Filed to story: A Second Chance with My Billionaire Love
Naturally, Xavier wouldn’t lose such an important position.
“I want Skylar to be my diving partner,” Santiago ignored Xavier and said to the coach calmly.
His words shocked both Xavier and Leia, Xavier even more so.
“What the hell are you doing? You’re trying to advance by retreating? What kind of strategy is that?” Xavier glared at Santiago and demanded, “Why did you pick Skylar? We’ve finally got a chance to fight each other head-on, so why are you backing out now?” Santiago glanced at Xavier in disdain and murmured, “T’ll leave Lei in your hands for now, but you have to make sure she’s safe.” Puzzled, Xavier watched as Santiago dove into the sea with Skylar after they had changed into their diving suits.
“He’s mad!” Xavier scoffed, peeved that he was the only one on this metaphorical battlefield.
Santiago didn’t even want to fight against him.
He sighed and walked over to a dazed Leia, then said casually, “Let’s get going then, dive buddy.” “I must be very unlucky to be paired up with you,” Leia grumbled, upset that she couldn’t go diving with Santiago.
She had wanted to explore the sea with him, hand in hand, but now she was stuck with Xavier.
How could she entrust her life to an unreliable playboy like him? Why had Santiago backed away when they had just confessed their feelings to each other? “Hey, don’t look down on me! I was once a diving champion, okay? Wait and see, I’ll find that moonstone for you!” Xavier growled, figuring that if the moonstone really did exist, Leia would find it very romantic if he got it for her.
They dived into the sea one by one, and were spellbound.
It was like a whole other world, and they could see many fish and coral reefs.
If they were lucky, they might even encounter a jackfish storm.
Leia adjusted her mouthpiece and slowly dived deeper.
As her dive buddy, Xavier followed her closely, keeping an eye on her.
Santiago was also a few meters away from them, guarding them.
He had kept his ear surgery hidden from the public, and as he dived deeper, his eardrums hurt terribly.
Dismayed, he didn’t dive any deeper.
As Leia dived deeper, she suddenly saw a coral reef with many oysters.
Some of them were slightly open, and she could see the warm luster of pearls gleaming inside them.
Leia stared at the coral reef in awe, and suddenly saw something shining in the corner of the reef between some stones.
“Look!” Leia couldn’t speak clearly because of her mouthpiece, so she waved at Xavier excitedly.
“It’s the moonstone!”
When Leia saw the moonstone, she quickly dived deeper.
“Slow down!” Worried, Xavier swam after her.
The coral reefs were beautiful, but they were also sharp, and some were dangerous to touch.
However, Leia was behaving like an irrational child, excitedly pushing aside the corals like she had found a fun new toy.
In her eagerness to find the moonstone for Flossie to ensure her friend’s peaceful life, she failed to see the silver creature lurking in the crevice above the moonstone.
Just as Leia was about to touch the moonstone, the creature emerged from its hole and bit the back of her hand.
Leia shrieked and pulled her hand away quickly.
“It’s a snake! It’s a sea krait!”” Xavier’s mind went blank when he saw the sea snake bite Leia and swim away.
He immediately swam to her and grabbed her hand.
Leia pointed at the moonstone excitedly, thinking it was just an insect that bit her.
Not realizing the seriousness of the situation, she waved the moonstone at Xavier proudly, showing off her achievement.
Xavier was furious at her for being so carefree, but he was also terrified because he knew how poisonous kraits were.
Anxious, Xavier held Leia around the waist and quickly swam to the surface.
Both Santiago and Skylar also realized that something was wrong, and followed them to the surface.
“I need help! Get a speedboat to send her to the hospital!” Xavier’s face was pale as he yelled at Billy on the beach.
“What happened?” Santiago quickly swam to Leia and asked worriedly.
“Ugh, it’s nothing.
An insect bit me…” Leia showed him the bite mark, feeling like Xavier was overreacting.
The truth was that she wouldn’t feel anything yet because the venom took a while to act.
Ignoring their concern, Leia held up the moonstone and showed it off to everyone on the beach.
“Look! I found a moonstone…
I…” Suddenly, her vision started to blur, and her hand started to feel numb.
“What’s going on? I…
Ican’t feel my hand,” Leia whimpered, starting to panic.
“Oh, now you’re scared! It’s the snake venom,” Xavier snapped as he took off his diving suit and carried Leia.
“Snake venom?” Santiago was following them closely, and his body tensed up when he heard that.
“Lei was bitten by a snake? Didn’t I ask you to take care of her? What did you do? I wouldn’t have given you the opportunity if I knew you were so unreliable!” Santiago was regretting letting Xavier be Leia’s dive buddy.
He thought that Xavier was reliable, but clearly he was wrong.
Thanks to his error, Leia was in trouble.
Xavier was walking quickly towards the beach, but he stopped when he heard Santiago’s words.
He spun around, his eyes blazing.
Who do you think you are? What right do you have to speak to me like that? Leia is my woman, and I’ll handle it if anything happens to her.
I don’t need an outsider like you to judge me.” Santiago’s eyes narrowed.
“Outsider?”
Santiago felt like Xavier was the most opinionated and arrogant man he had ever met.
“Have you ever asked Lei what she wants? Who is the outsider here, you or me?” He approached Xavier angrily, wanting to take Leia from him.