Filed To Story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
Soggy clothes were actually not a big problem. What really made Cora feel troublesome was that the further she rode to the villages of Autown, the higher the water would overflow.
At this moment, the water was about to come into her calves, and her e-bike would probably be scrapped if she went further in. Cora could only park the e-bike on the side, trying to enter the village on foot.
However, she hadn’t walked for long when a deafening sound suddenly came from the mountain on the other side of the road.
Cora looked over and widened her eyes in shock. She saw a lot of mud and rocks on the top of the mountain rushing down with the rain.
Byron was smoking in the tent.
When Carter came in, he found smoke engulfing the tent.
“Miss Lane has gone to Autown.”
Carter seemed to mention it unintentionally.
But Byron continued smoking quietly. Carter said,
“She went there by an e-bike.”
Byron raised his eyebrows and glanced at him.
“Don’t you have work? Do you want to go to a factory under the Hansen Group to make screws?”
“There are many screw factories in the Pope Group. I can go back to do it if I want to. Now I’m going to help the village chief bring in some bottled water.”
Carter picked up the car keys Byron put on the table. Then he turned around and walked out of the tent. He said before leaving,
“You probably won’t use the off-road vehicle. I’ll drive to get bottled water.”
That off-road vehicle was specially modified to handle all kinds of extreme weather.
They came here in that car this time.
Looking at his back which was drifting away, Byron finally put out the cigarette butt.
“I’ll use the car. You drive another car.”
Byron drove the off-road vehicle to Autown, looking for Cora along the way.
He didn’t find Cora but saw the e-bike she had driven parked on the side of the road.
“Where’s Cora?”
Seeing that Cora wasn’t around the e-bike, Byron couldn’t help frowning.
At this moment, he heard a deafening sound.
Then, he saw the mud and rocks on the top of the mountain in the distance rushing down with the torrential water formed by the heavy rain.
He wanted to stop to avoid danger at that moment.
But he suddenly saw Cora.
Standing on the section of the road where the mud and rocks were about to hit, she looked extremely at a loss.
At that moment, Byron switched from stepping on the brakes to stepping on the accelerator. Then the car blocked Cora’s front before the mud and rocks poured down.
Boom!
After a few loud bangs, everything returned to calm.
After a while, Cora struggled from the muddy water and hurriedly knocked on the car door.
“Are you okay? Can you hear me?”
Byron’s car rushed up to her and blocked a lot of gravel and sand so that she was safe and sound.
But right now, the glass and windshield on the driver’s seat were covered by a thick layer of sand and stones. Cora couldn’t see the situation inside. She became more worried.
But at this moment, Cora heard the co-pilot’s door unlocked. She hesitated for a moment before opening the door.
But the moment the car door opened, then she met Byron’s eyes. She felt her heart pounding wildly as if it was going to jump out of her throat.
“Mr. Hansen…”
Her voice became obviously hoarse.
It was Byron who had saved her.
At such a critical moment, she imagined that the person who had rescued her was her colleague or a brave soldier, but she never thought it was Byron, but it was indeed him.
The love seed that had already taken root in her heart grew rapidly at this moment, enveloping her heart densely.
Her eyes were red, and she was at a loss. Confused, she asked,
“Why are you here?”
“You would have died if I didn’t come.”
Byron still had a cold face, and he sounded angry.
Cora was scolded, but she didn’t argue with him. She looked upset.
“Get in the car,”
Byron urged angrily.
“Is the car still drivable?”
She thought he was lucky enough not to be hurt by those stones.
“It can even race.”
Byron still had an unhappy face.
Cora was speechless.
She always felt he meant something but still got in the car in the end.
Byron really started the car. Even the thick layer of sand on the windshield was easily scraped away by his wipers.
About 20 minutes later, they arrived at Autown Hospital. Cora got the urgently needed medicine.
When they returned to Clamville, almost everyone was waiting at the intersection.
“Dr. Lane, fortunately, you came back safely. When you went to Autown, we received news that there was another landslide on the road from Clamville to Autown. We have been trying to contact you, but your phone was off.”
“Sorry, my phone turned off automatically due to low power. But I really encountered a landslide.
Luckily, I ran into Mr. Hansen.”
“Oh, my god, did you really run into each other?”
“I told your team leader that he couldn’t let a girl ride an e-bike to Autown and could let the villagers go there. But he always said he was afraid we would get confused. You just needed to write down the medicines. How could we be confused?”
When several villagers heard Cora had encountered a landslide, they couldn’t help telling her something.
But Derek was afraid Cora would notice something was wrong if she got to the bottom of it. He quickly smoothed things over, saying,
“Anyway, glad that you have returned safely. I’ll arrange a place for you to take a shower. You can take a good rest in the afternoon.”
Cora didn’t refuse. Now she still had a lot of mud and sand on her body, making her very uncomfortable.
Maybe Derek was really afraid of being held accountable. He arranged a place for Cora to shower very quickly.
“This is the only hotel in Clamville. Of course, the environment and l facilities are not as good as those in New York, but this is the best resting place we could find so far.”
“Thank you, Dr. Wade.”
After Cora thanked Derek, she entered the room with her luggage bag.
Just as she was taking out clothes to go into the bathroom, there was another knock on the door.
Cora thought it was Derek. Unexpectedly, she saw Byron after opening the door.
Byron stood at the door with a handsome expressionless face, making it hard to see through, and he didn’t speak.
Cora paused momentarily and still turned to make way for him, allowing him to enter the room.
The room was not big. When Byron, tall and with long legs, entered the room, it appeared more crowded.
Cora stood beside him and asked,
“Do you want to take a shower too?”
Byron ignored her and just took out the cigarette case from his pocket.
Actually, it was not the first time he had ignored Cora.
From when she got in the car to Autown to the way back, she had been trying to start a conversation, hoping Byron would talk to her.
But Byron had never spoken to her until now.
Obviously, he was angry.
But Cora couldn’t figure out whether Byron was angry that she risked her life getting medicines or she needed him to take the risk to save her.
All she knew was that she wanted him to hug her in his arms.
She didn’t know when she had this urge.
Maybe it was the moment he showed up driving a bulldozer in the pouring rain last night. Maybe it was the moment he intercepted the mud and rocks with his car today and saved her…
But Cora couldn’t care what it was. She tiptoed to kiss Byron.
However, Byron seemed to be in a mood, refusing to bow his head to give her a kiss. Even though she took the initiative to hug his neck, he still refused to bend down and lower his head. So she could only kiss him on his chin.
In desperation, Cora frantically bit his Adam’s apple.
This move seemed to suddenly turn on an unknown switch on Byron’s body.
Byron, who refused to let her kiss, suddenly changed from passive to active.
Cora seemed to have forgotten about other things and actively hugged his neck.
She expressed to him the joy of survival. He expressed how he was grateful that he had saved her in time and greed for her.
How long the kisses lasted was unknown.
When they came back to their senses, they were already standing in the bathroom.
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