. "Mary! Where are you? Mary!"

No one answered.

With a frown, William looked at the figure struggling in the sea and his heart was conflicted.

He saw that she had long hair and wore a red and yellow dress. Mary? She couldn't swim.

Did she fall into the water like last time?

"Damn it!" With a curse, William strode into the water. He would never stand by and watch Mary drown like this. He was waiting for the water to get at least waist level before he started swimming. 'You can't be hurt, Mary!'

"Mr. Lan, what are you doing? Mr. Lan!" Adam waded in after him and tried to hold him back.

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm going to save her!" William shook off Adam's hand, "Mary's in there. Let go of me!"

"Mr. Lan, Mr. Lan..."

William couldn't hear him. All he could see was the figure fighting to stay above the waves. The next instant he jumped into the water and swam there with all his might.

"Is that Mrs. Lan?" The onlookers began to discuss among themselves the victim's identity. "I don't know. I didn't see a thing."

"It's not Mrs. Lan, is it? I wonder."

"That's not Mrs. Lan. It's my friend!" A woman in blue said anxiously, "My friend's out there. She wanted to go swimming, but she ran into trouble!"

"Then Mr. Lan..."

"Mr. Lan, get back here!"

"Mr. Lan, that's not your wife!"

"It's too dangerous! Come back!"

The people on the shore shouted, trying to stop William from drowning, too, but William ignored them. His eyes could only see Mary, out there striving against the sea, and the sound of the waves drowned their cries.

'Mary, you can't be hurt! Damn it! Why did you do something so stupid! Why go in the water if you can't swim?' But the sea provided no answers.

At last, he was making progress. He was getting closer!

With his heart clenched, he swam towards a wave as it was about to break. Then he jumped, dolphin-like, out of the water and grabbed the struggling figure. He started back to shore, carrying the woman with him. The bodyguards around them waded in to help, and several people dragged the unconscious woman back to dry land.

"Mary, can you hear me?" While swimming, William tried to talk to "Mary", "Don't worry! I'll save you!"

The people on the shore stared at the sea intently.

"What's going on?" Victor asked. "What happened?" Seeing the crowd from afar, both Mary and Victor were afraid that something bad might have happened, so they came down to have a look.

"Someone fell in the water!"

"Oh my God! Who did? Please tell me!" Mary exclaimed.

"I don't know."

"Are you Mrs. Lan ?" Someone in the crowd shouted and suddenly all eyes were on her.

"What... What's wrong?" Mary asked. She stepped back, uncertain what was going on.

"Mr. Lan thought you fell into the water and jumped in to save you!"

"What?" That hit Mary like a ton of bricks. Startled, Mary looked out at the roiling sea. She couldn't see anything. "Mrs. Lan, please see if you can spot him. It's too dangerous out there!"

"Yeah, I know. Too dangerous..." After a short pause, Mary pushed through the crowd and shouted, "William!! William!"

"Mary!" Victor pulled her back at once.

"Let me go!" Without looking back, Mary broke free of his grip and rushed forward.

Looking at his empty hands, Victor was speechless for a long time.

By the time Mary got there, William and the others had gotten the victim to safety.

William's designer suit had gotten completely soaked, and his face was wet, and his hair dripped all over him, making him look quite disheveled.