Babel Novel
Chapter 53 She held him tight
Chapter 53 She held him tight
With a bright moon up in the sky, Sarah was running fast in the woods, sweaty and panting, until a
winding river blocked her way. She had to slow down.
Marco quickly caught up with her, but he didn’t pant at all. He obviously didn't have much of a problem
with running in the woods.
The river was clear and shimmering in the moonlight. Suddenly, Sarah stepped into the river.
Marco thought she was trying to commit suicide. He was so panicked that he instantly grabbed her arm
and said, “Miss, what's bothering you? Why are you trying to kill yourself?”
Sarah was confused at first. She looked at him and paused before she chuckled, “You thought I jumped
into a river to commit suicide, didn’t you? But the river is too shallow to drown oneself. I just wanted to
take a cold shower in the river.”
She was all sweaty and steamy from running so far. She hoped a cold shower would help clear her
mind to figure out what to do next.
As for suicide, it never crossed her mind.
It was true that she had loved John Walter, but she wasn’t so caught up in it that she would throw her
life away. At the end of the day, she loved herself the most.
“Sorry, Miss… I overreacted.”
Marco scratched his head in embarrassment. He immediately let go of Sarah’s hand, stepped ashore,
and turned his back to her.
Looking at the back of the young man, Sarah thought to herself that he was really an honest boy who
was quite different from the young men she had known before.
The river was so shallow that the water was still up to her chest when she was in the middle of the
river. Standing in the cold water, she took off her shirt and threw it onto the bank. Now she was in her
underwear, almost equivalent to a bikini. NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.
She was swimming happily in the river when something cold and squishy suddenly wrapped itself
around her left ankle. She felt a sharp pain. It seemed that she was bitten.
“Ah!”
She cried out in pain. She quickly lifted her left leg above the water. A thumb-sized greenish snake was
wrapped around her left ankle.
“Ah…”
She let out a cry of shock, “Snake, a snake…help…”
Most women feared snakes instinctively and Sarah was one of them.
Marco, who was standing on the bank, heard her cry for help. He instantly turned around to jump into
the river like a leopard and went to her rescue. He grabbed the snake and flung it into the thick grass
across the river.
“It's so scary…”
The minute she was rescued, Sarah threw her arms around Marco’s neck and pressed her trembling
body against his strong chest.
With Sarah in his arms, Marco blushed and his heart suddenly began to pound. He picked her up and
carried her to the river bank.
“My foot hurts so much. I was bitten by a snake. Am I going to die?”
It was painful and scary for Sarah. She couldn’t help crying.
Marco took off his shirt and spread it out on the grass. He helped Sarah to sit down and comforted her
with a smile, “Don’t be afraid. It was just an innoxious water snake. Let me check your wound.”
After saying that, he took her left foot and bent over to suck the blood out of the wound.
Although water snakes are generally not poisonous, it was in the middle of summer when the sun was
scorching hot during the day. If the water snake had basked in the sun, it would still be mildly virulent.
Of course, he couldn’t tell her the truth because it would scare the hell out of her.
Sarah froze for a second by Marco’s bold move. Her lips felt warm on her ankle. She couldn't help
blushing. All of a sudden, she wasn't so scared anymore.
Marco took out a small bag from his pocket. In it there was realgar powder that could scare away
snakes, insects, mice and ants. He sprinkled the powder around Sarah and said, “Why don’t you sit
here for a while? I’ll pick some healing herbs for you.”
When Marco talked to her, he didn't dare to look at her in the eye because she was only in her soaked
underwear and the curves were in all the right places.
“Don’t go. Don’t leave me. I’m so scared!”
The snake had nearly scared her to death. She grabbed his arm tightly.
However, she didn’t realize that, by grabbing his arm, her breasts were pressed hard against his strong
arm. They were soft and elastic, which effectively turned him on again.