They had just wanted to mess with Elena a bit; no one actually hoped for someone to die.
In such cold weather, she dove in the sea again. What if she really died?
Sarah, who had been hiding in a corner, also looked very unsettled when she saw that Elena actually punctured her lifeboat.
She only meant to embarrass Elena! She couldn’t actually die!
The monthly exam was coming soon. If Elena weren’t around to help her cheat, she’d be in big trouble!
Thinking of this, Sarah rushed out from the corner and anxiously held Zayden’s arm. “Zayden! Please get someone to save Elena! If anything happens to her, I won’t be able to live with myself!”
Tears streamed down Sarah’s cheek; her face looked aggrieved.
Zayden frowned.
The next second, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.
The seawater was icy and biting.
Zayden hadn’t expected the night sea to be this cold.
Every second in the water was a torment.
“Elena! Give me your hand!”
Just as he found Elena and tried to pull her up, Elena suddenly opened her eyes and kicked him in the stomach underwater.
The kick stunned Zayden, causing him to panic and swallow several gulps of seawater accidentally.
Seeing Zayden struggling in pain underwater, Elena felt a rush of satisfaction.
She had held her breath for a long time and knew that Sarah wasn’t bold enough to really let her die.
Even those on the shore only wanted to mock her; they weren’t bold enough to let anything happen to her.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have thrown down the lifeboat.
Seeing Zayden about to drown, Elena finally reached out and pulled him to the surface.
The rescue staff on the ferry quickly pulled them both up onto the deck.
Seeing Zayden coughing up several mouthfuls of water, Sarah rushed forward, worriedly asking, “Zayden, how do you feel? Are you alright?”
Zayden didn’t respond; his eyes fixed on Elena in the distance.
That kick underwater-he was almost certain it was intentional!
“Elena! How could you be so reckless? You can’t even swim, yet you still jump in on purpose! Everyone throws you the lifeboat out of goodwill, yet you sabotage it! Are you troubling us all on purpose?”
Sarah stood on the moral high ground, telling Elena off with righteous indignation.
As if Elena were the one making things difficult for everyone.
Sarah completely kept quiet about how they had all coaxed and bullied her into jumping in the first place.
That was her dear Sarah-always kind and understanding.
Others chimed in:
“Yeah, Elena, you went too far! Do you know how expensive a lifeboat is? You dragged us all into this mess for just a lousy gift. How selfish of you!”
“Exactly! Given that worthless stuff, even if you got it back, Zayden wouldn’t want it!”
The people around Zayden were long used to mocking Elena.
To them, she was nothing but a shameless lapdog.
Under all those scornful stares, Elena slowly pulled out a fountain pen from her hand. Then she said calmly, “Zayden, this is the birthday gift from Sarah. I went to retrieve it for her.”
Upon hearing her, Sarah froze and thought, What gift?
She hadn’t prepared anything for Zayden.
After all, simply attending Zayden’s birthday banquet was more than enough to please him.
The crowd was stunned as they thought, A gift from Sarah? Wasn’t it from Elena?
“Here you go,” Elena said as she tossed the pen into Zayden’s arms without a change in expression.
Zayden looked at her and felt that her expression had changed.
Usually, Elena would have looked at him with hope, waiting for praise.
But now, her gaze was calm, as if looking at a stranger.
Elena didn’t spare him another look and turned to leave the deck.
Silence filled the air for a moment.
Then someone suddenly shouted, “Isn’t that Albert’s pen? Sarah, you are impressive! You actually managed to get that?”
“Albert…” Sarah stammered; her smile froze on her face.
She didn’t even know who that was!
Back in her cabin, Elena let out a cold laugh.
Of course Sarah didn’t know.
Albert was Zayden’s favorite scholar.
The black fountain pen wasn’t expensive but rare.
In her previous life, Elena saved up for a long time and chased after Albert every day, tirelessly as a fan, just to have him sell one of his pens to her.
But in the end, the fountain pen was thrown into the sea by Zayden without a second thought.
Now, she had no intention of wasting any more effort on Zayden.
She might as well push him straight into Sarah’s arms and tie them together.
“Elena! Why did you say that just now?”
Just as Elena was about to return to her room, Sarah rushed up frantically.
She had no idea who Albert was and had nearly embarrassed herself in front of
Zayden.
Elena looked at Sarah, who was enraged and accusing. She said calmly, “What? Don’t you like Zayden a lot?”
“How could I like Zayden? Elena, I have said that I’d never take what belongs to you!”
You would never take what’s mine?
Elena thought to herself, You would never take what’s mine? and sneered.
She had heard those exact words in her previous life.
In her previous life, Sarah had always known she liked Zayden. She even held Elena’s hand once and promised, “Elena, Zayden is someone you love, and I’ll never compete with you over him.”
Elena had been naïve, believing her sister truly treated her well. She even felt gratitude and took the blame for her over and over.
Later, she realized that Sarah loved stealing things from her.
Every time she succeeded, she felt a sense of triumph.
Elena remembered-after she went to jail in her previous life, Sarah visited her once. Her smile was as pure and innocent as ever, yet full of disdain. She casually said, “Zayden’s just mid; I don’t even really like him. But what can I say? I love taking what belongs to you.”
As she spoke, Sarah raised her delicate hand; her fingers were as pristine and smooth as ever. What was more important was that her ring finger was adorned with a sparkling diamond ring – the one thing Elena had longed for over twelve years.
Zayden had once said that when he had the money, he would give her a proper wedding and put a ring on her finger with his own hands.
She believed him.
She waited, and waited. Even until the divorce, that wedding never came, nor did that ring.
Sarah said with feigned regret, “This was from Zayden. It’s only worth 420,000 dollars.
But honestly, the quality and craftsmanship are just mid. I don’t really like it.”
Then she took off the ring and casually tossed it in the rubbish bin.
Elena knew that she did that on purpose.
But she also knew that even if Sarah threw the ring away, Zayden would smile and buy her an even bigger one.
Zayden was never short on money-he just didn’t think she was worth spending it on.
Thinking of that, Elena pulled her hand away from Sarah and said, “Then it seems we really are sisters through and through. I just realized today that Zayden is just mid.”
“Is that so?” Suddenly, Zayden appeared before her, sneering coldly.
The moment their eyes met, Elena felt a sting in her heart.
Even though she had already let go in her heart, facing the man who had once accompanied her for twelve years and been her husband for seven, she still felt a lingering bitterness and resentment.
Zayden walked to Sarah’s side and pulled her behind him protectively. He said coldly, “Elena, what trick are you up to this time? You knew that gift was from Sarah, but you didn’t explain it to me. Now you’re trying to badmouth me, taking advantage of her innocence. Don’t you think that’s disgusting?”
Soon, Sarah realized Zayden had misunderstood.
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