Filed to story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
The next morning, the Princess arrived at Breezy Tides Island, and everyone got off the ship with their luggage.
Jane had a headache from last night’s drinking.
But she still put on delicate makeup early in the morning, waiting to disembark with Byron.
Last night, after posting photos on Instagram, Jane didn’t receive any response from Byron, which left her feeling annoyed at first. However, she later thought she might have gone too far.
After all, everyone knew about her relationship with Byron, and she had gone drinking with Harry, giving off the impression that she was betraying Byron.
She pondered whether Byron was also upset with her, which explained why he hadn’t come to find her the whole night.
Seeing Carter helping Cora carry her luggage and preparing to disembark together, Jane approached them.
“Carter, where’s Byron?”
When she asked Carter, she nodded slightly at Cora in greeting.
Cora responded with a similar gesture.
However, Jane’s gaze was soon drawn to the faint red marks peeking out from Cora’s low-neckline purple dress.
Those marks were clearly not insect bites, and she assumed they were left by a man.
At this moment, with Carter by Cora’s side, Jane naturally thought that the marks were from him.
Carter said at this moment,
“He’s still changing clothes in his room.”
“Oh, then I’ll wait for Byron to disembark together,”
Jane smiled.
Carter nodded and left with Cora.
“Carter, I’m sorry to get you caught up in a misunderstanding again.”
Cora sensed Jane’s meaningful gaze on her neck, and Carter might have noticed as well.
After several incidents getting Carter involved, Cora thought it was necessary to apologize.
“It’s okay. You are not the one to blame and don’t need to apologize,”
Carter replied.
His tone wasn’t too serious, which relieved Cora of her worries.
As for the person who should be to blame, he had just finished changing.
When Byron was about to chase Cora and Carter, Jane stopped him.
“Byron, I’m sorry for my inconsideration last night…”
Jane apologized as soon as she saw Byron.
She noticed his gaze flickered slightly and figured he might still be bothered by her drinking with Harry last night.
In fact, Byron was struggling to comprehend her apology, and then he decided to skip that topic, asking,
“Where’s Carter?”
“He already got off the ship with Dr. Lane,”
Jane responded. Since Byron didn’t mention the matter, she assumed he had forgiven her, which made her feel relieved.
Seeing Byron frowning while watching Cora and Carter leave together with smiles, Jane added,
“Carter and Cora seem to get along quite well. I hope they have a good outcome.”
She intentionally hoped that Byron would notice this and stop pursuing Cora, focusing on planning their wedding instead.
Little did she know that when Byron disembarked with her, he sent a message to Cora: [Do you get quite well with Carter?]
At this moment, Cora had just arrived at Breezy Tides Island and admired the beautiful turquoise sea.
Feeling excited, she took off her shoes and stepped into the clear water.
However, just as she was enjoying the scenery, her phone rang.
Worried about her mother, Flora, she enjoined Sally before coming out to inform her immediately if there was any situation.
Thinking it might be Sally, she hurriedly reached into her bag without paying much attention to her surroundings.
On the other hand, Mia had just spent a passionate night with Eason. Yet she didn’t forget what she had discussed with Jane yesterday and kept an eye on Cora.
Seeing Cora take out her phone, Mia pretended to be excited and rushed toward the enchanting sea, slipping and bumping into Cora.
“Byron, the birthday party today will be held on the beach, and my parents will come later…”
Jane enthusiastically introduced the party activities to Byron as soon as he got off the ship, casually mentioning her parents’ arrival, hinting at advancing their wedding plans.
However, their conversation was interrupted by a sudden exclamation from a distance.
Both of them turned their heads to see Cora and Mia simultaneously falling into the water.
“What’s going on?”
Jane looked surprised and concerned, as if she was ready to rush to their rescue.
But in reality, she didn’t move too quickly, as she had already coordinated this with Mia earlier.
Meanwhile, a tall figure rushed to the scene even faster than her.
“Byron?”
Jane was taken aback, not expecting him to be so enthusiastic about such a small matter.
But Byron wasn’t the only one who arrived at the scene.
Eason was right there alongside him, concerned for Cora. After all, Mia’s weight was not light.
Just as Eason was about to pull Cora up, a hand grabbed her arm, forestalling to pull her up.
Following that hand up, he saw his uncle gazing intently at Cora.
Even without makeup, Cora was unmatched by any other socialite, with a natural radiance that layers of cosmetics couldn’t replicate.
Even with a wet face, she appeared alluring, with her watery eyes, her dress clinging to her figure, accentuating her curves…
At this moment, she seemed like a siren, so enchanting.
But what made Eason more uneasy was the gentle pat on Cora’s back from his uncle’s hand.
“Uncle Byron, I’ll take care of Cora. You don’t have to bother,”
Eason said.
“Your fianc?e is still in the water.”
Byron didn’t even look at him, continuing to comfort Cora.
After that reminder, Eason looked down and noticed Mia was still struggling in the water, waiting for his rescue.
Hesitating for a moment, he finally pulled Mia up as well.
“Eason, I just…”
Mia’s words were interrupted by a coughing fit.
She wasn’t pretending to be weak. She had intentionally bumped into Cora earlier to make her phone fall into the sea, and then she grabbed Cora’s hand tightly, leading her to a deeper area.
During that process, Cora struggled, making Mia swallow a considerable amount of water and exhausting her strength. As a result, she struggled for quite some time before she could stand up again.
However, before she could recover from the coughing, Cora suddenly slapped her loudly, saying,
“Even if you want to die, don’t take me with you!”
The sense of despair underwater still haunted Cora when she thought about it.
She wasn’t afraid of death, but she was afraid of leaving Flora without anyone to care for her.
At the moment the slap landed, the onlookers, including those who had heard the commotion and rushed here, were bewildered.
Even Jane, who had just arrived, asked,
“What happened?”
With eyes reddened, Mia quickly covered her cheek and accused Cora.
“I just slipped, and I didn’t want to end up in such a miserable state. Why are you so barbaric, always resorting to violence?”
“Really? Mia, you can deceive yourself, but saying it out loud is ridiculous,”
Cora replied coldly, refusing to back down.
Jane had to step forward to mediate.
“Dr. Lane, Mia didn’t mean to do that. People tend to grab onto something in dangerous situations. If you’re still angry, I’ll apologize on her behalf. Today is my birthday, and for my sake, let’s just back down a bit, shall we?”
As Cora looked at Jane during her mediation, she couldn’t be sure if Jane was involved in the matter or not. After all, her eyes seemed so sincere.
Moreover, she was aware that the people around now were biased toward Mia. Continuing to argue with them here wouldn’t achieve anything.
“My phone fell into the sea. Please help me find it.”
“Sure, I’ll arrange for someone to search for it now. Dr. Lane, why don’t you go with the butler to change your clothes first?”
Cora had no objection to her arrangement. Byron, on the other hand, draped his coat over Cora and told Carter,
“Take her to change clothes first.”
Carter nodded and then left with Cora and the butler.
Watching Cora walk away in Byron’s coat, Jane couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealousy.
Byron had never draped his coat over her before, but he did it for Cora now.
For a moment, she was almost convinced that Cora had hooked up with Byron behind her back.
However, as she saw Carter leaving with Cora, her thought became less certain…