A groan of pain escaped his lips. I didn’t know what to do, so I tried to push him away again.
Warren held on tightly. In a low forbidding voice, he said, “Stop moving, Flora.”
I was stunned for a moment, then noticed that the water in front of his chest was tinged with a faintly red hue.
“Are you injured?” I was shocked and flustered. I hastily checked his chest.
Warren looked down at his injury and said carelessly, “No, my old wound has reopened again. It’s not a big deal.”
It suddenly occurred to me that he had been hurt severely last time. His ribs had been fractured and one of them had almost pierced him in the heart.
When Warren had returned to the team, he had repeatedly assured the army that he had made a full recovery, so I didn’t question him any further.
It was now beginning to dawn on me that his wounds had not healed at all.
I instantly lost my temper and glowered fiercely at me. “Why did you rejoin the team before you recovered completely?! Why are you playing with your life? If you want to die, you should have informed me earlier. I wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of saving you back then.”
It had been very difficult for me to pull him back from the jaws of death, but here he was ruining his health like this.
The more I thought about it, the more furious I became. I took a big step back, wanting to put distance between us.
But Warren mirrored me and took a big step forward, drawing us closer.
I glared at him, too enraged to say anything at the moment.
He looked a little aggrieved. “Don’t be angry.”
“I’m not angry. We are not close to each other anymore. You can do whatever you like. It is none of my business even if you die,” I replied coldly.
Warren’s hair was still wet and his clothes were disheveled. But he looked sexier now.
As my mind flashed back to the kiss a few minutes back, my skin felt itchy.
I forced myself to look away.
A few seconds later, he called out my name with a sigh.
I didn’t respond. My mind was muddled. I just wanted to get out of this damned place as soon as possible.
“I’m not playing with my life,” Warren whispered. “I just didn’t want to stay away from you.”
Then he fell silent, and so did I.
I was the first one to run out of patience and break. I glared at him again. “Why did you stop speaking? Is that all you have to say?”
With a smile in his eyes, Warren said gently, “You broke up with me out of the blue. You even blocked me and posted a photo with another man on your social media. I thought if I didn’t chase after you, I wouldn’t get a chance.”
My heart was pounding wildly. Even though I was drenched in cold water, I still felt the temperature around me soar quickly. It took me several minutes to speak again. “A chance for what?”
Warren held my hand and whispered in my ear, “A chance to start over.”
Warren’s POV
I mustered up whatever courage I could and finally spat out what I had wanted to say for a long time.
Flora gave me radio silence for a long time, which almost drove me crazy.
Each passing second, my once expectant heart began to sink.
It turned out that I couldn’t understand Flora after all.
Ever since she broke up with me, I had never been able to figure out what was going on in her mind. She had always ignored me since then.
I couldn’t understand why she changed so much. When we were in the forbidden forest, we got along quite well.
Perhaps there was some kind of misunderstanding.
I gently took Flora’s hand and took a calming deep breath.
“Can you just give me another chance, Flora?”
Flora didn’t shake my hand off. For a moment, I saw her expression soften.
It gave me a small flicker of hope, because it was possible that she still had feelings for me.
But not even a second later, Flora’s eyes turned cold again. She sneered, “We’re done already and you know that. Let go of me.”
I was going to say something more, but Flora stopped me with one cold look. “In fact, we were never together to begin with. What’s there to start over from?”
Flora’s tone told me how serious she was. I let go of her hand and tried not to act rashly.
Scoffing, she wiped the hand I held on her clothes, as if my touch was something to be disgusted by.
A bitter taste filled my mouth. I still didn’t know what I had done wrong. It was getting more difficult to understand Flora.
I had never felt so uncomfortable getting pushed away like this before. It was as if Flora had completely shut me out of her heart.
But I didn’t know what for. I wanted so badly to ask her why, but I just didn’t know how.
There was a lot I wanted to say, but when I opened my mouth, I said something completely different.
“Okay. Thank you, Flora.” Whatever was left of my courage had been finally crushed.
Flora furrowed her eyebrows. “For what?”
“For saving me that day.” I smiled bitterly, although I felt a pang in my heart. “I’m sorry for bothering you all this time. It’s all my fault and I’ll never do it again.”
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